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Sebastian Gillhuber
QUT Contact Details
- E Block, Level 2, E207, Gardens Point Campus (QUT)
Brief Curriculum Vitae
Brief Curriculum Vitae
since 12/2024 | Postdoctoral researcher |
09/2021-12/2024 | Joint PhD studies under the supervision of Prof. Christopher Barner-Kowollik at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia and Prof. Peter W. Roesky at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany |
01/2021-06/2021 | Master Thesis “Ring Currents and Chemical Shifts in Electronic Open-Shell Systems: Implementation and Application” under supervision of Prof. Florian Weigend (Philipps University of Marburg), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany |
08/2020-09/2020 | Advanced Lab Course “Synthesis of New Sandwich Complexes of the Lanthanides and Strontium” under supervision of Prof. Peter. W. Roesky, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany |
02/2019-05/2019 | Bachelor Thesis “Synthesis, Polymerization and Post-Polymerization Modification of Pentafluorophenylethynylbenzoates” under supervision of Prof. Patrick Théato, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany |
10/2016-06/2021 | Studies of chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany |
06/2016 | Secondary school examination (Abitur) at Goethe-Gymnasium Gaggenau, Germany |
Research Interests and Opportunities
Synthesis
- Controlled polymerization methods
- Synthesis of metallopolymers
- Organic and metalorganic synthesis
- Handling of air- and moisture sensitive compounds
- Catalysis
- Single-chain nanoparticles
- Wavelength Resolved Photochemistry and Action Plots
Characterization
- Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy
- Vibrational spectroscopy (IR, Raman)
- Optical spectroscopy (UV/Vis)
- Size-exclusion chromatography (SEC/GPC)
- Dynamic light scattering (DLS)
- Mass spectrometry (MS)
- Quantum chemistry
Awards and Prizes
Presentations
Publications
[786] |
Catalytically Active Light Printed Microstructures
Finch, A. K.; Gillhuber, S.; Frisch, H.; Roesky, P. W.; Barner-Kowollik, C. 2025, submitted. |
[782] |
Introducing Photochemical Action Plots as a Tool for Unlocking On-Off Switchable Behavior in a Polymeric Eosin Y Photocatalyst
Gillhuber, S.; Finch, A. K.; Holloway, J. O.; Frisch, H.; Weigend, F.; Barner-Kowollik, C.; Roesky, P. W. 2025, submitted. |
[758] |
Visible Light Photoflow Synthesis of a Cu(II) Single-Chain Polymer Nanoparticle Catalyst
Gillhuber, S.; Holloway, J. O.; Mundsinger, K.; Kammerer, J. A.; Frisch, H.; Barner-Kowollik, C.; Roesky, P. W. Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 15280-15290. |
[736] |
Ferrocene-driven single-chain polymer Compaction
Gillhuber, S.; Holloway, J. O.; Frisch, H.; Feist, F.; Weigend, F.; Barner-Kowollik, C.; Roesky P. W. Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 4672-4675. |
Other Publications
2021
[01] | Paramagnetic NMR Shielding Tensors and Ring Currents: Efficient Implementation and Application to Heavy Element Compounds Gillhuber, S.; Franzke, Y. J.; Weigend, F. J. Phys. Chem. A 2021, 124, 9707-9723. |
2022
[02] | Introduction of plumbole to f-element chemistry. Münzfeld, L.; Sun, X.; Schlittenhardt, S.; Schoo, C.; Hauser, A.; Gillhuber, S.; Weigend, F.; Ruben, M.; Roesky, P. W. Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 945-954. |
2023
[03] | Fully Tin-Coated Coinage Metal Ions: A Pincer-Type Bis-stannylene Ligand for Exclusive Tetrahedral Complexation Krätschmer, F.; Sun, X.; Gillhuber, S.; Kucher, H.; Franzke, Y. J.; Weigend, F.; Roesky, P. W. Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202203583 (Cover feature). |
[04] |
TURBOMOLE: Today and Tomorrow Franzke, Y. J.; Holzer, C.; Andersen, J. H.; Begušić, T.; Bruder, F.; Coriani, S.; Della Sala, F.; Fabiano, E.; Fedotov, D. A.; Fürst, S.; Gillhuber, S.; Grotjahn, R.; Kaupp, M.; Kehry, M.; Krstić, M.; Mack, F.; Majumdar, S.; Nguyen, B. D.; Parker, S. M.; Pauly, F.; Pausch, A.; Perlt, E.; Phun, G. S.; Rajabi, A.; Rappoport, D.; Samal, B.; Schrader, T.; Sharma, M.; Tapavicza, E.; Treß, R. S.; Voora, V.; Wodyński, A.; Yu, J. M.; Zerulla, B.; Furche, F.; Hättig, C.; Sierka, M.; Tew, D. P.; Weigend, F. J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2023, 19, 6859-6890. |
[05] |
Synthesis and properties of cyclic sandwich compounds Münzfeld, L.; Gillhuber, S.; Hauser, A.; Lebedkin, S.; Hädinger, P.; Knöfel, N. D.; Zovko, C.; Gamer, M. T.; Weigend, F.; Kappes, M. M.; Roesky, P. W. Nature 2023, 620, 92-96 (Literature coverage in Synform 2024, 1, 16-20). |
2024
[06] | Paramagnetic Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Shifts for Triplet Systems and Beyond with Modern Relativistic Density Functional Methods Franzke, Y. J.; Bruder, F.; Gillhuber, S.; Holzer, C.; Weigend, F. J. Phys. Chem. A 2024, 128, 670-686. |
[07] |
Phospholyl and Arsolyl Triple-Decker Sandwich Complexes of Europium(II) and Strontium(II) Schwarz, N.; Feye, J.; Naina, V. R.; Köppe, R.; Gillhuber, S.; Sun, X.; Roesky, P. W. JACS Au 2024, 4, 2343-2350. |
2025
[08] | Dye induced luminescence properties of gold(I) complexes with near unity quantum efficiency Naina, V. R.; Gillhuber, S.; Ritschel, C.; Jin, D.; Shubham, Lebedkin, S.; Feldmann, C.; Weigend, F.; Kappes, M. M.; Roesky, P. W. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202414517 (Frontispiece). |
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