Per­so­nal

Name Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Steinrück
Professional Address Institute for a Sustainable Hydrogen Economy (INW)
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Am Brainergy Park 4, 52428 Jülich, Germany
Phone +49 2461/61-96042
email email

Edu­ca­ti­on

Abitur (university-entrance diploma) Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium Erlangen 2006
Vordiplom (B.S. in physics) Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg 2008
Diplom (M.Sc. in physics) Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg 2011 with Prof. A. Magerl
Dissertation (PhD) Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg 2015 with Prof. A. Magerl

Em­ploy­ment

Scientific Assistant  Institute for Crystallography and Structural Physics
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
11/2011 - 03/2015
Postdoctoral Fellow Institute for Crystallography and Structural Physics
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
04/2015 - 08/2015
Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
09/2015 - 09/2018
Associate Staff Scientist Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
10/2018 - 03/2020
Juniorprofessor
(Assistant Professor)
Paderborn University
Department of Chemistry
04/2020 -
11/2023
Director, Catalytic Interfaces (INW-1) Institute for a Sustainable Hydrogen Economy (INW), Forschungszentrum Jülich since 12/2023
Full Professor in Physical Chemistry Department of Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University since 12/2023

Af­fi­lia­ti­ons at Pa­der­born Uni­ver­si­ty

Pro­fes­si­o­nal ser­vice in sci­ence

2023 Member, review panel for the Röntgen Ångström Cluster project call 2023 (NTRAC2023)
Since 2022 Member, Editorial Board "batteries"
Since 2022 Member, ErUM-Data DIG-UM Topic Board “Research Data”
2021 - 2023 Member, PETRA III Project Review Panel "Bulk and Surface Diffraction" (P08, P23, P24)
Since 2021 Delegate, The European Synchrotron and FEL user organisation (ESUO)

Pro­fes­si­o­nal ser­vice in aca­de­mia

2021 – 2023 Bibliothekskommission,  Paderborn University
2021 – 2022  Scientific Board, Paderborn University
2021 – 2023 Prüfungsausschuss Bachelor- und Masterstudiengang Chemie, Paderborn University
2020 – 2023 Board of Directors, Department of Chemistry, Paderborn University

Re­sea­rch In­te­rests

  • Interfaces
  • Electrochemistry
  • Energy storage
  • Desalination
  • Synchrotron techniques

Awards and ho­nors

  • EES Lectureship Award 2022 (2023) link 1, link 2
  • Member, Junges Kolleg der Nordrhein-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste (2023) link
  • Hellmuth Fischer Medal 2022 (2022) link
  • 2021 Paderborn University Research Award (2021) link
  • 2019 William E. and Diane M. Spicer Young Investigator Award (2019) link
  • Graduate School Molecular Science fellowship, supported by BayernExcellent (2013 - 2015)

Col­la­bo­ra­ti­ons (with joint pu­bli­ca­ti­ons)

  • Prof. Nitash Balsara (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, USA)
  • Dr. Oleg Borodin / Dr. Kang Xu (Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, USA)
  • Prof. Yi Cui (Stanford University, Stanford, USA)
  • Prof. Felix Deschler (University of Heidelberg, Germany)
  • Prof. Moshe Deutsch (Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel)
  • Prof. Holger Frauenrath (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland)
  • Prof. Marcus Halik (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)
  • Prof. Andreas Hirsch (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)
  • Prof. Aaron Lindenberg (Stanford University, Stanford, USA)
  • Prof. Maria Lukatskaya (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
  • Dr. David Mackanic (Anthro, formerly Stanford University, Stanford, USA)
  • Prof. Edward Maginn (University of Notre Dame, USA)
  • Dr. Ben Ocko (Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, USA)
  • Prof. Patrik Schmuki (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)
  • Prof. Sunil Sinha (UC San Diego, USA)
  • Dr. Aashutosh Mistry / Dr. Venkat Srinivasan (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
  • Prof. Gabor Somorjai / Dr. Yonatan Horowitz (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, USA)
  • Dr. Gabriel Veith (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)
  • Dr. Johanna Nelson Weker (SLAC National Laboratory, Menlo Park, USA)
  • Dr. Johannes Will / Prof. Erdmanm Spiecker (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-
    Nürnberg
    , Germany)

Pro­fes­si­o­nal Af­fi­lia­ti­ons

  • German Physical Society
  • German Chemical Society
  • AGEF e.V. - Arbeitsgemeinschaft Elektrochemischer Forschungsinstitutionen
  • The Electrochemical Society

Con­fe­rences or­ga­ni­zed

  • “International Symposium on Current Challenges in Structural Physics“ on the occasion of the retirement of Andreas Magerl, Erlangen, Germany, 2015 (with Johannes Will)

Ou­tre­ach

05/14/2022 Public lecture “Electrochemistry and the energy transition“, MINT-Marathon, Paderborn University (with G. Grundmeier)