Dr. Lulu Li, Scientific Group Coordinator at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Spain, has been selected as this year's recipient of the Clara Immerwahr Award, honoring outstanding early-career female scientists in the field of catalysis. The award will be presented in December as part of a joint ceremony with the Gerhard Ertl Lecture, bringing together leading senior researchers and the most promising junior talents in catalysis on a single stage.

On October 9, 2026, the library of the Fritz Haber Institute hosted the first symposium of the International Max Planck Research School on Elementary Processes in Physical Chemistry (IMPRS-EPPC). Around 70 students, researchers, and alumni attended the day-long event, which combined scientific talks with a panel discussion on career paths after the PhD.

Elif Öykü Alagöz, a PhD student in the Interface Science Department lead by Prof. Roldán Cuenya, has won the Best Poster Prize at the international SURFCAT Summer School 2026 in Skælskør, Denmark. Her poster presented advanced X-ray diffraction methodology and data analysis for studying how cations behave at electrode-electrolyte interfaces during electrocatalytic reactions.

The Director of the Interface Science Department at the Fritz Haber Institute, Prof. Dr. Beatriz Roldán Cuenya, has been selected for the renowned Jacobus van 't Hoff Award Lectureship at Delft University of Technology. She delivered her lecture on September 28 in Delft, the Netherlands.