Within the doctoral programme CaSuS, supervisors from three different institutes of the Department of Chemistry (Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Institute for Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Institute for Physical Chemistry) offer Ph.D. positions on research subjects in the area of catalysis. In addition to cutting-edge research, a specific interdisciplinary educational programme including lectures and workshops, conferences, excursions and secondary skill courses, is part of CaSuS.

Lectures and courses are held in English, and the thesis must be written in English.

The programme started in October 2009 and is designed to lead to a Ph.D. degree within six semesters. Students may join the programme at the beginning of every new semester.

CaSuS is funded by the Ministry for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony (15 Lichtenberg-Stipendien).

Qualified students are encouraged to apply for a position by

• 31^st July 2012 for winter semester 2012/2013

• Seminar
  
  7^th February 2012, 6.15 pm, Von Wartenberg seminar room
  
  Nora Hofmann
  
  
  
• Guest lectures
  
  22^nd February 2012, 3.15 pm, lecture hall III (MN29)
  
  Prof. Dr. Markus Busch (TU Darmstadt)
  "Kinetic Modeling of Polymerizations - Industrial Practice"
  
  
  22^nd May 2012, 5.15 pm
  
  Prof. Dr. Moris S. Eisen (Technion Haifa)
  
  
  
  19^th June 2012, 5.15 pm
  
  Dr. Kerstin Schierle-Arndt (BASF)
  
  




• Excursion
  
  
  
• Methods courses
  
  15^th and 22^nd February 2012
  
  Prof. M. Buback, Prof. P. Vana, Prof. M. Busch (TU Darmstadt)
  
  "Kinetic Methods"
  
  Program
  
  
  25^th / 26^th April 2012
  
  Prof. Dr. Max Holthausen (University Frankfurt)
  
  "Computational methods in catalysis research"




• Lecture "Current developments in catalysis research"
  
  7^th - 20^th March 2012, 9.00 - 12.00, Von Wartenberg seminar room




• Workshop
  
  27^th - 29^th June 2012
  together with "Landesforschungsschwerpunkt" NanoKat, University Kaiserslautern




• Niedersächsisches Katalysesymposium (NiKaS)
  
  18^th and 19^th October 2012