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The German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry (DBG) has awarded the 2025 DBG Master’s Award to Mr. Daniel Schauermann. Each year, the society honors outstanding Master’s theses in the field of physical chemistry completed at German universities. Mr. Schauermann conducted his award-winning researc...

An interdisciplinary team of doctoral students from the FAU Profile Center Solar has won this year's Graduate School Molecular Science (GMSM) research project competition. The young scientists took part in the GSMS Winter School, which took place in Kirchberg, Austria, in January 2024. The aim of th...

Prof. Dr. Dirk Guldi and Prof. Dr. Jörg Libuda have been elected to the review boards of the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the membership period from 2024 to 2028. The review boards are responsible for evaluating proposals submitted to the DFG. They compare all proposals submitted in order...

Prof. Dr. Jörg Libuda, Chair of Interface Research and Catalysis, has been appointed to the Research Advisory Board of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (FCI) with effect from January 1, 2024. As a funding organization of the association of the German chemical industry, Verband der Chemischen In...

Functional nanomaterials could soon control the activity of neurons in the brain. By using this minimally-invasive method, Prof Dr. Danijela Gregurec, Professor for Sensory Sciences at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, hopes to revolutionize the treatment of neurological disorders such as de...

Prof. Dr. Jörg Libuda, Chair of Interface Research and Catalysis, has been elected Member of the Academia Europaea. The Academia Europaea was established in 1988 and is the Pan-European Academy of Sciences Humanities and Letters. The object of Academia Europaea is the advancement and propagation ...

The Wöhler PhD-prize for the best dissertation in Inorganic Chemistry has been awarded to Dr. Bastian Rösch. Dr. Rösch received his PhD degree at the Chair of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry led by Prof. Dr. Sjoerd Harder. His thesis entitled „Moving Frontiers in Organometallic and Low-val...

Prof. Dr. Jörg Libuda, FAU's Chair of Interface Research and Catalysis, has been elected Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC). EURASC is a non-profit non-governmental, independent organization of the most distinguished scholars and engineers performing forefront research and the devel...

The first prize of the Young Investigator Poster Competition of the „Chemistry & Biology of Peptides Gordon Research Conference“ 2022 in Oxnard, California, has been awarded to Sewar Alkhashrom, a Doctoral Student in the lab of Prof. Jutta Eichler (Medicinal Chemistry). The research presented...

Prof. Sefik Suzer from Bilkent University in Turkey has been conducting research in the research group of Prof. Hans-Peter Steinrück in the field of surfaces and interfaces for three months since the beginning of October. His stay is funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation as an extension of...