Heisenberg-Professor in inorganic chemistry at Leipzig University (Germany). Less is more: low-coordinate and low-valent chemistry of 3d metals.https://bsky.app/profile/wernckelab.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/wernckelab.bsky.social/post/3muk7lx6rl22wWith a slight delay: it was a pleasure and honor to host (my group and I) the MANS26 last week, the annual young inorganic chemists (+PI) meeting of the inorganic chemistry departments from universities of the thuringia, saxony, saxony-anhalt and from Bayreuth with around 100 participants. 1/202 Sep 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:ihk7la2hmsjvcmor2aeoehun/app.bsky.feed.post/3muk7lx6rl22whttps://bsky.app/profile/wernckelab.bsky.social/post/3mssoymrqxk2zBack to the beginning. Showing a trainee how to make Fe(hmds)2 and Co(hmds)2, may favorite compounds for Destillation. Also optimized the process to make it work faster in the lab practicals.11 Aug 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:ihk7la2hmsjvcmor2aeoehun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssoymrqxk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/wernckelab.bsky.social/post/3mesyjc2dsk2dOur chemistry does not only attract students. Unusual guest on our lab balcony on the 2nd floor @unileipzig.bsky.social .14 Feb 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:ihk7la2hmsjvcmor2aeoehun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mesyjc2dsk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/wernckelab.bsky.social/post/3mesyafe2j22dEnjoying the lively student life in @stadtleipzig.bsky.social @unileipzig.bsky.social. Chemistry carneval party organized by the chemistry students with a Westside story style of musical.14 Feb 2026 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:ihk7la2hmsjvcmor2aeoehun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mesyafe2j22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/wernckelab.bsky.social/post/3m6egzp2unc27Congratz (again 🎉) to Gargi and everybody involved. What a run in the last days. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Nov 2025 08:49 +0000at://did:plc:ihk7la2hmsjvcmor2aeoehun/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6egzp2unc27https://bsky.app/profile/wernckelab.bsky.social/post/3m63owa3np225Congratulations to Felix and everyone else involved. If I would have known earlier I could have congratulated him passing by him today during my stopover in Marburg. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Nov 2025 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:ihk7la2hmsjvcmor2aeoehun/app.bsky.feed.post/3m63owa3np225https://bsky.app/profile/wernckelab.bsky.social/post/3m56tcewvns23Congratz to Andres for is new manuscript on high spin iron arylimidos. Just in time for his successful PhD defense 💪 (Nr 6 😁). A Series of Trigonal Arylimido Iron Complexes and the Influence of Oxidation State and Steric Demand on Reactivity | Inorganic Chemistry https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c0314809 Nov 2025 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:ihk7la2hmsjvcmor2aeoehun/app.bsky.feed.post/3m56tcewvns23https://bsky.app/profile/wernckelab.bsky.social/post/3m3ct2igsb22pHappy to announce our newest imido iron compound in @chemcomm.rsc.org : https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/CC/D5CC05205J. It was a very tedious work with a lot of headscratching in-between due to its high reactivity (hmds co-ligands!)...In cooperation with @akmeyergoettingen.bsky.social and @cutsail-lab.bsky.social.16 Oct 2025 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:ihk7la2hmsjvcmor2aeoehun/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ct2igsb22phttps://bsky.app/profile/wernckelab.bsky.social/post/3m2mjwx6cf22uThe final work to become operational. The repaired freezer of our glovebox arrived. Just had to put it in rapidly in the counterflow in the stupid hope that o2 would not spike too high...07 Oct 2025 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:ihk7la2hmsjvcmor2aeoehun/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2mjwx6cf22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/wernckelab.bsky.social/post/3lybmposhak26Nice end of the weekend. First International soccer match in stadium ☺️ #gernir.07 Sep 2025 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:ihk7la2hmsjvcmor2aeoehun/app.bsky.feed.post/3lybmposhak26https://bsky.app/profile/wernckelab.bsky.social/post/3lvn5wak4x22sElsa II arrives at her new home @unileipzig.bsky.social . #newstart05 Aug 2025 07:14 +0000at://did:plc:ihk7la2hmsjvcmor2aeoehun/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvn5wak4x22shttps://bsky.app/profile/wernckelab.bsky.social/post/3lu5iqubq322aSecond that. The same could be said for @rsc.org journals. It is a pain to have a number of different possible social media platforms. But others are more flexible such as @angewandtechemie.bsky.social and other journals from Wiley. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jul 2025 08:20 +0000at://did:plc:ihk7la2hmsjvcmor2aeoehun/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu5iqubq322a