Members of the CHOCO research team
Leader of CHOCO team
Prof. Kathrin H. Hopmann
Kathrin is an expert in quantum chemical modelling of organometallic reactions, with emphasis on selectivity and on validation of mechanistic proposals (PhD 2008, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden). Besides leading the CHOCO group and it various projects, Kathrin is leader of the ITN CO2PERATE. A more comprehensive CV is available as a PDF here.
See also: ORCID (articles), TeachingPortfolio (Teaching), Google scholar.
Contact: kathrin.hopmann@uit.no
Co-leader of CHOCO team
Prof. Annette Bayer
Expertise in organic synthesis.
See also: Homepage
Postdoc CATCHME
Dr. Ljiljana Pavlovic
Project: Modelling of CO2 capture molecules (funded by the Research Council of Norway)
Previous activity: PhD CHOCO (2016-2020)
Modelling of rhodium- and cobalt-based transition metal catalysts (funded by UiT)
PhD student MARVAL
Anders Myhre Brakestad
Project: Modelling of molecular properties with Multiwavelets (funded by UiT)
PhD student NordCO2
Cuong Dat Do
Project: Modelling of CO2 activation using FLPs (funded by UiT)
PhD student iCCU
Martin Pettersen
Project: Experimental development of CO2-converting catalysts (iCCU, funded by UIT)
PhD student CO2PERATE
Jhonnatan Carvalho de Oliveira Gomes
Project: Computational analysis of CO2 – based carboxylation of hydrocarbons (funded by H2020 – MSCA ITN)
PhD student CO2PERATE
Sahil Gahlawat
Project: Conversion of CO2 to Carbamates (funded by H2020 – MSCA ITN)
Postdoc CATCHME
Dr. Anggi Putra
Project: Molecules for CO2 capture
Administration staff
Dr. Marie-J. H. Halsør
ALUMNI:
Dr. Ashot Gevorgyan (Postdoc and CHOCO, 2017-2021)
Project: Experimental development of transition metal-based CO2-converting catalysts (funded by TFS)
Dr. Gevorgyan has started his own group at UiT and is still in contact with the CHOCO group.
Dr. Marc Ferry Obst (PhD and Researcher CHOCO, 2017-2021)
Projects:
Modelling of transition metal-based CO2-converting catalysts (funded by TFS, 2020-2021)
Modelling of copper- and nickel-based CO2-conversion catalysts (funded by TFS, 2017-2020)
Dr. Diego García López (Postdoc CHOCO, 2018-2020)
Project: Modelling of transition-metal based CO2-converting catalysts (funded by TFS)
Trine Andreassen (Administration staff CHOCO, 2020)
Dr. Sietske Grijseels (Researcher CHOCO,2019)
Project: Upcycling of biomass from parasite infected plants (collaboration with prof. Espen Hansen and prof. Kirsten Krause; funded by ARC at UiT)
Dr. Janakiram Vaitla (Postdoc deFACTO and CHOCO, 2016-2019)
Project: Experimental investigation of selectivity-determining factors in transition-metal catalyzed reactions (deFACTO, funded by the RCN)
Yngve Guttormsen (Technical/Administration staff CHOCO, 2017-2019)
Dr. Glenn Morello (Postdoc deFACTO, 2015-2018)
Project: Theoretical investigation of selectivity-determining factors in transition-metal catalyzed reactions (deFACTO, funded by the RCN)
Research visits/Undergraduate projects:
- Erik Hernæs Norheim, Fall 2021. Bachelor project (UiT): CO2 capture with amines
- Kristine Rein, Spring 2020, Bachelor project (UiT): Can biotin bind CO2?
- Ambre Steiner, Spring 2018, IUT Robert Schuman -Universite de Strasbourg, France
- Louise Putout, Spring 2018, University of Franche-Comté, Besancon, France
- Kristers Ozols, Spring 2016, Riga Technical University, Latvia
- Sonja Tischlik, Sommer 2015, Universität Konstanz, Germany