Profile

Professional career

• since 06/2018
  Institute of Chemical Technology, Universität Leipzig;Field of activity: - Supervision of the laboratory for TEM- Cooperation in research projects in the field of heterogeneous catalysis- Teaching and supervision of students
• 09/2015 - 05/2018
  Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS, Halle;Field of activity: - Failure diagnostics of semiconductor technologies- Electron microscopic characterization- Processing and support of research and industrial projects
• 11/2011 - 07/2015
  PhD at Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering, Leipzig;Field of activity: - Production of semiconducting thin films- Preparation of samples for microscopic analysis- Electron microscopic characterization
• 10/2010 - 10/2011
  Insitute of Mineralogy, Crystallography and Material Science, Universität Leipzig;Field of activity: - X-ray diffraction- Students supervision

Education

• 01/2009 - 10/2010
  Master studies in Mineralogy and Materials Science at the Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Universität Leipzig (Master of Science)
• 08/2009 - 09/2009
  International Summer University on Energy (ISUenergy 2009)
• 10/2005 - 01/2009
  Bachelor studies chemistry at the Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, University of Leipzig, (Bachelor of Science)

Materials characterization by the power of electron microscopes to image nanometer-sized objects, even down to the atomic scale, opening up the world of nanoscale materials and enabling characterization of their unique properties. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) provides advanced analytical and high-resolution imaging techniques to support the development of innovative technologies. By means of chemical analysis utilizing energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), the possibility of tomography experiments and performing in-situ heating experiments in the TEM enables remarkable developments in the field of heterogeneous catalysis. This permits investigations of the relationship between the atomic scale microstructure and electrochemical properties of, e.g., nanoparticle catalysts.

Research focus:

• Materials characterization by high-resolution electron microscopy
• Electron tomography and in-situ experiments in the transmission electron microscope
• Determination of structural and surface properties of solid catalysts

• Poppitz, D.; Lotnyk, A.; Gerlach, J. W.; Lenzner, J.; Grundmann, M.; Rauschenbach, B.

  An aberration-corrected STEM study of structural defects in epitaxial GaN thin films grown by ion beam assisted MBE

  MICRON. 2016. pp. 1–8.

  DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2015.03.006
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• Weber, S.; Abel, K. L.; Zimmermann, R. T.; Huang, X.; Bremer, J.; Rihko-Struckmann, L. K.; Batey, D.; Cipiccia, S.; Titus-Emse, J.; Poppitz, D.; Kübel, C.; Sundmacher, K.; Gläser, R.; Sheppard, T. L.

  Porosity and Structure of Hierarchically Porous Ni/Al2O3 Catalysts for CO2 Methanation

  Catalysts. 2020. 10 (12). p. 1471.

  DOI: 10.3390/catal10121471
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• Schmutzler, F.; Zschiesche, C.; Titus-Emse, J.; Poppitz, D.; Freiding, J.; Rakoczy, R.; Reitzmann, A.; Gläser, R.

  Hydroisomerization of Renewable and Fossil n-Alkanes over Bifunctional Dealuminated ZSM-5 Catalysts

  Chemie - Ingenieur - Technik. 2021. 93 (6). pp. 981–989.

  DOI: 10.1002/cite.202000163
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• Abel, K. L.; Weber, S.; Poppitz, D.; Titus-Emse, J.; Sheppard, T. L.; Gläser, R.

  Correction: Thermally stable mesoporous tetragonal zirconia through surfactant-controlled synthesis and Si-stabilization (vol 12, pg 16875, 2022)

  RSC Advances. 2022. 12 (40). pp. 26382–26382.

  DOI: 10.1039/d2ra90091b
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• Jatoi, H.; Goepel, M.; Poppitz, D.; Kohns, R.; Enke, D.; Hartmann, M.; Gläser, R.

  Mass-Transfer in Hierarchical Silica Monoliths Loaded with Pt in the Continous-Flow Liquid-Phase Hydrogenation of p-Nitrophneol

  Frontiers in Chemical Engineering. 2021. p. 789416.

  DOI: 10.3389/ fceng.2021.789416
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