Prof. Dr. Jan Philipp Hofmann
Fachgebiet Oberflächenforschung
Arbeitsgebiet(e)
Kontakt
hofmann@surface.tu-...
work +49 6151 16-20779
fax +49 6151 16-20771
Work
L2|02 C406
Peter-Grünberg-Straße 4
64287
Darmstadt
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| 04.2020-present | Full professor (W3) for Surface Science at Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, Department of Materials and Earth Sciences |
| 10.2015-11.2015 | Research affiliate Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Physical Biosciences Division, California, USA with Dr. Heinz Frei: time-resolved in-situ FTIR spectroscopy on materials for Solar Fuels production |
| 11.2014-03.2020 | Scientific member of MCEC (Netherlands Center for Multiscale Catalytic Energy Conversion, www.mcec-researchcenter.nl): research on Solar Fuels Catalysis, focus on in-situ spectroscopy on model systems for photoelectrochemical water splitting |
| 02.2014-03.2020 | FOM – Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie – university research group leader: research on earth-abundant photoabsorber and electrocatalyst materials for solar energy conversion (water splitting and CO2 reduction), focused on layered, thin film and 2D materials |
| 05.2013-03.2020 | Assistant professor (tenured 05.2016) for Inorganic Materials Chemistry with Prof. Dr. ir. Emiel Hensen (TU Eindhoven, NL). Focus areas: preparation, (in-situ) characterization and mechanistic studies on materials for heterogeneous catalysis, chemical energy conversion and “Solar Fuels Catalysis”; method development for synchrotron-based in-situ and operando spectroscopy and scattering towards structure-activity relations in heterogeneous (photo, electro) catalysis |
| 03.2011-04.2013 | Postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Dr. ir. Bert M. Weckhuysen (Utrecht University, NL), DFG Forschungsstipendium (Ho4579/1-1): “Fundamental Studies on Catalyst Deactivation and Corrosion Phenomena under Biomass Feed and the Interaction with Polar Biomass-Derived Molecules” |
| 01.2010-02.2011 |
Postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Dr. Herbert Over (JLU Gießen), joint BMBF project with Bayer MaterialScience: “Resource Efficiency in Chlorine Production”, model catalysis and atmospheric pressure reaction experiments on HCl oxidation (Deacon Process) over RuO2 (model, technical) catalysts |
