Regina Palkovits

Regina Palkovits is Associate Professor for Nanostructured Catalysts at RWTH Aachen. She studied chemical engineering at the Technical University Dortmund and carried out her Ph.D. in the group of Prof. FerdiSchüth at the Max-Planck-InstitutfürKohlenforschung. After a research stay in the group of Prof. Bert Weckhuysen at UtrechtUniversity, she returned as a group leader to the Max-Planck-InstitutfürKohlenforschung before she became Professor at RWTH Aachen. In 2010, she was awarded the Robert Bosch-Juniorprofessorship for Utilization of Natural Renewable Resources, the Jochen-Block Award of the German Catalysis Society and the Innovation Award of North Rhine-Westphalia. Her current research focuses on the development of solid catalysts and processes for the efficient utilization of renewable and conventional resources.