Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. Bettina V. Lotsch |
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Nanochemistry Department
Chemistry Department
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SUMMARY OF CAREER |
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| 01/2017 – | Director, Nanochemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart |
| 10/2020 – | Honorary Professor, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Stuttgart |
| 08/2017 – | Honorary Professor, Chemistry Department, LMU Munich |
| 08/2011 – 12/2016 | Independent group leader, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart |
| 02/2009 – 01/2017 | Associate professor (tenure 2014), Chemistry Department, LMU Munich |
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EDUCATION |
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| 2007 – 2008 | Postdoc, University of Toronto, Canada (with Prof. G. A. Ozin) |
| 2006 | PhD in Chemistry (summa cum laude), University of Munich (LMU), Germany |
| 2002 | Diploma in Chemistry, University of Munich (LMU), Germany |
| 1999 – 2000 | Visiting Student, University of Oxford, Balliol College |
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FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS (Selection) |
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| 2025 | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preis |
| 2024 | Highly Cited Researcher, Web of Science (Clarivate) |
| 2023 | Baker Lecture, Cornell University, USA |
| 2023 | Highly Cited Researcher, Web of Science (Clarivate) |
| 2023 | Materials Lectureship Award, University of Warwick, UK |
| 2022 | Sheikh Saqr Materials Lecture 2022, JNCASR Bangalore, India |
| 2022 | Chini Memorial Award Lecture, Società Chimica Italiana, Divisione de Chimica Inorganica |
| 2021 | Elected Member of the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (Landesakademie Baden-Württemberg) |
| 2021 | Haworth Lecture, University of Birmingham, UK |
| 2021 | CNR Rao Award Lecture (online), Chemical Research Society of India |
| 2017 | EU-40 Materials Prize, European Materials Research Society (EMRS) |
| 2015 & 2016 | Selected as “Young Elite - the Top 40 under 40 in Economy, Politics, and Society” by CAPITAL |
| 2014 | ERC Starting Grant |
| 2014 | Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) |
| 2008 | Fast Track Scholarship, Robert Bosch Foundation |
| 2007 | E.ON Culture Prize |
| 2007 | Feodor Lynen Postdoc Scholarship (Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation) |
| 2007 | Dissertation Award (Stiftungspreis), LMU Munich |
| 2006 | Selected participant of the Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany |
| 2004 | PhD scholarship, German National Academic Foundation |
| 2004 | Participant in the BRIGHT Students’ Conference of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) in Leiden |
| 2003 | PhD scholarship, Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (FCI) |
| 2002 | Faculty Prize (best diploma) |
| 2000 | Herbert-Marcinek Prize (best preliminary diploma) |
| 1997 | Scholarship of the Stiftung Maximilianeum (Bavarian foundation for highly gifted students) |
| 1997 | Scholarship, German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung d. Dt. Volkes) |
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COMMISSIONS OF TRUST (Selection) |
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| 2024 – | Elected Member of the University Council, University of Stuttgart |
| 2024 – | Perspectives Committee, CPT Section, Max Planck Society |
| 2023 – | Advisory Board Member, QuantumBW |
| 2023 – | Advisory Board Member, SFB 1452 CLINT - Catalysis at Liquid Interfaces, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg |
| 2022 – | Advisory Committee, INN Demokritos, Athens, Greek |
| 2019 – 2021 | Jury Member, Rei Jaume I Awards, Generalitat Valenciana, Spain |
| 2019 – | Scientific Advisory Board, ICMol, University of Valencia, Spain |
| 2018 – 2024 | Professorial Committee, IST Austria |
| 2014 – 2020 | Scientific Advisory Board, EPSRC Doctoral Training Center Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NanoDTC), University of Cambridge, UK |
| 2014 – 2020 | Scientific Selection Board of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
| 2013 – 2022 | Editorial Board Member, The Annual Review of Materials Research, Annual Reviews |
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PUBLICATION SUMMARY |
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| Number of published papers: >330; Total citations: 27577; h-index: 83 (Google Scholar, 02/2025) | |