Researcher Info

Katharina Bica
University Assistant
Vienna University of Technology
Stereoselective and Sustainable Chemistry
Getreidemarkt 9/163
1060 Vienna
AustriaWG 3: Application of ILs
http://www.ias.tuwien.ac.at/staff/3291109/
Research Expertise
- Green and Sustainable Chemistry with a special focus on ionic liquids
- Catalysis in ionic liquids (transition metal catalysis, micellar catalysis & catalysis in microemulsions)
- Synthesis in and of ionic liquids
- Chiral ionic liquids and their application in asymmetric synthesis/separation sciences
Equipment you can share
- Equipment for modern synthetic chemistry including microwave reactors, continous flow systems and scale-up facilities
- Chromatographic facilities (4 GC, 2 GC-MS, 3 HPLC with PDA-UV, RI, ELSD or Fluorescence detection, 1 HPLC-MS, 1 UPLC)
- Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (including a HPLC-NMR-MS coupling)
Placements Offered
- 2 open PhD positions (3 years, starting earliest 01-10-13) in the project "Micellar catalysis with surface active ionic liquids"