We wish everyone happy holidays and a happy New Year! @krammlab.bsky.social @hessgroup.bsky.social @rosegroup.bsky.social

On 1st of December CRC member Markus Prechtl and team were awarded the Hildegard-Hamm-Brücher-Preis by the GDCh for the project “DiSenSu”. Amazing! Congratulations to you! More information: www.gdch.de/gdch/preise-... @krammlab.bsky.social @hessgroup.bsky.social Photo: S. Markic

Nov. is the month of school visits:Our PR team is presents Iron, upgraded! to school students.Yannick&Markus introduce the topic of substitution using school experiments.Students show particular interest in sustainability-related contexts. It is a great to inspire young people to embrace innovation.

Ass. Prof. Nadezda Kongi from University of Tartu, Estonia gave a very interesting lecture on „Scaling relations in electrocatalysis: from basics to opportunities“. Thanks for lively discussions and being our guest! @krammlab.bsky.social @rosegroup.bsky.social

We are happy to welcome Ass. Prof. Nadezda Kongi from University of Tartu, Estonia on Thursday. Nadezda Kongi will talk about „Scaling relations in electrocatalysis: from basics to opportunities“. Participation is more than welcome, more info: www.chemie.tu-darmstadt.de/iron-upgrade...

Congratulations! Collaboration in the C Research Area between C01, C02 and C08 on “Gram-Scale Synthesis of Fe3N Nanoparticles via a One-Pot Thermal Decomposition Route: Implications for Magnetic Fluid Hyperthermia Applications”. Further information: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... @krammlab.bsky.social

We are happy to announce that Ö project leader Markus Prechtl will be awarded the Hildegard Hamm-Brücher Prize for Equal Opportunities in Chemistry by the GDCh on December 1 for the joint project “DiversitySensitive Support (DiSenSu)”. More info: gdch.app/article/dise... @krammlab.bsky.social

Congratulations! Prof. Torsten Gutmann, now Paderborn University, (project C04) was awarded the Felix Bloch Lecture 2025 on September 16, 2025, during the 46th FGMR Annual Discussion Meeting in Bonn. Photo: GDCh website @krammlab.bsky.social @hessgroup.bsky.social @rosegroup.bsky.social

Collaborative work across the research areas on “Electronic Complexity of Active Site Models for FeNC Catalysts: A Systematic Study of Truncation Effects in Molecular and Periodic Models” from our projects A01 and B01. Congratulations! pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1... @verakrewald.bsky.social

No irony!Again we have great news:On SMASH - Small Molecule NMR Conference in Porto, Timon Zankel (B05 project) got the prize for the best poster with the title "⁵⁷Fe NMR is Great - No Irony". Congratulations, Timon! @krammlab.bsky.social @rosegroup.bsky.social up.bsky.social @hessgroup.bsky.social

Great news from the ISE in Mainz mid of September: Sumin Lim (C06 project) from TU Munich was awarded the prize for the best poster on the topic of „Design of a channel flow cell for degradation and performance studies of electrocatalyst“. Congratulations, Sumin! @krammlab.bsky.social

It was a pleasure to attend Europacat2025 from 31.08. – 05.09. in Trondheim together with many members from our collaborative research center “Iron Upgraded!”. Our CRC 1487 contributed with ... @krammlab.bsky.social @rosegroup.bsky.social @hessgroup.bsky.social

“Highly active iron catalysts for olefin hydrogenation enable parahydrogen induced hyperpolarisation of 1H and 19F NMR resonances at 1.4 Tesla” is the topic of the collaborative work of the projects B03, B05 and C04. Congratulations! @krammlab.bsky.social @rosegroup.bsky.social

Concentrated C-Power: 2 publications from our projects C06&C08:“Benchmarking the Stability of State-of-the-Art H2O2 Electrocatalysts under Acidic Conditions” and “Decoding systematic effects and mass transport in H2O2 production via Aux/C ORR electrocatalysis” Congratulations! @krammlab.bsky.social

“Finding the right synergy of iron and molybdenum in mixed metal oxide catalysts for the sustainable production of acetaldehyde via oxidative dehydrogenation of ethanol”–a great collaborative,cross research area work by our A03, A02, C04, S and A04 projects. Congratulations! @rosegroup.bsky.social

“A career-focused programme” promised the CRC 1487 summer school for doctoral students and postdocs. Find the report here: www.chemie.tu-darmstadt.de/iron-upgrade... @krammlab.bsky.social @rosegroup.bsky.social @hessgroup.bsky.social

Collaboration across research areas A “Oxidic Environments” & C “Metallic Environments”:This was done by Möller, A04 & Zhang, C02 & published recently on the topic “Synthesis, Structures, Chemical Bonding, and Properties of Al9–xFexMo3 with 0.5 ≤ xFe ≤ 1.8” Congratulations! @krammlab.bsky.social

Congratulations to the authors of the paper “Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Ferrous Iron in a True Square-Planar Molecular Environment” from our external partner projects B03 from Heidelberg University, B07 from MPI CEC in Mülheim and the two projects B01 and B08 – great collaborative work.

This week, our PhD students and Postdocs went on summer school in Altleiningen. Under the motto “Improving our Professional Skills” they participated workshops, learned about career paths and took a trip BASF. A detailed report will follow. @krammlab.bsky.social @rosegroup.bsky.social

Last week, Prof. Dr. Carsten Streb was giving an inspiring talk on molecular and solid-state single-site catalysts. Thanks a lot for this! Discussions on this and other topics continued afterwards at our social event – it was a nice afternoon. @krammlab.bsky.social @hessgroup.bsky.social

„Molecular and Solid-State Single-Site Catalysts for Sustainable Energy Technologies“ will be the topic of the talk of Prof. Dr. Carsten Streb, JGU Mainz, on Thursday, 10.07.2025. We are looking forward to it! Everyone is welcome, further info: www.chemie.tu-darmstadt.de/iron-upgrade...

Congratulations to Danny Stark from our A03 project. On the "Annual Meeting on Reaction Engineering 2025" he received the Best Poster Award on the "Kinetic and Mechanistic Insights into the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethanol on Iron-Molybdenum Oxide Catalysts". Well done! @krammlab.bsky.social

The success of the CRC depends largely on all employees,e.g. our student assistants.Our “Hiwis” in the S-Project Annika Hänssler and Nina Zöller have done a great job and therefore they were presented with a certificate for their expertise in the field of synthesis this week.Thank you for your work!

We are very proud of our former associated CRC member from the A02 project: Dr. Leon Schumacher was awarded 12,000 euro Kurt Ruth Prize from TU Darmstadt. Congratulations, Leon! Further information: www.tu-darmstadt.de/universitaet... @krammlab.bsky.social @hessgroup.bsky.social

Thanks to Ass. Prof. Dr. Christoph Bäumer from Uni Twente for a great talk and lively discussion on „Operando X-ray characterization of complex oxide electrocatalyst surfaces and interfaces“. Thanks, that you visited us in Darmstadt. @krammlab.bsky.social @hessgroup.bsky.social

Your are invited! Ass. Prof. Dr. Christoph Bäumer from Uni Twente will talk about „Operando X-ray characterization of complex oxide electrocatalyst surfaces and interfaces“ on Thursday, 12.06.2025. More info: www.chemie.tu-darmstadt.de/iron-upgrade... @krammlab.bsky.social @rosegroup.bsky.social

Intensive three days lie behind us – all subgroups of our CRC met to discuss the current status and future perspectives. Thanks to all for participation and productive discussions. #iron_upgraded @krammlab.bsky.social @rosegroup.bsky.social @hessgroup.bsky.social

Congratulations! d’Andrea et. al published collaborative work from our CRC 1487 projects C01, C02 and C03 on the topic “Improved lattice elongation for Fe8Nx (x > 1) thin films prepared via nitrogen ion implantation”. Find the publication here: pubs.aip.org/aip/adv/arti... @krammlab.bsky.social

Cheers on Science again!! The Pint of Science takes place from next Monday on. Great event for anyone who enjoys unusual perspectives, understandable science and good conversation - over a cool drink and in a relaxed atmosphere. @krammlab.bsky.social @tuda.bsky.social @hessgroup.bsky.social

So proud!Congratulations to Johannes Pfeiffer,PhD student in the A02 project:He was awarded with the DBG Master thesis price for his excellent thesis on:“Mechanistic investigation of the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethanol over iron vanadate catalysts”.Great work, Johannes! @hessgroup.bsky.social

Yesterday,Prof. Malte Behrens, Kiel University,gave a great talk on “One for all:Iron as active metal, promoter and inhibitor in solid catalysts”.Thanks to everyone participating&thanks a lot for your visit&discussion,Malte Behrens! @krammlab.bsky.social @rosegroup.bsky.social @hessgroup.bsky.social

All for one? At least “One for all!”–Prof. Malte Behrens,Kiel University,will talk about this on May 15:“One for all: Iron as active metal, promoter and inhibitor in solid catalysts”. www.chemie.tu-darmstadt.de/iron-upgrade... @krammlab.bsky.social @rosegroup.bsky.social @hessgroup.bsky.social

We are pleased to welcome our new employee Doris Rosskopp! She will take on the exciting task of Communications Manager in Matrix with the CRC 1487, CRC 1548, TRR 270 and the Science Communication Center. A warm welcome! @krammlab.bsky.social @tuda.bsky.social

We are pleased to have Prof. Dr. Tanja Franken, expert in the field of heterogeneous catalysis, as new project leader in the A03 project together with Prof. Dreizler in the CRC team. A warm welcome! Photo: Patrick Bal @krammlab.bsky.social @tuda.bsky.social

The CRC wishes everyone a happy Easter and lots of relaxation. (Picture: The modern lawnmower on the Lichtwiese campus.) @verakrewald.bsky.social @krammlab.bsky.social @tuda.bsky.social @rosegroup.bsky.social

🔊 23.06.–04.07.2025: RMU #Postdoc Career Weeks 2025 mit spannenden Impulsen für #EarlyCareerResearchers zu Karrierewegen innerhalb und außerhalb der Wissenschaft. Anmeldung ab dem 5. Mai: www.rhein-main-universitaeten.de/news/save-th... @goetheuni.bsky.social @unimainz.bsky.social @tuda.bsky.social

Last week, C04 PhD student Jan Kergaßner presented a really interesting idea about using AI in everyday laboratory work. Great work, Jan, and thanks for sharing the idea with us. Thanks to the participants for an intensive discussion. @krammlab.bsky.social @hessgroup.bsky.social

The CRC 1487 wishes a Happy Eid! @krammlab.bsky.social @hessgroup.bsky.social

Once again, CRC members took part in a conference: Justin Krampe, Sun-Myung Kim and Christian Hess took part in this year's Bunsentagung in Leipzig. You can find the full report here: @krammlab.bsky.social @hessgroup.bsky.social

Great news from the “58. Jahrestreffen Deutscher Katalytiker!“ Hannah Wilhelm from the A02 project was awarded for her poster presentation – congratulations! Read more about this and the lively participation of CRC 1487 members at the meeting here: www.chemie.tu-darmstadt.de/iron-upgrade...

Congratulation to that great result! 👏👏

(1|2) Sustainability is an important topic in the laboratories of our CRC projects. Two working groups were awarded a new or second “LEAF certificate”: Congratulations to the Kramm and Rose group. More information here: www.tu-darmstadt.de/nachhaltigke... Photos: Ulrike Albrecht, TU Darmstadt

With the beginning of spring also the conference time starts in March. For example these two important conferences for our CRC members will take place: Bunsen Tagung in Leipzig and Jahrestreffen Deutscher Katalytiker in Weimar – we keep you updated! @krammlab.bsky.social @hessgroup.bsky.social

Intensive days are currently taking place: The entire CRC consortium is meeting for this year's General Assembly, which means: lots of status reports, visions for the future and strategy discussions. Thanks to everyone who is attending. @krammlab.bsky.social @hessgroup.bsky.social

(1/2) Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Promotion of woman in science and arousing MINT interest of female pupils are also important goals within the CRC ➡️ @krammlab.bsky.social @hessgroup.bsky.social

Semester ends means new semester starts. Check out already the dates for the summer semester 2025 – we are looking forward to the great speakers! www.chemie.tu-darmstadt.de/iron-upgrade... @krammlab.bsky.social @hessgroup.bsky.social

Unfortunately, we had to cancel the seminar on Thursday. The seminar will be postponed and the new date will be announced via our website and here. We are sorry for the inconvenience. @krammlab.bsky.social @hessgroup.bsky.social

We are happy to have Prof. Dr. Serena DeBeer,director at MPI für chemische Energiekonversion,as our guest next week.Topic will be „Advanced spectroscopic studies of C-H bond activating enzymes and molecular catalysts“.More info: www.chemie.tu-darmstadt.de/iron-upgrade... @krammlab.bsky.social

Thanks to Thomas Lunkenbein from the Fritz-Haber-Institut Berlin for your talk and the discussion about the topic of heterogeneous catalysts in the electron microscope! @verakrewald.bsky.social @krammlab.bsky.social @tuda.bsky.social

First seminar of the year 2025 of our CRC 1487:PD Dr. Thomas Lunkenbein,Fritz-Haber-Instut Berlin will be our guest&talk about „Of defects& dynamics – Structural characterization of heterogeneous catalysts in the electron microscope“. www.chemie.tu-darmstadt.de/iron-upgraded/ @krammlab.bsky.social