Light-driven Molecular Catalysts in Hierarchically Structured Materials

The Forcheurs Prize was awarded to Prof. Max von Delius (Institute of Organic Chemistry, Ulm University, Germany) and to Dr. Sébastien Ulrich (CNRS, IBMM, University of Montpellier, France) for their collaborative development of "Click amphiphiles for intelligent recognition and transport of RNA by Ambassador Francois Delattre at the French Embassy in Berlin on June 19, 2023. The award recognizes promising collaborations between French and German researchers in the fields of health, pharmacology or chemistry. It is jointly organized by the Science and Technology Department of the French Embassy in Germany and the Franco-German University of Applied Sciences and is awarded to young researchers to promote scientific cooperation between France and Germany.

CataLight PI Birgit Esser has been awarded the ERC Consolidator Grant for her work „NanOBatt“. The grant is endowed with 2 million euros over 5 years.

Prof. Birgit Esser, an expert for organic functional materials, will now join our team an lead the novel project A6. With her expertise, she will further strengthen CataLight's efforts towards the development of noble metal free photosensitizers and catalysts.