Shima Hemati – CRC Network CataLysis

International CataLysis Networking Conference 2022 – Registration Open!

Shima Hemati — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 09:32:40 +0000

We are pleased to invite our esteemed colleagues to our CRC/TRR Networking Conference on Catalysis (CataLysis) scheduled from 3 May to 5 May 2022 in Kassel, Germany. Registration is now open until 31. January, 2022 and is limited to 400 participants. You can register here.

“CataLysis – Joint Colloquium” Winter 2021

Shima Hemati — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 09:16:48 +0000

For the winter term 2021 we have two great talks aligned by internationally renowned speakers:

Prof. Lilac Amirav, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Schulich Faculty of Chemistry at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

Her research focuses on photocatalysis on the nano scale and related photophysical and photochemical phenomena. The group’s research is concerned with the design, synthesis and characterization of innovative multi-component nanoparticle heterostructures, tailored for photocatalysis and energy conversion.

Prof. Charles Sykes, John Wade Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, School of Arts and Sciences, MA, USA

His research focuses on state of the art scanning probes and surface science instrumentation to study technologically important systems. For example, scanning tunneling microscopy enables visualization of the geometric and electronic properties of catalytically relevant metal alloy surfaces at the nanoscale.

Registration required for external attendees.

Internally, young researchers will have the chance to join in for “Women in CataLysis Career Talks”.

We are looking forward to meeeting you there!

CRC/ TRR 325 joins the Network: Welcome to CataLysis!

Shima Hemati — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 15:22:38 +0000

Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bach and his team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) for the approval of their Collaborative Research Center CRC 3 2 5 „Assembly Controlled Chemical Photocatalysis”.

The goal of the CRC 325 to create new structures and to explore novel reactions by capturing light, ideally visible light. The dramatic development in the field over the past ten years has changed the way we do organic synthesis. Light-driven reactions allow the facile generation of reactive intermediates, which are key components in bond-forming events. The selectivity and productivity of photocatalytic transformations depend significantly on the interaction between the substrate and the catalytically active species before, during, and after light excitation. However, for most reported photocatalytic and photochemical reactions these interactions are ill-defined or unknown.

We wish them the best of luck for their research and hope to hear more soon at one of our events!