CV Steinrück

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Peter Steinrück (Senior Professor)

Physical Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany

Scientific Career

1959born in Salzburg, Austria
1965-1977Elementary school and high school in Radstadt, Austria
1977-1978Military Service with Austrian Army
1978-1983Physics studies at the Technical University (TU) Graz / Austria
1983Diploma in Technical Physics (Dipl.-Ing.) at TU Graz / Austria, with Prof. K. D. Rendulic
1985PhD (Dr. techn.) in Physics at the TU Graz / Austria, with Prof. K. D. Rendulic
1985-1986Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University / USA, with Prof. R. J. Madix
1986-1994Assistant at the Technical University (TU) Munich / Germany, with Prof. D. Menzel
1992Habilitation in Experimental Physics (Dr. rer. nat. habil.), TU München / Germany
1993Visiting Scientist at Rutgers University / USA (3 months), with Prof. T. E. Madey
1994-1998Associate Professor (C3) of Experimental Physics at the University Würzburg
1998-2025Full Professor (C4/W3) of Physical Chemistry at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
since 2025Senior Professor of Physical Chemistry at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Honors, Awards and Declined Offers

1980-1985Scholarship (5x) for Outstanding Students (Begabtenstipendium), Technical University (TU) Graz
1983 “Young Researcher”-Award, Federation of Austrian Industry (Österreichische Industriellenvereinigung)
1983-1985Scholarship by the Austrian sponsorship organisation PRO SCIENTIA
1986“Kohlrausch”-Award, Austrian Physical Society
1994Associate Professor (C3) position of Experimental Physics rejected at the University of Stuttgart
1998Director position (C4) rejected at the Forschungszentrum Jülich
2002Full Professor (C4) position of Physical Chemistry rejected at the TU Munich
2007-2018Principal Investigator, Cluster of Excellence “Engineering of Advanced Materials”
2009-2012Guest Professor, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China
2012-2015Guest Professor, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China
2012Member of Academia Europaea – The Academy of Europe
2013Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)
2014Lu Jiaxi Lectureship, Xiamen, China
2015Corresponding Member of Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)
2015Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Szeged, Hungary
2016ERC Advanced Grant 2015
2016Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Halle, Germany
2016Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2017AVS Medard W. Welch Award, USA
2018Member, European Academy of Sciences (EURASC)
2019Morino Lectureship, Japan
2020Forum of Great Minds Lectureship, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China
2021Alexander-von-Humboldt Henriette Herz Scout (3 two-year postdoc fellowships), Germany
2023Distinguished Scientist, CAS President’s International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI), Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Scientific Contributions

> 460 publications in peer-reviewed journals
> 295 invited lectures at scientific institutions and conferences

Collaborative/Distinct Research Projects

since 1989Funding for individual projects by DFG, BMBF, EU, DAAD, FCI, Freistaat Bayern, BaCaTeC, BayCHINA, BayLAT, Max Buchner Research Foundation, and Alexander von Humboldt Foundatio
1989-1995SFB 338 “Adsorption an Festkörperoberflächen” (TU München)
1995-1998SFB 410 “II-VI Halbleiter” (Universität Würzburg)
1999-2001SFB 292 “Mehrkomponentige Schichtsysteme”
2000-2007SPP 1091 “Bridging the Gap between Ideal and Real Systems in Heterogeneous Catalysis”
2004-2012SFB 583 “Redox-active metal complexes”
2006-2012SPP 1191 “Ionic Liquids”
2007-2018Cluster-of-Excellence EXC 315/1, 2 “Engineering of Advanced Materials”
2012-2023SFB 953 “Synthetic Carbon Allotropes”
2014-2022FOR 1878 “Functional Molecular Structures on Complex Oxide Surfaces”
2016-2022ERC Advanced Grant “Ionic Liquid Interface Dynamics”
2021-2024SFB 1452 “Catalysis at Liquid Interfaces”
2023-2028GRK 2861 „Planar Carbon Lattices“

Professional Service in Academia

1996-1998Examinations Board for Physics, University Würzburg
1996-1998Convention, University Würzburg
1998-1999Chairman, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Faculty of Science II, University Erlangen-Nürnberg
1998-2006Faculty Council, Faculty of Science II, University Erlangen-Nürnberg
2001-2003Vice Dean, Faculty of Science II, University Erlangen-Nürnberg
2002-2003Senator, University Erlangen-Nürnberg
2003-2005Dean, Faculty of Science II, University Erlangen-Nürnberg
2004Taskforce “Chemistry“, University Bayern e.V. (Bayerische Rektorenkonferenz)
2005-2006Chairman, Conference of Deans of the Departments of Chemistry in Bavaria
2005-2006Vice Dean, Faculty of Science II, University Erlangen-Nürnberg
2006-2011Vice President, University Erlangen-Nürnberg

Professional Service in Science

1996-2002Beam Time Review Panel, Berlin Synchrotron Radiation Facility (BESSY II) (Vice Chairman: 1999-2002)
1997-1998Trust lecturer (Vertrauensdozent), Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Würzburg
2000-2002Chairman, Surface Science Division of the German Physical Society (DPG)
2000-2002Extended Board of Management, German Physical Society (DPG)
2000-2002Advisory Board, German Vacuum Society (DVG)
2001-20025. German Committee for Research with Synchrotron Radiation (KFS)
2001-2004Surface Science Division Committee of the International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique, and Applications (IUVSTA)
2002-2005Vice Chair, 6. German Committee for Research with Synchrotron Radiation (KFS)
2003-2005Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, (ESRF)
2003-2004Beam time review panel “Surfaces and Interfaces“, ESRF
2003-2008Arbeitsausschuss “Katalyse” der Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie
2004-2008Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), Berlin Synchrotron Radiation Facility (BESSY II)
2005-2008Chairman, 7. German Committee for Research with Synchrotron Radiation (KFS)
2005-2008Commission for Research on Condensed Matter at Large Scale Facilities in Germany (KEKM)
2006-2024Trust lecturer (Vertrauensdozent), Deutsche Bunsengesellschaft, Erlangen
2007-2011International Advisory Board, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft – Chinese Academy of Sciences (MPG-CAS) Partner Group, University of Science and Technology (USTC), Hefei, China
2008-2009Vice Chair, Advisory Committee for Research with Photons (AFP), BMBF
2008-2015Scientific Advisory Board, ANKA, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
2009-2011Scientific Council (SC), Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB)
2010-2019Advisory Board of the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Berlin
2011-2015Member of the DFG Fachkollegium 302 “Chemische Festkörperforschung” (Evaluation Committee 302 of the German Science Foundation)
2012-2013Member, ERC Review Panel: ERC Synergy Grants
2014-2016Special working group of the RIKEN Advisory Council, Japan
2015Advisory Board, Materials Science and Physics Division, University Salzburg, Austria
2015 & 2020Chair, Chemical Sciences Panel, Evaluation of the Institutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences
2016-2021Member, DFG Senate Commission for Collaborative Research Centers (SFB), German Science Foundation
2018-2023Member, VILLUM Experiment Panel, Denmark
2018-Steering Committee HZB Photon School
2019-2025Cluster for Pioneering Research Advisory Council, RIKEN, Japan
2019-2026Scientific Advisory Board, Research Field “Matter”, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Helmholtz-Center
2019-Member, Scientific Council – Materials Foundry Institute CNR-IOM, Trieste, Italy
2020-2030Research Council, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
2021-Scientific Advisory Board, SFB 1415 “Chemistry of Synthetic Two-Dimensional Materials”, TU Dresden
2021-2024Trust lecturer (Vertrauensdozent) der DFG an der FAU
2021-2029Kuratorium, Otto-Hahn-Award of the German Physical Society (DPG) & the German Chemical Society (GDCh)
2022-External Advisory Board for Tenure-Track Procedures at Goethe University Frankfurt

Organization of Conferences

1996Chairman, “International Symposium on II-VI Compounds”, Würzburg, Germany
1996Chairman, Workshop “New Developments in Low Energy Electron Diffraction”, Erlangen, Germany (with Dr. G. Held)
1998Program Committee, “BESSY-User-Meeting 1998”, Berlin, Germany
1999International Program Committee, “European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS 18)”, Wien
2000Coorganizer of the Workshop “New Developments in Low Energy Electron Diffraction”, Cambridge / UK (with Profs. D. A. King and Dr. G. Held)
2001Chairman, Surface Science Division, “Spring Meeting of the Germany Physical Society (DPG)”, Hamburg, Germany (~500 contributions)
2002Chairman, Surface Science Division, “Spring Meeting of the Germany Physical Society (DPG)”, Regensburg, Germany (~500 contributions)
2002Scientific Advisory Committee, “German Vacuum Society (DVG) Meeting”, Magdeburg, Germany
2002International Program Committee, “European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS 21)”, Malmö, Sweden
2003Advisory Board, “European Vacuum Congress”, Berlin, Germany
2005Chairman, Symposium “Highlights in Synchrotron Radiation Research”, Spring Meeting of the Germany Physical Society (DPG), Berlin, Germany
2006Chairman, German Conference of Physical Chemistry (“Bunsentagung der Deutschen Bunsengesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie”), Erlangen, Germany (~700 participants)
2009COST D-41 Workshop “Oxide Nanostructures”, Erlangen, Germany (~30 participants from 8 countries)
2009International Program Committee, “European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS 26)”, Parma, Italy
2010Local Organizing Committee, “3rd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress”, Nürnberg, Germany
2010Program Committee, “10th European Conference on Surface Crystallography and Dynamics (ECSCD-10)”, Reading, UK
2011Organizing Committee, “7. Brazilian-German Workshop on Applied Surface Science”, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2012Program Committee, “11th European Conference on Surface Crystallography and Dynamics (ECSCD-11)”, Edinburgh, UK
2012Scientific Committee, “APCIL’12 (The 3rd Asian-Pacific Conference on Ionic Liquids and Green Processes)”, Beijing, China
2013Vice Chair, Gordon Research Conferences “Chemical Reactions on Surfaces”, Les Diablerets, Switzerland
2013Chair, “8. Brazilian-German Workshop on Applied Surface Science”, Bamberg, Germany
2015Chair, Gordon Research Conferences “Chemical Reactions on Surfaces”, Ventura / California, USA
2015Program Committee, “12th European Conference on Surface Crystallography and Dynamics (ECSCD-12)”, Trieste, Italy
2016Vice Chair, “9. Brazilian-German Workshop on Applied Surface Science”, São Sebastião (São Paulo), Brazil
2017Program Committee, “13th European Conference on Surface Crystallography and Dynamics (ECSCD-13)”, San Sebastián, Spain
2017International Program Committee, “European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS 33)”, Szeged, Hungary
2017Scientific Committee, International Congress “Engineering of Advanced Materials”, Erlangen, Germany
2017Chair, 655. WE-Heraeus-Seminar “Ionic Liquids and their Interfaces”, Bad Honnef, Germany
2018Organizing Committee, “10. Brazilian-German Workshop on Applied Surface Science”, Bad Dürkheim, Germany
2022Chair, ACS Symposium “Surface Science Young Investigators”, (with Profs. S. Tait, J. Batteas), San Diego, USA
2022Organizing Committee, “11. Brazilian-German Workshop on Applied Surface Science”, Manaus, Brazil
2024International Program Advisory Board, “10th International Symposium on Surface Science”, Kita-kyushu, Japan
2025Program Committee, “14th European Conference on Surface Crystallography and Dynamics (ECSCD-14)”, Vienna, Austria

Editorship / Advisory Boards

2001/2002Guest Editor, Applied Physics A (Issue 75/1, Special issue on “Solid surfaces: Microscopic insight from experimental and theoretical investigations“, 2002)
2002Guest Editor, Focus Issue on “Clusters at Surfaces“, New Journal of Physics 4 (2002)
2002/2003Guest Editor, Applied Physics A (Band 76/5, Special issue on “Structure and properties of complex surfaces at an atomic level“, 2003)
2007/2008Guest Editor, Special Issue of Chemical Society Reviews (CSR) on “Surface Reactions” in honour of the Nobel Price to Prof. Dr. Gerhard Ertl; together with Profs. J. Libuda and Sir D. A. King
2008-2010Editorial Advisory Board of Surface Science
2014-2015Guest Editor, Special Issue of Accounts of Chemical Research on “Microscopic Insights into Surface Catalyzed Chemical Reactions“
since 2014Editorial Board of Progress in Surface Science
since 2014Chefeditor bei Surface Science (Editor von 2014-2020)

Membership in Research Centers at the University Erlangen-Nürnberg

2004-2020Interdisciplinary Center for Interface-controlled Processes (ICICP)
2007-Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular materials (ICMM – Board of Directors)
2007-Erlangen Catalysis Resource Center (ECRC)
2008-2012PI in the Graduate School “Molecular Science“, supported by BayernExcellent
2007-2018PI in the Cluster of Excellence “Engineering of Advanced Materials“