News Archive

AK Alpaca 2025

2025/07/16

Alpacas and Apple Cider: Our Annual Group Outing

Thank you, Anastasia!

2025/07/11

A Warm Farewell After 14 Years of Dedication and Discovery

LEAF Bronze Certificate for Our Lab's Sustainable Practices

2025/07/09

We are proud to announce that our lab has been awarded the LEAF Bronze certification – a recognition of our commitment to more sustainable laboratory operations.

AK Hess @ 75. Darmstädter Heinerfest 2025

2025/07/03

Great fun, great weather, great chemistry – both in the rides and in the group!

PhD Researcher Henrik Hoyer Presents Advanced Raman Spectroscopy Findings at RamanFest 2025

2025/07/02

Insight into Defect Dynamics and Catalytic Mechanisms of Copper-Ceria Catalysts Using Modulation Excitation Spectroscopy.

Kurt Ruths Prize for Leon Schumacher – Congratulations on this prestigious award!

2025/06/25

Dr. Schumacher receives the € 12,000 award for his significant contributions to understanding and improving catalytic processes in propylene production.

Summer BBQ at Physical Chemistry: Sun, Science & Sausages

2025/05/16

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Congratulations, Johannes!

2025/05/15

Johannes Pfeiffer receives the Master’s Award from the German Bunsen Society for an outstanding master’s thesis.

Check out our first paper on spatially resolved analysis:

2025/05/07

We combine catalytic and Raman spectroscopic analysis within a profile reactor to gain new insight into the mode of operation of Cu/CeO2 catalysts.

New perspective article on selective oxidation catalysis

2025/04/30

Based on the current state of knowledge the potential of transient spectroscopic methods for new mechanistic insight into selective oxidation catalysis is discussed.

Karl's farewell party

2025/04/30

Celebrating Karl and his 16 years @ TU Darmstadt! (Click to see more photos:)

A warm welcome to our new Masterstudent!

2025/04/28

Fabian Schwarz started his Masterthesis on April 28, 2025. Under the supervision of M.Sc. Jan Welzenbach he'll be working on spatially resolved analysis of iron molybdate catalysts.

Congratulations to Sven Bein on successfully defending his bachelor thesis!

2025/03/21

Under the supervision of M.Sc. Johannes Pfeiffer, Sven Bein completed his thesis defense on March 21, 2025.

Bunsen-Tagung 2025

2025/03/19

Research Group Hess Featured with Three Presentations at Bunsen-Tagung 2025

Hess research group @ 58. Jahrestreffen Deutscher Katalytiker

2025/03/14

Posters and Poster Workshop – congrats to Hannah for her award!

Enhancing the selectivity of oxidation reactions with CO2

2025/03/14

Check out our new mechanistic study on CO2-assisted selective propane oxidation:

Welcome, Peter!

2025/01/15

We warmly welcome Dr. Peter Amann, who will succeed Dipl.-Ing. Karl Kopp as he is about to embark on his well-deserved retirement.

New Bachelor Student: Welcome to the team, Sven!

2025/01/14

Under the supervision of M.Sc. Johannes Pfeiffer he will focus on mechanistic understanding of propane over FeVOx catalysts using in-situ and operando spectroscopy.

New article on transient Raman and UV-Vis spectrocopy

2025/01/07

Congrats to Henrik Hoyer on his recently published front cover for the new article on Raman and UV-Vis modulation excitation over Cu/CeO₂ catalysts!

We welcome Nirman, our new Post-Doc!

2025/01/06

Nirman received a prestigious Humboldt Research Fellowship to work on the mechanistic understanding of gas sensors.

Season's Greetings and Best Wishes for 2025!

2024/12/20

As 2024 concludes, we express heartfelt thanks for the dedication and collaborative spirit that drove our achievements this year. Highlights include our cherished Christmas celebration on December 18, filled with joy, games, and camaraderie.