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

Career Summary

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

01/2023 – 12/2024   Managing Director, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart

08/2011 – 12/2016   Independent group leader, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart

02/2009 – 01/2017   Associate professor (tenure 2014), Chemistry Department, LMU Munich   

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 (summa cum laude), 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)

2025               Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preis

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 and       Selected as “Young Elite - the Top 40 under 40 in Economy, Politics, and Society” by CAPITAL
2016              

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)