Events

Prof. Dr. Armido Studer (University of Münster)

"Radical Water Activation and Pyridine C-H-Functionalization".

Date: Dec 11, 2024
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Armido Studer (University of Münster)
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Chemistry Frontiers@the Kohlenforschung
Contact: neumann@kofo.mpg.de

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Institute Seminar

Date: Dec 6, 2024
Speaker: Mathias Turberg & Dr. Alexios Stamoulis
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Prof. Dr. Frank Neese

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Dr. Julia Reisenbauer (CalTech)

“Expanding the accessible chemical space by utilizing traditional organic chemistry, small transition-metal catalysts, and enzymes”

Date: Dec 5, 2024
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Dr. Julia Reisenbauer (CalTech, US)
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Chemistry Frontiers@the Kohlenforschung
Contact: neumann@kofo.mpg.de

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GDCh Lecture: Prof. Shengming Ma (Fudan University & Zhejiang University & Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS)

„Enantioselective Allenylation with Propargylic Alcohols and Their Derivatives”

Date: Dec 2, 2024
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Shengming Ma (Fudan University & Zhejiang University & Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS)
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Prof. Christian Lehmann
Contact: lehmann@kofo.mpg.de

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Ernst Haage Symposium 2024: Key Note: Prof. Dr. Siegfried Waldvogel, Direktor Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion

Date: Nov 15, 2024
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall

Award winners: NATIONAL: Prof. Dr. Barbara A. J. Lechner (TU München) PHD/POSTDOC: Tim Schulte (Kofo, AG Ritter) Sheng-Hsiang Lin (CEC, AG Leitner) AZUBIS: Elisabeth Glöcler (CEC, Chemielaborantin, Waldvogel) Hinrich Kludig (Kofo, Feinmechanik) [more]

Prof. Dr. Petra Ágota Szilágyi (Department of Chemistry Oslo, NO)

“Metal-organic frameworks in energy conversion and storage"

Date: Oct 23, 2024
Time: 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Petra Ágota Szilágyi (Department of Chemistry Oslo)
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Prof. Weidenthaler
Contact: weidenthaler@mpi-muelheim.mpg.de

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Dr. Andrew Akbashev (Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen CH)

“Ion Intercalation, Lattice Instability and Chemo-Mechanical Coupling in Electrocatalysts under OER”

Date: Oct 16, 2024
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Dr. Andrew Akbashev (Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen CH)
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Chemistry Frontiers@the Kohlenforschung
Contact: neumann@kofo.mpg.de

“Ion Intercalation, Lattice Instability and Chemo-Mechanical Coupling in Electrocatalysts under OER” [more]

MBLA Lecture Tour: Dr. Yoichi Hoshimoto (Osaka University, JP)

Exploring Ways to Harness N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and Triarylboranes in Organometallic and Synthetic Chemistry

Date: Oct 9, 2024
Time: 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Dr. Yoichi Hoshimoto (Osaka University, JP)
Dr. Yoichi Hoshimoto (Osaka University, JP) Exploring Ways to Harness N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and Triarylboranes in Organometallic and Synthetic Chemistry
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Prof. List
Contact: kaltsidis@kofo.mpg.de

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Prof. Dr. Alexander Radosevich (MIT)

“Biphilic Redox Reactivity of Nontrigonal Organophosphorus Compounds”

Date: Oct 2, 2024
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Alexander Radosevich (MIT)
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Chemistry Frontiers@the Kohlenforschung
Contact: neumann@kofo.mpg.de

“Biphilic Redox Reactivity of Nontrigonal Organophosphorus Compounds” [more]

Summer School: Spectroscopy and Electronic Structure of Transition Metal Complexes | September 22-28, 2024

Start: Sep 22, 2024 11:15 AM (Local Time Germany)
End: Sep 28, 2024 11:15 AM
Speaker: diverse
Location: Mülheim Chemistry Campus, Lemkestraße 7
Host: Prof. Dr. Frank Neese & Prof. Dr. Serena DeBeer

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Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius (University of Münster, DE)

Date: Sep 18, 2024
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius (University of Münster, DE)
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Chemistry Frontiers@the Kohlenforschung
Contact: neumann@kofo.mpg.de

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Prof. Dr. Lena Daumann (Düsseldorf University, DE)

Date: Aug 13, 2024
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Lena Daumann (Düsseldorf University, DE)
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Chemistry Frontiers@the Kohlenforschung
Contact: neumann@kofo.mpg.de

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ORCA 6.0.0 Release

Start: Jul 25, 2024 08:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
End: Jul 26, 2024 06:00 PM
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Hörsaalgebäude, Eingang Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Zoom
Host: ORCA Group
Contact: neese@kofo.mpg.de

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Prof. Masaaki Kitano (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

Date: Jul 22, 2024
Time: 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Masaaki Kitano (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
Contact: contact@kofo.mpg.de

Catalytic ammonia synthesis by mixed anion materials [more]

Prof. Dr. Darren Dixon (University of Oxford)

Date: Jul 17, 2024
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Darren Dixon (University of Oxford)
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Chemistry Frontiers@the Kohlenforschung
Contact: neumann@kofo.mpg.de

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Prof. Dr. Ricardo Mata (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)

Date: Jul 3, 2024
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ricardo Mata (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, DE)
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Chemistry Frontiers@the Kohlenforschung
Contact: neumann@kofo.mpg.de

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Prof. Dr. Robert Phipps (University of Cambridge)

Date: Jun 26, 2024
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Robert Phipps (University of Cambridge)
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: Chemistry Frontiers@the Kohlenforschung
Contact: neumann@kofo.mpg.de

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Festive Awarding of the "Historical Landmarks Award" by the European Chemical Society

to the Sites of Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta

Date: May 17, 2024
Time: 02:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Alois Fürstner, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
"Why I think Prof. Ziegler could not help but discover Olefin Polymerization"
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: EuChemS
Contact: gombert@kofo.mpg.de

Opening remarks: Prof. Dr. Frank Neese, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, talks by Prof. Dr. Angela Agostiano, EuChemS President, Prof. Dr. Sabine Becker, GDCh Vice President, Prof. Dr. Gianluca Farinola, SCI President, Marc Buchholz, Mayor of Mülheim an der Ruhr [more]

Karl Ziegler Guest Professorship - Seminar

Date: May 16, 2024
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Véronique Gouverneur, University of Oxford
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: MPI für Kohlenforschung
Contact: schiffhorst@kofo.mpg.de

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Karl Ziegler Lecture 2024 - Main Lecture with Award Ceremony

Date: May 15, 2024
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Véronique Gouverneur, University of Oxford
"Rethinking Fluorine Chemistry with Global Challenges in Mind"
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: MPI für Kohlenforschung
Contact: schiffhorst@kofo.mpg.de

Professor Gouverneur’s research has focused on the invention of new strategies for the synthesis of fluorine-containing molecules for applications in materials and the life sciences. This lecture will highlight selected accomplishments and discuss how this fundamental research has evolved to address some of the current global challenges facing the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. [more]

Prof. Dr. Thisbe Lindhorst (University of Kiel)

Date: May 8, 2024
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Thisbe Lindhorst (University of Kiel)
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: GDCh Ortsverein Mülheim an der Ruhr
Contact: lehmann@kofo.mpg.de

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Dr. Maria Drosou, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung

Date: May 7, 2024
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Dr. Maria Drosou, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
Room: Grand Lecture Hall
Host: MPI für Kohlenforschung
Contact: contact@kofo.mpg.de

Deciphering Multi-Spin Chemistry [more]

Girls' Day at the Institute

Date: Apr 25, 2024
Time: 08:30 AM - 01:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Claudia Weidenthaler
The institute offers about 30 girls the opportunity to get to know practically the profession of chemical/physical laboratory assistant and working at a scientific institute. More information about Girls' Day and a registration can be made on the official Girls' Day page at www.girls-day.de.
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Lecture Hall Building, Entrance Lembkestraße 7, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Room: Small Lecture Hall
Host: MPI für Kohlenforschung
Contact: schiffhorst@kofo.mpg.de