• Bio based and degradable resin componds for the application in fastening technologies/high performance materials
• Synthesis of bio-based monomers from sustainable raw materials
• Sustainable engineering polymers for recycling on demand
• Synthesis of covalent adaptable networks (CANs) through integration of dynamic bonds
• Sustainable thermoplastic elastomers by controlled radical RAFT-polymerization
• Bio-based methacrylate resin coatings and their curing behavior
• Development of sustainable methacrylate-based 2C resins for application in fastening technologies
• Analytical reaction monitoring of fast curing resins
• Application of DOE for the investigation and development of resin blends
• Characterization of polymer networks

• Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR & NIR)
• Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
• Rheometry: ARES Rheometer
• Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA)
• Time-temperature curves
• NMR spectroscopy
• Size-Exclusion Chromatography (SEC) analysis

AIF-Project (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy) „Weldable UV coatings with reversibly detachable covalent bonds for application on PVC films“ (Research Association Pigments and Coatings e.V.), projekt partners are Fraunhofer IPA and SKZ-KFE gGmbH, Project number: 22109 BG, Duration 01'2022 - 12'2024

Research-exchange project Paired Early Career Fellowship in Applied Research (PECFAR): on the Topic: “Synthesis of Green Polyurethane-Nanocellulose Composites and Its Depolymerization”, funded by Indo-German Science and Technology Centre (IGSTC), joint project with CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Techology in Hyderabad-India, Project number: IGSTC-02604, Duration 10'2024 - 02'2025

Leibniz association funded (SAW) Project “SUSTAIN: From Waste to Value – Concepts for the Depolymerization and Upcycling of Bio-based Polymers”, projekt partners are Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT), Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP), Department of Chemistry at Paderborn University (UPB), Center for Sustainable System Design (CSSD), Project number: K522/2023, Duration 01'2024 - 12'2027

Completed

Project on "Bio-based resin components for the sustainable development of fastening technologies in the construction industry", funded by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, project management agency "Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe" (FNR), Project number: FKZ-22011618, Duration: 04'2019 - 03'2022