Author: Gerd Gätzschmann

The Royal Society of Chemistry is currently accepting nominations for the 2026 EES Lectureship, one of the most prestigious recognitions in the field of energy and environmental science. Awarded annually in conjunction with the journal Energy & Environmental Science, the lectureship honours res...

Prof. Dirk Guldi of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen–Nürnberg (FAU) and Spokesperson of FAU Solar has been appointed to the Advisory Board of Matter & Light, a newly established scientific journal published by Cell Press. The appointment reflects the international standing of FAU's rese...

At the ChemOnTubes 2026 conference, held in Prague from April 12–16, Dirk Guldi delivered a compelling presentation entitled “Carbon Dots in Action: Advancing from Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells to Photocatalysis.” His talk highlighted recent advances in the design and functional integration of carbon-...

Dirk M. Guldi, Professor at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Spokesperson of FAU Solar, delivered a plenary lecture at the international conference MATSUS 2026, held in Barcelona, Spain, from March 23–27, 2026. As a leading expert in the field of functional carbon-rich ma...

Alejandro Cortés Villena obtained his undergraduate degree in Chemistry in 2017 from the University of Almería (UAL) and subsequently moved to Valencia to perform his interuniversity Master’s degree in Sustainable Chemistry at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) during the period of 2017-2...

Professor Dirk M. Guldi, Chair of Physical Chemistry I at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), has been appointed Associate Editor of Chemical Science as of 1 March 2026. Chemical Science is the flagship open-access journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry and publishes leading...

Prof. Dirk M. Guldi recently participated in the Workshop on Contemporary and Future Challenges in Photochemical Sciences held at the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI) on the Innovation Campus of the University of Wollongong. The workshop brought together leading researchers to discuss ...

On February 27, 2026, Dirk Guldi delivered the colloquium “Adaptive Photon Management – From Light Capture to Conversion and Storage” at the School of Chemistry, UNSW, University of New South Wales, Australia. Addressing the detailed balance limit of 33% in single-junction photovoltaics, he outl...

She obtained her undergraduate degree in Chemistry from the University of Antioquia in Medellín, Colombia, and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences at the National University of Tucumán, Argentina. Her doctoral research focuses on multiredox proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) p...

Ignacio obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degree in chemistry in 2023 from University of Buenos Aires in Argentina, during which he conducted studies on phosphorescent mono- and di-nuclear Ir complexes, in the group of Prof. F. Di Salvo. In 2024, he started his PhD work at the University of Buenos Aires...