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Department(s)/lab(s): Department of Chemistry, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry | AK Duellmann - Nuclear Chemistry (TRIGA) @ JGU
Summary:

Duellmann heads nuclear chemistry at JGU (TRIGA reactor site) with joint appointments at GSI and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz, working on the production, chemical separation and characterization of the heaviest elements. For this search the relevant thread is 229Th: his group supplies and prepares the isomeric thorium samples and molecular thorium ions that Wendt's laser spectroscopy and Schmidt-Kaler's ion traps interrogate en route to a nuclear clock, and he is part of the broader radioactive-molecule programme aimed at symmetry-violation searches. Relative to the established NV-ensemble quantum-sensing playbook (DEER, nanoscale NMR, T1 relaxometry at pT/sqrt(Hz) ensemble sensitivity), the pivot is toward the next frontier of frequency metrology, where the 'sensor' is a nucleus rather than an electron shell -- an unusually good chemistry/physics interface for a postdoc.

Created at: July 14, 2026, 8:26 p.m. Updated at: July 14, 2026, 8:26 p.m. Metadata: Freshness: 2026-07-14. Primary lab: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry, JGU; joint with GSI/Helmholtz Institute Mainz.