IPFM: News

02.10.26

IPFM Group Retreat 2026 in Leer

From 29 September to 1 October, we spent three days in Leer in East Frisia for our group retreat, joined by our guest from TUM, Philip Loche. The days were filled with lively scientific discussions, exciting ideas, and productive workshops. The social highlight was our trip to the Wadden Sea!

01.05.26

Léo LeGrand is the IPFM’s newest research assistant

We welcome Léo LeGrand to the IPFM as a PhD student! Léo employs molecular dynamics and coarse-grained modelling to investigate ion and charge transport in (semi-)conducting polymers.

01.05.26

Lucas Kleindienst is the IPFM’s newest research assistant

We welcome Lucas Kleindienst to the IPFM as a PhD student! Lucas is developing grand-canon molecular dynamics simulations to characterize periodically mesoporous organosilicates.

13.04.26

Professor Alexander Schlaich visited the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore.

Prof. Alexander Schlaich has been awarded the Paired Early Career Fellowship for Academic Research (PECFAR) from the Indo-German Science and Technology Center (IGSTC). He visited the group of Ananth Govind Rajan at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Insitute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore for four weeks in April 2026. The fellowship further allowed him to visit and present his research at the IITs in Bombay, and Madras, as well as JNCASR and at the Physics Department of IISc. Ananth's visit to TUHH is planned to take place in June 2026.

19.03.26

Congratulations on your doctorate, Philipp Stärk!

Congratulations on your doctoral dissertation titled “Consistent Modeling of Electrostatic Interactions in Confined Electrode Systems.” We look forward to continuing to work with you!

07.01.26

Simultaneous Learning of Static and Dynamic Charges

by Philipp Stärk, Henrik Stooß, Marcel F. Langer, Egor Rumiantsev, Alexander Schlaich, Michele Ceriotti, Philip Loche

24.12.25

Interfacial ion hydration and electrostatics govern salt precipitation and crystal morphology

by Adyant Agrawal, Simon Gravelle, Christian Holm, Alexander Schlaich

01.12.25

Static Dielectric Permittivity Profiles and Coarse-graining Approaches for Water in Graphene Slit Pores

by Philipp Stärk, Henrik Stooß, Philip Loche, Douwe Jan Bonthuis, Roland R Netz, Alexander Schlaich

01.12.25

Phase Diagram and Criticality of the Modified Primitive Electrolyte Model in Bulk and in Inert and Conducting Confinement

by Philipp Stärk, Alexander Schlaich

24.10.25

Scientific Talk by Dr. Vahideh Alizadeh on 6th of November

Dr. Vahideh Alizadeh from the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter will be giving a talk in the IPFM seminar on November 6th, 10am. Her research focuses on molecular-level studies of interactions and reactions in deep eutectic solvents and ionic liquids by applying multiresolution computational methods such as ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD), classical MD, and quantum chemistry methods. These are interesting to the BlueMat project.

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