Radim Beránek studied chemistry at the Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague (Czech Republic), and obtained his PhD in inorganic chemistry at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in 2007. Before moving to Ulm he has been junior professor and head of Photoactive Materials Group in the Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2010 – 2015). His research interests combine aspects of synthetic chemistry with aspects of physico-chemical (photoelectrochemical and spectroscopic) characterization and utilization of novel materials as building blocks for functional photochemical architectures and devices for energy and environmental applications. Currently pursued research topics include:
- Solar water splitting
- Selective photocatalytic synthetic reactions
- Photocatalytic degradation of harmful pollutants in water and air
- Mechanistic investigations of photo(electro)catalytic reactions
Radim Beránek received the Research Award for Young European Scientists of The European Society for Quantum Solar Energy Conversion for the best dissertation in the field of quantum solar energy conversion (2008). He has been visiting lecturer at the University College London, UK (May-June 2014), and recently he has coordinated the EU funded international collaborative project 4G-PHOTOCAT (2013-2015).