Dr. Lars Mohrhusen, head of the junior research group Junior Research Group Hybrid Catalysts (project Su2nCat-CO2 SINATRA) at the Institute of Chemistry has been awarded the Ewald Wicke Prize for his research into (Photo)chemistry of molecules on defect-rich oxides, single-atom catalysts and 2D materials. With this prize, the Ewald Wicke Foundation and the German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry (Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft für physikalische Chemie, DBG) honour young researchers aged 35 and under for outstanding work in the field of applied physical chemistry. The award ceremony took place at this year's Bunsen Conference in Leipzig. 

The photo shows (from left): Prof. Dr. Rolf Hempelmann, representative of the Ewald Wicke Foundation; Prof. Dr. Robert Franke, 1st Chair of the DBG; Dr. Lars Mohrhusen and Prof. Dr. Katharina Al-Shamery from the Carl von Ozzietzky Universität Oldenburg.