Time for this years Christmas party! Being passionate coffee lovers, we started the day at a pottery, crafting our own cups. Later, we enjoyed Glühwein at the Christmas market and ended the day with a breathtaking view from the top of the Freiburger Münster.

This week, Weiying starts as PhD student number four in our lab supported by the CSC! We wish her lots of success and fun with our peptidic catalysts! 

Woopwoop!  Big News Alert! Tobi has won a major grant from the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung and is part of the prestigious BW Elite Network now!

Yichi starts as a new Bachelor student in our team working together with Tom on the development of new peptide catalysts. Wishing you all the best and lots of success, Yichi!

Just back from our group trip to the Vosges! Got lost in the woods, hiked to 1300 m (okay, 1100 m was the parking lot), had raclette & science sessions, solved a murder mystery – Emily was guilty! – and stopped on the way back in Colmar for some culture. Check out here for more photos.

Tobi received the Eugen Graetz Award for young researchers at the University of Freiburg during the ceremonial opening of the academic year. What a great recognition of our hard work.

We are excited to welcome Shailesh as the third PhD student in our group. He has been awarded the highly regarded DAAD India PhD fellowship and will be contributing to our adventures in the area of peptide catalysis. Welcome to the team, Shailesh!

We are thrilled to welcome Hanna, who will be conducting her master’s thesis research in our group. Her previous experience in inorganic chemistry will bring a fresh perspective and an exciting new twist to our research. Welcome Hanna!

Celebration time - this time with Granita! Thrilled to announce that Tom has been awarded the highly esteemed Evonik Stiftung scholarship for digital chemistry! Excited for his innovative research over the next 3 years. Thanks to the Evonik Stiftung for the generous support!

Celebrating our second PhD student, Joshua! Today marks the beginning of his exciting journey with us, which we celebrated with a wonderful lunch outside. We wish you great success and many catalytic peptides!

Amazing time at the Kastaniengarten tonight with everyone! The food was delicious – absolutely lekker! Afterwards, catching the view over Freiburg from Kanonenplatz. I'm so excited for a great summer in Freiburg.

Our first bachelor thesis student! A warm welcome to Jeff and to many great things ahead! 

Welcome Wassim! Wassim came from Dijon to join our team for a 4 months research stay. We wish him lots of success!

Congratulations Tom!!! Tom is the first student from our group to defend his Master thesis, and he did a phenomenal job. We are so excited that Tom will be the first PhD student of the Schnitzer Lab starting next week. 

Our team is growing! A warm welcome to Johannes, who started as a semester project student in our group.

Lab Dinner Time: After a long day of work, we unwound with a relaxing evening at Naherholung – truly, could there be a better place? – sharing delicious pizzas and enjoy time together.

Christmas Party!!! Our lab had a great trip to Colmar to visit the local Christmas market and finish the day with a tasty tarte flambée. Merry Christmas to all of you and thanks for a great first year at university of Freiburg. 

Welcome to Thomas, who starts in our Lab as a semester project student.

Tobi presents our research at the Bioorganic Conference at Munich.

Tobi presents a glimpse of our work at the Regiosymposium in Freiburg with his talk "Rethinking Small Molecule Catalyst Development"

Today, the Schnitzer group doubled its size: Tom Kuster joins our team for his Master thesis. He will deep-dive into the world of peptide catalysis!

What an amazing Easter surprise: Take a look at our stunning laboratory located on the 4th floor of the Chemiehochhaus!

The Schnitzer Lab starts exciting research on target-selective catalysis at the University of Freiburg! Thanks to the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie for the support!