Jens Nørskov

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The research interests in the Nørskov group are focused on the development of electronic structure methods to describe interface phenomena including adsorption, surface chemical reactions, heterogeneous catalysis, electro-catalysis and photo-catalysis. The aim is to develop concepts to understand which surface properties, electronic and geometrical, determine their chemical activity. An additional aim is to use the insight in combination with large-scale computations to design new catalytic surfaces and nano-structures. Applications are primarily in energy transformations including (photo-) electrochemical water splitting, CO2 reduction, N2 reduction, and syngas reactions.

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  • Dr. Honoris Causa, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2012
  • The Giuseppe Parravano Award,  2011
  • The Alwin Mittasch Award, 2009
  • The Gerhard Ertl Lecture Award, 2009
  • The Gabor A. Somorjai Award, ACS 2009
  • The Kenneth S. Pitzer Memorial Lectureship, University of California, Berkeley, 2009
  • The Science of Hydrogen and Energy Award, EMPA, Switzerland, 2009
  • The Grundfos Prize, Copenhagen, 2007
  • The Olaf A. Hougen Visiting Professorship, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2007
  • The Mulliken Medal, University of Chicago, Illinois, 2007
  • Dr. Honoris Causa, Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 2006
  • The Innovation Prize, DTU, 2005
  • The Magister Lectureship, University of Barcelona, Spain, April 2005
  • The Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2003
  • The Richard A. Glenn Award, ACS , 2003
  • The G.C.A. Schuit Lectureship, University of Delaware, 2002
  • The Elected member of the Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters, 1996
  • The Villum Kann Rasmussens Award, 1991
  • The The Danish Physical Society's Prize of 1990
  • The Samuel Friedman (Rescue) Award, University of California Los Angeles, 1989
  • The Reinholdt W. Jorch's Award, 1987
  • Elected member of the Danish Academy of Engineering (ATV), 1987
  • The ECOSS prize, Cambridge, UK 1979
Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters; Danish Academy of Engineering (ATV)