Events
20th Anniversary
2025-09-26
20 years of excellence in research, teaching, and the support of young scientists – We warmly congratulate Prof. Kirsch on this anniversary and thank him for two decades of dedicated service and pioneering contributions to the field of Organic Chemistry.
New PhD Student and PostDoc
2025-08-01
Welcome Cedric Meysing and Venkadesh Balakrishnan. We are glad to have you in our group and look forward to a good cooperation. Good luck and success in research.
Group Outing 2025 - Open Air Museum Hagen
2025-07-17
Christmas party 2024
Time for bowling...
Kicker while wating for the turn?
Why not!
Finally dinner time...
All looking forward to raclette :D
Nice you joined :)
2024-12-12
The bowling tradition continues and the boss still hasn't won :D But he was happy with raclette!
Merry Christmas and best wishes for a Happy New Year.
New PhD Student
Welcome Malavika Krishnan. We are glad to have you in our group and look forward to a good cooperation. Good luck and success in research.
New PhD Student
Welcome Jan Nau. We are glad to have you in our group and look forward to a good cooperation. Good luck and success in research.
Goodbye Irina
2024-02-28
Many thanks for the short but great time. We will miss you.... Have a safe trip home. We wish you all the best. Hope to see you soon!
Christmas party 2023
2023-12-06
The bowling tradition continues and we have also revived an old tradition: Raclette!
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and Peaceful New Year!
New Colleague
2023-10-02
We welcome Tanja Lohr to our group. Tanja will support us in the administrative area. We are happy that you join us.
Group Outing 2023 - Phantasialand
Starting lightly...
... and flying a bit
Mice in the kitchen?
Task: mice hunting
that's a lot
ok, that's enough mental preparation for the hard attractions... let's FLY... or rather not?
Water coaster... a good idea?
The classic: Colorado...
... makes always fun!
That was great :D looking forward for the next group outing
2023-09-28
After long brain storming what to do on group outing, the PhD Students voted for PHANATASIALAND... ;)
New PhD Student
2023-09-01
Welcome Hauke Junghans. We are glad to have you in our group and look forward to a good cooperation. Good luck and success in research.
Farewell Christine Schneidereit
2023-07-27
We said goodbye to Christine Schneidereit at a big farewell party with delicious food and lots of guests from across the campus. Alumni also came to celebrate Christine's last day at work. Christine, thank you very much for the great party. We will miss you, not only because work will be more difficult without you, but also because you were such a nice colleague. But we are happy for you and wish you all the best. Enjoy your well-deserved retirement and keep coming back to visit us.
UniSport Campus Festival 2023
Team Chereshenki
First game... Let's go!
A little break ;)
This one was very hard 0.0
Our Captain :)
And our Fans :)
Last turn...
Waiting for the points
Our certificate...
Our neighbors are in 3. place...
Congratulations :D Take care of your chestnut tree ;)
The happy winners :)
2023-06-06
On Tuesday, BUW's Grifflenberg campus was transformed into a sports arena. Numerous visitors were able to enjoy exciting taster courses, festival games, captivating tournaments and cool trend sports.
Of course, the Kirsch Group joined in the Institute Olympics...
Wine & Cheese Tasting
Selection of wine and cheese... looking forward to the tasting ;)
Let's start...
Of course, it is not enough just to taste the wines, they must also be scored...
Who wins?
... and the winner is... :D
2023-05-30
A long and hopefully successful day of work, ending with a progress talk followed by a fun and yummy wine and cheese tasting with the whole group.
New PhD Student
2023-01-15
Welcome Timo Zschau. We are glad to have you in our group and look forward to a good cooperation. Good luck and success in research.
Christmas party 2022
2022-12-06
After years of quarantine and keeping distance, we finally had a nice Christmas party.... Fun bowling and great dinner and get-together!
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Peaceful New Year!
Graduation BUW 2022
Graduation BUW 2022: Yasemin Özkaya gets the certificate for her PhD.
Graduation BUW 2022: Francisco Aguilar Troyano and Frederic Ballaschk got the certificates for their PhD.
Graduation BUW 2022: Frederic Ballaschk's PhD thesis was awarded. We are proud and congratulate you, Freddy!
2022-11-04
On Friday, 4th November, the Bergische Universität Wuppertal celebrated the graduation of students who successfully completed their studies in 2021/2022. Yasemin Özkaya, Frederic Ballaschk and Francisco Aguilar Troyano were there to receive the certificates for their PhD theses. We congratulate them once again for their great work and the nice time we had together.
Frederic Ballaschk's work was awarded by the prize of the "Verein zur Förderung von Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften e.V. (VFMN)". We are proud, happy and wish Frederic continued success and all the best for his future!
New PhD Students
2022-10-07
We welcome the latest members of our working group Michael Tapera, Srashti Chaudhary and Mohit Chotia. We are sure that you are an enrichment for our working group and we are looking forward to a harmonious and good cooperation. Good luck and success in research.
New colleague
2022-06-13
We welcome Boris Ihmenkamp to our group. He will support us in the analytical department as well as in research. We are pleased to have you working with us.
Farewell Simone Bettinger
2021-05-18
Simone Bettinger's last working day in our group...
Even though we are sad that she is leaving us, we are happy for her and wish her a great working atmosphere in the new group and all the best for the future.
Rainy joined BBQ_May2022
Looking forward to the first BBQ together after a long time
Looking forward to the first BBQ together after a long time
Braving the weather...
Braving the weather...
Not so easy...
Waiting for for food...
Finally made it!
Yummy...
After a long time, we dared to do a joined BBQ event...
... and we had a great afternoon :D
Thanks to everyone :)
New colleague
2021-11-01
We welcome Dr. Hülya Aldemir to our group and look forward to a great cooperation!