CV Papp

Curriculum vitae

Dr. Christian Papp

Angewandte Physikalische Chemie, FU Berlin

Since 2023 Professor for Physical Chemistry at FU Berlin
2022 Guest Professor at FU Berlin
2015-2022 Privatdozent at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
2011-2014 Habilitation at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Mentor: Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Steinrück)
 “Surface Chemical Reactions – in situ studies of heterogeneous catalysis and the reactivity of modified surfaces”
Since 9/2009 Group leader of the surface and in-situ spectroscopy group

  • Model catalysis and reaction kinetics on surfaces and nanoclusters
  • Hydrogen storage applications             
  • Metal-supported graphene
  • Ambient pressure XPS
2008-2009 Postdoctoral work with a Feodor Lynen grant of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Materials Science Division/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Physics Department/University of California Davis, with Prof. Charles S. Fadley

  • Soft x-ray standing wave experiment
  • High energy ARPES and XPS
2007 Postdoctoral work, Chair for Physical Chemistry, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
2003-2007 PhD student at the Chair for Physical Chemistry at the Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, with Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Steinrück “In-situ investigations of adsorbed hydrocarbons – model systems of heterogeneous catalysis” (summa cum laude)

Scientific contributions:

135 Publications in international journals
>200 Contributions at national and international conferences
>60 Invited lectures