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

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Prof. Helma Wennemers (ETH Zurich)

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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.
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Lecture: Guangbin Dong (University of Chicago)

Simple-Looking but Non-Obvious Transformations
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Prof. Sarah Lovelock (University of Manchester)

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Prof. Shirin Faraji (Düsseldorf University)

Watching chemistry happen with light: Excited-state nonadiabatic dynamics in complex environment
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Prof. Robert Knowles (Princeton University)

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Prof. Viktoria Däschlein-Gessner (Ruhr University Bochum)

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

Science & Technology Innovation: Building ML-assisted computational workflows at scale
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Blood Donation Campaign

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
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Prof. Gregory Fu (Caltech)

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Prof. Rebecca Buller (University of Bern)

Engineering Proteins for Synthetic Applications
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Prof. Tanja Gulder (Universität des Saarlands)

Halogen Atoms as Directing Tools: From Reactivity to Bioactive Compounds
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JCF Christmas Lecture with: Prof. Metin Tolan

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

Green, Fast & Furious: Sustainable Materials for Catalysis
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Ernst Haage Award 2025

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)

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

"Exploring Synthetic Mechanochemistry"
"Exploring Synthetic Mechanochemistry" [more]

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

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

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Student-Led Conference (StuCon)

Student-Led Conference (StuCon)
Networking, knowledge transfer and career planning: StuCon 2025 brings students and alumni together [more]

ORCA 6.1 Release Event

ORCA 6.1 Release Event
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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)
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Karl Ziegler Lecture 2025 - Seminar

A Glue Here, a TAC There: Bringing Proteins Together as Drug Modalities
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100 Years Fischer-Tropsch Process

100 Years Fischer-Tropsch Process
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Dr. Ina Vollmer (University of Utrecht, Netherlands)

„Mechano-catalytic Depolymerization of Polyolefins”
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Institute Seminar with Awarding of the Thiel Prize 2024

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

Prof. Xiaodong Zou (Stockholm University, SE)

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Prof.Yujiro Hayashi, Tohoku University, JP

Organocatalysis and Pot-Economical Synthesis of Biologically Active Molecules
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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
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Prof. Felipe Garcia, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

"Mechanochemistry of Main Group Compounds: From Molecules to Catalysis"
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Prof. Dr. Armido Studer (University of Münster)

"Radical Water Activation and Pyridine C-H-Functionalization".
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Institute Seminar

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Dr. Julia Reisenbauer (CalTech)

Navigating chemical space: utilizing nitrene reactivities in traditional organic chemistry and biocatalysis
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GDCh Lecture: Prof. Shengming Ma (Fudan University & Zhejiang University & Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS)

„Enantioselective Allenylation with Propargylic Alcohols and Their Derivatives”
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Ernst Haage Symposium 2024: Key Note: Prof. Dr. Siegfried Waldvogel, Direktor Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion

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

“Ion Intercalation, Lattice Instability and Chemo-Mechanical Coupling in Electrocatalysts under OER”
“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
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Prof. Dr. Alexander Radosevich (MIT)

“Biphilic Redox Reactivity of Nontrigonal Organophosphorus Compounds”
“Biphilic Redox Reactivity of Nontrigonal Organophosphorus Compounds” [more]

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

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

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

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ORCA 6.0.0 Release

ORCA 6.0.0 Release
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Prof. Masaaki Kitano (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

Prof. Masaaki Kitano (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Catalytic ammonia synthesis by mixed anion materials [more]

Prof. Dr. Darren Dixon (University of Oxford)

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

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Prof. Dr. Robert Phipps (University of Cambridge)

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

to the Sites of Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta
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

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Karl Ziegler Lecture 2024 - Main Lecture with Award Ceremony

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)

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

Deciphering Multi-Spin Chemistry [more]

Girls' Day at the Institute

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

Privileged Chiral Catalysts: Selectivity and Generality in Asymmetric Catalysis [more]

Prof. Dr. Alison Wendlandt, MIT

"Emergent selectivity in complex stereoarrays"
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Day of Catalysis

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Young Chemists Symposium Ruhr 2024

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
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Institute Seminar with Awarding of the Thiel Prize

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

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

Making, Seeing, and Using Subvalent Nitrogen Species
"Making, Seeing, and Using Subvalent Nitrogen Species" [more]

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

“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”
Dr. Arnau Bertran (University of Oxford, UK) “Solution-processed nanostructured semiconductors for next-generation photovoltaics” [more]
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