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Revolutionize catalysis
Excellence Cluster UniSysCat officially opened: approximately six million euros in funding per year – 200 participating scientists – 80 new positions for early career researchers
In its grand kickoff event, the Excellence Cluster of TU Berlin, UniSysCat (Unifying Systems in Catalysis), presented its research priorities to the public on September 27, 2019. The main goal of the scientists from the eight participating institutions: to couple multiple catalytic processes in time and space, thereby paving the way for green chemistry. How this can be achieved and why it concerns each of us was explained by cluster spokesperson Prof. Dr. Arne Thomas, Professor of Functional Materials at TU Berlin, to the approximately 700 visitors of the opening event in his multimedia lecture with impressive experiments.
Furthermore, UniSysCat aims to strengthen the interaction between art and science and makes use of the proximity on the Charlottenburg campus to the University of the Arts Berlin (UdK). In a performance specially developed for the cluster, students of UdK addressed the breaking out of researchers from normality through the pursuit of new discoveries. The opening was concluded with a scientific lecture by Professor Dr. Cyntia Friend from Harvard.
UniSysCat has been funded for seven years within the framework of the Excellence Strategy with over six million euros annually. More than 200 scientists are involved in the cluster. To date, over 80 positions have been created for young researchers, junior research groups have been established, and new infrastructure has been built. With these activities, UniSysCat aims to set new standards in catalysis research.
Other focal points of the cluster include innovative teaching courses, science communication, the promotion of female scientists, and multi-disciplinarity. The bridge to history and social sciences is built through a cooperation with Prof. Dr. Jürgen Renn from the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. Here, the historical significance of catalysis is examined.
Further information gladly provided by:
Prof. Dr. Arne Thomas
TU Berlin
Department of Functional Materials
Tel.: 030/314-25118
Email: arne.thomas@tu-berlin.de
Technische Universität Berlin
10587 Berlin
Germany
