Karin Sowa

Ph.D. student: MEET, University of Muenster, BACCARA

Research topic:

Synthesis and application of redox-active materials for non-aqueous, organic redox flow batteries (RFBs).

Publications

Photoredox-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Csp3–Csp2 Cross-Coupling of Alkylarenes to Aldehydes in Flow

Oliver M. Griffiths, Henrique A. Esteves, Yiding Chen, Karin Sowa, Oliver S. May, Peter Morse, David C. Blakemore, and Steven V. Ley

The Journal of Organic Chemistry 2021 86 (19), 13559-13571

Flow Chemistry – Applications

Ferenc Darvas, György Dormán, Volker Hessel, Steven V. Ley

Chapter 11: Outlook, future directions, and emerging applications

Steven V. Ley, Oliver S. May, Oliver M. Griffiths and Karin Sowa

Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2021

Master thesis
University of Münster

Master thesis in organic chemistry (Prof. Dr. Ryan Gilmour):

Stereodefined Borylacrylates as C3-Linchpins for Synthesis.

Internship
Cambridge University (UK)

Visiting student at Cambridge University, Prof. Steve V. Ley;

Collaborative study with Pfizer on photocatalytic cross-coupling in flow.

Industry intership
Clariant (Hürth, NRW, Germany)

Internship at Clariant in the R&D department for flame retardants.

Synthesis of flameretardants and roll out support of the ELN (electronic lab notebook)

Bachelor thesis
University of Münster

Bachelor thesis in inorganic chemistry (University of Muenster,

Oxidative fluorination of group 15 and 16 elements with SF5-anions.

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