Collaborative Research Center 1333
Molecular Heterogeneous Catalysis in Confined Geometries
A warm welcome to Frederic Bender! Frederic has joined the CRC 1333 as a research data engineer for the INF project. Together with Felix Neubauer and Kenichi Endo, he is developing an automated PXDR analysis and synthesis planning in project A08. Frederic holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical- and Bio-Engineering and a master’s degree in … Read more
A warm welcome back to Maximilian Fleck,! Max has re-joined the group as a data steward and is also contributing to the development of pyThermoML. He is further actively working on building models within the CRC 1333, including those for deep eutectic solvents. Max is no stranger to the University of Stuttgart. He completed his … Read more
Congratulations to Samuel van Gele on being awarded the PEX 2025 fellowship. The German-South African Public Engagement Exchange (PEX), launching this month, is a new initiative funded by the BMBF and hosted by the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin’s Public Engagement and Impact Unit. PEX is a distinctive leadership program that connects researchers and public engagement … Read more
From February 11 to 25, 2025, the “Was kann Katalyse?” science exhibition took place at the Stuttgarter Rathaus, as part of the “Wissen trifft Stadt” initiative. Organized in collaboration with the City of Stuttgart, the exhibition focused on catalysis and its role in sustainable science as well as on the research performed within the CRC … Read more
CRC 1333 doctoral researchers Alina Bauer, Liam Rautenbach, Fabian Heck, and Samuel van Gele attended the Spring Symposium – Cycling Chemistry hosted by the Junges Chemie Forum (JCF) of the German Chemical Society (GDCh e.V.) in Münster from March 12 to March 15, 2025. Fabian Heck also had the opportunity to give a talk on … Read more
We are very happy to announce that Samuel Van Gele, a doctoral researcher within the CRC1333, has been recognized as one of the world’s 30 most promising young scientists at the Inflection Award, for his outstanding work on Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) for electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction. Selected through a rigorous assessment process by a panel … Read more
From February 11 to 25, 2025, the CRC 1333 Science Exhibition “Was kann Katalyse?” was held at the Stuttgart Rathaus in collaboration with the “Wissen trifft Stadt” initiative of the City of Stuttgart. The exhibition was formaly opened on February 11, 2025 with a Vernissage at the Stuttgart Rathaus, featuring speeches by Ines Aufrecht, Head … Read more
A warm welcome to Xin Wang, who joined the CRC 1333 earlier this year as doctoral researcher in project B07, working with Elias Klemm. Xin holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in chemical engineering and technology from the Taiyuan University of Technology in China. In his role within the CRC 1333, Xin will focus on … Read more
We are delighted to announce that CRC 1333 Principal Investigator Prof. Bettina Lotsch has received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize for 2025. She was honored for her groundbreaking work in solid-state chemistry, particularly in the development of innovative materials for sustainable energy applications. Her notable achievements include the creation of a new generation of photocatalysts … Read more
