Team Members
Post Doc Researchers
Dr. Silene Engbers

Joined Feb. 2026
PhD Chemistry - University of Groningen
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow
silene [dot] engbers [at] cup.lmu.de
Method development to analyze high-valent (EPR-silent) Cu species by EPR and other spectroscopies
PhD Students
Paola Agüero
Joined Feb. 2026
BSc. and MSc. Chemistry - University of Costa Rica
MSc. Materials Science - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
paola [dot] aguero [at] cup.lmu.de
Stop flow and rapid scan EPR method development
Charlotte Gerischer

(Photo Copyright Dr. Lena Viergutz)
Joined Nov. 2025
BSc. Chemistry - TU Berlin
MSc. Chemistry - TU Berlin
charlotte [dot] gerischer [at] cup.lmu.de
Microfluidics and continuous flow techniques for CW and rapid scan EPR
Andreas Klöck

Joined June 2026
Staatsexamen Chemistry (Lehramt) - LMU Munich
andreas [dot] klöck [at] cup.lmu.de
Inorganic spectroscopy of organocopper and copper-fluorine chemistry
Kunsen Zhao

Joined Feb. 2026
BSc. Chemistry - Shandong University
MSc. Materials Science - Australian National University
kunsen [dot] zhao [at] cup.lmu.de
Spectroscopy of iron-sulfur model complexes and proteins
