Faculty 09: Department of Chemistry, TRIGA location, Prof. Dr. Christoph Düllmann

Poster Dissertation Topic

Academic Background
since 07/2024Doctorate in the Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Johannes
Gutenberg University Mainz, work group of Prof. Dr. Christoph
Düllmann, place of work: GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research, Darmstadt
10/2022-06/2024Master of Science Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Johannes
Gutenberg University Mainz, master’s thesis in the work group of
Prof. Dr. Christoph Düllmann (Title: “Single-atom gas
chromatography studies on quartz glass to determine the volatility
and reactivity of polonium”)
10/2019-08/2022Bachelor of Science Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Johannes
Gutenberg University Mainz, bachelor’s thesis in the work group
of Prof. Dr. Christoph Kerzig (Title: “Novel annihilator-sensitizer
couples for sensitized triplet-triplet annihilation in water”)
Teaching and academic work experience
Since 04/2024Supervisor of the general chemistry lab course, Department of
Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
09/2023-06/2024Tutor for the lecture “Experimental Chemistry”, Department of
Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
02/2023-05/2023Graduate assistant in the work group of Prof. Dr.
Christoph Kerzig in cooperation with the company ThorLabs,
Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
10/2022-08/2023Tutor for the lecture “Inorganic chemistry of the main and
secondary groups”, Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-
University Mainz
04/2021-02/2023Supervisor of the Physical Chemistry Basic Practical Course,
Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Scholarships and awards
Since 04/2026Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program
11/2025Giersch Excellence Grant for outstanding achievements during
the doctoral thesis
07/2025Participation in the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Chemistry
as a “Young Scientist”
12/2024Poster prize at the Helmholtz Matter and the Universe Days 2024,
Hamburg
09/2023Deutschlandstipendium in the funding year 2023/2024
(Invited) lectures and presentations
09/2026ECT* Workshop on the Physics and Chemistry of the Heaviest
Elements 2026, Trento, Italy (upcoming)
Invited talk: “Towards livermorium chemistry: Homologue
studies with polonium”
05/202622nd Workshop on Recoil Separator for Superheavy Element
Chemistry and Physics 2026 (TASCA 26), Darmstadt, Germany
Talk: “Towards livermorium chemistry: Atom-at-a-time gas
chromatography studies with polonium”
05/202620th Radiochemical Conference 2026 (RadChem 2026), Mariánské
Lázně, Czech Republic
Talk: “Towards livermorium chemistry: Atom-at-a-time gas
chromatography studies with polonium”
01/2026Seminar for Nuclear and Radiochemistry 2026, Johannes Gutenberg-
University Mainz, Germany
Invited seminar talk: “Towards chemistry with
livermorium: single-atom gas chromatography studies with
polonium”
09/202510th Workshop on the Chemistry of the Heaviest Elements 2025
(CHE10), Dunhuang, China
Invited talk: “Superheavy Element Chemistry at GSI”
04/202521st Workshop on Recoil Separator for Superheavy Element
Chemistry and Physics 2025 (TASCA 25), Darmstadt, Germany
Talk: “Reactivity of polonium towards quartz surfaces”
04/2025Department of Nuclear Chemistry Seminars 2025 (DNC Seminars),
Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
Invited seminar talk: “Chemistry of superheavy elements”
12/2024Helmholtz Matter and the Universe Days 2024 (MU Days 2024),
Hamburg, Germany
Poster presentation: “The study of superheavy elements:
Unravelling the influence of relativistic effects on their chemical
properties”
08/202410th International Conference on Nuclear and Radiochemistry 2024
(NRC10), Brighton, Great Britain
Poster presentation: “Single-atom gas chromatography studies of
polonium on quartz surfaces”
02/2024European Physical Society-Forum 2024 (EPS Forum 2024), Berlin,
Germany
Poster presentation: “Towards understanding the fundamental
properties that govern the periodic table: The study of superheavy
elements”
Publications
K. Hermainski et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2026, 28, 7617-7628, https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CP04980F
K. Hermainski et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2025, 27, 21414-21423,
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CP02381E
Highlighted on the title page and part of the “2025 PCCP Hot Articles” collection
D. Dietzel, A. Yakushev, Ch. E. Düllmann, K. Hermainski et al, J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem.
2025, 334, 6959-6972, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-025-10335-4
P. Mošať, J. Khuyagbaatar, J. Ballof, R. A. Cantemir, D. Dietzel, Ch. E. Düllmann, K.
Hermainski et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 2025, 134, 232501, https://doi.org/10.1103/s7hr-y7zq
Selected as “Editor’s Suggestion” and part of the “Physical Review Letters Collection”
of the year 2025
J. Khuyagbaatar, P. Mošať, J. Ballof, R. A. Cantemir, Ch. E. Düllmann, K. Hermainski et al,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 2025, 134, 022501, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.022501
Selected as “Editor’s Suggestion” and highlighted in “Physics Magazine”
K. Hermainski, C. Kerzig, EDU/TRAS-1 Handbook – Photochemistry of water-soluble
ruthenium complexes, Thorlabs, 2024
M.-S. Bertrams, K. Hermainski, J.-M. Mörsdorf, J. Ballmann, C. Kerzig, Chem. Sci. 2023,
14, 8583-8591, https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SC01725G
Extracurricular activities
Since 07/2025Part of the “Breaking Barriers in Science” initiative, established by
Lindau Alumni of the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Chemistry
Since 03/2025Active member of the “Helmholtz Graduate School for Hadron and
Ion Research”
04/2023-09/2023Participation in the interdisciplinary tutor training course of the
campus-wide writing workshop, Johannes Gutenberg University
Mainz
11/2014-09/2015Voluntary work in social supervision, Martha-Else-
Haus, Hofheim