Unifying Systems in Catalysis (UniSysCat)
Sustainability needs catalysis research
Project overview
A catalyst accelerates biological and chemical processes, often making them possible in the first place. Catalysts are therefore involved in the manufacture of almost all the products we need in our daily lives. While biological processes run with maximum efficiency, synthetic catalytic reactions are usually energy-intensive, require fossil resources and generate large amounts of waste and greenhouse gases. The Cluster of Excellence "Unifying Systems in Catalysis" (UniSysCat) brings together researchers from the fields of chemistry, biology and physics. Their aim is to better understand complex systems of coupled catalytic reactions, such as those found in nature, and then to use these for the sustainable and resource-saving synthesis of valuable materials or for more efficient methods of energy storage.
UniSysCat is a Cluster of Excellence at the Technische Universität Berlin.
Partners are the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the Freie Universität Berlin, the Charité Berlin, the University of Potsdam, the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society (FHI), the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (MPIKG), the Helmholtz Center Berlin for Materials and Energy (HZB) and the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP).
Speakers
Prof. Dr. Juri Rappsilber, Speaker (Technische Universität Berlin)
Prof. Dr. Maria Andrea Mroginski, Co-Speaker (Technische Universität Berlin)
Prof. Dr. Arne Thomas, Co-Speaker (Technische Universität Berlin)
Duration
January 2019 to December 2025
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