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Martin Hartmann is the head of the Institute of Catalysis and Sustainable Processes (previously Professorship for Catalysis) since its foundation in 2009.


Martin Hartmann

Prof. Dr. Martin Hartmann

martin.hartmann@fau.de
+49 9131 85-28792
room T 0.109

caspr.tf.fau.de

Postal and visitor address:

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Institute of Catalysis and Sustainable Processes

Egerlandstraße 3
91058 Erlangen
Germany

since May 2026Professor (W3), Institute of Catalysis and Sustainable Processes – ECRC – FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
2009 – 2026Professor (W2) for Catalysis – ECRC – FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
2005 – 2009Professor (W2) for ‘Advanced Materials Science’ – Universität Augsburg
1999 – 2005Research Assistant (C1) and Habilitation in Chemical Technology – Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
1996 – 1999DFG Habilitation Fellowship – University of Stuttgart
1994 – 1995Postdoctoral Fellow – University of Houston
1993Doctorate in Physical Chemistry (Dr. rer. nat.) – Universität Dortmund
1990Diploma in Chemistry – Universität Dortmund

since 2026Editor in Chief, “Journal of Porous Materials” published by Springer Nature
since 2021Member of the Advisory Board of Research Training Group 2721 “Hydrogen Isotopes ¹²³H”
since 2020Co-Speaker, Collaborative Research Center 1411, Design of Particulate Products
2019 – 2022President of the International Zeolite Association (IZA)
2016 – 2022Member of the scientific advisory board of DGMK (German scientific society for oil, gas and coal)
since 2013Member of the Catalysis Commission of IZA
since 2012 Associate Editor, “Advanced Porous Materials
2010 – 2018Board member of the International Mesostructured Materials Association (IMMA)
2006Editorial Board, “Advances in Nanoporous Materials

2024Visiting Professorship, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
2023Klaus-Unger Award, DECHEMA Zeolite Division
2021/22Ranked among the worldwide top 50 cited scientists in the field of Chemistry (Stanford University List based on Scopus)
2018Richard A. Glenn Award, ACS Energy & Fuels Division
2011Visiting Professorship, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
2008Visiting Professorship, National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India
2005Visiting Professorship, Université P et M Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France
2004Visiting Advisor, National Institute of Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan

  • C. Schlumberger, C. Cuadrado Collados, J. Söllner, C. Huber, D. Wisser, H.-F. Liu, C.-K. Chang, S. A. Schuster, M. R. Schure, M. Hartmann, J. I. Siepmann and M. Thommes, Characterization of Functionalized Chromatographic Nanoporous Silica Materials by Coupling Water Adsorption and Intrusion with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Relaxometry, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 7 (2024) 1572-1585. DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.3c04330.
  • P. C. Bruzzese, E. Salvadori, B. Civalleri, S. Jäger, M. Hartmann, A. Pöppl and M. Chiesa, The Structure of Monomeric Hydroxo-Cu(II) Species in Cu-CHA. A Quantitative Assessment, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144 (2022) 13079. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c06037.
  • P. Bruzzese, E. Salvadori, S. Jäger, M. Hartmann, B. Civalleri, A. Pöppl and M. Chiesa,17O EPR of Single Metal Sites in Cu-CHA Zeolite: Structure and Dynamics,Nat. Commun. 12 (2021) 4638. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24935-7.
  • C. Paula, D. Wisser, M. Rangus, W. Schwieger, M. Hovestadt, M. Kriesten, K. Vanatalu, A. Oss, M.-L. Org, A. Samoson and M. Hartmann*,Phase Transformations in Porous Materials Studied by In Situ Solid State NMR Spectroscopy and In Situ X-ray Diffraction, J. Phys. Chem. C 124 (2020) 19136. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c05921.
  • H. Embrechts, M. Kriesten, K. Hoffmann, W. Peukert, M. Hartmann* and M. Diastaso, Elucidation of the Formation Mechanism of Metal-Organic Frameworks via In-situ Raman and FT-IR Spectroscopy under Solvothermal Conditions, J. Phys. Chem. C 122 (2018) 12267. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b02484.
  • F. A. G. Machoke, B. Apeleo Zubiri, R. Leonhardt, V.R.R. Marthala, M. Schmiele, T. Unruh, M. Hartmann, E. Spiecker and W. Schwieger, Densification of silica spheres: A new pathway to nano‐dimensioned zeolite‐based catalysts, Chem. – Eur. J. 23 (2017) 10983. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201702768.
  • V. R. R. Marthala, M. Friedrich, Z. Zhou, M. Distaso, S. Reuss, A. Al‐Thabaiti Shaeel, W. Peukert, W. Schwieger and M. Hartmann*,Zeolite‐coated porous arrays: A novel strategy for enzyme encapsulation, Adv. Funct. Mater. 25 (2015) 1832. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201404335.
  • Z. Zhou, R. N. Klupp Taylor, S. Kullmann, H. Bao and M. Hartmann*, Mesoporous Organosilicas with Large Cage-like Pores for High Efficiency Immobilization of Enzymes, Adv. Mater. 23 (2011) 2627-2632. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201004054.
  • D. Himsl, D. Wallacher and M. Hartmann*, Improving the hydrogen‐adsorption properties of a hydroxy‐modified MIL‐53(Al) structural analogue by lithium doping, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 48 (2009) 4639. DOI:10.1002/anie.200806203
  • M. Hartmann*, S. Kunz, D. Himsl, O. Tangermann, S. Ernst and A. Wagener, Adsorptive separation of isobutene and isobutane on Cu3(BTC)2, Langmuir 24 (2008)8634, DOI: 10.1021/la8008656