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Today, Fengli Yang defended her doctoral thesis at Freie Universität Berlin. She carried out research on the broader impact of impurity ions on the structure of Ni/Co-based electrocatalysts under electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction conditions. more

Dr. Janis Timoshenko, W2 research group leader at the Interface Science Department at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, has been elected as a foreign member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. more

The Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society proudly hosted the Ertl Lecture 2024, celebrating excellence in catalysis research. This year's award was presented to Prof. Dr. Graham Hutchings from Cardiff University, who delivered a lecture on "Catalysis using gold containing materials." more

A novel catalyst platform, known as Laterally Condensed Catalysts (LCC), has been developed to enable design and analysis of the functional interface connecting the active mass to its support. This interface not only influences the chemical properties of the reactive interface but also controls its stability and hence the sustainability of the catalytic materials. more

Prof. Dr. Beatriz Roldán Cuenya, the director of the Department for Interface Science and Managing Director of the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, has been honored as a Highly Cited Researcher for the fourth time, this year in the field of chemistry. This recognition is particularly noteworthy considering her background in physics and being the only woman in Germany recognized in the chemistry category this year. more

A study published in Physical Review Letters by the Interface Science Department at the Fritz Haber Institute has unveiled new insights into the electrocatalytic reduction of CO₂ using nickel-based catalysts. The research, led by Dr. Janis Timoshenko and Prof. Dr. Beatriz Roldán Cuenya, marks a significant advancement in the quest for sustainable and efficient CO₂ conversion technologies aimed to close the artificial carbon cycle.
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We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Robert Schlögl has been awarded the prestigious Diels-Planck Medal 2024. Prof. Schlögl was the Director of the Department of Inorganic Chemistry at the Fritz Haber Institute at the Max Planck Society and currently serves as the President of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. more

In November, an information stele in honor of Dr. Clara Haber, née Immerwahr, was unveiled on the grounds of the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society. This stele was erected by the district office of Steglitz-Zehlendorf and is located in front of the so-called Haber Villa at the corner of Hittorfstraße and Faradayweg, 14195 Berlin. more

The Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society is pleased to announce that Dr. Antonia Herzog, Department of Interface Science, has been awarded the 1st Prize of the Tiburtius Prize 2024 for her outstanding dissertation. The prize, awarded by the Berlin Universities' Conference of Rectors and Presidents, recognizes excellent academic work at Berlin universities. more

The Jury has valued the research excellence and the impact of Roldan Cuenya’s scientific contribution in the field of catalytic nanostructured materials, at the interface between physics, chemistry and materials engineering. more

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Andrea Martini, a post-doc in the Operando Hard X-ray Spectroscopy group led by Dr. Janis Timoshenko at the Interface Science Department of the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, has been honored with the prestigious SILS Young Scientist Award 2024. more

The Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, in collaboration with the J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, successfully hosted the second edition of the "Challenges on the Renewable Energy Storage" conference. Held from September 1st to 4th, 2024, at the picturesque Liblice Castle in the Czech Republic, the event gathered nearly 50 leading experts in catalysis and electrocatalysis from around the globe. more