Department of Chemistry

24.05.2025 | Experience the fascination of chemistry: The Department of Chemistry at Open Campus 2025

At Open Campus 2025, the Department of Chemistry presented a diverse program that delighted visitors of all ages. Under the motto “Experience the Fascination of Chemistry,” exciting lectures, hands-on activities, and interactive exhibitions were offered. Lectures such as “Plastics – a curse or a blessing?”, “Hydrogen and hydrogen technology,” “Incense – far too valuable to just be burned!” and “The universe at a glance: the periodic table of elements” demonstrated how topical and relevant chemical research is for our society. The hands-on activities in the laboratories and glassblowing workshop, which provided insights into the practical work of chemists, were particularly popular. The chemistry student council provided refreshments in the form of creative nitrogen frozen yogurt, while the Young Chemistry Forum surprised visitors with refreshing cucumber lemonade. The NanoBioLab student laboratory thrilled visitors with an impressive nitrogen show. The program was complemented by intensive study counseling, where prospective students could obtain comprehensive information about study opportunities in chemistry. The chemistry department impressively demonstrated how exciting, versatile, and relevant to the future the subject is—and how much fun science can be!

15.04.2025 | Advertising job openings Ec=m2

Join the team! The DFG-funded Research Training Group Ec=m² has launched its recruitment campaign today. Starting from 1^st October 2025, we seek to fill 10 PhD Scholar positions in different participating groups across chemistry, material sciences and physics as well as the position of a Scientific Coordinator and a Postdoc in Surface Characterization.

We can’t wait to get started! 

For details, please visit https://www.uni-saarland.de/forschen/ecm2.html!

03.02.2025 | Farewell lecture by Prof. Hempelmann

Prof. Rolf Hempelmann, who held the Chair of Physical Chemistry at Saarland University for many years, said goodbye with an entertaining farewell lecture on the topic of “Green Steel”. In his lecture, he not only looked back on his scientific work, but also on the developments in physical chemistry at the UdS. His commitment to the NanoBioLab, which he founded and which has already inspired thousands of pupils to take an interest in the natural sciences, deserves special mention. The Department of Chemistry would like to thank Prof. Hempelmann for his many years of work in research and teaching and for his tireless efforts in promoting young talent. We wish him all the best for the next stage of his life

27.07.2024 | JCF trip to CERN

On 27 July, the Saarbruecken chemists of the Young Chemistry Forum (JCF) Saar went on an excursion to the particle accelerators of CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire), the European organisation for nuclear research, in Geneva, Switzerland. With around 40 people, the trip started in the middle of the night so that the whole Saturday was available to take part in guided tours and visit the museum. There were several experiments to illustrate the principle and structure of particle accelerators and lots of information about the origins of the research facility and current research, and some CERN physicists were on hand to answer questions. A successful excursion for the young chemists despite the long journey.