Shounak Hinge
@shounakhinge.bsky.social
न किञ्चिच्छाश्वतम्।
Scientific Researcher, PhD student
@niemeyergroup.bsky.social
Scientific Researcher, PhD student
@niemeyergroup.bsky.social
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Two PhD positions still available! Please check the job openings!
PhD Position 1 (application deadline Jan 5th):
www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
PhD Position 2 (application deadline Jan 22nd):
www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
Apply with cover letter and CV!
Re-posts appreciated!
PhD Position 1 (application deadline Jan 5th):
www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
PhD Position 2 (application deadline Jan 22nd):
www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
Apply with cover letter and CV!
Re-posts appreciated!
Stellenausschreibung
www.uni-due.de
December 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Two PhD positions still available! Please check the job openings!
PhD Position 1 (application deadline Jan 5th):
www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
PhD Position 2 (application deadline Jan 22nd):
www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
Apply with cover letter and CV!
Re-posts appreciated!
PhD Position 1 (application deadline Jan 5th):
www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
PhD Position 2 (application deadline Jan 22nd):
www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
Apply with cover letter and CV!
Re-posts appreciated!
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Fantastic way to wrap up this year with our traditional Christmas dinner (Indian cuisine, as always). Thanks to everyone for their work and dedication in 2025! It was an eventful and fun year!
December 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Fantastic way to wrap up this year with our traditional Christmas dinner (Indian cuisine, as always). Thanks to everyone for their work and dedication in 2025! It was an eventful and fun year!
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PhD position available! We are happy to announce another PhD Position in our group! This is a joint project with South Korea, so you will have the chance to spend 4-6 months in Seoul!
Application deadline: Jan 22nd 2026
www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
Re-posts appreciated!
Application deadline: Jan 22nd 2026
www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
Re-posts appreciated!
Stellenausschreibung
www.uni-due.de
December 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
PhD position available! We are happy to announce another PhD Position in our group! This is a joint project with South Korea, so you will have the chance to spend 4-6 months in Seoul!
Application deadline: Jan 22nd 2026
www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
Re-posts appreciated!
Application deadline: Jan 22nd 2026
www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
Re-posts appreciated!
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Great news! We have received funding for a joint project with Prof. Joohoon Kim (analchem.khu.ac.kr/xe/jkim) from South Korea. Here, we will look at the use of rotaxanes for electroanalytical chemistry. Thanks to the DFG and NRF for funding (www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles...)!
Joint Korean-German Research Projects 2025 in the Natural, Life and Engineering Sciences (NRF-DFG 2025)
www.dfg.de
December 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Great news! We have received funding for a joint project with Prof. Joohoon Kim (analchem.khu.ac.kr/xe/jkim) from South Korea. Here, we will look at the use of rotaxanes for electroanalytical chemistry. Thanks to the DFG and NRF for funding (www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles...)!
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PhD position available!
You are passionate about Organic Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysis? Then please apply! Starting date is April 2026 (a later start is possible). Application deadline: Jan 5th 2026!
Please see here: www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
Re-posts appreciated!
You are passionate about Organic Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysis? Then please apply! Starting date is April 2026 (a later start is possible). Application deadline: Jan 5th 2026!
Please see here: www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
Re-posts appreciated!
Stellenausschreibung
www.uni-due.de
December 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
PhD position available!
You are passionate about Organic Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysis? Then please apply! Starting date is April 2026 (a later start is possible). Application deadline: Jan 5th 2026!
Please see here: www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
Re-posts appreciated!
You are passionate about Organic Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysis? Then please apply! Starting date is April 2026 (a later start is possible). Application deadline: Jan 5th 2026!
Please see here: www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
Re-posts appreciated!
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The Niemeyer group started the Christmas season with a visit to the Christmas market! Cheers and a wonderful Advent season to everyone!
December 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The Niemeyer group started the Christmas season with a visit to the Christmas market! Cheers and a wonderful Advent season to everyone!
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Registration for SupraChem2026 is open!
Join us in Dortmund from March 8th - 10th 2026 for sharing the latest developments in supramolecular chemistry, including poster presentations, about 20 contributed talks and prize lectures for the new GDCh SupraChem PhD award!
Join us in Dortmund from March 8th - 10th 2026 for sharing the latest developments in supramolecular chemistry, including poster presentations, about 20 contributed talks and prize lectures for the new GDCh SupraChem PhD award!
October 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Registration for SupraChem2026 is open!
Join us in Dortmund from March 8th - 10th 2026 for sharing the latest developments in supramolecular chemistry, including poster presentations, about 20 contributed talks and prize lectures for the new GDCh SupraChem PhD award!
Join us in Dortmund from March 8th - 10th 2026 for sharing the latest developments in supramolecular chemistry, including poster presentations, about 20 contributed talks and prize lectures for the new GDCh SupraChem PhD award!
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Watching the Nobel Prize announcement with pizza! Congratulations to the awardees! Well deserved! @nobelprize.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Watching the Nobel Prize announcement with pizza! Congratulations to the awardees! Well deserved! @nobelprize.bsky.social
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Bela, Jey, Jochen, Shounak @shounakhinge.bsky.social and Sohom @sohomkundu.bsky.social presented the group´s research at the Symposium for Confinement Controlled Chemistry @grk2376.bsky.social in Bochum @ruhr-uni-bochum.de. Good to see chemistry from a different perspective! Good work everyone!
September 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Bela, Jey, Jochen, Shounak @shounakhinge.bsky.social and Sohom @sohomkundu.bsky.social presented the group´s research at the Symposium for Confinement Controlled Chemistry @grk2376.bsky.social in Bochum @ruhr-uni-bochum.de. Good to see chemistry from a different perspective! Good work everyone!
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After a thourough peer-review (as it should be), we are proud to say that our review on Supramolecular Self-Association of Organocatalysts has now been published in Nat. Rev. Chem.! Great work by Shounak @shounakhinge.bsky.social and Sohom @sohomkundu.bsky.social!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The impact of supramolecular self-association of organocatalysts on catalytic performance - Nature Reviews Chemistry
Non-covalent interactions between organocatalyst molecules can change catalytic behaviour, leading to changes in reaction rates and selectivities. This Review discusses how to identify such interactio...
www.nature.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
After a thourough peer-review (as it should be), we are proud to say that our review on Supramolecular Self-Association of Organocatalysts has now been published in Nat. Rev. Chem.! Great work by Shounak @shounakhinge.bsky.social and Sohom @sohomkundu.bsky.social!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thanks for the post!
September 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Thanks for the post!
I am delighted to announce my first scientific publication!
Please have a look at this article in Nature Reviews Chemistry: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
rdcu.be/eG2Je (free)
Sincere thanks to Prof. Dr. (@niemeyergroup.bsky.social) & Dr. (@sohomkundu.bsky.social) for this opportunity & guidance.
Please have a look at this article in Nature Reviews Chemistry: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
rdcu.be/eG2Je (free)
Sincere thanks to Prof. Dr. (@niemeyergroup.bsky.social) & Dr. (@sohomkundu.bsky.social) for this opportunity & guidance.
The impact of supramolecular self-association of organocatalysts on catalytic performance - Nature Reviews Chemistry
Non-covalent interactions between organocatalyst molecules can change catalytic behaviour, leading to changes in reaction rates and selectivities. This Review discusses how to identify such interactio...
www.nature.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I am delighted to announce my first scientific publication!
Please have a look at this article in Nature Reviews Chemistry: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
rdcu.be/eG2Je (free)
Sincere thanks to Prof. Dr. (@niemeyergroup.bsky.social) & Dr. (@sohomkundu.bsky.social) for this opportunity & guidance.
Please have a look at this article in Nature Reviews Chemistry: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
rdcu.be/eG2Je (free)
Sincere thanks to Prof. Dr. (@niemeyergroup.bsky.social) & Dr. (@sohomkundu.bsky.social) for this opportunity & guidance.
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The work by Somayyeh, Maike and Jan @riebe-chem.bsky.social on optimized synthetic routes towards BINOL-based crown ethers has now been published in Beilstein J. Org. Chem.! @beilstein-institut.bsky.social
Congratulations to all!
www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/article...
Congratulations to all!
www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/article...
3,3'-Linked BINOL macrocycles: optimized synthesis of crown ethers featuring one or two BINOL units
Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
www.beilstein-journals.org
August 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The work by Somayyeh, Maike and Jan @riebe-chem.bsky.social on optimized synthetic routes towards BINOL-based crown ethers has now been published in Beilstein J. Org. Chem.! @beilstein-institut.bsky.social
Congratulations to all!
www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/article...
Congratulations to all!
www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/article...
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Happy to share that the recently founded Working Group „Supramolecular Chemistry“ of the German Chemical Society will Award its very first PhD Prize in memory of Carsten Schmuck. Please apply!
www.gdch.de/netzwerk-str...
www.gdch.de/netzwerk-str...
Preise & Ehrungen | Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V.
www.gdch.de
August 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Happy to share that the recently founded Working Group „Supramolecular Chemistry“ of the German Chemical Society will Award its very first PhD Prize in memory of Carsten Schmuck. Please apply!
www.gdch.de/netzwerk-str...
www.gdch.de/netzwerk-str...
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Happy to share that our recent paper in Chem. Eur. J. was highlighted with a Cover Feature! chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Thanks to Sasha Ediger (designmodus.com) for the beautiful image!
July 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Happy to share that our recent paper in Chem. Eur. J. was highlighted with a Cover Feature! chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Thanks to Sasha Ediger (designmodus.com) for the beautiful image!
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Sophia obviously has a good time at the 2025 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting! Enjoy your last day Tomorrow!
July 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Sophia obviously has a good time at the 2025 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting! Enjoy your last day Tomorrow!
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We are happy to share that Sophia from our group has been selected as a participant for this year´s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Chemistry. Congratulations Sophia and enjoy your time in Lindau in July!
www.mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org/meetings/2025
www.mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org/meetings/2025
74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting | Lindau Mediatheque
The 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Chemistry) takes place from 29 June to 4 July 2025. #LINO25 welcomes around 35 Nobel Laureates in Lindau. They will exchange ideas with more than 600 Young ..
www.mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org
April 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
We are happy to share that Sophia from our group has been selected as a participant for this year´s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Chemistry. Congratulations Sophia and enjoy your time in Lindau in July!
www.mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org/meetings/2025
www.mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org/meetings/2025
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After a record-breaking 18 days from submission to final decision, we are happy to share the latest work by Sohom, Shubhadip and Jan in Chem. Eur. J.! They developed a rotaxane transporter for reversible macrocycle release and recapture!
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Directional Macrocycle Transport, Release and Recapture enabled by a Rotaxane Transporter
A transporter for a directional macrocycle transport, release and recapture was constructed. This was achieved using a rotaxane featuring a dibenzo-24-crown-8 macrocycle, dibenzylammonium (DBA)/methy...
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
After a record-breaking 18 days from submission to final decision, we are happy to share the latest work by Sohom, Shubhadip and Jan in Chem. Eur. J.! They developed a rotaxane transporter for reversible macrocycle release and recapture!
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Supramolecular chemistry has officially "grown up" in Germany. On behalf of the 10-person Founding Team👇, I am happy to announce the creation of section SupraChem within the German Chemical Society! 🍾 GDCh members please consider joining asap via www.gdch.de/suprachem @gdch.bsky.social
Supramolekulare Chemie | Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V.
www.gdch.de
March 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Supramolecular chemistry has officially "grown up" in Germany. On behalf of the 10-person Founding Team👇, I am happy to announce the creation of section SupraChem within the German Chemical Society! 🍾 GDCh members please consider joining asap via www.gdch.de/suprachem @gdch.bsky.social
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After almost one month of hard work, we have finished our move. The Niemeyer group can now be found on the fifth floor of the chemistry building (S07 S05)! Following Jochen´s promotion to full professor in 2023, we could now move into wonderful new synthesis labs, analytical labs and offices!
February 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
After almost one month of hard work, we have finished our move. The Niemeyer group can now be found on the fifth floor of the chemistry building (S07 S05)! Following Jochen´s promotion to full professor in 2023, we could now move into wonderful new synthesis labs, analytical labs and offices!
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We will start moving from Twitter to this place! So let‘s kick it off with some seasonal greetings from the Niemeyer group! We said goodbye to Jey, who headed back to Nanjing, and enjoyed mulled wine with the group!
December 12, 2024 at 2:32 PM
We will start moving from Twitter to this place! So let‘s kick it off with some seasonal greetings from the Niemeyer group! We said goodbye to Jey, who headed back to Nanjing, and enjoyed mulled wine with the group!