Research Statement
Bettina Lotsch studied Chemistry at the Ludwig Maximilian University Munich and the University of Oxford and received her PhD from LMU Munich in 2006. After a postdoctoral stay at the University of Toronto as a Feodor-Lynen fellow, she was appointed associate professor of at LMU Munich in 2009. Since 2011 she is also head of a research group at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart. Her research deals with materials synthesis borderline between materials science, solid-state chemistry, and nanochemistry. Focal points include �smart� photonic crystals for optical sensing and multifunctional and hierarchically porous frameworks for catalysis and energy transduction, as well as the development of new materials for photochemical energy conversion. A central theme is the exploration of soft chemistry routes towards two-dimensional materials and their use as building blocks for the rational synthesis of multifunctional 3D heterostructures.
