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GS-EES transitions into the EES Academy
As of 2026 and with the beginning of the new funding period of the Cluster of Excellence POLiS, the GS-EES will transition into an EES Academy. This EES Academy will not only continue all aspects…
Sparkassen Environmental Award 2025 for Dr. Johanna Naumann
The Environmental Foundation (Umweltstiftung) of Sparkasse Karlsruhe and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) are awarding Dr. Johanna Naumann the Sparkassen Environmental Award (Sparkassen…
Jürgen Janek Highly Cited Researcher
Our designated spokesperson Prof. Jürgen Janek from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is once again among the “Highly Cited Researchers” in 2025, making him one of the world's most…
Research meets practice: POLiS scientists visit InnovationLab
Researchers from POLiS were able to experience firsthand how scientific ideas become market-ready technologies during a visit to InnovationLab GmbH Heidelberg. The exchange focused on technology…
Maximilian Fichtner receives Dr. Barbara Mez-Starck Prize
Battery researcher Prof. Dr. Maximilian Fichtner, spokesperson for the POLiS Cluster of Excellence, has been awarded the international Dr. Barbara Mez-Starck Prize 2025. The award ceremony took place…
ELLIPSE Conference 2025
The ELLIPSE 2025 Conference (Electrolytes and Interfaces in Post-Li Batteries) brought together over 120 leading scientists and industry experts for two days of intense discussion and collaboration on…
POLiS at the 76th ISE Annual Meeting in Mainz
POLiS is making a strong impression at the 76th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE), held this week in Mainz. The event brings together leading researchers and…
International Excellence Fellowship of KIT granted to Prof. Dr. Schmid
Prof. Dr. Siegbert Schmid has been granted the International Excellence Fellowship of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
POLiS Conclave 2025
The annual POLiS Conclave took place from June 23 to 23, 2025 in the heart of Karlsruhe. Around 130 scientists from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Ulm University and Justus Liebig University…
Exploring Battery Innovation – Visit to ZSW in Ulm
Around 25 researchers from the POLiS Cluster of Excellence and the Graduate School Electrochemical Energy Storage (GS-EES) had the great opportunity to visit the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen…
First POLiS Open Day in Ulm
A successful first “POLiS Open Day” at the Shared Facility in Ulm. The Shared Facility in Ulm combines physics and chemistry laboratories specialized for research in the field of energy storage and…
Hannover Messe 2025
Also in 2025, the Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage Ulm & Karlsruhe (CELEST) participated at Hannover Messe as co-exhibitor at the Baden-Württemberg Pavilion in the Energy for Industry area…