Patrik Schmuki#
| Membership Number: | 7416 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ENGINEERING |
| Affiliated section(s): | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
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| ORCID: | 0000-0002-9208-5771 |
| Publication Link: | https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7005779145 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 10/2000 - present Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, Full professor (C4), Dept. Materials Science, Chair for Surface Science and Corrosion
- 1997 - 2000 EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland, "Maitre d'enseignement et de recherche" for Microstructuring of Materials, Dept. of Materials Science
- 1995 - 1997 National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Canada, Researcher, Institute for Microstructural Sciences
- 1994 - 1995 Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY (USA), Researcher, Materials Science Division
- 1992 – 1994 ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Senior researcher, Institute of Materials Chemistry and Corrosion
- 1988 – 1992 ETH Zurich, Switzerland, PhD candidate and scientific assistant, Institute of Materials Chemistry and Corrosion
Fields of Scholarship
- Corrosion science
- Photocatalysis
- Thin-film science
- Electrochemistry
- Nanostructured materials
- Surface spectroscopy
- Energy materials
- Anodic self-organization
- Semiconductor electrochemistry
- Single-atom catalysis
Honours and Awards
- 2023 Heinz Gerischer Award, Electrochemical Society
- 2022 CZ-EXPRO Grant (1.5 M€)
- 2020 Giulio Natta Award, Politecnico di Milano
- 2013 ERC Advanced Investigator Grant (2.5 M€)
- 2013 Fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry
- 2012 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- 2011 H.H. Uhlig Award, Electrochemical Society
- 2010 Reinhard Koselleck Grant, DFG (1.5 M€)
- 2008 Volta Award, Electrochemical Society
- 2008 Fellow of the Electrochemical Society
- 2005 H.H. Uhlig Award, NACE



