Gerhard Ertl Lecture & Award

The Ertl Lecture Award was established in 2008 by the three Berlin universities (Humboldt University, Technical University and Free University) and the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society and is awarded once a year. It commemorates former FHI Director Gerhard Ertl's Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which he received in 2007. The prize honours outstanding personalities and researchers in the field of catalysis where Ertl carried out exceptional research for many decades. The prize, sponsored by BASF, includes a one-week research stay at the participating Berlin institutions and a keynote lecture. The winner is typically announced in Spring, the lecture takes place around the December 10th, the anniversary of Ertl's Nobel Prize reception.

An Atom's Eye View of Electrochemical Energy Transformations

• TH Department Seminar
• Date: May 25, 2023
• Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Prof. Andrew Peterson
• School of Engineering, Brown University, RI, USA
• Location: https://zoom.us/j/93127767770?pwd=MFlWSHVJdi9kUU1pYVF2RnE1ZDh2QT09
• Room: Meeting ID: 931 2776 7770 | Passcode: 364804
• Host: TH Department

The transition away from fossil fuels will provide the defining challenge for the next generation of chemists and engineers, and electrochemical technologies are crucial for this transformation. By providing a link between (renewable) electricity sources and chemicals, these technologies allow not only for storage and transportation of energy, but also provide routes to synthesize a wide range of chemicals and materials that today are integrally reliant upon fossil fuels. [more]