Invited Oral Presentations

Prof. Dr. Beatriz Roldán Cuenya

Talks at conferences, colloquia, seminars

Talks  Neuer Verusch 18.01.2023 (14.01.2021)

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Talks at conferences, colloquia, seminars

2022

• From Single Atoms to Cluster and Nanoparticle Catalysts in Energy Conversion, 27^th North American Catalysis Society Meeting (NAM27), 05/22-27/2022, New York, USA.
• Dynamic CO₂ Electroreduction Catalysts under Operando Conditions, Gordon Research Conference on Renewable Energy: Solar Fuels, 05/08-13/2022, Lucca (Barga), Italy.
• Unveiling the Dynamic Behavior of CO₂ Conversion Catalysts through in situ Microscopy and Operando Spectroscopy, Annual Spring Symposium of the Southwest Catalysis Society (SWCS), 04/29/2022, online opening talk.
• Unveiling the Evolution of Electrocatalysts under Reaction Conditions using Electrochemical Cell Transmission Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy, Workshop of the Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy (CCEM) on “In-situ/Operando TEM Techniques for Advanced Nanomaterial Characterization” 04/01/2022, online talk.
• Unveiling the Dynamic Behavior of CO₂ Electroreduction Catalysts through In-situ Microscopy and Operando Spectroscopy, 263^rd ACS Spring 2022 National Meeting & Exposition, 03/20-24/2022, San Diego, USA, keynote talk.
• Dynamic Nanoparticle Catalysts during CO₂ Hydrogenation Reactions, 263^rd ACS Spring 2022 National Meeting & Exposition, 03/20-24/2022, San Diego, USA, keynote talk.
• Influence of the Dynamic Structure and Composition of CO and CO2 Electroreduction Catalysts on Selectivity, nanoGe Spring Meeting, 03/08/2022, online talk.
• From Single Atoms to Clusters and Nanoparticle Catalysts in Energy Conversion, 91st IUVSTA workshop on Surface Chemistry of Catalytic Systems (Israel Vacuum Society), 03/02/2022, online talk.
• Carbon Dioxide Electrocatalytic Reduction, Winter School on Electrocatalysis of the University of Antwerpen, 02/10/2022, Antwerp, Belgium.
• From Clusters to Catalysts in Energy Storage, Else-Heraeus-Seminar "From Wind and Solar Energy to Chemical Energy Storage: Understanding and Engineering Catalysis under Dynamic Conditions, 01/10/2022, online talk.

2021

• Nanoparticle Size, Shape, Composition and Support Effects in the Electrocatalytic and Thermal Conversion of CO2 to valuable Chemicals and Fuels, The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies 2021 (PACIFICHEM), 12/20/2021, online talk.
• Operando Insight into the Conversion of CO₂, Annual Dutch Chemistry Conference (NWO CHAINS), 12/08/2021, online talk.
• Dynamic Catalysts under Operando Conditions, 9th International Symposium on Surface Science (ISSS-9), 11/30/2021, online talk.
• Dynamic Catalysts under Operando Conditions, Lorentz Center Workshop, 11/24-26/2021, Leiden, The Netherlands.
• Selectivity Control in the Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO₂, 10^th SolTech Conference 2021, 11/08-11/2021, München, Germany.
• Operando Nanocatalysis, 25. German Female Physicists' Conference 2021, 11/10/2021, online talk.
• Nanoparticle Size, Shape, Composition and Support Effects in the Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide, AVS 67 Virtual Symposium, 10/26/2021, online talk.
• Selectivity Control in CO₂ Electroreduction over Cu Electrocatalysts via Pulsed Electrolysis, nanoGe Fall Meeting, 10/18/2021, online keynote talk.
• Surface Science and X-ray Synchrotron Methods applied to Catalysis, International Max Planck Research School for Elementary Process in Physical Chemistry – Introduction of the new IMPRS-EPPC, 10/05/2021, Freie Universität Berlin.
• Operando Insights into Electrocatalytic and Thermal Conversion of CO₂, 2021 US Department of Energy, BES Catalysis Science PI Meeting, 09/20/2021, online plenary talk.
• Operando insight into the thermal hydrogenation and electrochemical reduction of CO₂, 2021 Great Plains Catalysis Society (GPCS) Fall Virtual Symposium, 09/17/2021, online keynote talk.
• Dynamic Catalysts for CO₂ Conversion, X-ray Spectroscopy Workshop at Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), 09/13/2021, online talk.
• Dynamic Nanocatalysts: Environmental Effects, ALBA II - Workshop on APXPS, 09/09/2021, online talk.
• Operando Insight into the Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂, US-German Solar Fuels Workshop, 09/07/2021, online talk.
• Operando Structural and Chemical Evolution of Nanostructured Electrocatalysts, 72nd ISE Annual Meeting, 09/02/2021, online talk.
• Selectivity Control in CO₂ Electroreduction, 262^nd ACS Fall 2021 National Meeting & Exposition, 08/25/2021, online talk.
• Selectivity Control in the Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO₂ through Rational Catalyst Design, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), 05/07/2021, online talk.
• Operando Insight into the CO₂ Electrocatalytic Reduction Reaction, 2021 MRS Spring Meeting, 04/23/2021, online talk.
• Selectivity Tuning of CO₂ Electroreduction Catalysts Under Dynamic Reaction Conditions, 2021 MRS Spring Meeting, 04/22/2021, online talk.
• Operando Insight into the Thermal Hydrogenation of CO₂, 261^st ACS National Spring Meeting, 04/07/2021, online talk.
• Selectivity Control in the Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO₂, Electrocatalysis for Sustainable Energy Conference at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry, 03/29/2021, online keynote talk.
• Operando Insight into Electrocatalytic and Thermal Conversion of CO₂, Distinguished Lecture Series on Catalysis at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, 03/10/2021, online talk.
• Dynamic Evolution of CO₂ Electroreduction Catalysts, NanoGe Spring Meeting, 03/09/2021, online keynote talk.
• Operando Insight into the Thermal Hydrogenation and Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂, Annual Symposium on Chemical Bond Activation at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, 03/08/2021, online keynote talk.
• Dynamic Evolution of CO2 Electroreduction Catalysts, Virtual DPG (Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft) Spring Meeting of the Surface Physics Division, 03/02/2021, online keynote talk.
• Operando Insight into the Electrocatalytic and thermal Conversion of CO₂ to Valuable Chemicals and Fuels, Netherlands Catalysis and Chemistry Conference (NCCC 2021) at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry, 03/01/2021, online plenary talk.

2020

• Operando Insight into Electrocatalytic and Thermal Conversion of CO2 to Valuable Chemicals and Fuels, nanoGe Conference - Operando Characterization of Catalysts at Work (OperCat) 12/17/20, online keynote talk.
• Materials Science in the 21^st century, Career Guidance Event at El PAÍS con tu futuro (EPCTF) at Madrid, Spain 12/17/20 online talk.
• Operando Insight into the Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO₂ to Valuable Chemicals and Fuels, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) faculty at University of Delaware, 11/05/20, online talk.
• Operando Insight into the Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide, Catalysis Webinar Series at the Catalysis Theory Center at Technical University of Denmark (DTU), 10/22/2020, online talk.
• Operando Experiments in Heterogeneous Electrocatalysis, PETRA IV. Workshop - Materials and Processes for Energy and Transport Technology Energy Conversion at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 10/19/2020, online talk.
• Tuning the Selectivity of CO₂ Electroreduction through Dynamic Catalyst Transformations Under Reaction Conditions, PRiME 2020 - Joint Meeting of The Electrochemical Society (ECS), The Electrochemical Society of Japan (ECSJ), and The Korean Electrochemical Society (KECS), 10/04-09/2020, online keynote talk.
• Operando Structure-Composition-Reactivity Correlations During CO₂ Electroreduction, ChemPhysChem Symposium on CO₂ Reduction, 09/29/2020, webinar.
• Operando Insight into the Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO₂ to Valuable Chemicals and Fuels, Seminar Series at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 09/02/2020, webinar.
• Catalyst Design and Operando Structure-Composition-Reactivity Correlations During CO₂ Electroreduction, 71^st Annual International Electrochemistry Meeting, 09/02-04/2020, online keynote talk.
• Selectivity Control in CO₂ Electroreduction through Rational Catalyst and Electrolyte Design, Swiss Chemical Society (SCS) Fall Meeting 2020, 08/25/2020, online keynote talk.
• Dynamic CO₂ Electroreduction Catalysts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Boston - Special Seminar and Panel Discussion, 08/14/2020, online talk.
• Operando Insight into the Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO₂ to Valuable Chemicals and Fuels, International Online Summer School on ElectroCatalysts for Energy, 07/23/2020, online talk.
• Insight into CO₂ Electroreduction through Rational Catalyst and Electrolyte Design, School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, 02/26/2020, St. Andrews, UK.
• Insight into CO₂ Electroreduction through Rational Catalyst and Electrolyte Design, Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics of Kiel University, 02/04/2020, Kiel, Germany.
• Operando Insight into Structure, Composition and Reactivity Correlations in the Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂, DESY User Meeting - Satellite Workshop on Interfaces in electrochemistry, corrosion and solution based self-assembly, 01/30/2020, Hamburg, Germany.
• Operando Insight into Electrocatalytic and Thermal Conversion of CO₂ to Valuable Chemicals and Fuels, Physical Colloquium of Ulm University, 01/28/2020, Ulm, Germany.
• In situ and Operando Investigation of the Structure and Active State Formation of Model Co- and CoFe-based Thin Oxide Films and Nanoparticle Catalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction and 2-Propanol Oxidation, IWOX International Workshop on Oxides, 01/05-10/2020, Lake Placid, NY, USA, keynote talk.

2019

• Nanoparticle Size, Shape, Support and Composition Effects in CO₂ Conversion to Valuable Chemicals and Fuels, 2019 MRS Fall Meeting, 12/01-06/2019, Boston, MA, USA.
• Activity and Selectivity Control in CO₂ Electroreduction: Catalyst Structure, Composition and Electrolyte Effect, 2019 MRS Fall Meeting, 12/01-06/2019, Boston, MA, USA.
• Size, Shape, Composition and Electrolyte Effect in CO₂ Electroreduction, nanoGe Fall Meeting, 11/04-08/2019, Berlin, Germany, keynote talk.
• Operando investigation of structure, composition, and reactivity correlations During CO₂ Electroreduction, Annual Meeting of Danish Electrochemical Society, 10/31-11/01/2019, Korsor, Denmark, plenary talk.
• Nanoparticle Size, Shape, Support and Composition Effects in CO₂ Conversion to Valuable Chemicals and Fuels, OIST Workshop on Advances in Cluster Beam Deposition, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, 10/21-25/2019, Okinawa, Japan.
• Rational Catalyst and Electrolyte Design for CO₂ Electroreduction, Nature Conference on Solar Fuels, 10/12-14/2019, Wuhan, China, plenary talk.
• Nanoparticle Size, Shape, Support and Composition Effects in CO₂ Conversion to Valuable Chemicals and Fuels, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 09/12/2019, Jerusalem, Israel.
• Operando Insight into Electrocatalytic and Thermal Conversion of CO₂ to Valuable Chemicals and Fuels, Research Workshop of the Israel Science Foundation on Catalysis - Small Molecules, Big Challenge, 09/08-11/2019, Haifa, Israel, keynote talk.
• Insight into CO₂ Electroreduction through Rational Catalyst and Electrolyte Design, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 09/04/2019, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Dynamic NanoCatalysts During CO₂ Hydrogenation, ACS Fall 2019 National Meeting & Exposition, 08/25-29/2019, San Diego, CA, USA.
• In situ and Operando Insight into Electrocatalytic and Thermal Conversion of CO₂ to Valuable Chemicals and Fuels, TSRC Workshop on Theory and Practice of Catalysis, 07/20-23/2019, Telluride, CO, USA, keynote talk.
• Tuning CO₂ Electroreduction Selectivity by Rational Catalyst and Electrolyte Design, IUPAC 2019, Symposium on Turning Solar Energy to Fuels via Artificial Photosynthesis, 07/07-12/2019, Paris, France, keynote talk.
• Operando Insight into Electrocatalytic and Thermal Conversion of CO₂ to Valuable Chemicals and Fuels, Workshop on Materials Science for today's Energy Challenge, 06/03-04/2019, Padua, Italy, plenary talk.
• Tuning the Activity and Selectivity of CO₂ Electroreduction Catalysts Through Nanostructuring and Controlled Oxidation, 235th ECS Meeting, Symposium on Polyoxometallates and Nanostructured Metal Oxides in Efficient Electrocatalysis, Energy Conversion, and Charge Storage, 05/26-31/2019, Dallas, TX, USA.
• Structure, Composition, Support, and Electrolyte Effects in CO₂ Electroreduction, 235th ECS Meeting, Symposium on Renewable Fuels via Artificial Photosynthesis or Heterocatalysis, 05/26-31/2019, Dallas, TX, USA.
• Shape-Controlled Multimetallic Nanoparticle Electrocatalysts, 235th ECS Meeting, An Invited Symposium on Advances and Perspectives on Modern Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells - In Honor of Shimshon Gottesfeld, 05/26-31/2019, Dallas, TX, USA.
• Tuning CO₂ Electroreduction Selectivity by Rational Catalyst and Electrolyte Design, 2^nd Scientific Symposium of Max Planck Research School RECHARGE, 05/21/2019, Mülheim, Germany.
• Tuning CO₂ Electroreduction Selectivity by Rational Catalyst and Electrolyte Design, 25^th Topical Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) on New Electro Chemical Processes for Energy and the Environment, 05/12-15/2019, Toledo, Spain, keynote talk.
• Tuning CO₂ Electroreduction Selectivity by Rational Catalyst and Electrolyte Design, Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, 05/09/2019, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• In Situ and Operando Insight into Electrocatalytic and Thermal Conversion of CO₂ to Valuable Chemicals and Fuels, 2019 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit, 04/22-26/2019, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
• Structure and Electrolyte Sensitivity in CO₂ Electroreduction, International Bunsen-Discussion-Meeting: Fundamentals and Applications of (Photo) Electrolysis for Efficient Energy Storage, 04/01-05/2019, Taormina, Italy, keynote talk.
• Structure and Electrolyte Sensitivity in CO₂ Electroreduction, Chemical Engineering Seminar Series, EPFL Lausanne, 03/13-14/2019, Lausanne and Sion, Switzerland.

2018

• Dynamic Nanocatalysts: Environmental Effects, Seminar at Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 12/14/2018, Madrid, Spain.
• Dynamic Nanocatalysts: Environmental Effects, 5th Annual Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Workshop (APXPS 2018), 12/11-14/2018, Berlin, Germany, keynote talk.
• Structure and Electrolyte Sensitivity in CO₂ Electroreduction, INL Workshop on Solar Fuel Production Based on Nanostructured Photoelectrodes and Catalysts, 11/29-30/2018, Braga, Portugal.
• Operando Insight into Electrocatalytic and Thermal Conversion of CO₂ to Valuable Chemicals and Fuels, 13th EERA AMPEA Joint Programme Steering Committee and AMPEA-EERA workshop on “Synchrotron Radiation and Neutron Scattering for Energy Materials”, 11/12-14/2018, Berlin, Germany.
• Dynamic Nanocatalysts: Environmental Effects, Seminar at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, 11/07/2018, Stuttgart, Germany.
• Dynamic Nanocatalysts: Environmental Effects, AVS 65th International Symposium & Exhibition, 10/21-26/2018, Long Beach, CA, USA.
• Activity and Selectivity Control in CO₂ Electroreduction through Catalyst and Electrolyte Design, Americas International Meeting on Electrochemistry and Solid State Science (AiMES 2018), 09/30/-10/04/2018, Cancun, Mexico.
• Size, Shape, Support and Chemical State Effects in the Conversion of CO₂ to Valuable Chemicals and Fuels, 10th Brazilian / German Workshop on Applied Surface Science, 09/23/-28/2018, Bad Dürkheim, Germany, keynote talk.
• Operando Insight into Electrocatalytic and Thermal Conversion of CO₂ to Valuable Chemicals and Fuels, German Conference for Research with Synchrotron Radiation, Neutrons and Ion Beams at Large Facilities (SNI2018), 09/17-19/2018, Munich, Germany.
• Structure and Electrolyte Sensitivity in CO₂ Electroreduction, International Symposium on Electrocatalysis (Electrocat2018), 08/29-09/29/2018, Szczyrk, Poland, plenary talk.
• Operando Insight into Thermal and Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO₂ to Valuable Chemicals and Fuels, Gordon Research Conference on Catalysis, 06/24-29, 2018, New London, NH, USA, keynote talk.
• Operando Nanocatalysis, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, 06/20/2018, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
• Operando Nanocatalysis, VI San Luis Conference on Surfaces, Interfaces and Catalysis, 06/06‐08/2018, Santa Fe, Argentina, keynote talk.
• Surface Science and X‐ray Synchrotron Methods applied to Catalysis, Humboldt Kolleg “Fundamental Surface Science applied to Catalysis”, 06/04‐05/2018, Santa Fe, Argentina.
• Tuning CO₂ Electroreduction Selectivity through Rational Catalyst and Electrolyte Design, 14^th International Fischer Symposium, 05/27-31/2018, Kloster Seeon, Germany, keynote talk.
• Operando Nanocatalysis, 5^th International School-Conference on Catalysis for Young Scientists, CatDesign-2018, 05/20-23/2018, Moscow, Russia, plenary talk.
• Operando Nanocatalysis, From the Witches Cauldrons in Material Science, 04/29-30/2018, Goslar, Germany.
• Operando Nanocatalysis: Size, Shape, Composition and Chemical State Effects, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, 03/05-09/2018, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
• Operando Nanocatalysis, Symposium Frontiers of Science of Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT) - Max Planck Society, 02/27-03/01/2018, Mexico City, Mexico.
• Tuning CO₂ Electroreduction Selectivity through Rational Catalyst and Electrolyte Design, Nature & SUSTech Conference on Materials Electrochemistry: Fundamentals and Applications, 01/13-15/2018, Shenzhen, China, plenary talk.

2017

• Tuning CO₂ Electroreduction Selectivity through Rational Catalyst and Electrolyte Design, Workshop on Renewable Energy and Nanotechnology (WREN2017), 12/04-08/2017, Belem, Brazil, keynote talk.
• Operando Nanocatalysis, Department of Physics, Free University Berlin, 11/24/2017, Berlin, Germany.
• Surface Science and X-ray Synchrotron Methods Applied to Catalysis; In situ and Operando Insight into CO₂ Electroreduction over Nanostructured Catalysts, Workshop on Molecular Approaches to Heterogeneous Catalysis and Electrocatalysis, 11/20-21/2017, Munich, Germany.
• Operando Nanocatalysis: Size, Shape, Composition and Chemical State Effects, UniCat Cluster of Excellence Colloquium, Department of Chemistry, Technical University Berlin, 11/15/2017, Berlin, Germany.
• In situ and Operando Insight into CO₂ Electroreduction over Nanostructured Catalysts, LightChEC Symposium: from solar light to Chemical energy, 11/10/2017, Zurich, Switzerland, keynote talk.
• Operando Nanocatalysis, Workshop on Scientific Opportunities with Eelectron Spectroscopy and RIXS, 10/16-17/2017, Berlin, Germany.
• Operando Investigation of Structure, Chemical State, Composition and Reactivity Correlations in Nanocatalysis, Petra IV workshop: Imaging of Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanoobjects: local Structure, Defects and Composition, 10/09-11/2017, Hamburg, Germany.
• In situ and Operando Insight into CO₂ Electroreduction over Size- and Shape-Controlled Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Films, 232 Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, 10/01-05/2017, National Harbor, USA.
• Synthesis, Stability, and Operando Catalytic properties of Size- and Shape-Selected Bimetallic Nanoparticles, XXVI Materials Research Congress, 08/20-25/2017, Cancun, Mexico, keynote talk.
• Operando Nanocatalysis: Size, Shape and Chemical State Effects, Gordon Research Conference on Clusters and Nanostructures, 07/09-14/2017, South Hadley, USA, keynote talk.
• Operando Nanocatalysis: Size, Shape, Composition, and Chemical State Effects, NAM25-North America Catalysis Society Meeting, 06/04-09/2017, Denver, USA, keynote talk.
• In situ and Operando Insight into CO₂ Electroreduction over Size- and Shape-controlled Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Films, 243^rd American Chemical Society Meeting & Exhibition, 04/01-07/2017, San Francisco, USA.
• Operando Nanocatalysis: Size, Shape and Chemical State Effects, Workshop on "Molecular Nanosystems", 03/06-10/2017, Ascona, Switzerland, keynote talk.
• Selectivity Controlin CO₂ Electroreduction: Role of the Catalyst Structure, Chemical State and Composition, Workshop on "Solar hydrogen generation", 01/19-20/2017, Hamburg, Germany.

2016

• In situ and Operando Characterization of NanoCatalysts at Work, Seminar at the Max Planck Institute for Energy Conversion, 11/11/2016, Mulheim, Germany.
• In situ and Operando Characterization of Model Metal Nanoparticle Catalysts: Size, Shape, and Chemical State Effects, 63^th International Symposium and Exhibition of the American Vacuum Society, 11/06-10/2016, Nashville, USA.
• Selectivity Controlin the Electroreduction of CO₂ over Nanostructured Catalysts, 4^th Ertl Symposium on Chemical Processes on Solid Surfaces, 10/11-13/2016, Berlin, Germany.
• In Situ and Operando Characterization of Model Nanostructured Catalysts with Tunable Activity and Selectivity, SSRL/LCLS Annual User’s Meeting and Workshops, 10/05-08/2016, Stanford, CA, USA.
• Selectivity Size, Shape and Chemical State Effects in the Electroreduction of CO₂ over Nanostructured Cu and Ag Catalysts, DFG SPP 1613 Summer School, 09/25-28/2016, Berlin, Germany.
• Selectivity Controlin the Electroreduction of CO₂ over Nanostructured Catalysts, International Conference on Advances in Semiconductors and Catalysts for PhotoElectrochemical Fuel Production (SolarFuel16), 09/05-06/2016, Berlin, Germany.
• Selectivity Controlin the Electroreduction of CO₂ over Nanostructured Catalysts: Size, Shape and Chemical State Effects, Summer School CO₂ Conversion: From Fundamentals towards Applications, 08/29-09/02/2016, Villars sur-Ollon, Switzerland.
• In situ and Operando Characterization of Model Nanostructured ElectroCatalysts with Tunable Activity and Selectivity, Department of Chemistry, University of Alicante, 07/21/2016, Alicante, Spain.
• In situ and operando characterization of nanostructured CO₂ electroCatalysts with tunable activity and selectivity, Covestro, 06/30/2016, Leverkusen, Germany.
• In situ and Operando Characterization of Model Nanostructured ElectroCatalysts with Tunable Activity and Selectivity, Graduate School in Solvation Science at the Ruhr University Bochum, 05/17-20/2016, Bochum, Germany.
• Selectivity Control in the Electroreduction of CO₂ over Nanostructured Catalysts, Manfred-Eigen-Nachwuchswissenschaftlergespräche, Physical Chemistry of Solar Fuels Catalysis, 04/06-08/2016, Mülheim, Germany.
• CO₂ Electroreduction over Cu and Au Nanostructured Catalysts: Size, OxidationState and Interparticle Distance Effects, Annual Meeting of the DPG (Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft), 03/07-11/2016, Regensburg, Germany.
• Nanostructured ElectroCatalysts with Tunable Activity and Selectivity, Siemens, 03/08/2016, Erlangen, Germany.
• NanoCatalysts at Work, Department of Chemistry, Chalmers University, 03/03/2016, Göteborg, Sweden.
• Thermodynamic Properties and Vibrational Dynamics of Pt and Fe Nanoparticles: Size, Shape, Support, and Adsorbate Effects, 145^th Meeting of the Minerals Metals and Materials Society (TMS), 02/14-18/2016, Nashville, USA.

2015

• In Situ and Operando Characterization of Model Nanocatalysts: Size, Shape, and Chemical State Effects, Department of Materials Chemistry, Technical University of Vienna, 11/04/2015, Vienna, Austria.
• In Situ and Operando Characterization of Model Nanocatalysts: Size, Shape, and Chemical State Effects, Max-Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung, 10/06/2015, Mühlheim, Germany.
• In Situ and Operando Characterization of Model Catalysts at Work, chipCAT Workshop on Low-precious-metal-content Catalysts for PEM fuel cells, 06/08-11/2015, Dijon, France.
• Nanocatalysis: Size- and Shape-dependent Catalytic Reactivity, 5th International Conference on Operando Spectroscopy, 05/17-21/2015, Deauville, France.
• NanoCatalysts at Work, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 05/04/2015, San Francisco, USA.
• Nanoparticle Size and Chemical State Effects in Electrocatalysis, Workshop from the International Max Planck Research School for Surface and Interface Engineering in Advanced Materials, 04/21/2015, Dusseldorf, Germany.
• NanoCatalysts at Work, Symposium on Nanocatalysis for Energy and Environmental Applications, 02/10-12/2015, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan.
• NanoCatalysts at Work, Workshop: Crossroads in Electrochemistry, 01/14-15/2015, Berlin, Germany.

2014

• NanoCatalysts at Work, Pacific Rim Symposium on Surfaces, Coatings and Interfaces PACSurf 2014, 12/07-12/2014, Hawaii Island, USA.
• NanoCatalysts at Work, Summer School: Reactivity of Nanoparticles for more efficient and sustainable energy Conversion -III, 08/09-15/2014, Koebeck Strand, Denmark.
• NanoCatalysts at Work, Seminar at the Max Planck Institute for Iron Research, 07/09/2014, Düsseldorf, Germany.
• NanoCatalysts at Work, SFB Seminar in the Department of Physics at the University of Göttingen, 06/06/2014, Göttingen, Germany.
• Nanocatalysis: The Shape ofTthings to Come, Workshop from the Physical Chemistry Max Planck Institute in Göttingen, Symposium on Dynamics at Surfaces, 05/18-21/2014, Ringberg Castle, Germany.
• Nanocatalysis: The Shape of Things to Come, Colloquium in the Department of Physics at the University of Duisburg-Essen, 04/30/2014, Duisburg, Germany.
• NanoCatalysts at Work, Workshop from the RESOLV RUB cluster of excellence, 02/17-19/2014, Seeon Kloster, Germany.
• Nanocatalysis: The Shape of things to Come, Photon Seminar at DESSY, 02/14/2014, Hamburg, Germany.

2013

• Nanocatalysis: The Shape of things to come, Seminar in the Department of Chemistry at the Ruhr-University Bochum, 12/12/2013, Bochum, Germany.
• Influence of the Nanoparticle Size, Shape and Environment in the Electronic, Chemical and Vibrational Properties of Metal Nanoparticles, Seminar in the Department of Physics at the Ruhr-University Bochum, 11/27/2013, Bochum, Germany.
• NanoCatalysts at Work, 246^th American Chemical Society Meeting, 09/08-13/2013, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
• Nanocatalysis: The Shape of Things to Come, Clusters, Nanocrystals, and Nanostructures Gordon Research Conference, Mount Holyoke College, 08/04-09/13, South Hadley, MA, USA.
• Nanocatalysis: The Shape of Things to Come, 1^st Hayashi Conference: Next Decades of Surface Science, 07/16-19/13, Hayama, Japan.
• Nanocatalysis: The Shape of Things to Come, 245^th ACS National Meeting and Exhibition, 04/07-11/2013, New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Nanocatalysis: The Shape of Things to Come, Talk at UOP-Honeywell, 03/12/2013, Chicago, IL.
• Size and Shape-selected Metal Nanoparticle Catalysts and their Evolution under Operando Conditions, Talk at the Chicago Catalysis Club, 03/11/2013, Chicago, IL.
• Size and Shape-selected Metal Nanoparticle Catalysts and their Evolution under Operando Conditions, Colloquium in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Houston, 02/01/2013, Houston, Texas.

2012

• Structure, Chemical State, and Reactivity Investigations of Size- and Shape-Selected NanoCatalysts under Operando Conditions, Colloquium at the Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, 12/11/2012, Berlin, Germany.
• Structure, Chemical State, and Reactivity Investigations of Size- and Shape-Selected NanoCatalysts under Operando Conditions, 59^th International Symposium and Exhibition of the American Vacuum Society, session on Reactivity of Size- and Shape-selected Nanostructures, 10/30/2012, Tampa, FL, USA.
• Structure, Chemical State, and Reactivity Investigations of Size- and Shape-Selected NanoCatalysts under Operando Conditions, 10/10/2012, Colloquium in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
• Catalytic Properties of Metal Nanoparticles: Size, Shape, Support and Oxidation State Effects, NSF-PIRE-ECCI Catalysis Summer School, 09/10-14/2012, Dalian, China.
• Evolution of the Structure and Chemical State of Pd and Pt Nanoparticles During the in situ Catalytic Reduction and Oxidation of NO, 244^th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exhibition, Division of Energy and Fuels, Spectroscopy and Microscopy in Catalysis: The In Situ Age, 08/19-24/2012, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
• Structure, Chemical State, and Reactivity Investigations of Size- and Shape-Selected Nano Catalysts under Operando Conditions, 244^th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exhibition, Special Symposium on Advanced Metal Nanostructures for Catalysis, 08/19-24/2012, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
• Structure, Chemical State, and Reactivity Investigations of Size- and Shape-Selected Nano Catalysts under Operando Conditions, 2^nd Catalysis Summer School on Reactivity of Nanoparticles for more efficient and Sustainable Energy Conversion, 08/05-10/2012, Kobaeck Strand, Denmark.
• Invited Talk: Structure, Chemical State, and Reactivity Investigations of Size- and Shape-Selected Nano Catalysts under Operando Conditions, ETEM Workshop on Heterogeneous Catalysis, Surface Science and Energy Research, 07/10-12/2012, Göttingen, Germany.
• Physical and Chemical Aspects of Size-Selected Nanomaterials, Colloquium in the Department of Physics at the University of Bochum, 07/09/2012, Bochum, Germany.
• Structure, Chemical State, and Reactivity Investigations of Size- and Shape-Selected Nano Catalysts under Operando Conditions, 16^th International Conference on Thin Films and Surfaces, 07/01-06/2012, Genoa, Italy.
• Structure, Chemical State, and Reactivity Investigations of Size- and Shape-Selected Nano Catalysts under Operando Conditions, Gordon Conference in Catalysis, 06/24-29/2012, New London, NH, USA.
• Structure, Chemical State, and Reactivity Investigations of Size- and Shape-Selected Nano Catalysts under Operando Conditions, Seminar at the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the Argonne National Laboratory, 05/29/2012, Chicago, IL, USA.
• Size- and Shape-Selected Nano Catalysts under Operando Conditions, Colloquium at the University of Notre Dame, 04/16-18/2012, Notre Dame, In, USA.
• Thermodynamic Properties and Atomic Vibrational Dynamics of ⁵⁷Fe Nanoclusters: Size-Effects, 498^th Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Seminar: Progress in Nuclear Resonant Scattering: from Methods to Materials, 02/26-29/2012, Bad Honnef, Germany.
• Structure, Chemical State and Reactivity Investigations of Size- and Shape-Selected Nano Catalysts under Operando Conditions, Chemistry at Interfaces international workshop from the Univ. California Irvine, 01/26-27/2012, Laguna Beach, CA, USA.

2011

• Structure, Chemical State and Reactivity Investigations of Size- and Shape-Selected Nano Catalysts under Operando Conditions, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Florida, 11/18/2011, Tampa, USA.
• Influence of the Oxidation State of Supported Size-selected Pt Nanoparticles on catalytic decomposition and Oxidation of High Order Alcohols: Activity, Selectivity and Lifetime, Contractors Meeting of the U.S. Department of Energy, 10/02-05/2011, Annapolis, Maryland, USA.
• Structure, Chemical State and Reactivity Investigations of Size- and Shape-Selected Nano Catalysts under Operando Conditions, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pittsburgh University, 09/16/2011, Pittsburgh, USA.
• Structure, Chemical State and Reactivity Investigations of Size- and Shape-Selected Nano Catalysts under Operando Conditions, Department of Chemical Physics, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, 05/27/2011, Berlin, Germany.
• Nanocatalysis, Institute for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, University of Ulm, 05/17/2011, Ulm, Germany.
• Nanocatalysis, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 05/05/2011, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Nanocatalysis: New Developments in Catalytic Performance of Size- and Shape-controlled Metal Nanoparticles, 7^th Brazilian/German Workshop on Applied Surface Science, 04/03-08/2011, Buzios, Brazil.
• Nanocatalysis: New Developments in Catalytic Performance of Size- and Shape-controlled Metal Nanoparticles, Department of Chemical Engineering, Patras University, 03/11/2011, Patras, Greece.
• Towards the Understanding of Catalytic Properties of Metal Nanoparticles: Size, Support, and Shape Effects, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington at Seattle, 02/14/2011, Seattle, WA, USA.

2010

• Towards the Understanding of Catalytic Properties of Metal Nanoparticles: Size, Support, and Shape Effects, Department of Chemistry, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, 11/24/2010, Lausanne, Switzerland.
• New Insights into Nanoparticle-Support Interactions and Shape-Dependent Nanocatalysis, Department of Physics, Aarhus University, 10/05/2010, Aarhus, Denmark.
• Structural, Electronic and Catalytic Properties of Micellar Metal Nanoparticles: Size, Shape, Support, and Oxidation State Effects, Fritz Haber Institute, Chemical Physics Department, 09/07/2010, Ringberg Castle, Germany.
• Atomic Vibrations in Metal Nanostructures, 37^th International Conference on Vacuum Ultraviolet and X-ray Physics, 07/16/2010, Vancouver, Canada.
• Structural, Electronic and Catalytic Properties of Micellar Metal Nanoparticles: Size, Shape, Support, and Oxidation State Effects, Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University, 07/09/2010, Sapporo, Japan.
• Structural, Electronic and Catalytic Properties of Micellar Nanoparticles: Size, Shape, Support, and Oxidation State Effects, Department of Chemistry, University of California at Irvine, 04/27/2010, Irvine, CA, USA.
• Structural, Electronic and Catalytic Properties of Micellar Nanoparticles: Size, Shape, Support, and Oxidation State Effects, Department of Chemical Engineering, Delaware University, 03/19/2010, Delaware, DE, USA.
• Towards the Understanding of Catalytic Properties of Metal Nanostructures, Philadelphia Catalysis Club, 03/18/2010, Delaware, DE, USA.

2009

• Atomic Vibrations in Metal Nanostructures, Department of Physics, Yeshiva University, 12/15/2009, New York, NY, USA.
• Towards the Understanding of Catalytic and Vibrational Properties of Metal Nanostructures, 56^th International Symposium of the American Vacuum Society, 11/08-13/2009, San Jose, CA, USA.
• Synthesis, Stability, Electronic and Catalytic Properties of Micellar Metal Nanoparticles: Size, Support, and Oxidation State Effects, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington at Seattle, 10/19/2009, Seattle, WA, USA.
• Synthesis, Stability, Electronic and Catalytic Properties of Micellar Metal Nanoparticles: Size, Support, and Oxidation State Effects, Catalysis Summer School, 08/22-27/2009, Sandbjerg Gods, Denmark.
• Structural, Electronic, Catalytic and Vibrational Properties of Metal Nanoparticles, Aarhus University, 08/21/2009, Aarhus, Denmark.
• Catalytic Decomposition and Oxidation of Alcohols over Pt and Pt-M Nanoparticles: Oxidation State Effects, Meeting of the Catalysis Science Program of the US Department of Energy, 05/31/2009-06/03/2009, Annapolis, MD, USA.
• Atomic Vibrations in Metal Nanostructures, Department of Physics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 04/03/2009, Lincoln, NE, USA.
• Stability, Electronic and Catalytic Properties of Size-Selected Metal Nanoparticles, Department of Chemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, 01/16/2009, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
• Atomic Vibrations in Metal Nanostructures, Department of Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, 01/14/2009, Pasadena, CA, USA.

2008

• Vibrational and Magnetic Properties of Metal Nanostructures, Latin American Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect - LACAME, 11/09-13/2008, La Plata, Argentina.
• Stability, Electronic and Catalytic Properties of Supported Metal Nanoparticles, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, 09/29/2008, Gainesville, FL, USA.
• Atomic Vibrations in Metal Nanostructures, Department of Physics, University of South Florida, 09/05/2008, Tampa, FL, USA.
• Stability, Electronic, Catalytic, and Vibrational Properties of Supported Metal Nanoparticles, Department of Physics, University of Duisburg-Essen, 08/14/2008, Duisburg, Germany.
• Stability, Electronic and Catalytic Properties of Supported Metal Clusters, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington at Seattle, 06/04/2008, Seattle, USA.
• Atomic Vibrations in Metal Nanostructures, Nuclear Resonance Workshop, 2008 Users Meeting of the Advanced Photon Source, 05/08/2008, Chicago, IL, USA.
• Stability, Electronic and Catalytic Properties of Supported Metal Clusters, Texas A&M, 04/18/2008, College Station, Texas, USA.
• Electronic and Catalytic Properties of Supported Metal Clusters, Florida Chapter of the American Vacuum Society, 03/10-11/2008, Orlando, FL, USA.
• Stability, Electronic and Catalytic Properties of Supported Metal Clusters, 2008 Mesilla Chemistry Workshop: New Frontiers of Electrocatalysis, 02/9-13/2008, Mesilla, New Mexico.
• Thermal stability, Electronic and Catalytic Properties of Supported Metal Clusters, Department of Chemistry, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 01/31/2008, Upton, New York.

2007

• Atomic Vibrations in Metal Nanoclusters, Argonne National Laboratory, Advanced Photon Source, 11/07/2007, Chicago, IL, USA.
• Size, Oxidation and Substrate Effects on the Decomposition of Methanol for H₂ Production via Size-Selected Pt Nanoparticles, Siemens Power Generation, 10/10/2007, Orlando, FL, USA.
• Thermal Stability, Electronic, Vibrational and Catalytic Properties of Supported Metal Clusters: Size, Interparticle Interactions and Support Effects, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Material Science Department, 09/10/2007, Chicago, IL, USA.
• Electronic and Catalytic Properties of Supported Metal Nanoparticles: Size, Interparticle Interactions, and Support Effects, NSF Inorganic Chemistry Workshop, 06/04-07/2007, Jackson Hole, WY, USA.
• Size-dependent Study of Methanol Decomposition over Size-selected Pt Nanoparticles Synthesized by Micelle Encapsulation, 136^th Meeting of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society -TMS, 02/28/2007, Orlando, FL, USA.
• Atomic Vibrations in Iron Nanoclusters, 16^th Users Meeting of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility: Workshop on Nanoscale Structure, Vibrational Dynamics and Magnetism, 02/5-8/2007, Grenoble, France.

2006

• Catalytic properties of Size-selected Gold Nanoparticles Synthesized by Inverse Micelle Encapsulation, and Short Course on Nanoscale Surface Physics, Mexican Society of Science and Technology of Surfaces and Materials, 09/25-28/2006, Puebla, Mexico.
• Atomic Vibrational Dynamics of Size-selected Isolated Nanoclusters, 6^th Seeheim Workshop on Mössbauer Spectroscopy, 06/07-11/2006, Seeheim, Germany.
• Vibrational Dynamics of Size-selected Fe Nanoclusters, 2006 User Meeting of the Advanced Photon Source at the Argonne National Laboratory, 05/01-05/2006, Chicago, USA.
• Vibrational Dynamics of Low Dimensional Systems, 4^th Nassau Mössbauer Symposium, 01/14/2006, Garden City, New York, USA.

2005

• Elektronische, magnetische, chemische und Schwingungs-eigenschaften metallischer Nanostrukturen (in German), Department of Physics, University of Duisburg-Essen, 12/19/2005, Duisburg, Germany.
• Gas-phase Nanoparticle Catalysis, 04/28/2005, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, USA.
• Size and Support Dependent Electronic and Catalytic Properties of Au⁰/Au³⁺ Nanoparticles Synthesized from Block-co-polymer Micelles, 03/17/2005, Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, CA, USA.
• Growth and Magnetic Properties of Low Dimensional Systems, 03/15/2005, Florida chapter of the American Vacuum Society annual meeting, Orlando, FL, USA.

1999-2004

• 51^st Meeting of the American Vacuum Society, 11/14-19/2004, Anaheim, CA, USA.
• Microscopy and Microanalysis, 8/1-5/2004, Savannah, GA, USA
• Large Effects from Small Surfaces?, 03/2003, Physics department, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
• Experimental studies of chemically activated electronic phenomena at surfaces, 03/2003, Physics department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.
• Workshop on Nanocluster catalysis, Synthesis and characterization of oxide supported Au nanoclusters, 03/2003, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
• Gordon conference: (poster) Chemical reactions at surfaces, Observations and explanations of electronic excitations from hydrocarbon reactions on transition metals, 02/2003, Ventura, CA, USA.
• Gordon conference: (poster) Chemical reactions at surfaces, Large effects from small surfaces?, 02/2003, Ventura, CA, USA.
• Magnetism of step-decorated Fe/Pd(110), 08/30/2001, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, USA.
• Growth and magnetic properties of ultrathin Fe on Pd(110), 08/28/2001, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA.
• Joint Summer Workshop on Mesomagnetism, Spin Dynamics and Spin Electronics, 06/30-07/5/2001, Santorini, Greece.
• 4th International Conference on Metallic Multilayers 2001, 06/24-29/2001, Aachen, Germany.
• Seminar Vibrational dynamics of interfacial alpha-Sn in Sn/Si multilayers, 06/22/2001, Harvard University, Boston, USA.
• Spring conference of the DPG (Deutsche Physikalische Gesellshaft), 03/25-28/2001, Hamburg, Germany.
• Workshop: Correlation of Structure and Magnetism in Novel Nanoscale Magnetic Particles, 10/29-30/2000, Slomenice Castle, Slovakia.
• 57th International Symposium of the American Vacuum Society, 10/02-06/2000, Boston, MA, USA.
• Observation of the fcc-to-bcc Bain transformation in epitaxial Fe ultrathin films on Cu₃Au(001), 06/15/2000, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, USA.
• International Conference of Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (ICAME), 08/29/1999-09/03/1999, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
• Spring conference of the DPG (Deutsche Physikalische Gesellshaft), 03/22-26/1999, Münster, Germany.
• International Symposium on Structure and Dynamics of Heterogeneous Systems (SDHS 99), 02/24-26/1999, Duisburg, Germany.