Prof. Dr. Max Hülsey

Professorship

Catalytic Interfaces for Sustainable Chemical Energy Carriers

Academic Career and Research Areas

Max J. Hülsey (*1993) is interested in the intersection of heterogeneous thermochemical and electrochemical catalysis. Specifically, our group will work on understanding the impact of polarization on reactions without nominal charge transfer as well as the importance of non-Faradaic reactions on net electrochemical conversion reactions. We will leverage fundamental insight to develop more sustainable methods to produce and interconvert chemical feedstock and materials.

Max J. Hülsey (*1993) grew up in Berlin and developed an early interest in the chemistry of biological systems. After high school he moved to Heidelberg University to study Biochemistry and Chemistry. He then obtained a PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Singapore. After a short postdoctoral stint in the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering departments at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Max is excited to join TUM as Rudolf Mößbauer Tenure Track Assistant Professor in 2024.

    Awards

    • Nanyang Assistant Professorship (2024, declined)
    • Schmidt Science Fellowship (2021)
    • Young Scientist Travel Support Prize (2020)
    • SINGA scholarship (2017)
    • Germany Scholarship (2015)

    Thejas S. Wesley,^ Max J. Hülsey,^ Noah Lewis,^ Karl S. Westendorff,^ Ethan Crumlin,* Yuriy Román-Leshkov,* Yogesh Surendranath,*: „Metal nanoparticles supported on a nonconductive oxide undergo pH-dependent spontaneous polarization". Chem. Sci. 2023; 14: 7154-7160.

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    Max J. Hülsey,^ Victor Fung,^ Xudong Hou, Jishan Wu, Ning Yan,*: „Hydrogen spillover and its relation to catalysis: observations on structurally defined single-atom sites”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022; 61: e202208237.

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    Chia Wei Lim,^ Max J. Hülsey,^ Ning Yan,*: „Non-Faradaic Promotion of Ethylene Hydrogenation Under Oscillating Potentials”. JACS Au. 2021; 1: 536-542.

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    Max J. Hülsey, Geng Sun, Philippe Sautet, Ning Yan,*: „Observing single-atom catalytic sites during reactions with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021; 60: 4764-4773.

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    Max J. Hülsey,^ Bin Zhang,^ Zhirui Ma, Hiroyuki Asakura, David N. Do, Wei Chen, Tsunehiro Tanaka, Peng Zhang, Zili Wu, Ning Yan,*: „In situ Spectroscopy-Guided Engineering of Rhodium Single-Atom Catalysts for CO Oxidation”. Nat. Commun. 2019; 10: 1330.

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