Michael studied chemistry at the RWTH Aachen University. After receiving his doctoral degree he moved to Vancouver and worked with Prof. MacLachlan at the University of British Columbia. Since 2014 he leads his independent research group on Supramolecular Functional Materials at the University Duisburg-Essen.
 

Adrian studied mechanical engineering at the University of Wuppertal from 2015-2021. He worked in the field of research and development and was part of the technical department of the GreenLion Racing Team at his university. During his studies he specialized in fluid dynamics and materials science. Due to his affinity for 3D printing, he made use of the metal additive manufacturing technology FDMet as part of his master's thesis.

Marvin has always been interested in science and the materials created by chemistry. From an early age on, he wanted to know why stars sparkle, and that's how his passion for chemistry was born. For this reason, he began his studies at the Westfälische Hochschule where he also completed his master's degree in polymer science. Through the research on new stereolithography resins during his master's thesis, his enthusiasm for additive manufacturing grew. An article about his work has already been published in a local newspaper. In the GUIDE Plus project he is responsible for supporting founders and developing new materials for 3D printing.

Alexander has always been curios about how mechanisms work, a trait he kept ever since. After the discovery of the manipulation of substances by mixing them, he found his love for chemistry to the discontent of his Mother. Many ruined shirts and other mishaps later he decided after school to first become a lab technician and then studied chemistry at the Westfälische Hochschule from 2007-2013. He finished his bachelor thesis at ACTEGA Terra on the topic “Dual-cure coatings for the paper industry”. Alexander achieved his Master degree at the department of organic chemistry at the University Duisburg-Essen under the supervision of Jun. Prof. Dr. Michael Giese. Following this, he stayed in the group of Michael as PhD student and continued his work on supramolecular orthogonal binding motifs for functional materials.

Felix, originally from a small town near Haßfurt in Franconia, set off to study chemistry in at the University of Würzburg. He prepared his Bachelor thesis on the synthesis and characterisation of dithienopyrroles as acceptor materials for organic electronics under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Frank Würthner. For his Master thesis he continued his work on dye chemistry concerning hydroxy substituted perylene bisimides in the same group. In October 2019 he joined the Giese group and is currently investigating the stabilisation of blue-phase liquid crystalls.

Thorben was interested in chemistry since he learned about the subject and was curious how materials of all kinds are made from a molecular point of view. Following that interest he started to study Chemistry at the University of Duisburg-Essen. In 2014 he started his Bachelor degree and completed it in 2018 with a Bachelor thesis on supramolecular materials based on dynamic covalent chemistry and zwitterionic interactions in the working group of Prof. Dr. Carsten Schmuck. To finish his Master`s degree he joined the Giese Group and is currently working on his Master`s thesis with the goal to develop new functional luminescent liquidcrystalline materials which can be manipulated by dynamic covalent chemistry for tailor-made properties.

Tobias grew up in Duisburg and decided to study chemistry at the University of Duisburg-Essen since he has always been interested in science and materials. Therefore, he later joined the Giese Group to gain knowledge in supramolecular functional materials. After working on twist-bend nematogens und blue phase liquid crystals, he currently investigates phototunable chiral-nematic assemblies, which can be used for holographic data storage devices and optical filters.

Roshanak is a Ph.D. student from Isfahan University of Technology in Iran, and she got her master degree in topic of theoretical study on the ferroelectric liquid crystals. She has always been concerned about one of the global problems related to water pollution. That's why she decided to define her P.H.D. thesis on wastewater treatment by the photocatalytic activity of the 3D structure of TiO2 nanocomposite. She joined Prof. Dr. Michael Giese research group as a visiting research to synthesis 3D printed structure for the photocatalytic applications.