Innovate and React

Replacing crude oil with local plants to make chemicals  

In this episode of Innovate and React, I welcome my former PhD mentor, Dr. Thomas Seidensticker from TU Dortmund, to explore how oleochemistry can provide a sustainable,

Replacing chemical plants with methanol-eating bacteria

In this episode of Innovate and React, I welcome Dr. Ronja Rappold, co-founder of TENO Bioworks, to explore how microorganisms and synthetic biology can transform alterna

Defying Markovnikov: A New Spin on the Wacker Oxidation

In this episode of Innovate and React, I welcome back Thomas Bouveyron from and TH Köln to explore how we can make conventional petrochemical pathways more sustainable. W

The Perfect Compromise: Unlocking the Future of Green Hydrogen with AEM

In this episode of Innovate and React, I met with Miriam Hesse and Bastian Kaufmann, researchers at the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Center (ZBT) to discuss the rising potentia

Stopping PFAS at the Source: Innovating Industrial Wastewater Treatment

In this episode of Innovate and React, I met with Dr. Rhea Machado, the CEO and co-founder of Porelio, to discuss their solution for removing forever chemicals from our d

Beyond Fertilizer: The Future of Low-Emission Ammonia

In this episode of Innovate and React, I met with Kevin Rouwenhorst, the technology manager at the Ammonia Energy Association, to discuss the future of sustainable ammoni

Scaling Sustainable Chemistry: How Startups Can Transform the Industry

In this episode of Innovate and React, I met with Stefan Weber and Martin Bellof, the founders of Chemstars, to discuss how to overcome common hurdles for founders in the

How innovative coatings are stopping microplastic pollution of the Ocean

In this episode of Innovate and React, I met with Dr. Christina Linke, a co-founder of Clean Ocean Coatings, to discuss how innovative chemistry can solve the pressing is

Why Reversing the Haber-Bosch Process Requires a New Catalyst

In this episode of Innovate and React, I met with Malte Behrens, a professor of inorganic solid-state chemistry at the University of Kiel, to discuss ammonia as a vital c

Safe Hydrogen Storage with Salts: Alternative to Pressure Tanks and Ammonia

In this episode of Innovate and React, host I sit down with Jonas Massa, co-founder of AKROS Energy, to tackle the pressing challenges of hydrogen storage and transportat

How to bring chemical innovations from research to application

In this episode of Innovate and React, i am talking with Dr. Petra Ryl, innovation and talent lead at greenCHEM Berlin. We explore how innovation is transforming the chem

The beginning and challenges of Natural Products in cancer treatments

This episode of Innovate and React explores the fascinating history of natural product research and its pivotal role in developing life-saving cancer treatments. The jour

Turning Methane into Value-Chemicals via Photocatalysis

In this episode we discuss a novel and sustainable approach to converting methane into valuable chemicals. Currently light hydrocarbons like methane are often simply burn

Sustainable Chemistry and Advances in Catalysis

In this episode we discuss sustainable chemistry and the replacement of critical materials like platinum group elements with guest Dr. Soumyadeep Chakrabortty from the Ma

One chemical reaction to feed them all: The synthesis of ammonia

In this episode of Innovate and React, I delve into the groundbreaking discovery of the Haber-Bosch process, which revolutionized agriculture and the chemical industry by

New breakthroughs in oxygen evolution reaction for water electrolysis 

In this episode of Innovate and React, we dive into the world of water electrolysis and how theoretical chemistry can help design better catalysts for clean hydrogen prod

Reducing shipping emissions to thin air using catalysis

In this episode of Innovate and React, we discuss how catalysis can be utilized for water treatment and reducing pollution from shipping. Janek Betting, a PhD researcher

How solid state NMR works and how it helps to understand proteins 

In this episode of Innovate and React  Anne Mayer, a PhD researcher at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, explains how solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrosco

How metal organic complexes can shape your electronic devices

In this episode of Innovate and React, Dr. Leonardo Santoni, a postdoctoral researcher at UCL and a science content creator, shares his insights into the fascinating worl

Fischer-Tropsch: From Waste to Fuel

In this episode of Innovate and React, Theresa Köffler from BEST – Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies in Vienna is talking about how to turn waste into fuel. We explo