Author: Robert Mayer
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MayerLab @ICPOC-27
From September 6th to 9th, 2026, the 27th IUPAC International Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry (ICPOC-27) took place in Munich. As the leading international meeting in physical organic chemistry, ICPOC brings together researchers from around the world to exchange the latest developments in the field. This year, ICPOC came to…
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CRC Anniversary
From July 22nd to 24th, 2026, the Catalysis Research Center celebrated its 10th anniversary, and the MayerLab is proud to be part of this community. The anniversary was marked by the symposium “Perspectives of Catalysis Research,” bringing together the most recent and previous recipients (Frances Arnold and Tao Zhang) of…
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TUM NewIn Interview
Recently, Robert was interviewed for TUM’s NewIn series, which introduces the newly appointed members of our university. If you are curious on a short summary of our team’s work and the overarching vision of our lab, you can read the interview on TUM’s website titled “Die Regeln der Reaktion” (the…
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Group Hike
In early June, the MayerLab traded the lab for the Bavarian mountains and set out to climb Jochberg. We had carefully timed our hike to dodge the worst of the rain showers, taking shelter at various rest spots along the way. This strategy worked surprisingly well — until the rain…
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TUM Campuslauf
This week, the Mayerlab took part in the TUM Campuslauf. We embraced the challenge of a 5.5 km run across campus – an excellent opportunity to explore familiar surroundings from a new perspective. As if to make the experience even more memorable, the race coincided perfectly with the first 75 minutes…
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Mikhail joins the team
At the beginning of April, the MayerLab grew further as Mikhail joined us for his PhD work. Mikhail did his chemistry studies at TUM, where he gained experience in synthetic organic chemistry and catalysis, and just returned from a research stay at Roche (Basel) in medicinal chemistry. He will utilize…
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The MayerLab at the CCSC2026
Last week, the whole team of the MayerLab attended the Chemical Compound Space Conference 2026 (CCSC) in Munich, which was co-organized by Robert. The conference, held at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW), brought together an interdisciplinary group of scientists from theoretical and experimental chemistry, physics, and computer…
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New Members!
In March, Milena and Maciek joined the team for their master’s thesis and postdoctoral project, respectively. Milena joins us from EPFL and will explore the use of robotics for exploring kinetic reaction spaces. Maciek previously completed his PhD at the Universté de Strasbourg with Joseph Moran, and has secured a…
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Have a Look at Our New Lab!
Whereas the first pictures of our new lab in TUM’s Catalysis Research Center (CRC) still looked chaotic and were full of boxes, we have finished unboxing in the meantime. Since mid-February, we have been fully operational and have added a few further instruments to our repertoire.
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Moving to the Catalysis Research Center (CRC)
The beginning of January marked a further milestone for our team: we moved to our own labs at the Catalysis Research Center (CRC) at TUM. At the CRC, we have now combined both our instrumentation for automation and kinetics in a single place and are up and running again. Of…
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