Bettina Lotsch

Nanochemistry Department
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Heisenbergstr. 1
70569 Stuttgart

Chemistry Department
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Butenandtstr. 5-13 (Haus D)
81377 München

Current Positions

10/2020 –         Honorary Professor, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Stuttgart

08/2017 –         Honorary Professor, Chemistry Department, LMU Munich

01/2017 –         Director, Nanochemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart

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)

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)

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)