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Electrifying synthesis for resource efficiency – from small to big

Prof. Siegfried R. Waldvogel (MPI for Chemical Energy Conversion)

Siegfried R. Waldvogel  is an internationally renowned chemist and a leading expert in electrosynthesis, a field dedicated to transforming waste streams into valuable chemicals through the use of electricity. His work plays a crucial role in advancing sustainable practices within the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. As Director at the MPI CEC since December 2023, he has established the department of Electrosynthesis, which has since focused on innovative, climate-neutral chemical processes. Already in his previous position as a full professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Siegfried Waldvogel focused his research on the entire spectrum of electrolysis development, from novel screening methods to upscaling of electrosynthetic conversions.

Ernst Haage National Prize

The dynamic restructuring of functional nanomaterials under realistic conditions is what Barbara A. J. Lechner is particularly interested in. Among other things, she and her team use a scanning tunnelling microscope with high temporal and spatial resolution directly in gas mixtures for their experiments. They are investigating how the structure of metal particles and oxide carrier materials changes and influences the function of the material.
Lechner earned her doctorate in physics at the University of Cambridge and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA, before becoming a group leader at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). In 2020, Lechner was appointed Rudolf Mößbauer Professor and now heads a research group for functional nanomaterials at TUM.

Ernst Haage Prize for PhD Students and Post-Doctoral Fellows

Sheng-Hsiang Lin is a post-doctoral researcher at the MPI for Chemical Energy Conversion in the Molecular Catalysis Department of Prof. Walter Leitner. 

Tim Schulte is a doctoral researcher at the MPI für Kohlenforschung in the department of Organic Synthesis led by Prof. Tobias Ritter.

Ernst Haage Prize for Apprentices

Hinrich Kludig, industrial mechanic at MPI für Kohlenforschung

Elisabeth Glöckler, chemical laboratory assistant at MPI for Chemical Energy Conversion