The Gollas Group is interested in charge transfer reactions at solid/liquid interfaces. Research activities extend from fundamental studies of electrode reactions to the electrodeposition of novel materials and applications in the fields of industrial electroplating and electrochemical energy storage and conversion.

Bernhard Gollas studied chemistry at the University of Tübingen and the University of Oregon, where he worked on the electrochemistry of cyclophane ruthenium complexes. He received his PhD in 1996 from the University of Tübingen for his work in the field of molecular electrochemistry and modified electrodes. As a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Electrochemistry Group at the University of Southampton, he developed hyphenated electrochemical methods and studied the templated electrodeposition and properties of mesoporous metal films. Bernhard moved to Austria and joined the Chemistry Faculty at the Graz University of Technology as Assistant Professor developing novel coatings for industrial applications in collaboration with the Centre for Electrochemical Surface Technology. From 2001 until 2014 he held various positions in the Centre and acted as Scientific Spokesperson from 2009 until 2010. Since 2009 he is an Associate Professor of Electrochemistry and Applied Inorganic Chemistry at the Graz University of Technology. He is the author or co-author of over 50 refereed journal publications. Apart from his membership in the International Society of Electrochemistry, where he served as Regional Representative of Austria from 2016 to 2021, Bernhard is also active in The Electrochemical Society, the Gesellschaft Österreichischer Chemiker, the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh), the Division Electrochemistry of the GDCh, and the Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry.

Electrochemistry, electrodeposition, electrode reaction mechanisms, spectroelectrochemistry, electrochemical quartz-crystal microbalance, electroplating, electrochemical energy storage, batteries

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Zahid

Dr. techn. hab. Qamar Abbas

MSc Tauhidul Islam

Dipl.-Ing. Patrick Kosmus

Dipl.-Ing. Julia Sandtner

BSc Elena Heinzel

BSc Andreas Wagner

BSc Jonas Wolfsberger

Noelle Vincze

Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. BSc Sebastian Rohde, Duramea

MSc Anna Stark, VARTA AG, Deutschland

MSc Philipp Materna, TU Graz

BSc Doroteja Novak, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

MSc Sandra Steiner, AT&S, Leoben

MSc Horst Schranger

BSc Verena Maier-Mohamed, AT&S, Fehring

BSc Richard Hueber

MSc Wei Yang

MSc Michaela Remešová, CEITEC, Brno/Czech Republic

Dr. Daniel Schloffer, Infineon Technologies Austria, Graz

Dr. Christian Zelger

MSc Bernhard Berner

BSc Verena Amritzer

MSc Lukas Ladenstein, Mercedes-Benz G GmbH, Graz

BSc Alwin Moser

DI David Fuchs, Universität Duisburg-Essen

Dipl.-Ing. Patrick Kosmus, ams, Premstätten

Dr. Luciana Vieira, Fraunhofer-Institut für Grenzflächen- und Bioverfahrenstechnik IGB, Straubing

Michael Süßenbacher

DI Alexandra Ploner, SGL Carbon, Deutschland

Anna Wolczyk, Università degli Studi di Torino and Tohoku University, Sendai

MSc Stephan Trattner, CEST

DI Rahel Beuchel

Jennifer Laumen

Christian Pansy

MSc Stella Postlethwaite

DI Andreas Luegger, Miba AG, Laakirchen

DI Romana Schmiedt, The University of Auckland

MSc Benjamin Kaplan, Fannie Mae, Atlanta/Georgia

BSc Markus Heinrici

BSc Rishi Bodlos

Dr. Ming Wu, Anton Paar GmbH, Graz

Dr. Katharina Schmut, Infineon Technlogies Austria, Villach

Dr. Atanaska Trifonova

Dr. Markus Hacksteiner, MTI GmbH, Villach

Dr. Boštjan Erjavec, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana

Lindsay Morris, Atlanta/Georgia

Dr. Volker Pointner, AVL, Graz

Dr. Dr. Robert Breyner, MBA, voestalpine Wire Rod Austria GmbH, St. Peter-Freienstein

Dr. Klaus Leitner, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen

Dr. Thomas Hejze, Treibacher Industrie AG, Althofen

Dr. Angelika Basch

Dr. Florian Prossnigg, Samsung SDI, Graz

DI Martin Pischler, RHI, Leoben

Dr. Werner Pessenhofer, High Tech Coatings GmbH, Vorchdorf