Prof. Dr. Julia Kunze-Liebhäuser
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Chem. Dr.
Julia Kunze-Liebhäuser
h-index: 39, > 95 publications
Personal Data
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Nationality
December 29th, 1974
Neuss am Rhein, Germany
German
Career History
2014 to date
Full Professor for Materials- and Electrochemistry and Head of the Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Austria
2009-2012
Habilitation and Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study IAS, Technische Universität München, Germany
2004-2009
Senior Scientist (Materials Science & Engineering), University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
2003-2004
Post-Doctorate with J. Lipkowski (Physical Chemistry & Electrochemistry), University of Guelph, Canada
2002-2003
Post-Doctorate with H.-H. Strehblow and G. Staikov (Institute for Physical Chemistry & Electrochemistry), University of Düsseldorf, Germany
2000-2002
Ph.D. thesis with H.-H. Strehblow (Institute for Physical Chemistry & Electrochemistry), University of Düsseldorf, Germany and P. Marcus (École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris ENSCP) Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie des Surfaces, France
Main Research Areas and Recognition
Research Interests:
The research focus is the investigation of the solid/liquid interface under reaction conditions; earlier in corrosion science, now in energy conversion and storage, such as electrocatalysis and (ion) battery research. Electrode materials range from single crystalline metal and bimetallic surfaces to compound materials, such as transition metal carbides and oxides that can have planar or nanostructured morphologies. Through the combination of electrochemistry with mainly in-situ analytics, such as electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy (EC-STM), electrochemical IR spectroscopy (EC IRRAS), differential electrochemical mass spectrometry (DEMS), and electrochemical near ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (EC-XPS), electrocatalytic activity can be related to the morphology and structure of electrodes, the nature of intermediates and products (online detection) and the chemistry at the interface.
As head of the Institute of Physical Chemistry, I encourage collaboration between the different multi-disciplinary groups. We collaborate with leading theory groups in the field, where expansion towards electrochemistry advances both experimental and theory approaches.
Additional Research Achievements
Invited Speaker
> 57 Invited talks at conferences/colloquia, including > 5 keynote, 1 plenary talk
2014
Heisenberg Professorship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), declined due to offer from the University of Innsbruck
2009
2004
2004
Junior Fellow of the TU Munich Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)
Marie-Curie International Outgoing Fellowship, declined
Hans-Jürgen Engell Prize of the Int. Society of Electrochemistry (ISE)
Funded Research Projects
2019-2021
2018-2020
2016-2019
FFG project (infrastructure): ambient pressure XPS purchase/ development.
FWF int. project: Transition Metal Carbides for Electrochem. CO2 Reduction.
FWF project: All-organic Na-ion battery based on conjugated carbonyl compounds (project leader: Dr. E. Portenkirchner).
Editorial and Reviewer Activities
Member of the Science Board of CEST Kompetenzzentrum für elektrochemische Oberflächentechnologie GmbH
Editorial Advisory Board Member of Electrochemical Science Advances (ELSA) (since 2020) and the Journal of Electroanalytical Cemistry (since 2021).
Member of the Kuratorium of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (since 2019).
Member of review panels for funding agencies (DFG, AvH), and journals (Nature, ACS Nano, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Electrochimica Acta.
Personal life
One daughter (11 years old)
Leisure activities: skiing, ski touring, climbing, mountaineering/hiking, running