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 |
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
| Since 2020 | Center for Sustainable Systems Design |
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) |