The Thiele group

Timon Zankel

Working area(s)

Bachelor thesis 04/19 - 07/19, Master thesis 09/22 - 04/23, PhD thesis 07/23 -

Contact

work +49 6151 16-21833

Work L2|07 4
Peter-Grünberg-Str. 16
64287 Darmstadt

Field of Research

  • Mechanistic studies on iron-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions by NMR- and UV/Vis-spectroscopy
  • Exploration of 57Fe NMR as sensor for the electronic environment of iron atoms
  • Member and Spokesperson for PhDs/Postdocs of the Collaborative Research Centre 1487 “Iron, Upgraded, Projekt B05!”

Bachelor thesis

Title Untersuchung chemischer Aktinometer für die Charakterisierung eines in situ Belichtungs-NMR-Aufbaus
Group Prof. Dr. C. M. Thiele
Place Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Darmstadt

Master thesis

Title Application of combined NMR-UV/Vis-spectroscopy towards reaction monitoring of an iron phthalocyanine catalysed cross-coupling reaction
Group Prof. Dr. Christina M. Thiele
Place Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Darmstadt

Awards

1 Best Poster Award, SMASH 2025, Porto/Portugal, 09/29.

Publications

1 J. Kind, M. Stein, T. Gambaryan-Roisman, P. Stephan, T. L. Zankel, C. M. Thiele
Construction of an active humidity regulation setup for NMR/MRI-Observation and simulation of the controlled evaporation of sessile water droplets
J. Magn. Reson. 2023, 348, 107389.
2 A. Erb, J. Kind, T.L. Zankel, R.W. Stark, C.M. Thiele,
Visualization and quantification of local concentration gradients in evaporating water/glycerol droplets with micrometer resolution,
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2025, 122, (20), e2423660122.
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2423660122

Posters

1 T. Zankel, J. Krampe, R. Kornievskii, K. Heckenberger, V. Krewald, C. M. Thiele
Spectroscopic and Magnetic Properties of Iron Phthalocyanines
Understanding Iron & Friends 2024, Darmstadt, 09/24
2 T. Zankel, J. Krampe, R. Kornievskii, K. Heckenberger, V. Krewald, C. M. Thiele
Spectroscopic and Magnetic Properties of Iron Phthalocyanines,
GDCh FGMR 36th Annual Discussion Meeting, Rostock, 09/24.
3 T. Zankel, C. M. Thiele
57Fe NMR is Great – No Irony,
SMASH 2025, Porto/Portugal, 09/25.