Research Interests


  • Solid state chemistry of highly correlated materials
  • Electronic Structure, superconductivity and magnetism
  • Transition metal chalcogenides, pnictides, pnictide oxides

Short CV

  • Studied chemistry at Cologne
  • 1993 PhD, Cologne
  • 1995-1996 Postdoctoral research at IMN Nantes, CNRS, France
  • 1997-2001 Hochschulassistant at Düsseldorf
  • 2001 Habilitation
  • Since 2002 Professor (C3) of Inorganic solid state Chemistry, LMU

Key publications


  • Superconductivity at 38 K in the iron arsenide (Ba0.6K0.4)Fe2As2, M. Rotter, M. Tegel, D. Johrendt, Phys. Rev. Lett. 2008, 101, 107006.
  • Superconductivity and crystal structures of (Ba1-xKx)Fe2As2 (x = 0 - 1), M. Rotter, M. Pangerl, M. Tegel, D. Johrendt, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 7949.
  • Superconductivity up to 35 K in the iron-platinum arsenides (CaFe1-xPtxAs)10 (Pt4-yAs8) with layered structures, C. Löhnert, T. Stürzer, M. Tegel, R. Frankovsky, G. Friederichs, D. Johrendt,
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 9195.