Press Releases and MPI News

In accordance with the general health precautions and the recommendations of the Max Planck Society, we decided to cancel or postpone all events which are scheduled until the end of April as a precautionary measure. The Science Night in Magdeburg will be postponed to May 29, 2021. more

During the 4th Indo-German Workshop on “Advances in Materials, Reaction and Separation Processes” from 24 to 26 February 2020 in Berlin, the latest developments in materials, reactions and separations were in focus. more

Prof. Dr. Peter Benner, Director at the Max Planck Institute Magdeburg, was elected into the Review Board for Mathematics of the German Research Foundation (DFG). more

Springboard to a career in the engineering sciences after a PhD: The Max Planck Institute Magdeburg launches a two-year postdoctoral grant for gifted young researchers. more

Recognition of Research and Teaching in Computational Chemistry more

Dr.-Ing. Teng Zhou, team leader in the Process Systems Engineering group, has been appointed as a Junior Professor in the Faculty of Process and Systems Engineering. The aim is to develop new and better materials for engineering applications. more

Closing the Carbon Cycle: Research on Syngas Production from Carbon Dioxide more

Materials scientists, electrochemists and process engineers met from 23^rd to 25^th September 2019 in Magdeburg during the Symposium on „Insights into Gas Diffusion Electrodes“. Especially in view of the challenges of the energy transition, the further development of these materials is of particular importance. more

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern has been appointed as the president of the International Adsorption Society from July 2019 to June 2022. more