Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung

2025

Prof. Tanja Gulder (Universität des Saarlands)

Halogen Atoms as Directing Tools: From Reactivity to Bioactive Compounds

Date: Dec 3, 2025
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Tanja Gulder (Universität des Saarlands)
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Chemistry Frontiers@the Kohlenforschung
Contact: neumann@kofo.mpg.de

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JCF Christmas Lecture with: Prof. Metin Tolan

Date: Nov 27, 2025
Time: 05:00 PM - 06:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Metin Tolan
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Hörsaalgebäude, Eingang Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Young Chemists Forum of the GDCh (JCF)
Contact: muelheim@jcf.io

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GDCh Lecture: Prof. Adam Slabon (Bergische Universität Wuppertal, DE)

Green, Fast & Furious: Sustainable Materials for Catalysis

Date: Nov 13, 2025
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Adam Slabon (Bergische Universität Wuppertal, DE)
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Prof. Dr. Christian Lehmann
Contact: lehmann@kofo.mpg.de

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Ernst Haage Award 2025

Date: Nov 7, 2025
Time: 09:30 AM - 01:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall

Keynote Lecture Dr. Josep Cornellà Advancig Bimsuth Redox Catalysis NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS Dr Terrance J. Hadlington (TU München) PRIZE FOR POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS Dr. Maximilian Hielscher, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Waldvogel) Dr. Liqun Kang, MPI für Chemische Energiekonversion PRIZE FOR APPRENTICES Jana Brylak (Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion) Joel Bicker (Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung) Prior registration for the award ceremony is required. Registration for the event is possible on our website until 31.10.2025: https://www.cec.mpg.de/en/institute/ernst-haage-award/registrierung [more]

Prof. Christo Sevov (Ohio State University)

Date: Nov 5, 2025
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Christo Sevov (Ohio State University)
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Chemistry Frontiers@the Kohlenforschung
Contact: neumann@kofo.mpg.de

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Liebig Lecture: Prof. Renana Gershoni-Poranne (Schulich Faculty of Chemistry Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, IL)

Mission ImPASsible: Decoding Polycyclic Aromatic Systems with Deep Learning

Date: Oct 16, 2025
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Renana Gershoni-Poranne (Schulich Faculty of Chemistry Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, IS)
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Prof. Dr. Frank Neese
Contact: neese@kofo.mpg.de

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MBLA Lecture Tour: Dr. Koji Kubota (Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, JP)

"Exploring Synthetic Mechanochemistry"

Date: Oct 8, 2025
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Dr. Koji Kubota (Hokkaido University, Sapporo, JP
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Prof. List
Contact: kaltsidis@kofo.mpg.de

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Institute Seminar "Start-up-Edition" with presentations from MechSyn, Minerva Carbon, and Faccts

Date: Sep 26, 2025
Time: 03:00 PM - 07:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: diverse
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Prof. Dr. Frank Neese
Contact: neese@kofo.mpg.de

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Summer School: Spectroscopy and Electronic Structure of Transition Metal Complexes | September 7 - 12, 2025

Start: Sep 7, 2025 11:15 AM (Local Time Germany)
End: Sep 12, 2025 11:15 AM
Speaker: diverse
Location: Mülheim Chemistry Campus, Lemkestraße 7
Room: Grand Lecture Hall of the Kohlenforschung and at the MPI CEC
Host: Prof. Dr. Frank Neese & Prof. Dr. Serena DeBeer

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Student-Led Conference (StuCon)

Student-Led Conference (StuCon)

Start: Aug 27, 2025
End: Aug 29, 2025
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung

Networking, knowledge transfer and career planning: StuCon 2025 brings students and alumni together [more]

ORCA 6.1 Release Event

ORCA 6.1 Release Event

Date: Jun 17, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM - 06:50 PM (Local Time Germany)
Location: Online presentation
Room: Zoom link below
Host: ORCA Group
Contact: orca-cfp@kofo.mpg.de

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Karl Ziegler Guest Professorship 2025 - Award Lecture with Prof. Dr. Craig Crews, Yale University

PROTACs and Targeted Protein Degradation: A New Therapeutic Modality (Official Ziegler Lecture)

Date: May 13, 2025
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Craig Crews, Yale University
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: MPI für Kohlenforschung
Contact: schiffhorst@kofo.mpg.de

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Karl Ziegler Lecture 2025 - Seminar

A Glue Here, a TAC There: Bringing Proteins Together as Drug Modalities

Date: May 12, 2025
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Craig Crews, Yale University
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: MPI für Kohlenforschung
Contact: schiffhorst@kofo.mpg.de

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100 Years Fischer-Tropsch Process

100 Years Fischer-Tropsch Process

Start: May 5, 2025
End: May 7, 2025
Location: Stadthalle Mülheim, Am Schloß Broich 2-4, 45479 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Host: DECHEMA

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Dr. Ina Vollmer (University of Utrecht, Netherlands)

„Mechano-catalytic Depolymerization of Polyolefins”

Date: Mar 24, 2025
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Dr. Ina Vollmer (University of Utrecht, Netherlands)
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Prof. Schüth
Topic: Lectures
Contact: kalischer@kofo.mpg.de

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Institute Seminar with Awarding of the Thiel Prize 2024

Date: Mar 21, 2025
Time: 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: diverse
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Prof. Dr. Frank Neese

Awarding of the Thiel Prize 2024, talks and Poster Session [more]

Prof. Xiaodong Zou (Stockholm University, SE)

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Date: Mar 19, 2025
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Xiaodong Zou (Stockholm University, SE)
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Chemistry Frontiers@the Kohlenforschung
Contact: neumann@kofo.mpg.de

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Prof.Yujiro Hayashi, Tohoku University, JP

Organocatalysis and Pot-Economical Synthesis of Biologically Active Molecules

Date: Mar 13, 2025
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Yujiro Hayashi, Tohoku University, JP
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Chemistry Frontiers@the Kohlenforschung
Contact: neumann@kofo.mpg.de

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Charity Vernissage of the Lions Club Mülheim/Ruhr-Leinpfad together with the MPI für Kohlenforschung

Charity Vernissage of the Lions Club Mülheim/Ruhr-Leinpfad together with the MPI für Kohlenforschung

Date: Feb 16, 2025
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Hörsaalgebäude, Eingang Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Lions-Club Mülheim/Ruhr-Leinpfad
Contact: kalischer@kofo.mpg.de

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Prof. Felipe Garcia, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

"Mechanochemistry of Main Group Compounds: From Molecules to Catalysis"

Date: Feb 5, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Felipe Garcia
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Small Lecture Hall
Host: Dr. Michael Felderhoff
Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures
Contact: felderhoff@kofo.mpg.de

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