A great success for Berlin! We warmly congratulate the BUA on another funding period under the Excellence Strategy. Berlin is and will remain one of Germany’s most important research hubs. 🎉👏

🧡 As an initiative for International Women's Day, we provided a platform for women from our institute to share their perspectives. Our administrative director, Dr. Rima Dapous, concludes this series sharing her own motivation and encouraging women to be brave and find their own path. #WomensDay

Two days after International Women's Day, we still give a voice to women at our institute. Dr. Johanna Klyne is taking care of the science communication at FHI. Through communication and empowerment, she aims to break down some barriers women might encounter in STEM. #WomensDay #WomeninSTEM #scicom

💚 We celebrate International Women's Day, that’s why we give a voice to some women at our institute. Dr. Giulia Glorani, scientific coordinator in FHI’s Theory Department, also serves as one of the institute’s gender equality officers and explains her motivation. #WomensDay #WomeninSTEM #Diversity

Today is International Women's Day. We are taking this opportunity to give a voice to some of the women at our institute. Here's what Dr. Patricia Poths, who is leading a junior group in the Theory Department of our institute, would like to share with women today... #WomensDay #WomeninSTEM

The Max Planck #PostdocProgram offers top emerging talents a range of attractive measures and opportunities. The current call for applications is open from March 1st until April 13th, 2026. Please share or consider applying! 🙏 www.mpg.de/en/max-planc... #careerinscience #sciencecareer

Why is phosphoric acid so good at moving positive charges? With IR #spectroscopy, a team around researchers from our Molecular Physics Department shed light on the molecular structures behind Nature's proton highway. ➡️ www.fhi.mpg.de/2205631/2026-02-23_Understanding-Nature_s-Proton-Highway

Interesting work on the true 3D structure of a “flat” molecule. The research team's conclusion: the molecule is not truly flat, it is chiral also in its ground state. 😯 Researchers from our Molecular Physics Department collaborated in the experimental study. Read more 👇

We warmly congratulate Dr. Jiajie Hou from our Interface Science Department on receiving a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship! She'll investigate strategies for converting captured carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals using electrocatalysis.💚 www.fhi.mpg.de/2204544/2026...

👏 Congrats to Caroline Aschendorf, #PhD student in the Interface Science Department, on winning a poster award at the 2026 Electrochemistry Gordon Research Conference! She presented her work on "Separating electric field effects from electrochemical potential gradients at water-solid interfaces".

Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Today we think of all the female scientists and young women and girls who aspire to become researchers - worldwide and at our institute. We need the participation of women across our society, including in science! #WomeninSTEM #WomeninScience

📣 Call for Speakers! Are you a woman or non-binary scientist ready to share your research with the public? Then, apply to be a speaker at Soapbox Science Berlin 🧪🌍🔭💻🦊🧠 📍 Holzmarkt | 🗓 June 28 ⏰ Applications close Feb 23 👉 Apply now! docs.google.com/document/d/1... #WomeninSTEM #scicomm #wisskomm

🚀 Dr. Dominik Stemer from our Molecular Physics Department starts his own research group within the Emmy Noether Program of @dfg.de. Congratulations to this great step! His new group is hosted by the @uni-muenster.de, but will do many of their experiments at #FHI. www.fhi.mpg.de/2199462/2026...

Giacomo Valtolina, former group leader in our Molecular Physics Department, becomes Visiting Professor at @humboldtuni.bsky.social! He will continue to study ultracold matter. We warmly congratulate him to this big career step and wish him all the best 🚀 #physics 🔗 www.fhi.mpg.de/2198647/2026...

👏 Congratulations to Dr. Florian Trinter from the Molecular Physics Department of our Institute on receiving this year's DESY Photon-Science User Award! He receives the award for his “innovative research of the interaction between X-rays and atoms in solution”. #DESY www.fhi.mpg.de/2198089/2026...

Viewpoint article in Nature Energy by Prof. Beatriz Roldan Cuenya, Director of our Interface Science Department, that highlights critical role of electrocatalysis in advancing sustainable energy systems by converting CO₂ into valuable carbon-based fuels and chemicals. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Today is #LegoDay 🥳 Did you know, that #lego is a wonderful tool to explain #science? You can assemble lego just like chemists build molecules. And you can even build an electron microscope out of lego 🔬 #physics #chemistry @maxplanck.de

Today is #LegoDay 🥳 Did you know, that #lego is a wonderful tool to explain #science? You can assemble lego just like chemists build molecules. And you can even build an electron microscope out of lego 🔬 #physics #chemistry @maxplanck.de

💥 Atoms and molecules can decay upon irradiation with light. But what actually happens directly before the atoms fall apart? And when exactly does the decay happen? That's what a research team from #FHI investigated: They took a movie of a fundamental decay process! www.fhi.mpg.de/2196052/2026...

Today, on #CleanEnergyDay we want to remind everyone that the #energy transition is one of the greatest challenges of our time! At FHI, we work on solutions together with kindred spirits worldwide. Let's do research for our planet! #InternationalDayOfCleanEnergy

👏 Congratulations to our friend and collaborator Jennifer from @tum.de ! Wa are happy to have you on board as @maxplanck.de Fellow at the @fhi-mpg.bsky.social. Looking forward to be doing great science with you within the @e-conversion.bsky.social cluster! 👏

"Together, we can better understand the properties of #energy materials." In the interview, Prof. Jennifer Rupp from @tum.de explains what she wants to achieve as a Max Planck Fellow at the #FHI. www.fhi.mpg.de/2195216/Inte... #batteries @e-conversion.bsky.social

👏Congratulations Dr. Elias Diesen who has been appointed Junior Group Leader in the @thdept-fhi-mpg.bsky.social. His group, Magnetism in Electrocatalysis, will study magnetic effects in key reactions for sustainable energy. #Electrocatalysis #Magnetism #SustainableEnergy #FHI #MaxPlanckSociety

Watching catalysts “at work” during oxidation of isopropanol to acetone: Researchers from our Inorganic Chemistry Department reveal how structural reorganization processes on the surface of a cobalt oxide catalyst influence its catalytic performance. #catalysis www.fhi.mpg.de/2192824/2026...

🚀 Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Laurenz Rettig on his new position as a Professor of Experimental Physics at @rptu.bsky.social! We thank Laurenz for his valuable contributions as a group leader at our institute and wish him all the best for his future 💚 www.fhi.mpg.de/2187762/2026...

🔬 Controlling Light at the Nanoscale ⚡ New results from an international collaboration with Paul Drude Institute and University of Iowa reveal a novel way to steer light at extremely small scales — opening the door to more compact and efficient nanophotonic and optoelectronic devices.

🎉 Dr. Patricia Poths has received a prestigious Liebig Fellowship (FCI) and will found an independent junior research group in the @thdept-fhi-mpg.bsky.social , focusing on realistic modeling of catalyst dynamics. #Research #Catalysis #ScienceLeadership #MaxPlanck www.fhi.mpg.de/2186619/2026...

Happy new year! We start 2026 with new insights into fuel cell catalysts 🧪 FHI researchers studied the oxygen reduction reaction, a key process in fuel cells that limits their efficiency. Their findings challenge the widely held understanding of catalyst function. www.fhi.mpg.de/2183862/2026...

The year 2025 is coming to a close. We would like to take this moment to thank all the members of our institute and all our friends and partners for the excellent collaboration this year! We're already looking forward to 2026.🎉 We wish you all wonderful holidays and a great start to the New Year!✨

🔬 2025 is the International Year of Quantum Science & Technology! 100 years ago, quantum mechanics was essentially born. Within the framework of #Quantum2025, the @dpgphysik.bsky.social selected research institutions as “quantum sites” - FHI was also chosen! ➡️ www.quantum2025.de/en/quantenorte

🫶 A warm welcome to Dr. Chenyue Qiu at the Fritz Haber Institute! From December, she'll conduct research in the electron microscopy group in the Inferface Science Department. We wish her all the best! Many thanks to the @humboldt-foundation.de for supporting her stay! www.fhi.mpg.de/2179801/2025...

Highlights from yesterday’s #IPAM graduation—what a crowd! Reuter alumni and current members spanning generations: from the earliest @fhi-mpg.bsky.social days (Mira), through the @tum.de era (Stefan, Craig), to today’s crew (Lang, Barbara). Love seeing the legacy live on! #IPAM #FHI #Alumni

Within the Horizon 2021 project #UVQuanT, colleagues at the University of Bonn have broken a laser cooling record by loading atomic zinc into a magneto-optical trap. They used light at a wavelength of 214 nm - thus pushing the limit for laser cooling of atoms deeper into the UV part of the spectrum.

We had a wonderful Award Ceremony on Wednesday, celebrating this year's Gerhard Ertl Lecture with Prof. Hector Abruña who gave an inspiring talk on energy conversion and storage. 🏆💚 Thanks for joining us! www.fhi.mpg.de/2177847/2025... #chemistry #catalysis #physics #energy #sustainability

New Advanced Materials study: AI assumes perfect crystals — and might get materials wrong. With @unibayreuth.bsky.social, @thdept-fhi-mpg.bsky.social & @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social we built a tool detecting real disorder. Result: >80% of “promising” materials may fail to behave as predicted.

🎥 Join us live on Youtube for the Ertl Lecture 2025 on December 10 at 4 pm. This year's awardee, Professor Dr Hector Abruna (Cornell University), will give a lecture on "Energy Conversion and Storage: Novel Materials and Operando Methods". www.youtube.com/@fritz-haber...

🔬 New microscope can image the invisible! One-atom thick layers of hexagonal boron nitride, an important 2D-material, that is optically transparent can be imaged using the toolbox of nonlinear optics... Read more: www.fhi.mpg.de/2174926/2025... #physics #chemistry #sciencenews

We cordially invite you to the 18th Gerhard Ertl Lecture! This year’s awardee Prof. Dr. Héctor D. Abruña will give a talk about "Energy Conversion and Storage: Novel Materials and Operando Methods" 🗓️ December 10, 2025 🕓 4:00 PM 📍 Harnack House, Ihnestr. 16-20, Berlin www.fhi.mpg.de/2094589/2025...

👏 Congratulations to all innovators! We're so pleased about the success of Spree Monitoring GmbH, whose co-founder Daniel Fontoura Barroso works at the Molecular Physics Department of FHI. The start-up uses ultrasound to monitor the safety of reinforced concrete structures, such as bridges.

It is time to look back on an exciting November, when the Fritz Haber Institute was visited by its Scientific Advisory Board. We express our heartfelt thanks to everyone involved who made this visit such an insipring and enriching experience! 💚 Read more: www.fhi.mpg.de/2172250/2025...

💡 New insights into the function of gold catalysts! A research team from #HZB and #FHI has uncovered how carbonate molecules organize water layers on the surface of gold, thus directly influencing their CO2 conversion capability during #electrocatalysis. 🌐 Read more: www.fhi.mpg.de/2169513/2025...

Proud to support Berlin PostDoc Day 2025 within @berlinscienceweek.bsky.social! Highlights? 10 FHI participants, engaging workshops on storytelling, networking and more, plus vibrant discussions and excellent networking opportunities! #FHI #PostDocDay #BerlinScienceWeek

👏 We're pleased and proud to announce that four researchers from the FHI belong to the world's most cited according to the analysis by Clarivate: Prof. Dr. Beatriz Roldan Cuenya & Dr. Janis Timoshenko & Dr. Arno Bergmann & Prof. Robert Schlögl. Congratulations to all! www.fhi.mpg.de/2167843/2025...

🚀 FHI Alumna Antonia Herzog was appointed a professor at DTU in her early thirties - an impressive career. She describes how she achieved this career step and encourages young female researchers to keep going. Read more: www.fhi.mpg.de/2161432/2025... #WomenInSTEM #ScienceNeedsWomen #StayCurious

🎉We're happy and proud that the director of our Theory Department, Prof. Karsten Reuter, is part of a team that secured one ERC Synergy Grant: #MAGNESIS: Magnetically Enhanced Electrocatalysis. Read more about the planned research project: www.fhi.mpg.de/2157238/2025...

Congratulations! In the current call of the European Research Council, Max Planck researchers have secured five Synergy Grants. Together with the University of Cambridge, we are among the top three most successful #research institutions in #Europe ! 🙌 www.mpg.de/25684336/erc... @erc.europa.eu

News from #UVQuant: New molecular MOT! A team at the FHI has succeeded in loading the first magneto-optical trap (MOT) of a spin-singlet molecule, diatomic AlF. This is the first time a chemically stable molecule has been laser-cooled and trapped. Read more in Phys Rev Lett: doi.org/10.1103/ksnd...

🔬 For eight years they've worked hard in the lab to realize their dream: A research team from FHI's Molecular Physics Department finally succeded in laser cooling and trapping a chemically stable molecule - breaking new ground in ultracold physics. ➡️ Read more: www.fhi.mpg.de/2160489/2025...

Everyone at our institute is excited in these days: Nov 11-14, our Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) will come to evaluate the work done at the FHI. 🫶 This event is very important for all institute members. We wish each other all the best for the presentations, poster sessions & discussion rounds!

🚀 ¡Nueva subvención #ERCSyG para IMDEA Nanociencia! #MAGNESIS explorará el campo emergente de la magnetoelectrocatalisis ⚡🧲 nanociencia.imdea.org/es/imdea-nan... 🇪🇸 Galán-Mascarós @ICIQ.org 🇩🇪 K. Reuter @fhi-mpg.bsky.social 🇩🇰 J.V. Lauritsen @au.dk 🇪🇸 D. Écija @imdeanano.bsky.social