Professor Achim Müller, University of Bielefeld, Germany, has received the highest scientific award of the European Union. He was awarded a €1.2 million Advanced Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) to support his research on nanoclusters and capsules for three years.

Achim Müller studied chemistry and physics at the University of Göttingen, Germany, where he received his Ph.D. on Experimental Thermochemistry in 1965. He completed his Habilitation in 1967 at the same university. In 1971 he became professor at the University of Dortmund, Germany, and since 1977 he has been Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Bielefeld.

Müller’s research focuses on the synthesis, characterization, and interactions of structurally well-defined porous spherical metal-oxide based nanocapsules, and related nano-assemblies, as well as their applications for encapsulation and as artificial cell environments.

• Picking up 30 CO₂ Molecules by a Porous Metal Oxide Capsule Based on the Same Number of Receptors,
  Somenath Garai, Erhard T. K. Haupt, Hartmut Bögge, Alice Merca, Achim Müller,
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51(42), 10528–10531.
  DOI: 10.1002/anie.201204089
• Hydrophobic Interactions and Clustering in a Porous Capsule: Option to Remove Hydrophobic Materials from Water,
  Christian Schäffer, Ana Maria Todea, Hartmut Bögge, Olga A. Petina, Dieter Rehder, Erhard T. K. Haupt, Achim Müller,
  Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17(35), 9634–9639.
  DOI: 10.1002/chem.201101454
• A Nanosized Molybdenum Oxide Wheel with a Unique Electronic-Necklace Structure: STM Study with Submolecular Resolution,
  Dingyong Zhong, Filipa Lourosa Sousa, Achim Müller, Lifeng Chi, Harald Fuchs,
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50(31), 7018–7021.
  DOI: 10.1002/anie.201102274
• Nanomaterials Chemistry,
  C. N. R. Rao, Achim Müller, Anthony K. Cheetham (Eds.),
  Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2007.
  ISBN: 978-3-527-31664-9
• The Chemistry of Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications,
  C. N. R. Rao, Achim Müller, A. K. Cheetham (Eds.),
  Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2004.
  ISBN: 978-3-527-30686-2