As a tradition, the Santa Claus coffee of the working group always takes place in December of each year. All current and past members of the group are invited to join a cozy evening with food and drinks in a decorated atmosphere. In this year’s edition, on the 8th of December, over 40 participants joined, with 13 alumni among them.

This year’s award of the Dr. Hans Messer Foundation was presented to Dr. Kristina Zentel on the 23rd November 2023 for her research on the topic of sustainable, multiphase polymerization processes.

From the 8th to 10th September 2023, the 11th PhD-Student Workshop of the EFCE Working Party on Polymer Reaction Engineering (WPPRE) took place at the Fraunhofer IAP Conference Center in Potsdam as a direct follow-up event to the PRE conference. The WPPRE provides a framework for young scientists in the field of polymer reaction engineering to exchange ideas with each other and to establish contacts in the industry.

In the context of the 14th International Workshop on Polymer Reaction Engineering (PRE), Nicola Schreiner is awarded the “Macromolecular Journals Best Poster Award“ granted by Wiley.

At the 14th International Workshop on Polymer Reaction Engineering (PRE), Aaron Röblitz is awarded the “Young Professional Best Lecture Award“ granted by the DECHEMA e.V., BASF SE and SABIC.

The 14th International Workshop on Polymer Reaction Engineering took place from September 5th to 8th 2023 at the Fraunhofer IAP Conference Center in Potsdam (Germany).

In the continuation of a long-standing tradition, this year’s ChemCup, the soccer tournament of the chemistry department, took place on August 16th. Therefore, a total of 11 teams from the different research groups came together in the university’s stadium (Hochschulstadion).

In the context of the TC1 lecture an excursion led by Prof. Markus Busch and Dr. Kristina Zentel to the Evonik Industries AG site in Weiterstadt took place on August 9th.

The ASME PVP (Pressure Vessels & Piping) Conference was held this year from July 16th to 21st in Atlanta (Georgia, USA). The research group Busch was represented with three presentations.

Seven PhD students of the research group Busch participated from July 9th to 22nd in the ESS-HPT („The European Summer School in High Pressure Technology“) 2023 in Graz (Austria).