Björn Riedel will receive the Physics Study Award 2026 of the »Physikalische Gesellschaft zu Berlin e.V.«

On April 28, 2026, Emilia Pożarowska successfully defended her dissertation on the topic »In situ characterization of growth, structure, and surface chemistry in mixed rare-earth oxide model catalysts«.

A manuscript with coauthors from the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems Duisburg, Technical University Dresden, Ruhr University Bochum, and Charles University Prague (Czech Republic) has been published in the journal »ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces«.

A manuscript with coauthors from the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (Poland) and »University of the West of Scotland« (United Kingdom) has been published ine the »International Journal of Hydrogen Energy«.

A manuscript with coauthors from the »Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin« has been published in the journal »Nanoscale«.

A manuscript with coauthors from the synchrotrons DESY Hamburg and SOLEIL (France), University of Hamburg and »Leibniz-Instituts für Kristallzüchtung« in Berlin has published in »Applied Physics Letters«.

A manuscript with coauthors from the chair of Thermodynamics/Thermal Process Engineering, LOGE AB, and the University of Magdeburg has been published in »Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (PAMM)«.

On 15 January 2026, Małgorzata Kot took the final important step towards her habilitation and completely convinced the habilitation committee of her academic calibre in the habilitation colloquium.

A manuscript with co-authors from the University of Bremen, the Swedish universities of Malmö and Lund and the synchrotron SOLEIL (France) has been published in »Surface Science«.

A manuscript with co-authors from the chair of »Experimental Physics and functional Materials« and »IHP – Leibniz-Institut für innovative Mikroelektronik« has been published in »Physica B: Condensed Matter«.