Karam Asad
Dr. Karam Asad
Collaborative Research Center 1719: ChemPrint — Next-generation printed semiconductors: Atomic-level engineering via molecular surface chemistry
Research associates
Address
Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Straße 1091058 Erlangen
Contact
- Email: karam.asad@fau.de
Bachelor Thesis
- Synthesis of C60 Bisadducts Equipped with 1,2-Diol Groups Application in the Construction of Covalently-Linked Fullerene Superstructures
Ph.D. Thesis
- New Chemistry of Azafullerenes
Research Area
- Surface Patterning of 2-D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides and Graphene
- Nitrogen-Doping of Fullerene Toward the Synthesis of Multiazafullerenes
- Regioselective Synthesis of Fullerene and Azafullerene Multiadducts
- Construction of Platonic Solids, COFs and MOFs Consisted of Fullerene and Azafullerene Building Blocks
Education and Research Experience
| Oct 2025-today | Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Erlangen-Nüremberg, Erlangen, Germany Supervisor: Dr. Andreas Hirsch |
| Jan 2018-May 2025 | PhD in Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus Supervisors: Dr. Nikos Chronakis† (2018-2023) Dr. Savvas Georgiades (2023-2024) |
| Sep 20213-May 2017 | Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus |
Publications
2024
- K. Asad, R. Canton-Vitoria, A. Kourtellaris, N. Chronakis, N. Tagmatarchis, “Tether-Directed Regioselective Synthesis of New Cis-2ʹ Azafullerene Bisadducts”, Carbon 2024, 228, 119377-119384.
2021
- K Asad, A. Stergiou, A. Kourtellaris, N. Tagmatarchis, N. Chronakis, “First Synthesis of the Inherently Chiral Trans-4ʹ Bisadduct of C59N Azafullerene by Using Cyclo-[2]-dodecylmalonate as a Tether”, Chem. ‒ Eur. J. 2021, 27, 13879-13886.
- E.Ubasart, C. García-Simón, M. Pujals, K. Asad,N. Chronakis, T. Parella, X. Ribas, “Straightforward Supramolecular Purification of C84 from a Fullerene Extract”, Org. Chem. Front. 2021, 8, 4101-4105.
2020
- C.García-Simón, C. Colomban, Y. A. Çetin, A. Gimeno, M. Pujals, E. Ubasart, C. Fuertes-Espinosa, K. Asad,N. Chronakis, M. Costas, J. Jiménez-Barbero, F. Feixas, X. Ribas, “Complete Dynamic Reconstruction of C60, C70, and (C59N)2 Encapsulation into an Adaptable Supramolecular Nanocapsule”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 16051-16063.
2019
- A. Stergiou, K. Asad, A. Kourtellaris, N. Chronakis, N. Tagmatarchis, “Tether-Directed Regioselective Synthesis of an Equatorialface Bisadduct of Azafullerene Using Cyclo-[2]-Octylmalonate”, Chem. ‒ Eur. J. 2019, 25, 5751-5756.