Team

Jonny Proppe (he/him, head of group)

Ph.D.: ETH Zürich, Theoretical Chemistry (Prof. Markus Reiher)

M.Sc./B.Sc.: University of Hamburg, Chemistry

Interests: Brewing and science (in alphabetical order)

Room: 201

Email: j.proppe@tu-braunschweig.de

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Maike Eckhoff, born Vahl (she/her, PhD candidate)

Research: (Real-time) prediction of chemical reactivity and stability for the design of customized reaction partners

M.Sc./B.Sc.: University of Göttingen, Chemistry; Master thesis supervised by Prof. Jörg Behler

Interests: Playing soccer, climbing, hiking, traveling, board games, audio books

Room: 309

Email: maike.eckhoff@tu-braunschweig.de

Kerrin Janßen (she/her, PhD candidate)

Research: Development of models to predict the (re)activity of N-heterocycles, which constitute a central motif in natural compounds and drugs

M.Sc.: TU Braunschweig, Chemistry; Master thesis supervised by Prof. Johannes Kirchmair (University of Vienna)

B.Sc.: University of Hamburg, Chemistry

Interests: Bouldering/climbing, digital art and as much sleep as possible

Room: 307b

Email: kerrin.janssen@tu-braunschweig.de

Elizaveta (Liza) Surzhikova (she/her, PhD candidate)

Research: Data-efficient algorithms (active learning) for applications in chemistry

M.Sc.: TU Braunschweig, Computer Science; Master thesis supervised by Prof. Martin Johns 

B.Sc.: University of Leipzig, Computer Science

Interests: Coding, playing nintendo switch, pokémon cards and fritz kola

Room: 307b

Email: e.surzhikova@tu-braunschweig.de

Kerstin Bublitz (she/her, master student)

B.Sc.: TU Braunschweig, Chemistry; Bachelor thesis in the Proppe group (Quantum chemical classification of C-nucleophiles with respect to rapid and stable CO₂ adduct formation)

Interests: Volleyball, drawing, rock/metal music, hiking

Room: 208

Email: k.bublitz@tu-braunschweig.de

Philipp Held (he/him, "HiWi")

B.Sc.: TU Braunschweig, Chemistry; Bachelor thesis in the Proppe group (Optimizing Molecular Representations for Enhanced Machine-Learning Predictions in 1,3-Azole Chemistry)

Interests: road cycling, running, bouldering, video games, cooking

Room: 208

Email: p.held@tu-braunschweig.de

Sophie Kortebrock (she/her, student assistant)

B.Sc.: TU Braunschweig, Chemistry

Interests: bouldering, hiking, running, reading, baking and eating pastries

Room: 208

Email: s.kortebrock@tu-braunschweig.de

Laura Marcon (she/her, visiting student)

M.Sc.: University of Strasbourg, CSC graduate school

B.Sc.: University of Bologna, Industrial chemistry

Interests: Art, reading, cats and climbing. Big fan of discovering new hobbies

Room: 208

Email: laura.marcon@etu.unistra.fr