KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

 

Prof. Dr. Robert Schlögl

  

Robert Schlögl, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult.

Born in Munich in 1954, Schlögl is a chemist who completed both studies and doctorate at LMU Munich. Following this, he achieved habilitation at the Fritz Haber Institute in Berlin. Currently he stays in Basel and Cambridge.

Schlögl is the President of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and Vice President of the Leopoldina. From 1994 to 2023, he served as Director at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin and was also the Founding Director of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion in Mülheim an der Ruhr.

Schlögl’s main research interests include inorganic chemistry, heterogeneous catalysis, nanostructures, materials research for chemical energy conversion, and the development of innovative concepts for sustainable energy supply and storage.

 

Alexander Knafl, PhD

Alexander Knafl, PhD

After completing a Master’s degree at the Technical University of Graz, Knafl pursued a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

This was followed by a role as a researcher at General Motors R&D in Detroit. Subsequently, he worked as a Senior Development Engineer at PACCAR Inc. in Washington before taking on several key positions with MAN Energy Solutions in Augsburg.

Currently, Knafl serves as Senior Vice President for R&D Engineering in the Four-Stroke division at MAN Energy Solutions in Augsburg.