Prof. Dr. Robert Hein

Organic Chemistry Insti­tute and Center for Soft Nanoscience, Univer­sity of Münster

Robert Hein is Junior Profes­sor of Organic Chemistry at the Univer­sity of Münster, where he leads a research group supported by a Liebig and NRW Return Fellowship.

In his research,h Robert focuses on the synthe­sis and analy­sis of novel molecules which reversibly change, for example, their colour, fluores­cence or geome­try in response to electri­cal stimu­la­tion. These redox switches are inves­ti­gated by his group for both funda­men­tal studies as well as proof-of-concept appli­ca­tions. This includes sensors, molec­u­lar machines, energy storage as well as respon­sive surfaces and materials.

He was awarded multi­ple Prizes and Fellow­ships, for example the Thieme Journals Chemistry Award, a Fellow­ship by the Studi­en­s­tiftung des Deutschen Volkes, a Fulford Junior Research Fellow­ship and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie-Fellow­ship. Addition­ally, Robert is a member of the German Chemi­cal Society (GDCh) and the Friends of the Chemistry Olympiad e.V.