The Team

Members of the Breugst Research Group

Permanent Staff

Cornelia Günther (Office Manager)
Technische Universität Chemnitz
Institut für Chemie
Büro A13.332
Straße der Nationen 62
09111 Chemnitz
+49 (371) 531-37836

Marco Görke (Technician)
Technische Universität Chemnitz
Institut für Chemie
Labor A11.114
Straße der Nationen 62
09111 Chemnitz
+49 (371) 531-32248

Graduate Students

Komal
Technische Universität Chemnitz
Institut für Chemie
Labor A11.114; Büro A13.320c
Straße der Nationen 62
09111 Chemnitz
+49 (371) 531-33885

Komal received her Bachelor degree in Chemistry from the University of Delhi, India, in 2020. Intrigued by the world of molecules, she furthered her studies with a Master degree in Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Roorkee, India, specializing in organic synthesis and mechanochemistry for her thesis project. In 2023, Komal joined the Breugst group as a Ph.D. student, exploring the theoretical and experimental aspects of sigma hole interactions.

Ramees Komath
Technische Universität Chemnitz
Institut für Chemie
Labor A11.114; Büro A13.320c
Straße der Nationen 62
09111 Chemnitz
+49 (371) 531-31692

Ramees completed his Bachelor's degree in chemistry at the University of Calicut and his Master's degree in chemistry at the University of Hyderabad, India. After working as a research assistant at the IIT Bombay, Ramees joined the Breugst group to pursue his PhD studies exploring the reactivity of bifunctional catalysts.

Valentin Radiupov
Technische Universität Chemnitz
Institut für Chemie
Labor A11.114; Büro A13.320c
Straße der Nationen 62
09111 Chemnitz
+49 (371) 531-32199

Valentin completed his Master’s studies at the Laboratory for Synthesis of Bioactive Small Molecules at Saint Petersburg State University in Russia. His work was aimed at the development of diazo-chemistry approaches for the modification of N-containing heterocycles, as well as the expansion of the chemical space of cereblon ligands. For his Bachelor’s thesis, he worked at the Laboratory of Phytotoxicology and Biotechnology at the Russian National Institute for Plant Protection, investigating the chemical transformations of natural 10‑membered lactones and assessing their stability. He is currently pursuing his PhD in the Breugst group working on the development of new methods in noncovalent organocatalysis.

Patrick Weber
Co-Supervised graduate student at the University of Cologne

Patrick obtained his Bachelor's degree at the University of Cologne, Germany, in 2019. During his Master studies, Patrick worked there on different projects in the Breugst and Ruschewitz research groups. In a jointly supervised Master Thesis with Professor Ruschewitz, he started to combine the field of metal-organic frameworks with halogen bonding. Since 2022, Patrick continues to work on these aspects as a PhD student in Cologne and is co-supervised by Prof. Ruschewitz and Prof. Breugst.

Interested in Joining the Group?

The Breugst research group is always looking for prospective members. Students and post-doctoral researchers have the unique opportunity to explore an area of their interest and can become experts in the computational analysis of reaction mechanisms by density functional theory and/or gain synthetic skills in organic synthesis and catalysis.

If you are highly motivated and enjoy research at the interface of computational chemistry, organic chemistry, and catalysis, please directly contact Martin Breugst. Topics for Bachelor and Master theses as well as for research internships are available on request at all times. Positions for graduate students are available on a regular basis, so please check our job announcements. If you are applying for a PhD or postdoctoral position from outside TU Chemnitz, please provide a cover letter, your CV and at least one letter of recommendation. We happily assist highly motivated students with scholarship applications.