Yesterday, Henkel presented the "<link https: www.henkel.de presse-und-medien presseinformationen-und-pressemappen external-link-new-window internal link in current>Laundry & Home Care Research Award 2018", endowed with 3,000 euros, and thus honored excellent research for the ninth time.

This year, Dr. Thiemo Faßbach was honored for his outstanding research on detergent substances, so-called surfactants. Dr. Faßbach is a Postdoc at the MPI CEC in the Department of '<link internal-link internal link in current>Molecular Catalysis' of <link internal-link internal link in current>Prof. Leitner. In his doctoral thesis "Bio-based Surfactants by Homogeneous Catalysis - Approaches to Process Developemnt" he dealt with the production of new surfactants from renewable raw materials.
Such surfactants are used e.g. in cleaning agents or the like. Thiemo Faßbach has tried to use and recycle the (homogeneous) catalysts as efficiently as possible with regard to technical processes. In this way, he gained groundbreaking insights into new, highly efficient ways of producing surfactants based on natural oils and sugars that can be transferred to industrial scale.

Further information on the award ceremony can be found in <link https: www.henkel.de blob bc5a7f7b4509eb81921ee854fb1d9964 data external-link-new-window internal link in current>Henkel's press release.