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M. Sc. Johanna Vondran

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Curriculum Vitae

During her bachelor studies (2012-2015), Johanna Vondran focused on industrial chemistry and finished her thesis on the topic of the “palladium catalyzed aminocarbonylation of unsaturated substrates through formamides” under supervision of Prof. Behr at TU Dortmund. She received the “Deutschlandstipendium” first by Sparkasse Dortmund (2014/15), then by BASF (2015-2017). In advanced stage of her master studies, she went abroad to absolve an internship on flow chemical processes at the University of Melbourne, Australia, in the group of Dr. Polyzos. She graduated in the group of Prof. Vogt in September 2017 at TU Dortmund on the topic of the “palladium-catalyzed carbonylative aminetelomerization of 1,3-butadiene with secondary amines to linear unsaturated pelargonic amides”. Afterwards, she gained industrial work experience through an internship at Covestro in Leverkusen working on UV-curable prepregs. Since April 2018 she has worked as a research associate at the laboratory of industrial chemistry supported by a two-year Ph.D. scholarship by “Fonds der chemischen Industrie”.

Publications & Conferences

  • Vondran, J., Benninghoff, T., Emminghaus, A.I., Seidensticker, T., (2022). "Catalytic Synthesis of Methyl 9,10-dihydroxystearate from Technical Feedstocks in Continuous Flow via Epoxidation and Hydrolysis". Eur. J. Lipid Sci. Technol. 124(7), DOI: 10.1002/ejlt.202200041 .
  • Vondran, J., Seifert, A.I., Schäfer, K., Laudanski, A., Deysen, T., Wohlgemuth, K., Seidensticker, T., (2022). "Progressing the Crystal Way to Sustainability: Strategy for Developing an Integrated Recycling Process of Homogeneous Catalysts by Selective Product Crystallization". Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 61(27), 9621–9631, DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c00476 .
  • Vondran, J., Peters, M., Schnettger, A,. Sichelschmidt, C., Seidensticker, T., (2022). "From tandem to catalysis – organic solvent nanofiltration for catalyst
    separation in the homogeneously W-catalyzed oxidative cleavage of renewable methyl 9,10-dihydroxystearate". Catal. Sci. Technol., DOI: 10.1039/D1CY02317A.
  • Gladius, A. W., Vondran, J., Ramesh, Y., Seidensticker, T., Agar, D. V. (2021). "Slug flow as tool for selectivity control in the homogeneously catalysed solvent-free epoxidation of methyl oleate". J. Flow Chem. 11, 407-427, DOI: 10.1007/s41981-021-00199-6.
  • Vondran, J., Pela, J., Palczewski, D., Skiborowski, M., Seidensticker, T. (2021). "Curse and Blessing–The Role of Water in the Homogeneously Ru-Catalyzed Epoxidation of Technical Grade Methyl Oleate". ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 9 (34), 11469–11478, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c03573.
  • Vogelsang, D. , Vondran, J. , Hares, K. , Schäfer, K. , Seidensticker, T. , and Vorholt, A. J. (2019). "Palladium catalysed acid‐free carboxytelomerisation of 1,3‐butadiene with alcohols accessing pelargonic acid derivatives including triglycerides under selectivity control". Adv. Synth. Catal. 362, 679–687, DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201901383.
  • Vogelsang, D. , Vondran, J. , and Vorholt, A. J. (2018). "One-step palladium catalysed synthetic route to unsaturated pelargonic C9-amides directly from 1,3-butadiene". J. Catal. 365, 24–28, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2018.06.004.
  • Seidensticker, T. , Furst, M. R. L. , Frauenlob, R. , Vondran, J. , Paetzold, E. , Kragl, U. , and Vorholt, A. J. (2015). "Palladium-catalyzed aminocarbonylation of aliphatic alkenes with N,N-dimethylformamide as an in situ source of CO". ChemCatChem 7, 4085–4090, DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201500824. 
  1. October 2019, Seville, Spain: 17th Euro Fed Lipid Congress and Expo, “Catalyst recycling concept for the homogeneously catalyzed oxidative cleavage of methyl oleate as renewable feedstock with hydrogen peroxide as green oxidant
  2. August 2019, Aachen, Germany: Europacat 2019, “Progress in homogeneously catalyzed oxidation reactions – sustainability through catalyst recycling”
  3. March 2019, Karlsruhe, Germany: 10th Workshop on Fats and Oils as renewable feedstock for the Chemical Industry, ”Progress in homogeneously catalyzed oxidation reactions – sustainability through catalyst recycling”
  4. March 2019, Weimar, Germany: DECHEMA 52. Jahrestreffen Deutscher Katalytiker: ”Progress in homogeneously catalyzed oxidation reactions – sustainability through catalyst recycling”
  5. December 2016, Melbourne, Australia: Europacat, 41st annual synthesis symposium, ”Aminocarbonylation of olefins with N,N-dimethylformamid (DMF) – in situ generation of CO and dimethylamine“.
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Location & approach

The campus of TU Dort­mund University is located close to interstate junction Dort­mund West, where the Sauerlandlinie A 45 (Frankfurt-Dort­mund) crosses the Ruhrschnellweg B 1 / A 40. The best interstate exit to take from A 45 is “Dort­mund-Eichlinghofen” (closer to South Campus), and from B 1 / A 40 “Dort­mund-Dorstfeld” (closer to North Campus). Signs for the uni­ver­si­ty are located at both exits. Also, there is a new exit before you pass over the B 1-bridge leading into Dort­mund.

To get from North Campus to South Campus by car, there is the connection via Vogelpothsweg/Baroper Straße. We recommend you leave your car on one of the parking lots at North Campus and use the H-Bahn (suspended monorail system), which conveniently connects the two campuses.

TU Dort­mund University has its own train station (“Dort­mund Uni­ver­si­tät”). From there, suburban trains (S-Bahn) leave for Dort­mund main station (“Dort­mund Hauptbahnhof”) and Düsseldorf main station via the “Düsseldorf Airport Train Station” (take S-Bahn number 1, which leaves every 20 or 30 minutes). The uni­ver­si­ty is easily reached from Bochum, Essen, Mülheim an der Ruhr and Duisburg.

You can also take the bus or subway train from Dort­mund city to the uni­ver­si­ty: From Dort­mund main station, you can take any train bound for the Station “Stadtgarten”, usually lines U41, U45, U 47 and U49. At “Stadtgarten” you switch trains and get on line U42 towards “Hombruch”. Look out for the Station “An der Palmweide”. From the bus stop just across the road, busses bound for TU Dort­mund University leave every ten minutes (445, 447 and 462). Another option is to take the subway routes U41, U45, U47 and U49 from Dort­mund main station to the stop “Dort­mund Kampstraße”. From there, take U43 or U44 to the stop “Dort­mund Wittener Straße”. Switch to bus line 447 and get off at “Dort­mund Uni­ver­si­tät S”.

The AirportExpress is a fast and convenient means of transport from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Dortmund Central Station, taking you there in little more than 20 minutes. From Dortmund Central Station, you can continue to the university campus by interurban railway (S-Bahn). A larger range of international flight connections is offered at Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), which is about 60 kilometres away and can be directly reached by S-Bahn from the university station.

The H-Bahn is one of the hallmarks of TU Dort­mund University. There are two stations on North Campus. One (“Dort­mund Uni­ver­si­tät S”) is directly located at the suburban train stop, which connects the uni­ver­si­ty directly with the city of Dort­mund and the rest of the Ruhr Area. Also from this station, there are connections to the “Technologiepark” and (via South Campus) Eichlinghofen. The other station is located at the dining hall at North Campus and offers a direct connection to South Campus every five minutes.

The facilities of TU Dortmund University are spread over two campuses, the larger Campus North and the smaller Campus South. Additionally, some areas of the university are located in the adjacent “Technologiepark”.

Site Map of TU Dortmund University (Second Page in English).