!!Detlef Werner Bahnemann - Biography
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Prof. Dr. Detlef W. Bahnemann was Head of the Photocatalysis and Nanotechnology Research Unit at the Institute of Technical Chemistry, Leibniz University of Hannover (Germany), until his retirement at the end of 2021. Now he is Director of the Joint International Center for Nature Inspired Carbon Neutrality Solutions at St. Petersburg State University (Russian Federation) and Distinguished Professor at Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi’an (Peoples Republic of China). He is author of more than 600 publications in refereed journals and in books and more than 100 other publications with a current Hirsch-Factor (h-Index) of 106 (papers have been cited more than 66,000 times altogether) according to Scopus and Web of Science. According to Google Scholar Citations Prof. Bahnemann is a Highly Cited Author with his current Hirsch-Factor (h-Index) being 121, whose papers have been cited more than 86,000 times altogether.  He has presented more than 500 lectures at scientific meetings, in various universities, research institutes and at industrial research and development centres (approx. 50% invited keynote and plenary lectures). Prof. Bahnemann is editor of 7 Scientific Books.\\
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Amongst other honors, he received an Honorary Professorship at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen/Scotland (United Kingdom), an Erudite Professorship, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam (India), a Guest Professorship at the Tianjin University in Tianjin (China), and an Honorary Professorship at Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science (China). Prof. Bahnemann is DeTao Master of Photocatalysis, Nanomaterials and Energy Applications (China), Visiting Professor under Academic Icon Programme to the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University Malaya in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Visiting Research Professor in the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queens University Belfast (United Kingdom), and Visiting Professor in the Chemistry Department, College of Science, University of Dammam (Saudi Arabia). In 2017	Dr. Bahnemann received the Medal "To the Memory of Academician N. M. Emanuel" presented by the Russian Academy of Sciences and M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russian Federation). Currently, he is Visiting Scholar in the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queens University Belfast (United Kingdom), Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC) and Member of the Academia Europaea (AE).\\
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Prof. Dr. Detlef W. Bahnemann is Associate Editor of the Journal Catalysis Letters, Associate Editor of the Journal Photochem, Section Editor-in-Chief “Photocatalysis” of the Journal Catalysts, Executive Editorial Board Member of the Journal J Phys Energy, as well as Member of the Editorial Board of several other journals.\\ \\