M. Sc. Felix Niebisch

Research interests

– Polymer chemistry

– Removal of additives from end-of-life polyurethanes

Curriculum vitae and education

March 2025 – present

Postdoctoral Fellow in the CAT Catalytic Center at ITMC, RWTH-Aachen, Germany

February 2021- February 2025

Ph. D. student in Polymer Chemistry at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal in the research group of Prof. Ullrich Scherf

Area: Solution-based bottom-up synthesis of chevron-type Graphene Nanoribbons and electropolymerization of inherently chiral polymers

Juni 2023 – August 2023

Visiting Research Fellow at Universidad Yachay Tech in Urcuqui, Ecuador in the research group of Prof. Alex Palma-Cando

Area: Electropolymerisation of inherently chiral polymers

October 2018 – January 2021

Master of Science in Chemistry at Bergische Universität Wuppertal

Master-Thesis in Polymer Chemistry in the research group of Prof. Ullrich Scherf

October 2019 – January 2020

Visiting Research Fellow at The Australian National University in Canberra, Australia in the research group of Prof. Martin G. Banwell

Area: Gold(I)-catalyzed synthesis of Isocumarenes

October 2014 – September 2018

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at Bergische Universität Wuppertal

Bachelor-Thesis in Organic Chemistry in the research group of Prof. Stefan F. Kirsch

March 2018 – Mai 2018

Research internship at Covestro Deutschland AG in Leverkusen
Area: Additives in isocyanate-based adhesives

Selected publications

01) Electropolymerization of a New Diketopyrrollopyrrole Derivative into Inherent Chiral Polymer Films

F. Niebisch, U. Scherf, A. Palma-Cando, Nanomaterials, 2024, 14, 1776.

02) Thin polymer films by oxidative or reductive electropolymerization and their application in electrochromic windows and thin-film sensors

I. Rendón-Enríquez, A. Palma-Cando, F. Körber, F. Niebisch, M. Forster, M. W. Tausch, U. Scherf, Molecules, 2022, 28, 883.

Awards + Scholarships

March 2023 DAAD Research Scholarship for Doctoral Candidates