Prof. Dr. Malte Behrens
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Prof. Dr. Malte Behrens Kiel University (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel) Institute of Inorganic Chemistry Solid State Chemistry and Catalysis Max-Eyth-Straße 2 24118 Kiel, Germany Tel.: +49 (0)431-880-2410 |
Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests | |
Nanostructured Solids, Heterogeneous Catalysis, Energy Storage and Conversion | |
Education / Employments | |
since 2020 |
Professor (W3) for Inorganic Solid State Chemistry at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at Kiel University (CAU), Germany |
2014 – 2020 |
Professor (W2) for Inorganic Chemistry in the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), Germany |
2013 |
Habilitation at the Technical University Berlin, Title of the Thesis: “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-Institute of the Max-Planck-Society (FHI), Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Berlin, Germany |
2006 – 2008 | Post-doc with Professor Robert Schlögl at FHI (heterogeneous catalysis, energy) |
2002 – 2006 |
Doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat., summa cum laude) at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of CAU, Advisor: Professor Wolfgang Bensch (solid state chemistry, intercalation reactions, thin multilayer films) |
2002 |
Diploma degree in chemistry at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at CAU, Advisor: Professor Wolfgang Bensch (solid state chemistry, solvothermal synthesis) |
1997 – 2002 | Chemistry studies at CAU |
Awards / Functionaries | |
since 2020 | Director at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at CAU |
2019 – 2022 |
UA Ruhr-Professor for Materials Chemistry of Catalysts at the UDE and the Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB) |
2018 – 2022 |
Speaker of the Collaborative Research Center / Transregio 247 Heterogeneous Oxidation Catalysis in the Liquid Phase at UDE and RUB |
since 2018 | Member of the Commission of the German Catalysis Society (GeCatS) |
2017 – 2020 | Board member of the Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE) |
2016 – 2018 | Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry at UDE |
since 2014 | Member of CENIDE |
2013 | Jochen-Block-Prize of GeCatS |
2009 – 2012 | Member of the User Committee of the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB) |
since 2009 | Member of the Ertl Center for Electrochemistry and Catalysis, GIST, Gwangju, Korea |
2006 | BASF-sponsored PhD-Award of CAU Kiel |
Publications (scopus.com in Sept. 2020) | |
105 | Publications |
5585 | Citations |
40 | h-Index |