Prof. Dr. Bettina V. Lotsch
Nanochemistry Department
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Heisenbergstr. 1
70569 Stuttgart
| Room: | 6B02 |
| Phone: | +49 711 689-1610 |
| Email: | b.lotsch@fkf.mpg.de |
Chemistry Department
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Butenandtstr. 5-13 (Haus D)
81377 München
| Room: | D2.084 |
| Phone: | +49 89 2180-77429 |
| Fax: | +49 89 2180-77806 |
| Email: | bettina.lotsch@cup.uni-muenchen.de |
Current Positions
01/2017 – Director, Nanochemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart
10/2020 – Honorary Professor, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Stuttgart
08/2017 – Honorary Professor, Chemistry Department, LMU Munich
Previous Positions
2009 – 2017 Tenure-track Associate professor (tenure 2014), Chemistry Department, LMU Munich
2011 – 2016 Independent group leader, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart
Professional Experience
2026 – Co-Speaker, Cluster of Excellence e-conversion
2024 – Co-Founder, Joint MPG-TUM Center for Solar Batteries and OptoionicTechnologies
2023 – 2024 Managing Director, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart
2019 – 2025 PI, Executive Board Member, and designated Co-Speaker, Cluster of Excellence e-conversion
2018 – 2022 Deputy Spokesperson, Collaborative Research Center 1333
Education
2007 – 2008 Postdoc, University of Toronto, Canada (with Prof. G. A. Ozin)
2006 PhD in Chemistry, University of Munich (LMU), Germany
2002 Diploma in Chemistry, University of Munich (LMU), Germany
1999 – 2000 Visiting Student, University of Oxford, Balliol College
Fellowships & Awards (Selection)
2026 Elected member, German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina
2026 CRS Gold Medal Award, Society Chirantan Rasayan Sanstha, India
2026 Elhuyar–Goldschmidt Award, German Chemical Society & Royal Spanish Chemical Society
2025 Elected member, Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften (acatec)
2025 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preis, German Research Foundation
2025 Highly Cited Researcher, Web of Science (Clarivate)
2025 Remsen Award, ACS, Maryland
2024 Highly Cited Researcher, Web of Science (Clarivate)
2023 Baker Lecture, Cornell University, USA
2023 Highly Cited Researcher, Web of Science (Clarivate)
2023 Materials Lectureship Award, University of Warwick, UK
2022 Sheikh Saqr Materials Lecture 2022, JNCASR Bangalore, India
2022 Chini Memorial Award Lecture, Società Chimica Italiana, Divisione de Chimica Inorganica
2021 Elected Member of the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (Landesakademie Baden-Württemberg)
2021 Haworth Lecture, University of Birmingham, UK
2021 CNR Rao Award Lecture (online), Chemical Research Society of India
2017 EU-40 Materials Prize, European Materials Research Society (EMRS)
2015/2016 Selected as “Young Elite - the Top 40 under 40 in Economy, Politics, and Society” by CAPITAL
2014 ERC Starting Grant
2014 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
2013 Member, Research Network “AcademiaNet”
2008 Fast Track Scholarship, Robert Bosch Foundation
2007 E.ON Culture Prize
2007 Feodor Lynen Postdoc Scholarship (Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation)
2007 Dissertation Award (Stiftungspreis), LMU Munich
2006 Selected participant of the Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany
2004 PhD scholarship, German National Academic Foundation
2004 Participant in the BRIGHT Students’ Conference of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) in Leiden
2003 PhD scholarship, Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (FCI)
2002 Faculty Prize (best diploma)
2001 Electronic Scholarship “e-fellows”
2000 Herbert-Marcinek Prize (best preliminary diploma)
1997 Scholarship of the Stiftung Maximilianeum (Bavarian foundation for highly gifted students)
1997 Scholarship, German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung d. Dt. Volkes)
Publication Summary
Number of published papers: >330; Total citations: 34142; h-index: 93 (Google Scholar, July, 2026)