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Sebastian Gillhuber

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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

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

2025
[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.

2024
[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.

2023
[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.

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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