Dr. Till Jessewitsch

Research interests

– Polymer Chemistry

– Sustainable Chemistry

– Homogeneous Catalysis

– Formulations for Thermoplastic Polyurethanes (TPU)

Curriculum vitae and education

October 2025 – present
Postdoctoral Fellow in the CAT Catalytic Center at ITMC, RWTH-Aachen, Germany

July 2021 – October 2024
Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Wuppertal
Area: Synthesis and Characterization of Bio-Based Polymers from Oleanolic Acid

April 2018 – June 2021
Master of Science in Chemistry at the University of Wuppertal
Area: Polymer Chemistry

September 2019 – March 2020
Research Internship at Covestro Deutschland AG in Leverkusen
Area: Polyisocyanates for Coating Systems

October 2014 – April 2018
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at the University of Wuppertal

Selected publications

01) Oleanolic Acid-Derived High-Glass-Transition-Temperature Methacrylic Polymers
T. Jessewitsch, N. Saou, L. Steinlein, K. Bensberg, S. F. Kirsch, G. Delaittre, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2024, 12.

02) Organic Copolymer Lasing from Single Defect Microcavity Fabricated Using Laser Patterning
P. Claronino, R. Jayaprakash, T. Jessewitsch, R. C. Kilbride, T. Thornber, A. Muravitskaya, R. D. J. Oliver, U. Scherf, J. G. Bouillard, A. M. Adawi, D. G. Lidzey, J. Mater. Chem. C 2023, 11.

03) Ultrafast Optical Control of Polariton Energy in an Organic Semiconductor Microcavity
K. E. McGhee, M. Guizzardi, R. Jayaprakash, K. Georgiou, T. Jessewitsch, U. Scherf, G. Cerullo, A. Zasedatelev, T. Virgili, P. G. Lagoudakis, D. G. Lidzey, Adv. Optical Mater. 2023, 11.

04) Use of Specific Open-Chain Ether Isocyanates
F. Richter, H. Ghazi Zahedi, T. Jessewitsch, T. Loddenkemper, S. Kostromine, WO2021180709, 2021.