Members


Postdoctoral Fellows


Yan Zhao

ResearcherID: V-7434-2017

ORCID-ID
E-mail: yan.zhao@unifr.ch 
     
Hometown: China
       
Joined group
10/2017
                                           
Education

2013 - B.Sc. in Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, China
2017 - M.Sc. in Materials Engineering, Tsinghua University, China
2022 - PhD in Chemistry, University of Fribourg 

Research Interests: Lithium-Sulfur Battery , Lithium Metal Anode,Carbon-based Materials


Kyung Seob Song

ResearcherID: D-8899-2015
E-mail: kyungseob.song@unifr.ch 
     
Hometown: Republic of Korea
       
Joined group: 03/2014
                                           
Education

2013 - B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University
2016 - M.Sc. in Graduate School of EEWS, KAIST
2022 - PhD in Chemistry, University of Fribourg 

Research Interests: Porous Polymers, CO2&HStorage, Porous Carbon materials 




Timur Ashirov


Researcher ID:

E-mail: timur.ashirov@unifr.ch  
     
Hometown: Tajikistan
       
Joined group: 05/2018
                                           
Education

2015 - B.Sc. in Chemistry, Middle East Technical University (Turkey)
2017 - M.Sc. in Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology (UNAM), Ankara, Turkey
2022 - PhD in Chemistry, University of Fribourg

Research Interests: Gas separation membranes, graphene membranes, PPMs for gas and solvent separation separation 


Tianhong Zhou

ResearcherIDO-9839-2019

E-mail: tianhong.zhou@unifr.ch     
Hometown: China
       
Joined group: 02/2019
                                           
Education

2015 - B.Sc. in Material Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, China
2018 - M.Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China
05/2023 - PhD in Chemistry, University of Fribourg

Research Interests: Lithium-Sulfur Battery , Lithium Metal Anode, Heterostructure​s



PhD Students



Haydarali Sayfidinov

ResearcherID: 
V-7675-2017
ORCID-ID
E-mail: sayfidinov.khaydarali@unifr.ch 
     
Hometown: Tajikistan
       
Joined group: 09/2018
                                           
Education

2015 - B.Sc. in Chemistry, Middle East Technical University (Turkey)
2017 - M.Sc. in Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology (UNAM), Ankara, Turkey

Research Interests: Graphene Graphene-Oxide membranes, Porous Materials, Porous Carbon materials, CO2&H2 Storage, 

          
           Patrick W. Fritz

ResearcherID: Y-1762-2018
E-mail: patrick.fritz@unifr.ch 
 
Hometown: Austria
       
Joined group: 02/2020
                                           
Education

2018 - B.Sc. in Technical Chemistry, Technische Universität Wien 

2019 - M.Sc. in Materials Chemistry Materials Chemistry, Technische Universität Wien 

Research Interests: Covalent Organic Frameworks, Porous Organic     Polymers, Lithium-Sulfur Battery, Unconventional Synthesis



Alexander Forster

ResearcherIDAAC-4512-2022

ORCID
E-mail: alexander.forster@unifr.ch 
 
Hometown: Switzerland
       
Joined group: 10/2021
                                           
Education

2019 - B.Sc. in Chemistry, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich 

2021 - M.Sc. in Chemistry, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich 


Research Interests: All-solid-state batteries, Sulfide and Halide solid-state electrolytes, Lithium metal anode, Organic interface design



          
Leonie Bracks

ResearcherIDAAB-2162-2022

ORCID
E-mail: leonie.braks@unifr.ch 
 
Hometown: Netherlands
       
Joined group: 01/2022
                                           
Education

2018 - B.Sc. in Molecular Lifesciences, Wageningen University, The Netherlands 

2019 - M.Sc. in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Joint Erasmus Mundus Program KU Leuven, Belgium and Université Grenoble Alpes, France 

Research Interests: All solid state batteries



E-mail
Lea Pompizii

ResearcherID
: lea.pompizii@unifr.ch 
 
HometownSwitzerland
       
Joined group: 05/2023
                                           
Education 
2018 - B.Sc. in Chemistry, University of Bern

2020 - M.Sc. in Chemistry, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich

Research Interests: Liquid and solid-state electrolytes, Lithium metal anode, Organic interface design


MSc Students

  • Yolanda Temel (UniFr) - 2022
  • Elena Schweiter (UniFr) - 2021
  • Cristiano Caridade (UniFr) - 2020
  • Anh-dao Nguyen (EPFL) - 2020
  • Yannic Lauber (UniFr) - 2019