Prof. Dr habil. Rudolf Holze Lecture: Spectroelectrochemistry

Prof. Dr habil. Rudolf Holze
Lecture: Spectroelectrochemistry - Molecular probes at electrochemical interfaces.
27 Mai 2013, time 12.00 Faculty of Chemistry, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznañ Umultowska 89b
Prof. Dr habil. Rudolf Holze (14.11.1954 in Hildesheim) is full professor of Physical Chemistry
and Electrochemistry at Chemnitz University of Technology since 1993. He finished his studies of
chemistry at Bonn University (1979) with a diploma thesis on new cathode materials for lithium
batteries. His doctoral thesis (1983) focused on impedance measurements at porous electrodes for
energy conversion systems. As a postdoctoral fellow (1983/1984) at Case Western Reserve
University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, he studied transition metal complexes as electrocatalysts for fuel
cells. At the University of Oldenburg, Germany, he completed his Habilitation on methods for
spectroelectrochemistry (1989).
Research interests of Prof. Holze include electrochemistry and spectroelectrochemistry (in situInfrared- and Raman spectroscopy at electrode surfaces), structure and dynamics of electrified
interfaces, electrochemical systems for energy conversion and storage, advanced lithium ion
batteries and electrochemical materials science, among other: intrinsically conducting polymers,
self-assembled monolayers, corrosion of dental alloys. He has published several books and more
than 300 research papers and reviews. Prof. Holze is full member of Academy of Sciences of
Saxony. In editorial boards of various journals and as editor he is actively involved in scientific
communication; this includes organization of conferences and workshops.