Philipp Pleßow studied chemistry at the KIT and graduated in 2010 with a diploma in chemistry. He obtained his PhD in 2014 with Prof. Dr. Hofmann at Heidelberg University with a thesis on homogeneously catalyzed reactions in cooperation with BASF and CaRLa. After postdoctoral studies at SUNCAT (Stanford University) with Dr. Abild-Pedersen and Prof. Dr. Nørskov, he moved to IKFT where he is now a group leader since 2016 and since his habilitation 2024 Privatdozent at the Institute of Physical Chemistry. His main research areas are the theoretical investigation of zeolite-catalyzed reactions and catalyst deactivation through sintering.

Since 2025: Lecture and Exercise: “Informationstechnologie für die Naturwissenschaften”

Since 2019: Lecture ‘Quantum Chemistry of Solids and Surfaces’ together with apl. Prof.  Dr. Fink

Since 2017: Lecture ‘Theorie und molekulare Simulation in der Katalyse’ together with Prof. Dr. Studt