CV - Dr. habil. Eszter Baráth


Education

since November 2021

Head-of-Department at Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e. V. LIKAT Rostock

2014 - 2020

Habilitation (venia legendi) at Technische Universität München – Department of Technical Chemistry II (Garching bei München, Germany); Mentor: Prof. Dr. Johannes A. Lercher; Topic: Understanding of catalysis in condensed phase

in 2016 maternity leave

2013

Group Leader in the research team of Prof. Dr. Johannes A. Lercher at Technische Universität München – Department of Technical Chemistry II (Garching bei München, Germany); Topic: Catalytic conversion of biomass to fuels and base chemicals

2010 - 2012

Postdoctoral fellow in the group of Prof. Dr. Peter Hofmann at CaRLa – Catalysis Research Laboratory (founded by the University of Heidelberg and BASF SE) (Heidelberg, Germany); Topic: Bis-hydroformylation of 1,3-butadiene to adipic aldehyde – Synthesis, characterization and application of new bisphosphite ligands in bis-hydroformylation

2009 - 2010

Postdoctoral fellow in the group of Prof. Dr. Régis Réau and Prof. Dr. Muriel Hissler at University of Rennes I (Rennes, France); Topic: Synthesis and investigation of new phosphole derivatives and their platinum(II) and rhenium(I) complexes as potential OLED materials

2004 - 2008

Ph.D. in Chemistry (summa cum laude); Thesis: Application of aminocarbonylation in the synthesis of new steroidal compounds; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rita Skoda-Földes University of Pannonia, Department of Organic Chemistry (Veszprém, Hungary)

1999 - 2004

M.Eng. in Chemical Engineering (excellent), (Accredited by the British Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)); Thesis: Investigation of carbonylation reactions in ionic liquids; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rita Skoda-Földes University of Veszprém, Department of Organic Chemistry (Veszprém, Hungary)