Prof. Dr. Michael Fröba

• Nanoporous materials for energy storage
  • gas storage (hydrogen, methane, carbon dioxide)
  • lithium-based batteries (Li-ion, Lithium/Sulfur and Lithium/Oxygen)
  • thermal energy storage (water adsorption and hydration/dehydration of salts)
• Nanoporous/-structured hybrid materials for sorption, separation, sensors and catalysis

1962
Born in Lübeck, Germany
1982 - 1989
Studies of Chemistry at the Universities of Würzburg and Hamburg, Germany
1989
Diploma in Chemistry (Topic: Investigations of the mosaic structure of graphite and several graphite intercalation compounds) with Professor Dr. W. Metz
1993
Dr. rer. nat. ("summa cum laude") at the University of Hamburg (Topic: Theoretical and experimental investigations of the structure of graphite intercalation compounds using X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopy) with Professor Dr. W. Metz
1994 - 1996
Feodor Lynen postdoctoral fellowship (AvH Foundation) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA, USA (Dr. Joe Wong)
1996 - 2000
Habilitation for Inorganic Chemistry at the Institute of Inorganic and Applied Chemistry, University of Hamburg (Topic: Mesostructured Materials: Synthesis and Characterization)
2000 - 2001
Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry (C3) at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
2001 - 2007
Full Professor of Inorganic Chemistry (C4) at Justus-Liebig-University Gießen
Since July 2007
Full Professor of Inorganic Chemistry (W3) at the University of Hamburg

1989 - 1991
Fellowship of the Freie and Hansestadt Hamburg
1994 - 1996
Feodor-Lynen Research Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH)
1998 - 2000
Habilitation Fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

2002 - 2005
President of the Giessener GDCh section
2004 - 2008
Member of the Executive Board of the GDCh-section "radio analysis and analysis with high energy radiation sources"
2005 - 2008
Member of the HASYLAB User Commitee (HUC)
2005 - 2010
President of the German Zeolite Association (DECHEMA-Fachsektion "Zeolithe")
2006 - 2010
Council member of the International Mesostructured Materials Association (IMMA)
2008 - 2010
Vice President of the International Mesostructured Materials Association (IMMA)
2008 - 2011
Coordinator of the DFG Interdisciplinary Graduate School 611 Design and Characterization of Functional Materials
2008 - 2012
Review Board Member (Fachkollegium Festkörper- und Oberflächenchemie, Materialsynthese) of the German Science Foundation (DFG)"
2009 - 2012
Member of the Photon Science Committee DESY
since 2008
Appointee for Energy Research at the University of Hamburg>
since 2008
Peer Review Panel Member of the European Research Council (ERC)
since 2011
Board Member of the Division Applied Inorganic Chemistry at ProcessNet (Dechema)
since 2012
Board Member of the Hamburg Hydrogen Society 
since 2014
Board Member of the Association for the Promotion of the Renewable Energy Hamburg Cluster
since 2014
Elected Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg