Person profile

Univ.Prof. Mag.rer.nat. Dr.rer.nat.

Günther Rupprechter

Phone +43 1 58801-165 00

E-Mailguenther.rupprechter@tuwien.ac.at

Assigned

E165	E165-01	E165-01-1	E165-01-3	E165-50

Business Card

Research department

Name	Management/Member
Institute of Materials Chemistry	Management

Research area

Name	Management/Member
Research Unit of Physical Chemistry	Management
Services of the Institute	Management

Research group

Name	Management/Member
Research Group for Electrocatalysis at Surfaces	Management
Research Group for Model Catalysis and Applied Catalysis	Management

Profile

Research profile (German):

- Oberflächenchemie und Katalyse, Energieumwandung und -speicherung, H2- und CO2-basierte Technologien

Research profile (English):

- Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, energy conversion and storage, H2- and CO2-based technologies

Unique characteristic:

Katalyseforschung sowohl im Bereich Surface Science als auch im Bereich technische Katalyse

Link to CV:

http://www.imc.tuwien.ac.at/staff/pcgr_group_d.php

Personal website:

https://www.tuwien.at/en/tch/pc/model-catalysis-and-applied-catalysis

Publications:

Publications

Keywords

Keyword (German)	Keyword (English)
Grenzflächenreaktionen	Surface reactions
Abwasserreinigung	wastewater treatment
Laser-Oberflaechen Wechselwirkung	laser-surface interactions
Nanotechnologie, Materialwissenschaften, Oberflächenchemie, Spektroskopie	Nanotechnology, material sciences, surface chemistry, spectroscopy
Abfallwirtschaft	waste management
Oberflächenoxide	Surface oxides
Recycling	Recycling
Batterien, Brennstoffzellen	batteries and fuel cells
Oberflächenanalytik	Surface Analysis
Oberflächenchemie	Surface Chemistry
Katalyse	Catalysis
Nanoteilchen	Nanoparticles
In situ Untersuchungen	In situ studies
Wasserstoff Wirtschaft	Hydrogen Economy
Energiespeicher	Energy Storage
Wasserstoff und Brennstoffzellen	Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
Grüne Chemie	Green chemistry
Abgaskatalysatorsysteme	catalytic converters for emission control
Alternative Energieumwandlung	Alternative Methods of Energy Conversion
Abgasnachbehandlung	Exhaust gas treatment

Research Focal Areas

Research focus	Research field	Keywords	Percentage
Materials and Matter	Surfaces and Interfaces	Surface characterization, Thin and ultra-thin films, Surface modification by ions and radiation, Functional layers (tribology, corrosion, etc.), Surface reactions (catalytic, corrosion etc.)	50
Materials and Matter	Structure-Property Relationsship	Microstructure-property relationship in bulk materials, structure-property relation in construction materials, damage and failure of structural materials, micro- and nano-structuring, devices	25
Energy and Environment	Sustainable Production and Technologies	Ressourceneffiziente Produktion und Prozessoptimierung (Produktions- und Prozessmanagement, Modllierung/Simulation/Optimierung, Steuerung/Regelung/Automation), alternative nachhaltige Methoden (Carbon Capture, Wasserstofferzeugung, etc.), Grüne Chemie (Biotreibstoffe, Werkstoffe, Omics), neuartige Technologien (Sensorik, Filter, Laser, Ultraschall, Mikro- und Nano, etc.), Materialforschung (Thermoelektrika, Leichtbau, Brennstoffzellen, Hochtemperatursupraleiter, Nano-Materialien, etc.)	25

Faculty focus

Faculty focus	Percentage
Chemische Technologie von Materialien	75
Nachhaltigkeit, Energie, Umwelt	25

Area of expertise according to Statistik Austria

Code	Area of expertise (German)	Area of expertise (English)
1322	Oberflächenchemie	Surface chemistry
1312	Physikalische Chemie	Physical chemistry
1327	Spektroskopie (auch: Molekül-)	Spectroscopy (also: molecule -)

Reference Projects

Title	Funding program	Function	Website	From	Until

Isolierte Metallatome für bessere selektive Hydrierung	Stand-Alone Project, Austrian Science Fund (FWF), i4434-N	Project manager	https://tiss.tuwien.ac.at/fpl/...	01.07.2020	30.06.2025
Cluster of Excellence "Materialien für Energieumwandlung und -speicherung (MECS)"	Cluster of Excellence, Austrian Science Fund (FWF)	Project manager	https://tiss.tuwien.ac.at/fpl/...	01.10.2023	30.09.2028
National, FWF - The Science Fund
Building Solids for Function	Human resources	Principal Investigator	http://solids4fun.tuwien.ac.at...	01.03.2012	29.02.2020
Functional Oxide Surfaces and Interfaces (Sprecher: G. Rupprechter)	Priority Programs	Principal Investigator	http://foxsi.tuwien.ac.at/	15.03.2011	14.03.2019
TUW-intern, TU Wien
Catalysis Materials and Technology	Internal research funding	Principal Investigator	xx	01.10.2011	30.09.2015

International award

Awarding Organization	Country	Program	Function	Name	From	Until	Website	Project ID
German Catalysis Society (DECHEMA, Fachsektion Katalyse)	Germany	Jochen Block Award for "the Application of Surface Science Methods to Heterogeneous Catalysis"		Jochen Block Award for "the Application of Surface Science Methods to Heterogeneous Catalysis"	01.01.2005
Europäische Akademie der Wissenschaft und Künste		Mitgliedschaft		Member	29.12.2023		https://www.eurasc.eu/

National award

Awarding Organization	Program	Function	Name	From	Until	Website	Project ID
Akademie der Wissenschaften	Mitgliedschaft		Korrespondierendes Mitglied	09.05.2012		https://www.oeaw.ac.at/oesterr...

Competition participation

Competition	Date	Country	Purchased
Jochen-Block-Preis der Fachsektion Katalyse der DECHEMA (Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V.); Deutschland	01/2005	Germany	No
Ph.D. Fellowship of the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research and the State of Tyrol (including book publication of Ph.D. thesis)	01/1996	Austria	No
Student Award (Leistungsstipendium) of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Leopold Franzens University Innsbruck	01/1990	Austria	No
Student Award at the Third International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, Kona/Hawaii, July 1996	01/1996	United States of America	No

Membership in committee

Committee	Description	Location	Function	From-To	Comment
scientific committee/curatorship/institute	Austrian Representative (Management Committee) for COST Action MP0903 on Nanoalloys	Belgium	Member	03/2011 - 02/2013
Committees at the TU Wien	Berufungskommission Molek Materialchemie (NF Prof. Ulrich Schubert)	Austria	Manager	08/2014 - 04/2015
Committees at the TU Wien	Berufungskommission Organische Technologie (NF Prof. Gruber)	Austria	Member	06/2015 - 01/2016
Committees at the TU Wien	Berufungskommission Theoretische Chemie (NF Prof. Schwarz)	Austria	Manager	07/2015 - 12/2015
scientific circle	Chemisch-Physikalische Gesellschaft (CPG)	Austria	Chairman	11/2011 - 11/2012	Vorsitzender der Chemisch-Physikalischen Gesellschaft (CPG)
scientific committee/curatorship/institute	ERC Panel PE4 for Consolidator Grands	Belgium	Member	01/2014 -	alle 2 Jahre im Panel aktiv (auch 2016), dazwischen immer als externer Gutachter
scientific committee/curatorship/institute	ESRF Board der ÖAW	Austria	Member	01/2014 -
scientific circle	European Federation of Catalysis Societies (EFCATS)	Austria	Member	01/2006 - 12/2013	Österreichischer Delegierter der European Federation of Catalysis Societies (EFCATS)Austrian Representative within the European Federation of Catalysis Societies (EFCATS)
scientific circle	Fachgruppe Katalyse/Oberflächenchemie der GÖCH	Austria	Chairman	01/2006 - 12/2013	Vorsitzender
Committees at the TU Wien	Habil-Kommission Barth	Austria	Manager	11/2014 - 06/2015
Committees at the TU Wien	Habil-Kommission Schröder (Bica)	Austria	Member	06/2015 - 11/2015
scientific circle	International Association of Catalysis Societies (IACS)	Austria	Member	01/2006 - 12/2013	Österreichischer Delegierter der International Association of Catalysis Societies (IACS) Austrian Representative within the International Association of Catalysis Societies (IACS)
scientific committee/curatorship/institute	Management Committee for COST Action 540 on "Standarization in Photocatalysis"	Belgium	Member	06/2006 - 12/2009	Österreichischer Vertreter im Management Committee
scientific committee/curatorship/institute	Vice Chair for COST Action CM0904 on Intermetallics for Methanol Steam Reforming	Belgium	Chairman	10/2010 - 09/2014	Vice Chair for COST Action CM0904 on ¿Intermetallics for Methanol Steam Reforming¿
scientific circle	Vorstand der Gesellschaft Österreichischer Chemiker (GÖCH)	Austria	Chairman	01/2006 - 12/2013	Vorstandsmitglied
scientific circle	Vorstandsmitglied der Chemisch-Physikalischen Gesellschaft (CPG)	Austria	Chairman	10/2009 - 11/2011	Vorstandsmitglied; (Designierter) Praevorsitzender)
scientific circle	Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften	Austria	Member	04/2012 - 04/2022	Korrespondierendes Mitglied

Journal participation

Title	Classification	Referenced	Function	From-To	Comment
Advances in Physical Chemistry (Hindawi)	SCI (Science Citation Index)	Yes	Editorial board	03/2008 -
Catalysis Letters	SCI (Science Citation Index)	Yes	Editorial board	08/2011 - 07/2015
Research Letters in Physical Chemistry	SCI (Science Citation Index)	Yes	Editorial board	09/2009 -
Topics in Catalysis	SCI (Science Citation Index)	Yes	Editor	12/2005 -	Guest Editor für Sonderband "Model Catalysis" und "Irsee Special Issues" (alle 2 Jahre)
Topics in Catalysis	SCI (Science Citation Index)	Yes	Editorial board	08/2011 - 07/2015

R&D Accomplishments

Description	From	Until
Other categories
Fakultätsrat der Technischen Chemie an der TU Wien [Hauptmitglied im Fakultätsrat]	01/2008	12/2012
Full Member of the Senate of the Vienna University of Technology	10/2010	09/2013
Mitorganisator der Fritz-Haber-Ferienschule ¿Von Einkristalloberflächen zu realen Katalysatoren	03/1999	10/1999
Mitveranstalter des 9th Pannonian International Symposium on Catalysis (Strbské pleso, Slowakei, September 8 -12, 2008)	09/2008	09/2008
Mitveranstalter des Czech-Austrian Workshop ¿New trends in application of photo- and electro-catalysis¿	07/2006	11/2006
Mitveranstalter des X. Pannonian International Symposium on Catalysis, Krakau (Polen), September 2010.	09/2010	09/2010
Organisation des "Pd-Day" Katalyse Workshops, gemeinsam mit dem Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Innsbruck und der Abteilung Anorganische Chemie, Fritz-Haber-Institut Berlin, Deutschland, in Wien 19.-20.Oktober 2009	10/2009	10/2009
Organisator (Chair) des CERC3 Young Chemist's Workshop, Surface Chemistry of Nanomaterials (Wien, Österreich, Mai 15-16, 2008)	05/2008	05/2008
Organisator (chair) des Symposiums -Surface Science in Catalysis- im Rahmen der EUROPACAT-VIII European Conference on Catalysis(Turku, Finland, August 26-31, 2007)	03/2006	08/2007
Organisator des Mini-Symposium ¿Oberflächenchemie und Katalyse¿ im Rahmen der Österr. Chemietage 2007 (Klagenfurt)	03/2007	09/2007
Organisator des Mini-Symposiums ¿Surface Chemistry and Catalysis¿ im Rahmen der Österr. Chemietage, Wien, August 24-27, 2009.	08/2009	08/2009
Organisator des Symposiums ¿Heterogenous Catalysis¿ im Rahmen des 3rd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress (Nürnberg, Deutschland, August 29 - September 2, 2010).	08/2010	09/2010
Speaker of the FWF SFB Functional Oxide Surfaces and Interfaces (FOXSI) (started 15.3.2011)	03/2011	02/2015
Speaker of the TU Vienna Doctorate School on Catalysis Materials and Technology (CatMat) (starts October 2011)	10/2011	09/2014
Studienkommission für Technische Chemie [Stellvertr. Vorsitzender]	05/2007	12/2011
Veranstalter (Chair) des Symposium "In situ reactions on metal single crystal surfaces and nanoparticles: towards realistic conditions" im Rahmen der ECOSS-25 European Conference on Surface Science (Liverpool, England, July 28 -August 1, 2008)	07/2007	08/2008
externer Gutachter Dissertation/Rigorosum Christian HolseTechnical University of Denmark, Physics Institute02.12.2014	12/2014	12/2014

Events / Conferences

Category	Collaboration	Event name	From	Until	Function/Comments
Postgraduate courses / Summer School	Sonstiges		09/2003	09/2003	"HRTEM characterization of supported nanoparticles in real and model catalysts: Correlations between surface structure and adsorption/reaction properties"Lecture as part of the ¿Autumn School on Materials Science and Electron Microscopy 2003: New developments in nanostructured materials - synthesis, characterization, functionality¿ organized by the ¿International Centre of Advanced Materials Science and Electron Microscopy¿, Humboldt University Berlin, September 2003.
Postgraduate courses / Summer School	Organisator_in	EFCATS Summer School “Engineering Materials for Catalysis”	09/2020	09/2020	In September 2020, an EFCATS Summer School “Engineering Materials for Catalysis” (Portorož-Portorose, Slovenia) was jointly organized with Profs. Albin Pintar and Prof. Dr. Nataša Novak Tušar (both National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia), as a hybrid event with about 60 participants.
Postgraduate courses / Summer School	Sonstiges		05/1998	05/1998	Lecture on ¿HRTEM and AFM characterization of supported noble metal nanoparticles fabricated by electron beam lithography and epitaxial growth: Correlation between surface structure and catalytic activity¿part of a Course on "Electron Microscopy"Department of Chemical & Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA, May 1998.
Postgraduate courses / Summer School	Sonstiges		05/2005	05/2005	Monitoring surface processes by SFG and PM-IRAS: applications and limitations¿CNRS summer school ¿New tools for in-situ investigations of surfaces and nano-objects¿,Aussois, France, 10. May 2005.
Postgraduate courses / Summer School	Sonstiges		02/2008	02/2008	Vortrag bei der 62. Fortbildungswoche alle Lehrkräfte für Physik und Chemie an Hauptschulen, an allgemeinbildenden und berufsbildenden mittleren und höheren Schulen Österreichs, "Chemische Reaktionen auf Festkörperoberflächen - Katalyse" (Wien, Österreich, Februar 25-27, 2008)
Postgraduate courses / Summer School	Sonstiges		01/2006	01/2006	¿IR spectroscopy¿Lecture as part of the Lecture series ¿Modern Methods in Heterogeneous Catalysis Research¿; organized by the Fritz Haber Institute, the Humboldt University Berlin and the Technical University Berlin, Germany, January 13, 2006.
Postgraduate courses / Summer School	Sonstiges		03/2004	03/2004	¿Optical Spectroscopy at Surfaces¿Lecture as part of the ¿International Max Planck Research School: Complex Surfaces in Materials Science¿; Introductory Block Course on the Chemistry and Physics of Surfaces; organized by the Humboldt University Berlin, the Free University Berlin and the Fritz Haber Institute, March 2004.
Postgraduate courses / Summer School	Sonstiges		09/2002	09/2002	¿Vibrational SFG spectroscopy on model catalysts from UHV to atmospheric pressure¿NATO Advanced Study Institute (Summer School) on ¿Metal-Ligand-Interactions in Molecular, Micro-, and Macro-Systems in Complex Environments¿, Cetraro, Italy, September 2002.
Postgraduate courses / Summer School	Sonstiges		12/2002	12/2002	¿Vibrational Spectroscopies¿Lecture as part of the Lecture series ¿Modern Methods in Heterogeneous Catalysis Research: Theory and Experiment Surfaces¿; organized by the Fritz Haber Institute, the Humboldt University Berlin and the Technical University Berlin, December 2002.
Postgraduate courses / Summer School	Sonstiges		10/2005	10/2005	¿Vibrational spectroscopy at surfaces¿¿International Max Planck Research School: Complex Surfaces in Materials Science¿; Introductory Block Course on the Chemistry and Physics of Surfaces; organized by the Humboldt University Berlin, the Free University Berlin and the Fritz Haber Institute, October 10./11. 2005.
Postgraduate courses / Summer School	Sonstiges		06/2006	06/2006	¿Vibrational spectroscopy in catalysis ¿, Sommerschule über "Surface reactivity and nanocatalysis¿, organized by the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), University of Aarhus, Denmark, Elbetoft
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Sonstiges		02/2015	02/2015	30. Workshop "Novel Materials and superconductors"Bundessportheim und Freizeitzentrum BSFZ Obertrau
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Sonstiges		03/2012	09/2012	Chair/Organizer of the XI. Pannonian International Symposium on Catalysis, Obergurgl (Austria), September 3-7, 2012 (with K. Föttinger, C. Weilach, B. Klötzer)
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Chemistry and Physics of Novel Materials	02/2018	02/2025	GR has been organizing the annual “International Workshop on Novel Materials and Superconductivity” (with P. Blaha) (6 days; Obertraun or Schladming, Austria; 50-70 Participants) in 2018, 2019 and, after a COVID break, in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.Now called "Chemistry and Physics of Novel Materials"
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Faraday Discussion on Photoelectron spectroscopy: new horizons in surface analysis	04/2022	04/2022	GR was also Scientific Committee for the Faraday Discussion on Photoelectron spectroscopy new horizons in surface analysis, held 20-22 April 2022 in London (UK) with about 100 participants present (and about 15 online).
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	X. Pannonian International Symposium on Catalysis			Koorganisation
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	ICC Satellite Workshop			Organisation
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	3rd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress			Organisation
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Surface Chemistry and Catalysis			Organisation
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Pd-day			Organisation
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	In situ reactions on metal single crystal surfaces and nanoparticles: towards realistic conditions			Organisation
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Mini-Symposium on "Surface Chemistry and Catalysis"			Organisation
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	CERC3 Young Chemists Workshop on "Surface Chemistry of Nanomaterials"			Organisation
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	EUROPACAT-VIII conference			Organisation
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	16th Pannonian International Symposium on Catalysis	09/2024	09/2024	PISC 2024 took place from 01.09.2024 until 05.09.2024 at the beautiful Schloss Seggau/Austria(https://www.seggau.com/en/) Address: A-8430 Leibnitz, Seggauberg 1ca 120 participantsCo-chair: Prof. Christoph Rameshan