Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. Bettina V. Lotsch |
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Nanochemistry Department
Chemistry Department
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SUMMARY OF CAREER |
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| 2017 – | Director, Nanochemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart |
| 2020 – | Honorary Professor, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Stuttgart |
| 2017 – | Honorary Professor, Chemistry Department, LMU Munich |
| 2009 – 2017 | Associate professor (tenure 2014), Chemistry Department, LMU Munich |
| 2011 – 2016 | Independent group leader, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart |
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
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| 2026 – | Co-Speaker, Cluster of Excellence e-conversion |
| 2024 – | Co-Founder, Joint MPG-TUM Center for Solar Batteries and Optoionic Technologies |
| 2023 – 2024 | Managing Director, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart |
| 2019 – 2025 | PI, Executive Board Member, and designated Co-Speaker, Cluster of Excellence e-conversion |
| 2018 – 2022 | Deputy Spokesperson, Collaborative Research Center 1333 |
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EDUCATION |
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| 2007 – 2008 | Postdoc, University of Toronto, Canada (with Prof. G. A. Ozin) |
| 2006 | PhD in Chemistry (summa cum laude), University of Munich (LMU), Germany |
| 2002 | Diploma in Chemistry, University of Munich (LMU), Germany |
| 1999 – 2000 | Visiting Student, University of Oxford, Balliol College |
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FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS (Selection) |
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| 2026 | Elected member, German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina |
| 2026 | CRS Gold Medal Award, Society Chirantan Rasayan Sanstha, India |
| 2026 | Elhuyar–Goldschmidt Award, German Chemical Society & Royal Spanish Chemical Society |
| 2026 | Highly Cited Researcher, Web of Science (Clarivate) |
| 2025 | Elected member, Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften (acatec) |
| 2025 | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preis, German Research Foundation |
| 2025 | Highly Cited Researcher, Web of Science (Clarivate) |
| 2025 | Remsen Award, ACS, Maryland |
| 2024 | Highly Cited Researcher, Web of Science (Clarivate) |
| 2023 | Baker Lecture, Cornell University, USA |
| 2023 | Highly Cited Researcher, Web of Science (Clarivate) |
| 2023 | Materials Lectureship Award, University of Warwick, UK |
| 2022 | Sheikh Saqr Materials Lecture 2022, JNCASR Bangalore, India |
| 2022 | Chini Memorial Award Lecture, Società Chimica Italiana, Divisione de Chimica Inorganica |
| 2021 | Elected Member of the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (Landesakademie Baden-Württemberg) |
| 2021 | Haworth Lecture, University of Birmingham, UK |
| 2021 | CNR Rao Award Lecture (online), Chemical Research Society of India |
| 2017 | EU-40 Materials Prize, European Materials Research Society (EMRS) |
| 2015 & 2016 | Selected as “Young Elite - the Top 40 under 40 in Economy, Politics, and Society” by CAPITAL |
| 2014 | ERC Starting Grant |
| 2014 | Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) |
| 2008 | Fast Track Scholarship, Robert Bosch Foundation |
| 2007 | E.ON Culture Prize |
| 2007 | Feodor Lynen Postdoc Scholarship (Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation) |
| 2007 | Dissertation Award (Stiftungspreis), LMU Munich |
| 2006 | Selected participant of the Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany |
| 2004 | PhD scholarship, German National Academic Foundation |
| 2004 | Participant in the BRIGHT Students’ Conference of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) in Leiden |
| 2003 | PhD scholarship, Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (FCI) |
| 2002 | Faculty Prize (best diploma) |
| 2000 | Herbert-Marcinek Prize (best preliminary diploma) |
| 1997 | Scholarship of the Stiftung Maximilianeum (Bavarian foundation for highly gifted students) |
| 1997 | Scholarship, German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung d. Dt. Volkes) |
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PUBLICATION SUMMARY |
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| Number of published papers: >330; Total citations: 34142; h-index: 93 (Google Scholar, July 2026) | |