HaJo Freund

Hans-Joachim Freund is a scientific member and director at the Fritz-Haber- Institut der Max-Planck- Gesellschaft in Berlin where he is head of the Department of Chemical Physics. The department is dedicated to the study of model catalysts, applying a large number of techniques and instruments, some of which were newly developed within the department to investigate oxide surfaces and oxide metal interfaces.
He serves as Adjunct Professor at five universities in Germany and UK. He received awards in Europe and the US. He is a member of six Academies including the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and holds three honorary Doctorates. He received the Gaede-Langmuir Award of the American Vacuum Society and is the recipient of the 2015 Michel Boudart for the Advancement of Catalysis by the North American Catalysis Society and the European Federation of Catalysis Societies.
He is Fellow of the American Physical Society and has published about 800 scientific papers with more than 40.000 citations and given more than 750 invited talks. He has held a number of named lectureships around the world. He has educated more than 130 PhD students and collaborated with more than 80 postdoctoral associates.