Current Team
Stefan Arzbacher
Principal Investigator
Graduate degree: Mag. rer. nat. (Universität Innsbruck), Dr. rer. nat. (Universität Innsbruck).
Main research topic: Fundamentals and Applications of Clathrate Hydrates.
E-Mail: 
stefan.arzbacher@uibk.ac.at
Lilli-Ruth Fidler
Ph.D. student.
Graduate degree: B.Sc. (Universität Innsbruck).
Main research topic: High pressure phases of NH4F/H2O clathrates with alcohol guest molecules.
E-Mail: lilli-ruth.fidler@uibk.ac.at
Johannes Giebelmann
Ph.D. student
Graduate degree: M.Sc. (Universität Innsbruck).
Main research topic: Hyperquenching of aqueous solutions and polyamorphism.
Phone: +43 / 5 12 / 5 07-58020
E-Mail: johannes.giebelmann@uibk.ac.at
Astrid Hauptmann
Ph.D. student 2015–2019, Post-Doc since 2019.
Graduate degree: M.Sc. (Management Center Innsbruck), Dr. rer. nat. (Universität Innsbruck).
Main research topic: Characterisation of freezing and thawing processes in protein solutions for the enhancement of product quality.
Phone: +43 / 5 12 / 5 07-58024
E-Mail: astrid.hauptmann@novartis.com
Mahdiyeh Moradi
Ph.D. student
Graduate degree: M.Sc. (Isfahan University of Technology).
Main research topic: Resolving anomalous clathrate hydrate preservation.
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E-Mail: mahdiyeh.moradi@uibk.ac.at
Felix Münzker
MSc student
E-Mail: felix.muenzker@student.uibk.ac.at
Ammu Parakkattukudy Vijayan
Ph.D. student
Graduate degree: M.Sc. (Freie Universität Berlin).
Main research topic: Characterisation of hydrogen ordering in ice phases.
Phone: +43 / 5 12 / 5 07-58029
E-Mail: ammu.parakkattukudy-vijayan@uibk.ac.at
Ythan Shaw
MSc student
Exchange student from the University of Edinburgh.
Main research topic: Synthesis and analysis of CO2 and C2H6 clathrate hydrates.
E-Mail: ythan.shaw@student.uibk.ac.at
Christina Tonauer
Post-Doc via CMWS in collaboration with Hamburg
Graduate degree: Dr. rer. nat. (Universität Innsbruck).
Main research topic: Reactivity in crystalline and amorphous high-pressure ices.
Phone: +43 / 5 12 / 5 07-58029
E-Mail: christina.tonauer@uibk.ac.at
Keishiro Yamashita
Post-Doc.
Graduate degree: M. Sc., Dr. Sc. (both UTokyo).
Main research topic: Structural analysis of ice phases from diffraction techniques.
Phone: +43 / 5 12 / 5 07-58047
E-Mail: kyamashi@ed.ac.uk
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