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Carina Riecken

PhD Student

QUT Contact Details
  • Campus Nord (KIT), Building 330, Room 353

Brief Curriculum Vitae
since 07/2026 PhD in Chemistry at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany, supervised by Prof. Christopher Barner-Kowollik
10/2023 – 04/2026 Master of Science (Sustainable Materials – Polymer Sciences) at the University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, supervised by Prof. Jürgen Rühe. Thesis Title: Application of a novel crosslinker for universal and reversible 3D network formation using C,H insertion crosslinking and Diels-Alder chemistry.
01/2024 – 06/2026 Assistant Scientist at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems. Topic: Characterization of battery materials & cells.
02/2025 – 04/2025 Internship at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia, supervised by Dr. Petra Utroša and Prof. Christopher Barner-Kowollik. Topic: Synthesis of polypeptides using ROP for NITEC photoreaction.
09/2024 – 11/2024 Internship at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland in the Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Materials with Prof. Holger Frauenrath. Synthesis and Characterization of Supramolecular PHBH materials.
05/2023 – 07/2023 Intership at BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany. Development of sustainable superabsorbents.
04/2021 – 04/2023   Bachelor of Science (Polymer and Colloid Chemistry) at the University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany supervised by Prof. Andreas Greiner. Thesis Title: Preparation and characterization of bead-on-string fibers and their selective decoration with noble metal nanoparticles.
03/2023 – 04/2023   Assistant Scientist at the University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany supervised by Prof. Andreas Greiner. Topic: Preparation and SEM characterization of electrospun fibers.
05/2022 – 07/2022 Assistant Scientist at the University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany supervised by Prof. Andreas Greiner. Topic: Synthesis of bio-based monomers for sustainable polyamides.
09/2021 – 12/2021 Assistant Scientist at the University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany supervised by Prof. Seema Agarwal. Topic: Synthesis, photopolymerization and kinetic studies of vinylcyclopropanes.
10/2018 – 03/2021 Bachelor of Science (Biochemistry) at the University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
06/2017 Secondary School Examination (Abitur) at the Gymnasium Tutzing, Germany

Research Interests
  • Biobased chromophore analysis
  • Modification of biobased polymers
  • 3D Laser Lithography
  • Multiphoton Absorption
  • Light-Induced Polymer Nano/Microsphere Synthesis

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