Doctoral Promotion Jannik Lübke

In his thesis, Jannik worked on producing beams of aerosolized nanoparticles and biomolecules with well-characterized charge- and oligomeric states and demonstrated ways to modulate their charge-state distributions. Furthermore, based on computational modeling, Jannik proposed an electrostatic deflection setup to enable the spatial separation of conformers, in which charge-neutral biological macromolecules can be separated according to their conformational states. These findings are crucial steps toward atomic-resolution imaging of identical macromolecules in the gas phase, which can be directly applied in single-particle imaging experiments.

Jannik had performed this research, among others, within the ERC grant "Controlling the Motion of Complex Molecules and Particles “COMOTION” at the Controlled Molecule Imaging group at the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science. 

We at CMI wish Jannik Lübke the very best for his future life and career.