On 19 November 2025, Kristina Zentel received the “Athene Award for Excellent Teaching” from the Karin Giersch Foundation. The award recognizes a teaching concept defined by clear structure, academic depth and the consistent integration of sustainability.

From August to October 2025, Kristina Zentel completed a three-month research stay at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada. The focus lied on the scientific work conducted in the research groups of Prof. Michael Cunningham and Prof. Robin Hutchinson.

On July 9, the semi-annual graduation party of the department of chemistry took place, which honors the graduates, who completed their Bachelor's or Master's degree or doctorate.

The 12th Polymer Reaction Engineering Conference (PRE XII) took place in Clearwater Beach (Florida, USA) from June 1 to 6, 2025.

This year's annual meeting of the DECHEMA/VDI sections for Reaction Engineering, Electrochemical Processes and Kinetics and Reaction Mechanisms took place at the Congress Centrum Würzburg from May 26 to 28.

From May 14 to 16, 2025, the 13th PhD workshop of the EFCE Working Party on Polymer Reaction Engineering (WPPRE) took place at Villa Grébovka in Prague (Czechia). The WPPRE offers young scientists from the field of polymer reaction engineering a platform to exchange ideas with each other and establish contacts in industry.