Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
The Leibniz Institute for Catalysis e. V. at the University of Rostock (LIKAT Rostock ) in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has been researching catalysis since 1952. Today, LIKAT is one of the largest publicly funded catalytic institutes in Europe and occupies a place at the interface between fundamentals and applications. The main focus is on application-oriented basic research and promotes industrial implementation. The institute's scientists implement the transfer of at least two catalysts or catalytic processes to industrial pilot scale every year. At the institute, the classic boundaries between homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis are being dismantled in favor of an overarching, material and methodological science. In addition, the interdisciplinary interaction between inorganic, organic and technical chemistry, nanosciences, physical chemistry and process engineering plays an essential role. Research activities at the institute are currently dominated by three program priorities: applied sustainable catalysis processes, innovative methods and technologies of catalysis as well as special (metal) organic syntheses and catalysis.
| Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT) Scientific Association Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz |
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| Founding year: | 1952/1992 (IfOK), 2006 (LIKAT) |
| Management: |
Matthias Beller
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| Employee: | about 300 |
| Legal form: | registered association |
| Place: | Rostock |
| Official Website: | www.catalysis.de |
history
The history of the institute began with research efforts into the production of artificial butter in the post-war period. In 1952 the Institute for Catalysis Research was founded in Rostock as the first research institute in Europe dedicated exclusively to catalysis. In 1959 the paths of the various areas of catalysis research parted for almost 50 years. The homogeneous - organometallic - catalysis remained in Rostock and formed the Institute for Organic Catalysis Research. Heterogeneous catalysis moved to Berlin and became the Institute for Inorganic Catalysis Research. Both institutes later became part of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin (AdW), which was dissolved in 1991 as a result of reunification.
With the creation of the Center for Heterogeneous Catalysis, catalysis research was re-institutionalized in Berlin in 1992. Two years later, the Institute for Applied Chemistry Berlin-Adlershof (ACA) emerged from this center and three other chemistry centers.
The Rostock Catalytic Institute became a state research institute for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after the AdW was closed. From 1992 to 1997 the Max Planck Society made a significant contribution to the stabilization and modernization of the facility by setting up two working groups - “Complex Catalysis” and “Asymmetrical Catalysis” - at the Rostock Institute. Professor Matthias Beller has headed the Rostock Catalytic Institute since mid-1998 . After a very positive evaluation of the research work by the Science Council, the admission of the Institute for Organic Catalysis Research (IfOK) to the Leibniz Association on January 1, 2003 was an expression of a successful development.
The Leibniz Institute for Catalysis was registered on December 6, 2005. V. at the University of Rostock (LIKAT Rostock) at the Rostock District Court, the merger of IfOK and ACA became legally binding (retroactively from July 1, 2005).
organization
LIKAT is a research institute of the Leibniz Association . As an affiliated institute of the University of Rostock , LIKAT has the legal form of a registered association with the organs of the general assembly, board of trustees and scientific advisory board. It is an organizationally and legally independent research institute with around 300 employees and guests.
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Coordinates: 54 ° 4 ′ 43 " N , 12 ° 6 ′ 41.7" E