Status: doctoral student
Room: 02.145
E-Mail: helen.hoelzel[at]fau.de
Phone: +49 9131 85 65515
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Visiting research stay (Prof. Eiichi Nakamura, The University of Tokyo, June – August/2018) with a fellowship awarded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Teaching assistant at FAU: Seminar for undergraduate level students (synthesis, retro-synthesis and mechanisms in organic chemistry)
Lecturer at Junior Akademie Bayern organized by the “Fraunhofer-Institut für Integrierte Schaltungen IIS” for highly interested and motivated eighth and ninth grader (August 2015 and 2017).
Research assistant at FAU (chair of organic chemistry II, December 2014 – May 2015)
Research assistant at FAU (chair of organic chemistry II, June 2014 – September 2014)
Master Thesis: „ Pyropheophorbide-a porphyrin conjugates via multiple CCAA click reactions” (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, AK Jux, 2015)
Bachelor Thesis: „ Synthesis of new natural product hybrids as potential anti-malaria and anti-cancer agents” (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, AK Tsogoeva, 2013)
RESEARCH AREAS
Hexaarylbenzenes (HABs) and their oxidized derivatives hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes (HBCs) show interesting properties that play an important role in materials chemistry. We investigate the synthesis of the family of these chemical compounds and are focused on using them as platform for donor-acceptor systems and as possible models for molecular electronics. Furthermore, we try to tune their properties by variation of their substitution pattern and introduction of different functional groups. We are also interested in the synthesis of porphyrins and benzoporphyrins, as well as their behavior on metal surfaces and graphene.
PUBLICATIONS
- Kuliga. J., Zhang, L., Lepper, M., Lungerich, D., Hoelzel, H., Jux, N., Steinrueck, H.-P., Marbach, H.: Metalation and coordination reactions of 2H-meso-trans-di(p-cyanophenyl)porphyrin on Ag(111) with coadsorbed cobalt atoms. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2018, DOI: 10.1039/C8CP05255G.
- Lepper M., Koebl J., Zhang, L., Meusel M., Hoelzel H., Lungerich D., Jux N., de Siervo A., Meyer B., Steinrueck H.-P., Marbach H.: Kontrolle der Selbstmetallierungsrate von Tetraphenylporphyrinen auf Cu(111) durch Funktionalisierung mit Cyangruppen. Angewandte Chemie 2018, DOI: 10.1002/ange.201803601.
- Lepper M., Koebl J., Zhang, L., Meusel M., Hoelzel H., Lungerich D., Jux N., de Siervo A., Meyer B., Steinrueck H.-P., Marbach H.: Controlling the Self-Metalation Rate of Tetraphenylporphyrins on Cu(111) via Cyano Functionalization. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201803601.
- Stezycki R., Reger D., Hoelzel H., Jux N., Gryko D.T.: Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of hexaphenylbenzene-Pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles. Synlett 2018, DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1610286.
- Cadranel, A., Strauss, V., Margraf, J., Winterfeld, K. A., Vogl, C., Dordevic, L., Arcudi, F. P., Hoelzel, H., Jux, N., Prato, M., Guldi, D. M.: Screening supramolecular interactions between carbon nanodots and porphyrins. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b12434.
- Lepper, M., Schmitt, T., Gurrath, M., Raschmann, M., Zhang, L., Stark, M., Hölzel, H., Jux, N., Meyer, B., Schneider, M. A., Steinrück, H.-P., Marbach, H.: Adsorption Behavior of a Cyano-Functionalized Porphyrin on Cu(111) and Ag(111): From Molecular Wires to Ordered Supramolecular Two-Dimensional Aggregates. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2017, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b08382.
- Lungerich, D., Reger, D., Hölzel, H., Riedel, R., Martin, M. M. J. C., Hampel, F., Jux, N.: A Strategy towards the Multigram Synthesis of Uncommon Hexaarylbenzenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2016, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201600841.
- Lungerich, D., Reger, D., Hölzel, H., Riedel, R., Martin, M. M. J. C., Hampel, F., Jux, N.: Eine Strategie zur Synthese ungewöhnlicher Hexaarylbenzole im Multigramm-Maßstab. Angewandte Chemie 2016, DOI: 10.1002/ange.201600841.
CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTIONS
- Women in Science – 1st Erlangen Symposium” 2018, Erlangen, Germany: Member of the organizing committee
https://www.w4w.nat.fau.eu/womeninscience_1st-erlangen-symposium/
- Physical-Organic Chemistry at its Best: The Art of Chemical Problem Solving, Leopoldina, Halle (Saale), Germany, 13 – 14/09/2018: Poster presentation
- Graduate School Molecular Science (GSMS) Winterschool 2018, Kirchberg in Tirol Austria, 28/01/ – 02/02/2018: Oral presentation and participation in a project competition (group work)
- 4th Erlangen Symposium on Synthetic Carbon Allotropes (SFB 953), Erlangen, Germany 24 – 27/09/2017:Poster presentation
- GDCh Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2017, Berlin, Germany, 10 – 14/09/2017:Flash talk and poster presentation
- SFB Ulm-Erlangen Mini Symposium, Ulm, Germany, 10 – 11/07/2017:Poster presentation
- SFB 953 Klausurtagung, Bad Staffelstein, Germany, 12 – 13/05/2017: Oral presentation
- JCF-Frühjahrssymposium 2017, Mainz, Germany, 29/03 – 01/04/2017: Poster presentation
- Graduate School Molecular Science (GSMS) Winterschool 2017, Kirchberg in Tirol, Austria, 12 – 17/02/2017:Oral presentation and participation in a project competition (group work)
- 9th International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP), Nanjing, China, 03 – 09/07/2016: Poster presentation
- 5th International Conference „Solar Technologies Go Hybrid”, Munich, Germany, 05 – 08/04/2016: Poster presentation
- 3rd Erlangen Symposium on Synthetic Carbon Allotropes (SFB 953), Erlangen, Germany, 04 – 07/10/2015:Poster presentation
- GDCh-Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2015, Dresden, Germany, 30/08/2015 – 02/09/2015: Poster presentation
