Since 1995, the MPI for Chemical Energy Conversion presents the "Frontiers Award" to an internationally outstanding and renowned scientist.

This year, the Frontiers Award goes to Prof. Dr Karen Goldberg from the University of Pennsylvania.

Karen Goldberg joined the University of Pennsylvania in 2017 as the Vagelos Professor of Energy Research and is the founding director of the Vagelos Institute of Energy Science and Technology (VIEST).
Her research focuses on the development of new catalytic systems for the efficient production of chemicals and fuels from a range of available feedstocks.

The presentation of the Frontiers Award 2023 will take place on Thursday, 2 June 2023 at 4:30pm in the lecture theatre of the neighbouring MPI für Kohlenforschung.
After a laudatory speech, Prof. Goldberg will give a lecture entitled Molecular Oxygen as a Reagent in Late Transition Metal Organometallic Chemistry.

Registration for the award ceremony is requested: Registration