Dr Johanna Heine has been appointed Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the Institute of Chemistry. She previously researched and taught at the University of Marburg, where she also completed her chemistry degree, obtained her doctorate in 2011 and habilitated in 2021.
In Marburg, Heine led a junior research group and a sub-project in the Marburg Collaborative Research Centre ‘Structure and Dynamics of Internal Interfaces’ from 2013. From 2021 to 2022, she held an interim professorship at the University of Mainz. Since 2023, the German Research Foundation has been funding the chemist's research in the renowned Heisenberg Programme.
Heine is researching the synthesis and characterisation of semiconductor materials that can be used in solar cells or LEDs, for example. She is particularly interested in organic-inorganic hybrid materials that combine building blocks from organic and inorganic chemistry. This allows their characteristics to be combined in a unique way – not least with regard to sustainability.