Carl Duisberg Memorial Prize 2023

Carl Duisberg Memorial Prize 2023

Author: ChemistryViews (Photo: Bettina Engel-Albustin, Fotoagentur Ruhr moers)

Kai Exner, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, has received the Carl Duisberg Memorial Award 2023 from the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh, German Chemical Society) for his outstanding conceptual contributions to the highly topical and competitive fields of theoretical electrocatalysis and battery research.

The prize is awarded to chemists up to 40 years of age who do not hold a position as Full Professor but have distinguished themselves through original work. The award includes a EUR 7,500 endowment and was presented at the Chemiedozententagung 2023 on March 13, 2023. Of the prize money, EUR 5,000 go directly to the awardee and EUR 2,500 to the working group.

 

Career

Kai Exner was born in Bad Arolsen, Germany, in 1987 and studied chemistry at the Justus Liebig University, Gießen, Germany, where he completed his Ph.D. in physical chemistry in 2015. After postdoctoral stays at the University of Ulm, Germany, and in Gießen, he went to Sofia University, Bulgaria, in 2017 as a Feodor Lynen Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. In 2020, he received a return grant from the foundation, which he used to conduct research at the University of Duisburg-Essen. There, he has served as a Junior Professor with a focus on theoretical inorganic chemistry since June 2021.

Kai Exner has received several awards, including an award from the GDCh-Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Universitätsprofessoren und -professorinnen für Chemie (ADUC, Association of German University Professors of Chemistry) in 2022), as well as scholarships and third-party funding. His research interests include theoretical electrochemistry, catalysis (in particular, electrochemical reactions using solid-state catalysts), and drug delivery.


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