Education

• PhD in Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, 2017 (Expected)
• Diploma in Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, 2013

Research

• Synthesis and Functionalization of Paracyclophanes and Pyridinophanes 
• CVD Polymerization

Experience and Awards

• Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, USA 2016
• Research Travel Grant, Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists, Germany, 2016
• DFG-SFB 1176 Fellow, Faculty of Chemistry and Biosciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 2016-current
• Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, USA 2014
• Undergraduate Student Researcher, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, 2011-2012 – Prof. Stefan Braese
• Research Internship, Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, UK, 2011-2012 – Prof. Graham Sandford
• Research Internship, SOHENA GmbH, Tuebingen, Germany, 2008
• Research Internship, Department of Chemistry, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tuebingen, Germany, 2008 – Prof. Thomas Ziegler

Publications

• M. Koenig; R. Kumar; C. Hussal; V. Trouillet; L. Barner; J. Lahann, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2017, DOI: 10.1002/macp.201600521, pH-Responsive Poly(p-xylylene) Coatings by Chemical Vapor Deposition Polymerization .
• S. Wei, X. Zou, K. Cheng, J. Jasensky, Q. Wang, Y. Li, C. Hussal, J. Lahann, C. L. Brooks III, Z. Chen., J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120, 19078-18086. Orientation Determination of Hybrid Peptide Immobilized on CVD-based Reactiv Polymer Surfaces.
• S. Zhong, A. Hafner, C. Hussal, M. Nieger, S. Braese, RSC Advances 2015, 5, 6255-6258. Metal-free radical perfluoroalkylation of (hetero)arenes.
• A. Hafner, C. Hussal, S. Braese, Synthesis 2014, 46, 1448-1454. Preparation of Aromatic Triazenes and Their Application in Silver-Mediated Perfluoroalkylation Reactions.

Presentations

• SFB 1176 Workshop of Graduate School, Bad Herrenalb, Germany, 2016 - Speaker
• SFB 1176 Workshop of the Graduate School, Bad Herrenalb, Germany, 2016 - Speaker
• 4th Sino-French Workshop on Macromolecules and Soft Matter, Strasbourg, France, 2015 - Poster
• 24th International Symposium: Synthesis in Organic Chemistry, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2015 - Poster
• 2nd ChiraNet Workshop, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, 2013 - Speaker