Science talents explore THE LÄND and IKFT

An international group of junior researchers visited IKFT on 9^th July 2025 as part of a scientific tour in the state of Baden-Württemberg (THE LÄND) following the Nobel Laureate Meetings in Lindau, Germany. This year’s edition of this famous meeting was dedicated to chemistry with a special focus on sustainability and circular chemistry. During the follow-up tour, the thematic focus was also placed on these urgent topics where catalytic technologies are a major driver.

At IKFT, a team around TT-Prof. Dr. Moritz Wolf and Prof. Dr. Jan-Dierk Grunwaldtgave some insight on the importance of catalysis for the feedstock and energy transition. The presentations, poster pitches and laboratory tour were focusing on catalyst development including DFT modelling (Enrico Sireci), catalyst synthesis and testing (Richard Samman) as well as shaping (Fabian Neumann). In the second part, the delegation visited the CAT-ACT  beamline of KARA, where the importance of catalyst characterisation with special emphasis on X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) was highlighted by Dr. Anna Zimina and Dr. Mariam Schulte.