CV - Prof. Dr. Behrens (en)
Prof. Dr. Malte Behrens
Research Interests:
| Heterogeneous Catalysis |
| Nanostructured Materials |
| Chemical Energy Storage |
Academic career:
| Since 2020 | Professor for Inorganic Chemistry (W3) at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU) |
| 2014-2020 | Professor for Inorganic Chemistry at the Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany (UDE) |
| 2013 | Habilitation at the Technical University Berlin entitled “Materials Chemistry of Cu/ZnO-based Catalysts for Methanol Synthesis and Steam Reforming” |
| 2008-2014 | Group leader of the Nanostructure-Group at the Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Abteilung Anorganische Chemie, Berlin, Germany (FHI) |
| 2006-2008 | Postdoc with Prof. Robert Schlögl at FHI (heterogeneous catalysis, energy storage) |
| 2006 | PhD Thesis (Dr. rer. nat., summa cum laude) at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Germany (CAU) in the group of Prof. Wolfgang Bensch (solid state chemistry, intercalation chemistry, thin multi-layers) |
| 2002 | Diploma Thesis at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at CAU in the group of Prof. Wolfgang Bensch (solid state chemistry, solvothermal synthesis) |
| 1997-2002 | studied Chemistry at CAU Kiel |
Awards, Memberships, Positions
| since 2018 | Spokesman of CRR/TRR 247 "Heterogenous Oxidation Catalysis in the liquid phase" |
| since 2016 | Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry at UDE |
| since 2014 | Member of the Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE) |
| 2013 |
Jochen Block Award of the German Catalysis Society (GeCatS) |
| since 2009 | Member of the Ertl Center for Electrochemistry and Catalysis im Gwangju Insititute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, Korea |
| 2009-2012 | Member of the User Committee of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) |
| 2006 | BASF PhD-Prize of the CAU Kiel |
| 2003-2004 | PhD Stipend of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (FCI) |