Assistant Professor, Head of ATLAS Lab @tu_wien, Austria | Visiting Research Fellow @QUT Australia | photochemistry💡| polymer chemistry🪢| additive manufacturing 🖨https://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3mqumwvslhs27This week we had special visitors in our labs @chemistry-tuw.bsky.social! 22 kids came to participate in our "Materials for 3D printing" Kids' Uni workshop to understand what happens inside a 3D printer and how we can influence the outcome as chemists.17 Jul 2026 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqumwvslhs27https://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3mmbegseepk2oInput determines output-a fundamental principle in science. Of course this remains valid in times of AI ->Responsible Open Research practices are more relevant than ever! Let's contribute to meaningful input by taking transparency, due diligence and metadata seriously! https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01595-520 May 2026 07:18 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbegseepk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3mkpsgim3g22nCrystallinity uncommon for polymer networks - especially when they are densly crosslinked and not elastomeric. Check out how we can literally "trap" the liquid crystallinity of liquid formulations in photocrosslinked networks. Fantastic work from Michael Göschl: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259004982600092530 Apr 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpsgim3g22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3mcjiw7u55s2cWhat research practices are truly open and FAIR? Thanks Livia Beck and Christiane Stork (Technische Universität Wien Center for Research Data Management) for the interview and sincere interest in the researchers' experience! Read about it: https://www.tuwien.at/tu-wien/aktuelles/news/news/forschungsdaten-we-care-to-make-it-fair @chemistry-tuw.bsky.social16 Jan 2026 06:47 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcjiw7u55s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3m4klckn6mk2kHalloween vibes in our lab! We love our personal protective equipment :)01 Nov 2025 08:32 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4klckn6mk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3m3wtydo2as2xIch bin schon lange #ScienceBusters Fan - dass ich nun Gast bei Martin Puntigam und Peter Weinberger im Podcast war, ist eines meiner persönliches Highlights dieses Jahr! [to my fellow international blue sky enthusiasts: sorry for German content spam] https://sciencebusterspodcast.podigee.io/114-warum-der-3d-drucker-der-zukunft-nichts-f-r-wuerschtl-ist-sbp11424 Oct 2025 12:14 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3wtydo2as2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3lz7vhzsbzs2yOur Hot Article is now complimented by some nice Cover Art: Front cover - RSC Applied Polymers (RSC Publishing) https://share.google/V9m8KLQCHbH77gied Check out the research behind these false-colour SEM-images here: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/lp/d5lp00138b19 Sep 2025 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz7vhzsbzs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3lydajfzhrs2yRecently, @vmusil.bsky.social had a phenomenal week, getting not only one, but two (!!) first author papers accepted 🥳 Check out our new synthesis strategy for rubbery macromonomers and the resulting phenomenal microstructured 3D printed photopolymers! 🧵👇 @chemistry-tuw.bsky.social @tuwien.at https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/lp/d5lp00138b08 Sep 2025 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lydajfzhrs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3ltyuxfeflk2jDid you know that trioxanes are acidically degradable? We have used this motif for the first time in polymers to make and break 3D printable photopolymer networks on demand with light. Check out the early version here, published #openacess thanks to TU Wien Bibliothek: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/py/d5py00545k15 Jul 2025 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltyuxfeflk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3lrsw3zox6c2wCongratulations to our latest Dr.techn, wonderfully creative and hard-working Florian Mayer! It's been my plesure to work with you and you will be dearly missed. Some of Florian's work on dual-cure/degradation systems published and underway: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/mh/d4mh01261e https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/68272844927d1c2e6619fb8717 Jun 2025 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrsw3zox6c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3lq4zvzpxks24We'll have a wonderful team at Kids University Vienna again, demonstration the inner workings of 3D printers in a hands-on workshop 👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬🧋🐻💡 kinderuni.at "Der 3D Druck und seine Materialien" - Kurs 515 07.07.2025 09:30 - 12:30 | 10-12 Jahre https://kinderuni.at/27 May 2025 06:13 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq4zvzpxks24https://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3lla4qyj7rs23Great reflection - and only two-bite-sized 😉 [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Mar 2025 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lla4qyj7rs23https://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3lkdncuaiis2zCongrats to Selina for the best presentation award at BYPoS - a well-deserved recognition for all your hard work in the lab during your Diploma thesis on new star-shaped monomers for 3D printing! @chemistry-tuw.bsky.social14 Mar 2025 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdncuaiis2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3ljlbnf33bc2sThank you Materials Horizon Royal Society of Chemistry for the highlight! It's been fun to reflect on how my research interests have evolved and I look forward to reading this like a time capsule every 5-10 years and see which answers change and how! 👩‍🔬🏊‍♀️👩‍🎨 https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/mh/d5mh90020d04 Mar 2025 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljlbnf33bc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3lini5oj6gs2rLooking forward to making gummibears with 300+ potential future scientists next week - and this periodic graph will be nice for the highschool age group! Curious about our other food-themed experiments? Check out the program here: https://www.tuwien.at/tch/mitmachlabor/20-jahre-mitmachlabor [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Feb 2025 23:49 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lini5oj6gs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3lii5eo7sjc2uIt's FINALLY out! We introduce MonoLISA, a new 3D printer using monochromatic light between 210 and 2400 nm, and a first photoresin to print degradable and non-degradable materials with two colours of light! https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.20241963918 Feb 2025 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lii5eo7sjc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3lgfn6sxxps2tTime to focus and reflect on teaching methods today - including my favourite Austrian snack!! 😍23 Jan 2025 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgfn6sxxps2thttps://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3lgcvtsjm7w2zReading recommendation of @polykonkol.bsky.social and @polymerreaction.bsky.social's latest work: Temperature matters in photopolymerization! Thanks for spreading the word and giving this message a stage 👍 [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jan 2025 08:05 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgcvtsjm7w2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3lfncrcbwkc2cAn alle Lehrer*innen im wiener Umfeld: Kommt zur Jubiläumsfeier und erlebt die Magie (... oder doch einfach nur Naturgesetze?!) im 💫Mitmachlabor💥!👨‍🔬👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬 Infos und Anmeldung auf unserer Website: https://www.tuwien.at/tch/mitmachlabor [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jan 2025 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfncrcbwkc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3lfnbw3v7gs2cThanks for the feature, @chemistry-tuw.bsky.social ! I cannot wait to explore all of that referenced chemistry further and share it with you😃🤓👩‍🔬 [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jan 2025 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfnbw3v7gs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3ldy5y3qwns2xIt's been more difficult than usual to leave the office due to the group's surprise-decoration of our office - but now on to a little break after a wonderful 2024! Thanks to the best Team, colleagues, collaborators, friends and family!23 Dec 2024 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldy5y3qwns2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3ldw6ymaifs2b...can you guess my favourite?! I'll admit I would have voted for >1 if I could have! [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Dec 2024 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldw6ymaifs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3lcvg6ymc7k2kGrateful for the wonderful recognition, which I dedicate to the Additive Manufacturing Team: Our research on materials from and for 3D printing works - like the printer itself - only when every single part works well and the parts cooperate! 💫 Thank you Family Fehrer for your dedication! [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Dec 2024 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcvg6ymc7k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3lcbcqvn4722bHave you been wanting to #3Dprint materials with late gel-points but were too impatient with the long printing times? Our dual-cure printing technique recently published in #MaterialsHorizons may be the answer: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4MH01261E Phenomenal work by PhD student Florian Mayer! #MatSky #ChemSky01 Dec 2024 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcbcqvn4722bhttps://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3lbwxi2g5cc24Interesting study commissioned by Austrian basic research funding agency @fwf-at.bsky.social Fundamental research pays off for society and economy SHORT term-In German but I bet AI can translate it for you I'm curious: Did other countries' funding agencies ask similar questions/find similar answers? [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Nov 2024 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbwxi2g5cc24https://bsky.app/profile/k-ehrmann.bsky.social/post/3lbh4mhdwkc2eNew platform 🦋 old me 🤓 Happy to see many familiar profiles here and to discover new ones. Let's keep the skies blue🌤 with science, cameradery and productive discussions from different viewpoints 🌍🌎🌏 Some fun facts about myself and viewpoints for discussion: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.20231059921 Nov 2024 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:vwupojqtktpilbw2drromqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbh4mhdwkc2e