About Us

Our group's focus in research is in the area of polymer chemistry and functional materials, but we are happy to explore beyond. Read more about our group's philosophy

Open Positions

The group is continuously seeking for exceptional and highly motivated PhD students and post-docs to join our team.

Ruzicka Prize

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Highlights

A recipe for constructing and recycling plastics. Check the news out here!

Breaking down plastic into its constituent parts. Check the ETH news here!

Athina receives the ETH Golden Owl award for exceptional teaching! Check the news out here!

Our group's work on controlling the molecular weight distribution of polymers has been highlighted in the ETH news! Check it out here!

Inaugural Lecture

Selected Publications

Tailoring Polymer Dispersity by RAFT Polymerization: A Versatile Approach
Chem 2020, 6, 1-13 external page[Link]

Enlarged view: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201804205

Concurrent Control over Sequence and Dispersity in Multiblock Copolymers
Nat. Chem. 2022, 14, 304-312 external page[Link]

Reversing RAFT Polymerization: Near-Quantitative Monomer Generation Via a Catalyst-Free Depolymerization Approach
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 4678-4684 external page[Link]

Transformer-Induced Metamorphosis of Polymeric Nanoparticle Shape at Room Temperature
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e2021113424 external page[Link]

Oxygen-Enhanced Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization through the Formation of a Copper Superoxido Complex
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 1906-1915 external page[Link]