What's UniSysCat all about?

UniSysCat stands for Unifying Systems in Catalysis. We are a Cluster of Excellence - more than 300 researchers from four universities and four research institutes in the Berlin and Potsdam area - working jointly together on current challenges in the highly relevant field of catalysis.

UniSysCat unites biologists, chemists, engineers and physicists with the aim to revolutionize catalysis research.

News

Dr. Bartholomäus Pieber, currently leading a research group at the MPICI, has been appointed an Assistant Professor at ISTA - Institute of Science and Technology Austria. He will join ISTA in June 2023.

A team of UniSysCat researchers developed a powerful electrode material for the electrolysis of alcohol, aldehyde and water: plasma-modified nickel foam.

On 10 September, UniSysCat member Prof. Roldán Cuenya from FHI Berlin will be awarded the prestigious X-ray medal for her groundbreaking fundamental work in understanding catalytic processes using X-ray methods.

UniSysCat member Prof. Maria Andrea Mroginski was interviewed for "TU intern" about the simulation of catalysts for the energy transition.

A research team around UniSysCat group leader Prof. Roldán Cuenya from FHI Berlin provides insights into size effects and structural changes important for the activity of cobalt oxide nanoparticles at work.

A team of UniSysCat researchers found a coupling scheme for the ATP-driven electron transfer in the double-cubane cluster protein and its associated metalloenzyme based on the structure of their complex.

A team of UniSysCat researchers developed a very efficient Ca−Fe−O catalyst for electrocatalytic water splitting. They also could elaborate the critical role of Calcium in the process.

UniSysCat member Prof. Birgit Kanngießer has been awarded with the Outstanding Achievement Award 2022 of the European X-ray Spectrometry Association.

The German Chemical Society (GDCh) honours Prof. Paul T. Anastas and Prof. John C. Warner with the August-Wilhelm-von-Hofmann-Denkmünze for their special services to chemistry. UniSysCat congratulates!

In the new episode of the BR50 podcast, UniSysCat member Prof. Dr. Robert Schlögl, CatLab researcher Dr. Steffi Hlawenka and Prof. Dr. Franziska Holz (DIW Berlin) discuss hydrogen as the "champagne" of renewable energies.

Video: About UniSysCat

Video: Hydrogenase in action

Energie-Zeitenwende: Video with Youtuber Tom Bötticher

The Synthesizer Podcast about the transformation of chemistry

Consortium

Unifying Systems in Catalysis (UniSysCat) is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany´s Excellence Strategy – EXC 2008– 390540038