PD Dr. Oliver Janka

PD Dr. Oliver Janka
Permanent staff scientist (Akademischer Oberrat)
phone: +49-(0)681-302 70665
E-mail
ORCID-ID: 0000-0002-9480-3888
Publications
Team

 

► Tasks

  • Support of the powder X-ray diffractometers in the Servicestelle Röntgenbeugung
  • Support of the IT infrastructure of AG Kickelbick
  • Teaching (see below)

► Teaching

  • Solid state and structural chemistry (Festkörperchemie und Strukturchemie, AC05), winter term, lecturers: Prof. Kickelbick and PD Dr. Janka
  • Structural chemistry and crystallography (Strukturchemie und Kristallographie, AC10), winter term, lecturers: Prof. Kickelbick and PD Dr. Janka
  • Lab class: Crystallography and structural chemistry (Praktikum Kristallographie und Strukturchemie, ACK), winter term, lecturers: Prof. Kickelbick and PD Dr. Janka

► Open positions

It is always possible to carry out internships as well as Bachelor's and Master's theses in our working group. If you are interested, please contact Oliver Janka.

► Team

since 08/2021

Stefan Engel, MSc.
topic of PhD thesis: "Studies on the bonding situation and electron transfer in electron-poor intermetallic compounds"

(DFG project: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/441210509)

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since 05/2022

Elias Gießelmann, MSc.
topic of PhD thesis: "Structural and spectroscopic studies of (oxidized) intermetallic aluminum compounds of the early transition metals"

Joint supervision with Prof. Guido Kickelbick

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► Curriculum Vitae

09/2021

Umhabiliation an der Universität des Saarlandes
venia legendi in Anorganischer Chemie

seit 02/2020Akademischer Rat an der Universität des Saarlandes
09/2018 - 01/2020Nachwuchsgruppenleiter an der Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
10/2015 - 09/2018Vertretungsprofessur für Anorganische Chemie an der Carl-von-Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
03/2013 - 10/2017Habilitation an der Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Mentor Prof. Dr. Rainer Pöttgen
venia legendi in Anorganischer Chemie
"Synthese, Struktur und Eigenschaften intermetallischer Aluminiumverbindungen"
02/2011 - 01/2013PostDoc an der University of California, Davis
Mentorin Prof. Dr. Susan M. Kauzlarich
"Enhancement of the thermoelectric properties of Mg2Si via Yb-silicide inclusions for automotive transportation"
"Single crystal structure analysis of intermetallic compounds in cooperation with Los Alamos National Lab (LANL)"
2010Dissertation
Doktorvater Prof. Dr. Thomas Schleid
"Synthese und Charakterisierung von multinären Selten-Erd-Metall(III)-Fluoriden und Untersuchungen zu deren optischem Verhalten"
2006Diplomarbeit
Mentor Prof. Dr. Thomas Schleid
"Studien zur Synthese und Analyse von Selten-Erd-Metall(III)-Oxidfluoriden"
2001 - 2006Studium Chemie (Diplom) Universität Stuttgart