Award Lectures
Prof. Timo Jacob
Ulm University
Timo Jacob studied physics at the University of Kassel (GER), where he received his diploma degree in 1999 as well as his Ph.D. in theoretical physics in 2002. Afterwards, he spent two years as postdoctoral researcher at the California Institute of Technology (USA), followed by four years as group leader at the Fritz-Haber-Institute in Berlin (GER). In 2008 he obtained his habilitation and venia legendi in theoretical physics from the Free University Berlin (GER). In 2007 he moved to Ulm University (GER), heading an independent research group on theoretical electrochemistry. Since 2011 he is full professor for physical chemistry and director of the Institute of Electrochemistry at Ulm University. Further, he is director at the Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) for Electrochemical Energy Storage. His research focuses on fundamental electrochemistry where by combining advanced in-situ and operando techniques with multi-scale modelling he aims at resolving the structure of and processes at electrochemical interfaces.
Timo Jacob studied physics at the University of Kassel (GER), where he received his diploma degree in 1999 as well as his Ph.D. in theoretical physics in 2002. Afterwards, he spent two years as postdoctoral researcher at the California Institute of Technology (USA), followed by four years as group leader at the Fritz-Haber-Institute in Berlin (GER). In 2008 he obtained his habilitation and venia legendi in theoretical physics from the Free University Berlin (GER). In 2007 he moved to Ulm University (GER), heading an independent research group on theoretical electrochemistry. Since 2011 he is full professor for physical chemistry and director of the Institute of Electrochemistry at Ulm University. Further, he is director at the Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) for Electrochemical Energy Storage. His research focuses on fundamental electrochemistry where by combining advanced in-situ and operando techniques with multi-scale modelling he aims at resolving the structure of and processes at electrochemical interfaces.
Prof. Shen Ye
Tohoku University
Shen Ye received his Ph.D. in physical chemistry in 1993 from the Department of Chemistry, Hokkaido University (Japan), under the supervision of Prof. Hideaki Kita. His doctoral research focused on electrochemical reactions on platinum single-crystal electrodes. He subsequently spent seven years in Prof. Kohei Uosaki’s laboratory at the same department as a technical staff member and later as an assistant professor, working on well-defined electrochemical interfaces using vibrational spectroscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy. During this period, he also worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Prof. Y. R. Shen’s group at the University of California, Berkeley, studying nonlinear sum-frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy. In 2000, he joined Prof. Masatoshi Osawa’s laboratory at the Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University, as an associate professor, where he led an independent research group focused on biointerfaces. In 2017, he was promoted to full professor in the Department of Chemistry, Tohoku University (Japan). He received the 2022 Chemical Society of Japan Award for Distinguished Creative Work in Chemistry. His research focuses on the structural characterization of various material surfaces, including electrochemical interfaces, at the molecular and atomic levels, aiming to elucidate electrochemical reaction mechanisms and contribute to the development of secondary batteries and fuel cells.
Shen Ye received his Ph.D. in physical chemistry in 1993 from the Department of Chemistry, Hokkaido University (Japan), under the supervision of Prof. Hideaki Kita. His doctoral research focused on electrochemical reactions on platinum single-crystal electrodes. He subsequently spent seven years in Prof. Kohei Uosaki’s laboratory at the same department as a technical staff member and later as an assistant professor, working on well-defined electrochemical interfaces using vibrational spectroscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy. During this period, he also worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Prof. Y. R. Shen’s group at the University of California, Berkeley, studying nonlinear sum-frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy. In 2000, he joined Prof. Masatoshi Osawa’s laboratory at the Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University, as an associate professor, where he led an independent research group focused on biointerfaces. In 2017, he was promoted to full professor in the Department of Chemistry, Tohoku University (Japan). He received the 2022 Chemical Society of Japan Award for Distinguished Creative Work in Chemistry. His research focuses on the structural characterization of various material surfaces, including electrochemical interfaces, at the molecular and atomic levels, aiming to elucidate electrochemical reaction mechanisms and contribute to the development of secondary batteries and fuel cells.
