Dr. Jiajie Hou from the Interface Science Department of the Fritz Haber Institute has been awarded a prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship for her research project “oCEMBER2mc” that aims to investigate strategies for converting captured carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals.

On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the Fritz Haber Institute honors its pioneers such as Clara Immerwahr, Germany’s first female chemistry PhD, while also celebrating the achievements of women across all fields of research at the institute, demonstrating that science thrives when barriers are broken and opportunities are open to all.

Dr. Dominik Stemer, postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Molecular Physics at the Fritz Haber Institute, has been accepted by the German Research Foundation (DFG) into the prestigious Emmy Noether Program. Starting by the beginning of 2026, he will head the research group “Enantiosensitive Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Chiral Aqueous Solutions,” which will focus on researching chirality in aqueous solutions of amino acids.

Prof. Dr. Giacomo Valtolina, former head of the research group “Molecular Quantum Matter” in the Molecular Physics Department of the Fritz Haber Institute, has been appointed as a Visiting Professor at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. This professorship is linked to his ERC Starting Grant and runs from January 1, 2026 to the end of 2028.