Short CV

Curriculum vitae

Prof. Dr. Christian Papp
Angewandte Physikalische Chemie, FU Berlin

Since 2023 Professor at FU Berlin

2022 Guest Professor at FU Berlin 

2015-2023        Privatdozent 

2011-2014         Habilitation at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, FAU
                        “Surface Chemical Reactions – in situ studies of heterogeneous catalysis and the reactivity of modified surfaces”    

2010 Group leader of the surface and in-situ spectroscopy group

• • • Model catalysis and reaction kinetics on surfaces and nanoclusters

    • Hydrogen storage applications             

    • Metal-supported graphene

    • Ambient pressure XPS

2008 – 2009        Feodor Lynen grant at Materials Science Division/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory with Charles S. Fadley

• • • Soft x-ray standing wave experiment

    • High energy ARPES and XPS

2007                   Postdoctoral work, Chair for Physical Chemistry, FAU

2003-2007          PhD student Physical Chemistry at FAU
                            “In-situ investigations of adsorbed hydrocarbons – model systems of heterogeneous catalysis”      

Awards, Honors and Community Service:

Since 2023  Heisenberg professor

Since 2019        Member of the Photon Science Division Proposal Review Committee of Paul Scherrer  Institute

2018-2022         Member of the Project Review Panel for photon science at DESY

2017-2019         Speaker / Member of the User Committee at BESSY II, Helmholtzzentrum Berlin (HZB)

2015                  Emmy-Noether-Habilitationspreis des Universitätsbundes Erlangen-Nürnberg

2015                  Dozentenpreis of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie

2014-2016         Member of the User Committee at BESSY II, Helmholtzzentrum Berlin (HZB)

Since 12/2012   Member of the Cluster of Excellence “Engineering of Advanced Materials”

2008-2009         Feodor-Lynen grant of the Alexander-von-Humboldt foundation

2007                  Karl-Giehrl-Preis of the Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Scientific contributions:

135 publications in peer-reviewed journals

> 200 contributions at national and international conferences

> 60 invited lectures at scientific institutions and conferences