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

🌍⚡ Can magnets help us build a cleaner energy future? @erc.europa.eu Synergy Grant Funds MAGNESIS to Unlock Magnetically Enhanced Catalysis! 🧲 Press Release: www.fhi.mpg.de/2157238/2025... ERC Synergy Grant Results: erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

🧟🎃 Last Thursday, it got spooky at the institute: PhD students met for the #Halloween Fritz Forum. Christian Feregrino from @molgen.mpg.de gave a lecture on "Flying with hands – The evolution of bat wings" 🦇 The Fritz Forum is a series of colloquia at the #FHI organised by a group of PhD students.

As part of the Horizon 2021 project #UVQuanT, the team of Dr. Stefan Truppe at Imperial College London has demonstrated high-power (500 mW), continuous laser light at 231.7 nm. These new systems will be used for cooling and trapping AlF molecules, a new candidate for ultracold molecular experiments.

SusMax—the first #MaxPlanck research network dedicated to #sustainable #materials and founded through an interdisciplinary collaboration of six MPIs—is inviting new partners from across the Max Planck Society @maxplanck.de Call for Proposals: 23 Oct–5 Dec 2025 tinyurl.com/36t22wju

💫 Excitement is in the air and we can already smell the good science brewing! Everything is set for today’s theory poster session at the @fhi-mpg.bsky.social. Looking forward to inspiring science and great discussions! 💫 In the meantime, here’s a glimpse of last year’s highlights!

Congratulations to Dr. Baran Eren on being awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship!! And welcome at the Fritz Haber Institute. We wish Baran all the best for his stay and the planned experiments! 💚 @humboldt-foundation.de @weizmanninstitute.bsky.social www.fhi.mpg.de/2142366/2025...

This year's Nobel Prize impressively demonstrates how multifaceted chemistry can be. Small, inconspicuous materials enable a variety of fantastic materials and reactions with marvelous applications. We congratulate Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson & Omar Yaghi warmly! www.fhi.mpg.de/2141744/2025...

With this workshop, #FHI and @mpib-berlin.bsky.social put the important topic of menstruation at work on the institute's agenda for the first time - with the aim to raise awareness and to provide valuable suggestions for improving working life of menstruating persons. www.fhi.mpg.de/2141334/2025...

A warm welcome to Prof. Tanja Cuk at the institute 💚 The renowned spectroscopist is visiting the departments of Prof. Beatriz Roldan Cuenya and Prof. Martin Wolf as a Bessel Awardee. 🧪 She has planned a number of exciting experiments at the FHI. Read more: www.fhi.mpg.de/2139330/2025...

Beatriz Roldan Cuenya, our Managing Director and Director of the Interface Science Department, was ceremonially inducted into the ranks of #ISE Fellows. We congratulate her warmly on this well-deserved award and express our appreciation for her outstanding research! www.fhi.mpg.de/2133980/2025...

Our sporty team "Fritz" participated in the company run B2Run Berlin on September 18. The team tackled the 5.7 km course in and around the Olympic Stadium with athletic ambition and great team spirit. We're proud of everyone and looking forward to the next team event! www.fhi.mpg.de/2132318/2025...

🔬 New insights into ammonia synthesis: Researchers at our Inorganic Chemistry department, the #MPICEC and #Clariant evidence the critical role of catalysts promoters in enhancing the performance and stability of ammonia production. www.fhi.mpg.de/2129835/2025... Paper www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🔬 Researchers at our Physical Chemistry Dep & Vanderbilt University have confined THz light to the nanoscale using hafnium dichalcogenides. This could enhance opto-electronic devices, making technology faster and more compact. 🌟📉 www.fhi.mpg.de/2127607/2025... Paper www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🔬 Researchers at our Interface Science Department have explored catalyst activity for green hydrogen production. Their study in highlights the role of interfacial solvent changes, paving the way for efficient energy solutions. 🌿🔋 www.fhi.mpg.de/2124268/2025... Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🔬 Researchers at our Interface Science Department have enhanced CO2 conversion into fuels using pulsed electric potential on copper. Published in Nature Catalysis, this method supports renewable energy progress. 🌍🔋 www.fhi.mpg.de/2116642/2025... Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thrilled to announce that three of our scientists attended the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting! They joined 33 Nobel Laureates and 600+ young scientists, returning with fresh ideas and collaborations. 🌟🔬 #LindauMeeting #Science #Innovation www.fhi.mpg.de/2104221/2025...

🌍 Excited to share that our @thdept-fhi-mpg.bsky.social researchers Christoph Dähn & Dr. Christian Carbogno joined ASESMA 2025 in Ghana! 🇬🇭 They led sessions on vibrational dynamics in solids, empowering future scientists with hands-on skills. 🤝✨ www.fhi.mpg.de/2103102/2025...

🔬 Honoring Science Excellence! 🔬 Prof. Dr. Héctor D. Abruña from ‪@cornelluniversity.bsky.social has been named the 2025 Ertl Lecture Awardee by the Fritz Haber Institute! 🏆 Join us on Dec 10, 2025, for his lecture on electrochemical science. 🌟 www.fhi.mpg.de/2094589/2025...

🌟 Get ready for the Long Night of Sciences at the Fritz Haber Institute on June 28th! This time, embark on a journey into the nanoworld with our latest video. Our colleague Wiebke will introduce you to her impressive microscopes and invite you to engage with these exciting experiments. 🧬✨

🎉 Congrats to Prof. Dr. Thomas Lunkenbein on his professorship at the University of Bayreuth, leading Operando Analytics of Electrochemical Energy Storage. His expertise in electron microscopy will drive innovation in battery research.🎓🔋 www.fhi.mpg.de/2093745/2025...

🔬 Our colleagues at our Physical Chemistry Department developed a new microscope achieving 1-nanometer resolution, pushing the limits of optical microscopy.🌟 www.fhi.mpg.de/2093572/2025... Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🌟 Join us for the Long Night of Sciences at the Fritz Haber Institute on June 28th! This time, explore some captivating highlights of our experiments and the beauty of our campus, as showcased in our latest video. Experience the magic of science with us! 🧪✨ #ScienceNight #Berlin #lndw #mpg

🔋Advancing Electrolyser Technology for Sustainable Energy⚡ 🔍 Our Theory Department's paper reveals that minimal electron spillover from metal electrodes boosts energy storage over tenfold, aligning simulations with experimental data for better materials. 🌍 www.fhi.mpg.de/2091724/2025...

🌟 Join us for the Long Night of Sciences at the Fritz Haber Institute on June 28th! Discover cutting-edge research and, as shown in our video, innovation in our state-of-the-art workshops. Dive into the world of science with us! 💡 #ScienceNight #FritzHaberInstitute #Berlin #lndw #mpg

🌿 Copper's Role in CO2 Conversion 🌿 🔍 New research from UCLA & FHI reveals how copper surfaces change during CO2 reduction, impacting product formation. Key insights show that surface defects enhance efficiency in converting CO2 into valuable chemicals like ethylene. www.fhi.mpg.de/2084747/2025...

🎉 Dr. André Fielicke of the Fritz Haber Institute has successfully habilitated at @tuberlin.bsky.social in Experimental Physics! 🏆 We are incredibly proud of his achievements and contributions. Congratulations! 🌟 #ScienceExcellence #Physics #Proud www.fhi.mpg.de/2074514/2025...

👏 Great news! @dfg.de has renewed funding for the e-conversion Cluster, continuing for seven more years! We are proud to work with top researchers from TUM, LMU, Deutsches Museum and @maxplanck.de 🔋 e-conversion explores key processes in energy tech. ☀️ #EnergyResearch www.fhi.mpg.de/2068435/2025...

🌟Congratulations to our colleagues and collaborators on the latest publication in Physical Review Letters titled "Picometric Spectroscopy of Hydrogen Molecules in Atomic-Scale Cavities"! 🔬✨ Press Release: www.fhi.mpg.de/2064061/2025... Publication: journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...

🎉 Huge congratulations to Dr. Sandra Eibenberger-Arias for winning the Zellner Science Award 2025! 🏆 Her work on quantum states of chiral molecules is shaping the future of molecular physics. We're so proud! 👏🔬✨ www.fhi.mpg.de/2038217/2025...

🎉We're thrilled to announce that Prof. Dr. Beatriz Roldán Cuenya has been named a Fellow of The International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) 2025! 🏆 Congratulations! 🌟🔬🎉 #Electrochemistry #ISEFellow www.fhi.mpg.de/2016419/2025...

🎉 We're thrilled to announce Dr. Mathieu Lizée's award of the prestigious @humboldt-foundation.de Research Fellowship! 🏆 He'll work at our Interface Science Dep. to explore interfacial solvents in electrochemistry, enhancing catalyst performance. ⚛️ #Humboldtian www.fhi.mpg.de/2016140/2025...

🌟 The #PhD #IMPRS-EPPC students organized an inspiring spring block course, showcasing leadership and organizational skills. Engaging talks and student presentations sparked new ideas and connections. Thanks to everyone for making this event a success! 🚀 www.fhi.mpg.de/2001533/2025...

🌟 Last week, 30 girls aged 10-16 explored science wonders with us. 🧪🔬 Guided by our passionate team, they engaged in hands-on experiments and projects. Huge thanks to our amazing colleagues for inspiring future female scientists! 👩‍🔬🚀💡 #GirlsDay2025 #WomenInSTEM www.fhi.mpg.de/1946066/2025...

🎉 Our Managing Director, Prof. Beatriz Roldán Cuenya, received the ACES-Margarita Salas Award in Physics, Mathematics, and Engineering at a ceremony in Stockholm. 🏆✨ #ScientificDiplomacy #FritzHaberInstitute #ACESMargaritaSalasAwards www.fhi.mpg.de/1877948/2025...

🎉 Congrats to Dr. Niclas Müller! 🎉 Our colleague has won the Gerhard Ertl Young Investigator Award 2025 on his work “Imaging Infrared Materials Excitations with Sum-Frequency Spectro-Microscopy”! 🏆 🔬✨ #ResearchExcellence #SurfaceScience #Innovation #YoungInvestigator www.fhi.mpg.de/1868574/2025...

🎉 Prof. Dr. Beatriz Roldán Cuenya & Prof. Dr. Jennifer Rupp have been inducted into the Leopoldina! 🌟 Their leadership & contributions to science are invaluable. Congrats to both on this prestigious recognition! 👏🔬 #Science #Leopoldina www.fhi.mpg.de/1866638/2025...

🌟5 PhD Positions in Physical Chemistry!🌟 Join IMPRS-EPPC for cutting-edge research at top institutions like the FHI, @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social @tuberlin.bsky.social @unipotsdam.bsky.social 🧪🔬 📅 Deadline: April 30, 2025. 👉 Apply: jobs.fhi.mpg.de/jobposting/8...