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Dr. Jan Hobich

Research Fellow

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Brief Curriculum Vitae
since 01/2026
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany, supervised by Prof. Christopher Barner-Kowollik
05/2022 – 12/2025 PhD at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia, supervised by Prof. Christopher Barner-Kowollik, and at Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany, supervised by Prof. Eva Blasco, and at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany, supervised by Dr. Hatice Mutlu. Thesis Title: Two Color Synergistic Photochemistry for Network Formation and Lithography
12/2021 – 04/2022 Complementary Scientist (HiWi) supervised by Dr. Hatice Mutlu at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany. Project – KIT Future Fields: Second Life for Commercial Polymers: Chemical Metamorphosis
04/2019 – 09/2021 Master of Science (Chemistry) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany, supervised by Dr. Hatice Mutlu. Thesis Title: Expanding the Toolbox of the Bis(hindered amino)disulfide based Polymers
10/2015 – 03/2019 Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany, supervised by Prof. Michael A. R. Meier. Thesis Title: Preparation of secondary amino-aldehydes via Mannich amino alkylation

Research Interests
  • Multi-colour photochemistry
  • Step-growth polymerisations
  • Action plots
  • 3D printing

2025
[795] Synergistic Two-Color Photochemical Polymer Network Formation and Lithography

Hobich, J.; Wu, X.; Feist, F.; Scheibel, W.; Herdt, N.; Somers, P.; Blasco, E.; Mutlu, E.; Barner-Kowollik, C. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202518815.

[770] Quantification of Synergistic Two-Color Covalent Bond Formation

Hobich, J.; Feist, F.; Werner, P.; Carroll, J. A.; Fuhr, O.; Blasco, E.; Mutlu, H.; Barner-Kowollik, C. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202413530

2023
[722] Synergistic, Orthogonal and Antagonistic Photochemistry for Light-Induced 3D Printing

Hobich, J.; Blasco, E.; Wegener, M.; Mutlu, H.; Barner-Kowollik, C. Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2023, 224, 2200318.

2025
[03] Multi-Free Multicomponent Upcycling of Polybutadiene to Sulfonamide-Functionalized Materials

Jeschke, J.; Hobich, J.; Mutlu, H. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2025, 46, e00311

2024
[02] Electrochemical Investigations of Sulfur-Decorated Organic Materials as Cathodes for Alkali Batteries

Fu, Q.; Zhao, L.; Luo, X.; Hobich, J.; Döpping, Rehnlund, D.; Mutlu, H.; Dsoke, S. Small. 2024, 20, 2311800

2021
[01] Acyclic Diene Metathesis (ADMET) Polymerization of 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidine-1-sulfanyl (TEMPS) Dimers

J. Hobich, B. Huber, P. Theato, H. Mutlu; Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2021, 42, 2100118.

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