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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. more

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. more

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. more

On January 29, Dr. Florian Trinter, research group leader in the Molecular Physics Department at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, was awarded this year's Photon Science User Award by DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron). more

Together with an international team, researchers from the Molecular Physics Department at the Fritz Haber Institute revealed how atoms rearrange themselves before releasing low-energy electrons in a decay process initiated by X-ray irradiation. For the first time, they gain detailed insights into the timing of the process – shedding light on related radiation damage mechanisms. more

Yujie Peng defended her doctoral thesis at Technische Universität Berlin. She elucidated how surface structure, local chemical environment, and applied potential govern the in situ activation and structural evolution of copper- and cobalt-based electrocatalysts. more

Prof. Dr. Jennifer Rupp has been a Max Planck Fellow at the Fritz Haber Institute since 2024. In this interview, the materials scientist and head of the Electrochemical Materials Lab at the Technical University of Munich explains how she plans to spend her five-year Max Planck Fellowship researching solar batteries and optoionic technologies together with Prof. Dr. Beatriz Roldan Cuenya and Prof. Dr. Karsten Reuter. more