Prof. Dr. Volker Presser (FRSC)

  • 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023

    Highly Cited Researcher

    Clarivate

  • 12/2022

    Environment and Climate Protection Award

    City of Saarbrücken

  • 09/2022

    Zhaowu Tian Prize for Energy Electrochemistry

    International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE)

  • since 10/2021

    Managing Co-Director

    saarene – Saarland Center for Energy Materials and Sustainability

  • since 10/2021

    Editor-in-Chief Energy Advances

    Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

  • since 01/2020

    Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

  • 03/2017

    ARCHES Award for Research Cooperation and High Excellence in Science

    Minerva Foundation, together with Prof. Suss, Israel

  • since 12/2015

    Leader of the Research Department “Energy Materials”

    INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany

  • since 12/2015

    Full Professor (W3) for "Energy Materials"

    Department for Materials Science and Engineering, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

  • 09/2015

    Foundation Award

    Prof. Lenz Foundation, together with Prof. Aabloo, Estonia

  • 07/2015

    TR35 Award and Innovator of the Year

    German Edition of Technology Review

  • 03/2015

    Excellence in Review Award

    Elsevier Journal Carbon

  • 06/2014

    Best of Germany Top 40 under 40

    Category science by the journal Capital.

  • 06/2013

    Ross Coffin Purdy Award

    American Ceramic Society

  • 06/2013

    Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize

    German Research Foundation DFG

  • 05/2013

    Bayer Early Excellence in Science Award in the

    Category “Materials”, Bayer Foundation

  • 04/2013-11/2015

    Assistant Professor (W1)

    Department for Materials Science and Engineering, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

  • 06/2012-11/2015

    Leader of the Junior Research Group “Energy Materials”

    INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany

  • 07/2011-05/2012

    Assistant Research Professor

    Drexel University (Drexel Nanomaterials Group, Prof. Yury Gogotsi)

  • 07/2010

    Dissertation Award

    Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

  • 02/2010-05/2012

    Leader of the Carbide Derived Carbon Team

    Drexel University (Drexel Nanomaterials Group, Prof. Yury Gogotsi)

  • 02/2010-01/2012

    Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship

    Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, hosted at Drexel University (Drexel Nanomaterials Group, Prof. Yury Gogotsi)

  • 09/2009

    Hanns Bruno Geinitz Prize

    Senckenberg Naturhistorischen Sammlungen Dresden

  • 06/2009-12/2009

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow

    Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (Applied Mineralogy Group, Prof. Klaus G. Nickel)

  • 06/2009

    summa cum laude doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat.)

    Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (Applied Mineralogy Group, Prof. Klaus G. Nickel)

  • 09/2008

    Bernd Rendel Prize

    German Research Foundation DFG

  • 03/2006-06/2009

    Doctoral student

    Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (Applied Mineralogy Group, Prof. Klaus G. Nickel)

  • 02/2006

    Diploma in Mineralogy (Dipl. Min., 1.3)

    Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (Applied Mineralogy Group, Prof. Klaus G. Nickel)

  • 10/2001-10/2005

    Student of geosciences (mineralogy)

    Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

  • 09/2001

    Julius-und-Gertraud-Kunert Award

    for exceptional school achievements

  • 06/2001

    High school diploma (Abitur; 1.5)

    Gymnasium Immenstadt

  • 04/1982

    Born

    Immenstadt im Allgäu, Bavaria

Since 12/2015: Research Department Leader, INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials 

Since 12/2015: Full Professor (W3), Saarland University

Since 10/2021: Since Managing co-director, saarene – Saarland Center for Energy Materials and Susainbility

Since 10/2021: Editor-in-Chief, Energy Advances, Royal Society of Chemistry

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