Call for Applications - Max Planck Postdoc Program, apply now!
The Max Planck #PostdocProgram offers top emerging talents a range of attractive measures and opportunities. The current call for applications is open from March 1st until April 13th, 2026. Please share or consider applying! 🙏
www.mpg.de/en/max-planc... #careerinscience #sciencecareer
Why is phosphoric acid so good at moving positive charges? With IR #spectroscopy, a team around researchers from our Molecular Physics Department shed light on the molecular structures behind Nature's proton highway.
➡️ www.fhi.mpg.de/2205631/2026-02-23_Understanding-Nature_s-Proton-Highway
Interesting work on the true 3D structure of a “flat” molecule. The research team's conclusion: the molecule is not truly flat, it is chiral also in its ground state. 😯
Researchers from our Molecular Physics Department collaborated in the experimental study. Read more 👇
We warmly congratulate Dr. Jiajie Hou from our Interface Science Department on receiving a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship! She'll investigate strategies for converting captured carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals using electrocatalysis.💚
www.fhi.mpg.de/2204544/2026...
👏 Congrats to Caroline Aschendorf, #PhD student in the Interface Science Department, on winning a poster award at the 2026 Electrochemistry Gordon Research Conference! She presented her work on "Separating electric field effects from electrochemical potential gradients at water-solid interfaces".
Our institute constantly works on breaking down gender barriers in our scientific world. Read more about female researchers at the #FHI and our idea of a supportive working environment: www.fhi.mpg.de/2200933/2026...
#WomeninSTEM #WomeninScience
Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Today we think of all the female scientists and young women and girls who aspire to become researchers - worldwide and at our institute. We need the participation of women across our society, including in science!
#WomeninSTEM #WomeninScience
📣 Call for Speakers!
Are you a woman or non-binary scientist ready to share your research with the public? Then, apply to be a speaker at Soapbox Science Berlin 🧪🌍🔭💻🦊🧠
📍 Holzmarkt | 🗓 June 28
⏰ Applications close Feb 23
👉 Apply now! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#WomeninSTEM #scicomm #wisskomm
🚀 Dr. Dominik Stemer from our Molecular Physics Department starts his own research group within the Emmy Noether Program of @dfg.de. Congratulations to this great step!
His new group is hosted by the @uni-muenster.de, but will do many of their experiments at #FHI.
www.fhi.mpg.de/2199462/2026...
Giacomo Valtolina, former group leader in our Molecular Physics Department, becomes Visiting Professor at @humboldtuni.bsky.social! He will continue to study ultracold matter. We warmly congratulate him to this big career step and wish him all the best 🚀 #physics
🔗 www.fhi.mpg.de/2198647/2026...
👏 Congratulations to Dr. Florian Trinter from the Molecular Physics Department of our Institute on receiving this year's DESY Photon-Science User Award! He receives the award for his “innovative research of the interaction between X-rays and atoms in solution”. #DESY
www.fhi.mpg.de/2198089/2026...
Viewpoint article in Nature Energy by Prof. Beatriz Roldan Cuenya, Director of our Interface Science Department, that highlights critical role of electrocatalysis in advancing sustainable energy systems by converting CO₂ into valuable carbon-based fuels and chemicals.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Today is #LegoDay 🥳 Did you know, that #lego is a wonderful tool to explain #science? You can assemble lego just like chemists build molecules. And you can even build an electron microscope out of lego 🔬 #physics #chemistry @maxplanck.de
Today is #LegoDay 🥳 Did you know, that #lego is a wonderful tool to explain #science? You can assemble lego just like chemists build molecules. And you can even build an electron microscope out of lego 🔬 #physics #chemistry @maxplanck.de
💥 Atoms and molecules can decay upon irradiation with light. But what actually happens directly before the atoms fall apart? And when exactly does the decay happen? That's what a research team from #FHI investigated: They took a movie of a fundamental decay process!
www.fhi.mpg.de/2196052/2026...
#SusMax is a project together with @mpici.bsky.social, @mpip-mainz.mpg.de, MPI for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, MPI for Sustainable Materials & MPI for Geoanthropology. Here, research is done on sustainable materials for a circular economy & beyond. #CleanEnergyDay
🌍 www.susmax.org
Today, on #CleanEnergyDay we want to remind everyone that the #energy transition is one of the greatest challenges of our time! At FHI, we work on solutions together with kindred spirits worldwide. Let's do research for our planet!
#InternationalDayOfCleanEnergy
👏 Congratulations to our friend and collaborator Jennifer from
@tum.de
! Wa are happy to have you on board as
@maxplanck.de Fellow at the @fhi-mpg.bsky.social.
Looking forward to be doing great science with you within the @e-conversion.bsky.social cluster! 👏
"Together, we can better understand the properties of #energy materials." In the interview, Prof. Jennifer Rupp from @tum.de explains what she wants to achieve as a Max Planck Fellow at the #FHI.
www.fhi.mpg.de/2195216/Inte...
#batteries @e-conversion.bsky.social
👏Congratulations Dr. Elias Diesen who has been appointed Junior Group Leader in the @thdept-fhi-mpg.bsky.social.
His group, Magnetism in Electrocatalysis, will study magnetic effects in key reactions for sustainable energy.
#Electrocatalysis #Magnetism #SustainableEnergy #FHI #MaxPlanckSociety
Watching catalysts “at work” during oxidation of isopropanol to acetone: Researchers from our Inorganic Chemistry Department reveal how structural reorganization processes on the surface of a cobalt oxide catalyst influence its catalytic performance. #catalysis
www.fhi.mpg.de/2192824/2026...
🚀 Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Laurenz Rettig on his new position as a Professor of Experimental Physics at @rptu.bsky.social! We thank Laurenz for his valuable contributions as a group leader at our institute and wish him all the best for his future 💚
www.fhi.mpg.de/2187762/2026...
Link to the paper: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🔬 Controlling Light at the Nanoscale ⚡
New results from an international collaboration with Paul Drude Institute and University of Iowa reveal a novel way to steer light at extremely small scales — opening the door to more compact and efficient nanophotonic and optoelectronic devices.
🎉 Dr. Patricia Poths has received a prestigious Liebig Fellowship (FCI) and will found an independent junior research group in the @thdept-fhi-mpg.bsky.social , focusing on realistic modeling of catalyst dynamics.
#Research #Catalysis #ScienceLeadership #MaxPlanck
www.fhi.mpg.de/2186619/2026...
Read also the original article published in Nature Communications: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#catalysis #energy #fuelcell #sustainability
Happy new year! We start 2026 with new insights into fuel cell catalysts 🧪
FHI researchers studied the oxygen reduction reaction, a key process in fuel cells that limits their efficiency. Their findings challenge the widely held understanding of catalyst function.
www.fhi.mpg.de/2183862/2026...
The year 2025 is coming to a close. We would like to take this moment to thank all the members of our institute and all our friends and partners for the excellent collaboration this year! We're already looking forward to 2026.🎉
We wish you all wonderful holidays and a great start to the New Year!✨
Important discoveries were made at FHI, that helped developing quantum mechanics - including the experimental confirmation of ortho- and para-hydrogen and stimulated emission. #Quantum2025
Read more: www.fhi.mpg.de/2181217/2025...
🔬 2025 is the International Year of Quantum Science & Technology! 100 years ago, quantum mechanics was essentially born.
Within the framework of #Quantum2025, the @dpgphysik.bsky.social selected research institutions as “quantum sites” - FHI was also chosen!
➡️ www.quantum2025.de/en/quantenorte
