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.

In Silico Design of Single-Atom- and Highly-Dilute-Alloy Catalysts: Success Stories and Opportunities for Innovation

• TH Department Online Seminar
• Date: Mar 3, 2022
• Time: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Professor Michail Stamatakis
• Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, UK
• Location: https://zoom.us/j/95870733501?pwd=U2hta1N2QmN5RGQzS1lWTVNCZkpUQT09
• Room: Meeting ID: 958 7073 3501 | Passcode: 854238
• Host: TH Department

Catalysis is undoubtedly at the heart of the chemical industry: out of all chemicals manufacturing processes, 85-90% are catalytic and about 80-85% thereof employ heterogeneous catalysts. Yet, developing catalysts for given applications is non-trivial, necessitating empirical and resource-intensive trial-and-error experimentation. Theory and simulation, on the other hand, can provide fundamental insight into the mechanisms underpinning catalytic function, and guide the design of catalytic materials for applications of practical interest. [more]