Research areas and chairs

The faculty of chemistry and food chemistry consists of 24 chairs (including 8 professors jointly appointed with non-university research facilities) in the following research areas:

Inorganic Chemistry

To Inorganic Chemistry

Chair of Inorganic Chemistry I
Prof. Dr. Stefan Kaskel

Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II
Prof. Dr. Michael Ruck

Chair of Inorganic Molecular Chemistry
Prof. Dr. Jan J. Weigand

Professur für Materialchemie
Prof. Dr. Anjana Devi

Honorary Professorship for Chemistry of Inorganic Materials
Prof. Dr. Claudia Felser

Honorary Professorship for Chemical Metals Science
Prof. Yuri Grin

Organic Chemistry

 To Organic Chemistry

Chair of Organic Chemistry I
Prof. Dr. Bernd Plietker

 Chair of Organic Chemistry II / Chemical Biology
Prof. Dr. Oliver Thorn-Seshold

Chair of Physical Organic Chemistry
Prof. Dr. Thomas Straßner

Physical Chemistry

To Physical Chemistry

Chair of Theoretical Chemistry
Prof. Dr. Thomas Heine

Chair of Physical Chemistry
Prof. Dr. Alexander Eychmüller

Chair of Electrochemistry
Prof. Dr. Inez Weidinger

Chair of Physical Chemistry of Polymeric Materials
Prof. Dr. Andreas Fery

Chair of Physical Chemistry / Measurement and Sensor Technology
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Rant

Analytical Chemistry

Chair of Bioanalytical Chemistry
Prof. Dr. Eike Brunner

Chair of Radiochemistry/Radioecology
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Stumpf

Macromolecular Chemistry

Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry
Prof. Dr. Rainer Jordan

Chair of Molecular Functional Materials
Prof. Dr. Xinliang Feng

Chair of Organic Chemistry of Polymers
Prof. Dr. Brigitte Voit

Food Chemistry

To Food Chemistry

Chair of Food Chemistry
Prof. Dr. Thomas Henle

Chair of Food Science and Food Contact Material
Prof. Dr. Thomas Simat

Chair of Special Food Chemistry
Prof. Dr. Michael Hellwig

Biochemistry

To Biochemistry

Chair of Biochemistry
Prof. Dr. Benjamin Schumann

Chair of Bioinorganic and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry 
Prof. Dr. Klaus Kopka