Indo-German Cultural Exchange Stipend and DAAD Stipend for PhD

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1 Curriculum Vitae: Job History 04/ present Professor of at University of Bayreuth, (Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Geo-sciences,) 07/ /2004 Research stay at General Electric, Niskayuna, USA 01/ /2004 Scientific Assistant and Habilitation in Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Bayreuth 01/ /1999 Guest scientist and Scientific Assistant at Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Bayreuth 09/ /1994 Postdoctoral Scientist at BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany 08/ /1993 Lecturer in Chemistry at NSS College, Manjeri, Calicut University, India 08/ /1992 Research Assistant at Institute of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Jena, Germany 12/ /1988 Lecturer in Chemistry at NSS Colleges under Calicut and Kerala Universities, Kerala, India Education 01/ /2004 Habilitation in Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Bayreuth 09/ /1994 Postdoctoral Scientist at Specialty Polymers, BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany 08/ /1992 PhD at Institute of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Jena, Germany Master of Philosophy (M. Phil.) at Kerala University, India Masters in Chemistry (M.Sc.), Calicut University, Kerala, India Bachelors in Chemistry (B.Sc.), Calicut University, Kerala, India Awards and other resposibilities Indian National Merit Scholarship for Masters study Indo-German Cultural Exchange Stipend and DAAD Stipend for PhD since 2009 since 2012 since 2012 Coordinator for ERASMUS/LEONARDO Exchange programs for the Department of Chemistry, University of Bayreuth Director Board, Bavarian-Indian Cooperation Centre, Bavaria Coordinator for Collaborative Research network, Solar Technologies Go hybrid, Bavaria, Germany Scientific Coordinator of EU-India FP7-Energy project, LARGECELLS

2 Research Focus Tailored synthesis of functional molecules, polymers, block copolymers and their structure/morphology studies and application in diverse devices. Specifically, we are interested in: Functional chromophores and photoswitches: Synthesis of fluorescent dyes, combination with photoswitchable units and optical transsitors, microwave and flow reactors Conjugated polyelectrolytes and bioelectronics: Synthesis of well-ordered conjugated polylectrolytes and application in electrochemical transsistors to detect and assay biological molecules and cells Fully functionalized / amphiphilic diblock copolymers for solar cell applications: Synthetic techniques such as NMRP, RAFT, KCTP towards tailored block copolymers, application in organic and hybrid solar cells, charge transport measurements. Charge transport polymers for sensors and dosimetry to detect pollutants: Tuning of chemical structure of charge transport polymers to detect and assay pollutants such as NOx, SO 2 Device preparation and analysis: Solar cells, Organic field effect transistors, Diodes and transient charge recombination studies Publications 1. M. Sommer, A. Lang and M. Thelakkat, Crystalline-Crystalline Donor-Acceptor Block Copolymers, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.47 (2008) M. Sommer, S. Hüttner, S. Wunder and M. Thelakkat, Electron Conducting Block Copolymers: Morphological, Optical and Electronic Properties, Adv. Mater. 20 (2008) S. M. Lindner, S. Hüttner, A. Chiche, M. Thelakkat, G. Krausch, Charge Separation at Self-assembled Nanostructured Bulk Interface in Block Copolymers, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed 45 (2006) S. A. Haque, S. Handa, K. Peter, E. Palomares, M. Thelakkat, J. R. Durrant, Supermolecular control of charge transfer in dye-sensitized nanocrystalline TiO2 films: Towards a quantitative structure-function relationship, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 44 (2005) ; Nature Materials, News and Views, 723, (2005). 5. S. M. Lindner and M. Thelakkat, Nanostructured n-type Organic Semiconductor in a p-type Matrix via Self- Assembly of Block Copolymers, Macromolecules 37 (2004) J. C. Brendel, M. M. Schmidt, G.Hagen, R. Moos, M. Thelakkat, Controlled Synthesis of Water-Soluble Conjugated Polyelectrolytes Leading to Excellent Hole Transport Mobility, Chem. Mater. 26, (2014) J. C. Brendel, F. Liu, A. Lang, T. P. Russell, M. Thelakkat, Macroscopic vertical alignment of nanodomains in thin films of semiconductor amphiphilic block copolymers, ACS Nano, 7, (2013) André Wicklein, Andreas Lang, Mathis Muth and Mukundan Thelakkat, Swallow-tail Substituted Liquid Crystalline Perylene Bisimides Synthesis & Thermotropic Properties, J.Am.Chem.Soc. 131, (2009)

3 9. Chedarampet S. Karthikeyan, Helga Wietasch, Mukundan Thelakkat, Highly efficient solid-state dye-sensitized tio2 solar cells using donor-antenna dyes capable of multistep charge transfer cascade, Adv. Mater. 19, (2007) M. Thelakkat, Star-shaped, Dendrimeric and polymeric triarylamines as Photoconductors and Hole transport Materials, Macromol. Mater. Eng. 287(7), (2002) <span id='badgecont13438' style='width:126px'><script src=' Contact Prof. Dr. Mukundan Thelakkat Macromoelcular Chemistry I Universität Bayreuth Bayreuth Phone: 0921/ Fax: 0921/ mukundan.thelakkat@uni-bayreuth.de Homepage:

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5 Cooperations Joint Publications: UBT - AUS 1. T. Daeneke, K. Gräf, S. Watkins, M. Thelakkat, and U. Bach Infrared Sensitizers in Titania-Based Dye- Sensitized Solar Cells using a Dimethylferrocene Electrolyte, ChemSusChem, 6, , (2013); DOI: /CSSC UBT-UBT (max. 10 selected) 1. M. Karg, T. A. F. König, M. Retsch, C. Stelling, P. M. Reichstein, T. Honold, M. Thelakkat, and A. Fery, Colloidal Self-Assembly Concepts for Light Management in Photovoltaics, Materials Today, 2014, submitted Student Exchange: - Visit Katharina Neumann PhD Andrew Holmes, UMel Visit Anna Gräser Scott Watkins, CSIRO Visits, Sabbaticals, Presentations: Sabatical in CSIRO/Monash/UMel, Melbourne: bis Presentations: 1) NIR dyes and Hybrid solar cells, M. Thelakkat at Monash University, March ) Controlled synthesis of semiconductor polymers and block copolymers towards functional control in devices, M. Thelakkat, University of Melbourne, April 2012 Links to national networks / Cluster of Excellence: - Member of Profile Area Polymer and Colloid Science at University Bayreuth - Project leader of Collaborative Research Center 840 (From particulate Nanosystems to Mesotechnology) - Project leader in Research Training group (GRK 1640): Photophysics of synthetic and biological systems

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