Matthias Driess
Technical University, Berlin
Matthias Driess heads the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry/Metalorganic Chemistry and Inorganic Materials at the Institute of Chemistry, Technische Universitlit Berlin (Technical University, Berlin). He specializes in the synthesis of novel molecular functions based on compounds with heavier main group elements (e.g., silicon and phosphorus chemistry), organometallic chemistry yielding molecular models for heterogeneous catalysis (e.g., metal oxides), electron-transfer-complexes and the synthesis of molecular single source precursors for nanostructured inorganic materials. He is the Vice-Chair of the Cluster of Excellence Unifying Systems in Catalysis, UniSysCat; Director of the UniSysCat-BASF Joint Lab, BasCat; and the Director of the Chemical Invention Factory, CIF. He was selected as Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2012 and has been an Ordinary Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) since 2014. He is a Member of the European Academy of Sciences since 2020.
Session 1B - Symposium on "Catalysis for a sustainable society"
Expectation of chemistry: All-in to meet the needs ofsociety
Matthias Driess heads the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry/Metalorganic Chemistry and Inorganic Materials at the Institute of Chemistry, Technische Universitlit Berlin (Technical University, Berlin). He specializes in the synthesis of novel molecular functions based on compounds with heavier main group elements (e.g., silicon and phosphorus chemistry), organometallic chemistry yielding molecular models for heterogeneous catalysis (e.g., metal oxides), electron-transfer-complexes and the synthesis of molecular single source precursors for nanostructured inorganic materials. He is the Vice-Chair of the Cluster of Excellence Unifying Systems in Catalysis, UniSysCat; Director of the UniSysCat-BASF Joint Lab, BasCat; and the Director of the Chemical Invention Factory, CIF. He was selected as Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2012 and has been an Ordinary Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) since 2014. He is a Member of the European Academy of Sciences since 2020.