Burning for Science! A Guest lecture on the occasion of International Women's Day

About the seminar

Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus, a pioneer in the field of combustion, will present selected examples of current research in the field of combustion chemistry and give some reflections on important elements and prerequisites for a scientific career.
She will give selected insights into her own career from student to professor, mother, educator and mentor and answer questions from the audience. In this context, she will also read some passages from her book 'Burning for Science – A Woman in a Technical Field', which was recently published under the auspices of the German Chemical Society in the series Lives in Chemistry (l-i-c.org).

About Prof. Dr. Kohse-Höinghaus

Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus is a Senior Professor of Physical Chemistry at Bielefeld University, Germany, with a profile combining chemistry, physics, and engineering to study high-temperature processes. Research periods, guest and honorary professorships brought her to institutions in Europe, USA and Asia. She was honored with prestigious awards and lectureships, including the German Cross of the Order of Merit, the Giulio Natta Medal in Chemical Engineering, the Walther Nernst Medal in Physical Chemistry, and the Alfred Egerton Gold Medal for Combustion Science. She is a Fellow of several societies and received awards for international scientific cooperation by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the People's Republic of China. She is a member of six academies, including the German National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, the European Academy of Sciences, and CAS as a Foreign Member. She was President of the Bunsen Society and of the Combustion Institute. Also, she served in numerous academic functions, including the German Council of Sciences and the Humanities, the International Advisory Board of the Humboldt Foundation, and the Senates of the German Research Foundation and the Helmholtz Association. She is also a pioneer of hands-on science activities for schools.