Current Events

Prof. Bettina Lotsch (Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung)

  • Date: Dec 14, 2026
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Bettina Lotsch (Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung)
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
  • Room: Grand Lecture Hall
  • Host: Chemistry Frontiers@the Kohlenforschung
  • Contact: neumann@kofo.mpg.de
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Ernst Haage-Prize 2026

Ernst Haage-Prize 2026
  • Date: Nov 13, 2026
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
  • Room: Grand Lecture Hall of the Kohlenforschung and at the MPI CEC
  • Contact: ernsthaagepreis@cec.mpg.de
Call for nominations 2026 [more]

Karl Ziegler Lecture 2026 - Seminar with Prof. Dr. Satoshi Maeda, Hokkaido University

From Automated Reaction Pathway Exploration to the Design and Discovery of Chemical Reactions
  • Date: May 28, 2026
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Satoshi Maeda, Hokkaido 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
From Automated Reaction Pathway Exploration to the Design and Discovery of Chemical Reactions [more]

Karl Ziegler Gastprofessur 2026 - Festvorlesung mit Prof. Dr. Satoshi Maeda, Hokkaido University

  • Date: May 27, 2026
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Satoshi Maeda, Hokkaido 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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Prof. Helma Wennemers (ETH Zurich)

  • Date: May 20, 2026
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Helma Wennemers (ETH Zurich)
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
  • Room: Grand Lecture Hall
  • Host: Chemistry Frontiers@the Kohlenforschung
  • Contact: neumann@kofo.mpg.de
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Heimspiel Wissenschaft: Im Gespräch Dr. Nils Nöthling

Die Magie der Kristalle: wie Strukturanalysen Einblicke auf die molekulare Ebene der Katalyse erlauben.
  • Date: Apr 23, 2026
  • Time: 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Nils Nöthling, Chemische Kristallographie und Elektronenmikroskopie Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
  • Location: Obstkelterei Van Nahmen, Diersfordter Straße 27, 46499 Hamminkeln
  • Host: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
  • Contact: contact@kofo.mpg.de
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Lecture: Guangbin Dong (University of Chicago)

Simple-Looking but Non-Obvious Transformations
  • Date: Mar 26, 2026
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Lecture: Guangbin Dong (University of Chicago)
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
  • Room: Großer Hörsaal der Kohlenforschung
  • Host: Prof. Ritter
  • Contact: ritter@kofo.mpg.de
[more]

Prof. Sarah Lovelock (University of Manchester)

  • Date: Mar 25, 2026
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Sarah Lovelock (University of Manchester)
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
  • Room: Grand Lecture Hall
  • Host: Chemistry Frontiers@the Kohlenforschung
  • Contact: neumann@kofo.mpg.de
[more]

Prof. Shirin Faraji (Düsseldorf University)

Watching chemistry happen with light: Excited-state nonadiabatic dynamics in complex environment
  • Date: Mar 18, 2026
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Shirin Faraji (Düsseldorf University)
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
  • Room: Grand Lecture Hall
  • Host: Chemistry Frontiers@the Kohlenforschung
  • Contact: neumann@kofo.mpg.de
[more]

Institute Seminar with Awarding of the Thiel Prize 2025

  • Date: Mar 13, 2026
  • 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 2025, talks and Poster Session [more]

Prof. Robert Knowles (Princeton University)

Excited State Catalysts for Selective Bond Activations
  • Date: Mar 11, 2026
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Robert Knowles (Princeton University)
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
  • Room: Grand Lecture Hall
  • Host: Chemistry Frontiers@the Kohlenforschung
  • Contact: neumann@kofo.mpg.de
[more]

Prof. Viktoria Däschlein-Gessner (Ruhr University Bochum)

α-Metalated Ylides: From Anionic Cumulenes and Space Molecules to Powerful Catalysts
  • Date: Mar 4, 2026
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Viktoria Däschlein-Gessner (Ruhr University Bochum)
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
  • Room: Grand Lecture Hall
  • Host: Chemistry Frontiers@the Kohlenforschung
  • Contact: neumann@kofo.mpg.de
[more]

Dr. Elaine Reichert Raguram (Harvard University)

Development of Highly Active Transition-Metal Catalysts
  • Date: Mar 2, 2026
  • Time: 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Elaine Reichert Raguram (Harvard University, US)
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Hörsaalgebäude, Eingang Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
  • Room: Grand Lecture Hall
  • Host: Prof. Dr. Frank Neese
  • Contact: contact@kofo.mpg.de
“Development of Highly Active Transition-Metal Catalysts” [more]

Dr. Jan Gerit Brandenburg (Director for Digital Chemistry Merck)

Science & Technology Innovation: Building ML-assisted computational workflows at scale
  • Date: Feb 25, 2026
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Jan Gerit Brandenburg (Merck)
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
  • Room: Grand Lecture Hall
  • Host: Chemistry Frontiers@the Kohlenforschung
  • Contact: neumann@kofo.mpg.de
[more]

Blood Donation Campaign

  • Date: Feb 20, 2026
  • Time: 02:00 PM - 06:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Hörsaalgebäude, Eingang Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
  • Room: Hörsaalgebäude
  • Host: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
  • Topic: Open day
  • Contact: contact@kofo.mpg.de
Every day, more than 15,000 blood donations are needed in Germany. Therefore there will be a joint blood donation campaign with the German Red Cross at our institute. [more]

Prof. Dr. Dirk Trauner (University of Pennsylvania)

The Art of Picking a Target Molecule
  • Date: Feb 12, 2026
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dirk Trauner (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
  • Room: Grand Lecture Hall
  • Host: Alois Fürstner
  • Contact: contact@kofo.mpg.de
[more]

Prof. Gregory Fu (Caltech)

  • Date: Feb 4, 2026
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Gregory Fu (Caltech)
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
  • Room: Grand Lecture Hall
  • Host: Chemistry Frontiers@the Kohlenforschung
  • Contact: neumann@kofo.mpg.de
[more]

Prof. Rebecca Buller (University of Bern)

Engineering Proteins for Synthetic Applications
  • Date: Jan 28, 2026
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Rebecca Buller (University of Bern)
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
  • Room: Grand Lecture Hall
  • Host: Chemistry Frontiers@the Kohlenforschung
  • Contact: neumann@kofo.mpg.de
[more]

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
[more]

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: Large Seminar Room, 3rd floor, CEC
  • 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
[more]

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
Time and title tbd [more]

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
"Exploring Synthetic Mechanochemistry" [more]

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
[more]

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
[more]

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
[more]

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
[more]

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
[more]

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
[more]

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
[more]

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
[more]

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
[more]

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
[more]

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
[more]

Prof. Dr. Armido Studer (University of Münster)

"Radical Water Activation and Pyridine C-H-Functionalization".
  • Date: Dec 11, 2024
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Armido Studer (University of Münster)
  • 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
[more]

Institute Seminar

  • Date: Dec 6, 2024
  • Speaker: Mathias Turberg & Dr. Alexios Stamoulis
  • 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
[more]

Dr. Julia Reisenbauer (CalTech)

Navigating chemical space: utilizing nitrene reactivities in traditional organic chemistry and biocatalysis
  • Date: Dec 5, 2024
  • Time: 03:30 PM - 04:45 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Julia Reisenbauer (CalTech, US)
  • 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
[more]

GDCh Lecture: Prof. Shengming Ma (Fudan University & Zhejiang University & Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS)

„Enantioselective Allenylation with Propargylic Alcohols and Their Derivatives”
  • Date: Dec 2, 2024
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Shengming Ma (Fudan University & Zhejiang University & Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS)
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
  • Room: Grand Lecture Hall
  • Host: Prof. Christian Lehmann
  • Contact: lehmann@kofo.mpg.de
[more]

Ernst Haage Symposium 2024: Key Note: Prof. Dr. Siegfried Waldvogel, Direktor Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion

  • Date: Nov 15, 2024
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
  • Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Award winners: NATIONAL: Prof. Dr. Barbara A. J. Lechner (TU München) PHD/POSTDOC: Tim Schulte (Kofo, AG Ritter) Sheng-Hsiang Lin (CEC, AG Leitner) AZUBIS: Elisabeth Glöcler (CEC, Chemielaborantin, Waldvogel) Hinrich Kludig (Kofo, Feinmechanik) [more]

Prof. Dr. Petra Ágota Szilágyi (Department of Chemistry Oslo, NO)

“Metal-organic frameworks in energy conversion and storage"
  • Date: Oct 23, 2024
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Petra Ágota Szilágyi (Department of Chemistry Oslo)
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
  • Room: Grand Lecture Hall
  • Host: Prof. Weidenthaler
  • Contact: weidenthaler@mpi-muelheim.mpg.de
[more]

Dr. Andrew Akbashev (Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen CH)

“Ion Intercalation, Lattice Instability and Chemo-Mechanical Coupling in Electrocatalysts under OER”
  • Date: Oct 16, 2024
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Andrew Akbashev (Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen CH)
  • 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
“Ion Intercalation, Lattice Instability and Chemo-Mechanical Coupling in Electrocatalysts under OER” [more]

MBLA Lecture Tour: Dr. Yoichi Hoshimoto (Osaka University, JP)

Exploring Ways to Harness N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and Triarylboranes in Organometallic and Synthetic Chemistry
  • Date: Oct 9, 2024
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Yoichi Hoshimoto (Osaka University, JP)
  • Dr. Yoichi Hoshimoto (Osaka University, JP) Exploring Ways to Harness N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and Triarylboranes in Organometallic and Synthetic Chemistry
  • 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
[more]

Prof. Dr. Alexander Radosevich (MIT)

“Biphilic Redox Reactivity of Nontrigonal Organophosphorus Compounds”
  • Date: Oct 2, 2024
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Alexander Radosevich (MIT)
  • 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
“Biphilic Redox Reactivity of Nontrigonal Organophosphorus Compounds” [more]

Summer School: Spectroscopy and Electronic Structure of Transition Metal Complexes | September 22-28, 2024

  • Start: Sep 22, 2024 11:15 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: Sep 28, 2024 11:15 AM
  • Speaker: diverse
  • Location: Mülheim Chemistry Campus, Lemkestraße 7
  • Host: Prof. Dr. Frank Neese & Prof. Dr. Serena DeBeer
[more]

Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius (University of Münster, DE)

  • Date: Sep 18, 2024
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius (University of Münster, DE)
  • 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
[more]

Prof. Dr. Lena Daumann (Düsseldorf University, DE)

  • Date: Aug 13, 2024
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Lena Daumann (Düsseldorf University, DE)
  • 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
[more]

ORCA 6.0.0 Release

ORCA 6.0.0 Release
  • Start: Jul 25, 2024 08:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: Jul 26, 2024 06:00 PM
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Hörsaalgebäude, Eingang Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
  • Room: Zoom
  • Host: ORCA Group
  • Contact: neese@kofo.mpg.de
[more]

Prof. Masaaki Kitano (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

Prof. Masaaki Kitano (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
  • Date: Jul 22, 2024
  • Time: 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Masaaki Kitano (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
  • Room: Grand Lecture Hall
  • Host: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
  • Contact: contact@kofo.mpg.de
Catalytic ammonia synthesis by mixed anion materials [more]

Prof. Dr. Darren Dixon (University of Oxford)

  • Date: Jul 17, 2024
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Darren Dixon (University of Oxford)
  • 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
[more]

Prof. Dr. Ricardo Mata (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)

  • Date: Jul 3, 2024
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ricardo Mata (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, DE)
  • 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
[more]

Prof. Dr. Robert Phipps (University of Cambridge)

  • Date: Jun 26, 2024
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Robert Phipps (University of Cambridge)
  • 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
[more]

Festive Awarding of the "Historical Landmarks Award" by the European Chemical Society

to the Sites of Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta
  • Date: May 17, 2024
  • Time: 02:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Alois Fürstner, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
  • "Why I think Prof. Ziegler could not help but discover Olefin Polymerization"
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
  • Room: Grand Lecture Hall
  • Host: EuChemS
  • Contact: gombert@kofo.mpg.de
Opening remarks: Prof. Dr. Frank Neese, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, talks by Prof. Dr. Angela Agostiano, EuChemS President, Prof. Dr. Sabine Becker, GDCh Vice President, Prof. Dr. Gianluca Farinola, SCI President, Marc Buchholz, Mayor of Mülheim an der Ruhr [more]

Karl Ziegler Guest Professorship - Seminar

  • Date: May 16, 2024
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Véronique Gouverneur, University of Oxford
  • 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
[more]

Karl Ziegler Lecture 2024 - Main Lecture with Award Ceremony

  • Date: May 15, 2024
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Véronique Gouverneur, University of Oxford
  • "Rethinking Fluorine Chemistry with Global Challenges in Mind"
  • 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
Professor Gouverneur’s research has focused on the invention of new strategies for the synthesis of fluorine-containing molecules for applications in materials and the life sciences. This lecture will highlight selected accomplishments and discuss how this fundamental research has evolved to address some of the current global challenges facing the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. [more]

Prof. Dr. Thisbe Lindhorst (University of Kiel)

  • Date: May 8, 2024
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Thisbe Lindhorst (University of Kiel)
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
  • Room: Grand Lecture Hall
  • Host: GDCh Ortsverein Mülheim an der Ruhr
  • Contact: lehmann@kofo.mpg.de
[more]

Dr. Maria Drosou, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung

  • Date: May 7, 2024
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Maria Drosou, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
  • Room: Grand Lecture Hall
  • Host: MPI für Kohlenforschung
  • Contact: contact@kofo.mpg.de
Deciphering Multi-Spin Chemistry [more]

Girls' Day at the Institute

  • Date: Apr 25, 2024
  • Time: 08:30 AM - 01:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Claudia Weidenthaler
  • The institute offers about 30 girls the opportunity to get to know practically the profession of chemical/physical laboratory assistant and working at a scientific institute. More information about Girls' Day and a registration can be made on the official Girls' Day page at www.girls-day.de.
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
  • Room: Small Lecture Hall
  • Host: MPI für Kohlenforschung
  • Contact: schiffhorst@kofo.mpg.de
[more]

Prof. Dr. Eric Jacobsen, Sheldon Emery Professor of Chemistry, Harvard University

  • Date: Apr 15, 2024
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Eric Jacobsen, Harvard University
  • Room: Grand Lecture Hall
  • Host: Prof. Ritter
  • Contact: ritter@kofo.mpg.de
Privileged Chiral Catalysts: Selectivity and Generality in Asymmetric Catalysis [more]

Prof. Dr. Alison Wendlandt, MIT

"Emergent selectivity in complex stereoarrays"
  • Date: Apr 10, 2024
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Alison Wendlandt, MIT
  • 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
[more]

Day of Catalysis

  • Date: Mar 14, 2024
  • Time: 09:30 AM - 06:45 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: divers
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
  • Room: Grand Lecture Hall
  • Host: List Department
  • Contact: kaltsidis@kofo.mpg.de
[more]

Young Chemists Symposium Ruhr 2024

  • Date: Feb 29, 2024
  • Time: 09:00 AM - 07:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ferdi Schüth
  • And other oral presentations, poster sessions
  • 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: bilician@kofo.mpg.de
Registration here: https://forms.gle/1mbY6imGWQf2ukgz8 [more]

Prof. Dr. Prof. Varinder Aggarwal, University of Bristol

Boron Mediated Cross Couplings for sp2-sp3 and sp3-sp3 bond construction
  • Date: Feb 28, 2024
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Prof. Varinder Aggarwal, University of Bristol
  • 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
[more]

Institute Seminar with Awarding of the Thiel Prize

  • Date: Feb 16, 2024
  • Time: 03:00 PM - 05:30 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
  • Host: Prof. Dr. Frank Neese
[more]

Prof. Dr. Yuzhou Wu (School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Huazhong University of Science and Technology, CN)

  • Date: Jan 30, 2024
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Yuzhou Wu (School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Huazhong University of Science and Technology, CN)
  • 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
[more]

Prof. Dr. David Powers (Texas A&M University, US)

Making, Seeing, and Using Subvalent Nitrogen Species
  • Date: Jan 24, 2024
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. David Powers (Texas A&M University, US)
  • 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
"Making, Seeing, and Using Subvalent Nitrogen Species" [more]

Dr. Mikkel Juelsholt (Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, US)

  • Date: Jan 24, 2024
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Mikkel Juelsholt (Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, US)
  • 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: kalischer@kofo.mpg.de
“Chemistry of Nucleation: Mapping the Hydrothermal Chemistry of Tungsten Oxide Formation” [more]

“Solution-processed nanostructured semiconductors for next-generation photovoltaics”

“Solution-processed nanostructured semiconductors for next-generation photovoltaics”
  • Date: Jan 10, 2024
  • Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Arnau Bertran (University of Oxford, UK)
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Hörsaalgebäude, Eingang Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
  • Room: Grand Lecture Hall
  • Host: Dr. Harun Tüysüz
  • Contact: tueysuez@kofo.mpg.de
Dr. Arnau Bertran (University of Oxford, UK) “Solution-processed nanostructured semiconductors for next-generation photovoltaics” [more]
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