Dr.-Ing. Marion Börnhorst received the Hanns Hofmann Prize 2026 for her outstanding achievements in the field
of multiscale modelling of catalytic multiphase reactors. The prize is endowed with 1000 €.
Marion Börnhorst is an outstanding young scientist in the field of chemical reaction engineering. She is distinguished by her excellent research and teaching, impressive academic achievements, including a doctorate summa cum laude, and the successful acquisition of significant third-party fundings. As the leader of her own research group at TU Dortmund, she is shaping future-oriented topics such as emission control and chemical energy storage. Her research makes a significant contribution to developing key technologies not only for the energy transition, but also for the raw materials transition in the chemical industry. Her strong commitment to the scientific community and her role as a model for balancing a scientific career and family life complete her profile, making her the ideal recipient of the Hanns Hofmann Award 2026.
For his excellent oral presentation the Young Talent Award was awarded to Hannes Stagge, Ulm University, for his lecture on the topic "Bayesian Machine Learning in Reaction Engineering – Quantifying Uncertainty in Chemical Kinetics". The prize is endowed with a prize money of €500 and the reimbursement of the conference fee.
The Young Talent Award is sponsored by 
"Investigation of different GDE and reactor designs for an effective electrocatalytic reduction of molecular nitrogen on boron-doped diamond"
Janina Dowideit1, G. Zuliani2, M. Glowacki3, J. Ackermann3, E. Klemm1, A. Krueger3, M. Risch2
1University of Stuttgart, Institute of Technical Chemistry; 2Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin; 3University of Stuttgart, Institute of Organic Chemistry
"Hydrophobic carbon-encapsulated ZrO2-supported Ni-based catalyst for enhanced CO2 methanation"
Feng Chen1, Halachew Mebrahtu2, Regina Palkovits2
1RWTH Aachen University, 2RWTH Aachen University and Forschungszentrum Jülich
"Adding Dimension – A Spatially Resolved Model for Dynamic Operation of Industrial Scale Alkaline Water Electrolyzers"
Lavrans F. Söffker1, Lorenz T. Biegler2, Jens Bremer1, Thomas Turek1;
1Clausthal University of Technology, Clausthal-Zellerfeld/D; 2Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh/US
"Enhancing Liquid Holdup of LOHC Dehydrogenation Reactors"
Daniel Strohmeier1 ,Frank Barthel2, Michael Alders3, Uwe Hampel4, Peter Wasserscheid5
1Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute for a Sustainable Hydrogen Economy; 2Institute of Fluid Dynamics – Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden; 3Institute for a Sustainable Hydrogen Economy – Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich; 4Institute of Fluid Dynamics – Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden and Institute of Power Engineering – Technische Universität Dresden,
Dresden; 5Institute for a Sustainable Hydrogen Economy, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH and Helmholtz-Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy and Lehrstuhl für Chemische Reaktionstechnik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
The attendees of the conference voted for their favourite posters via the event app. The following poster authors won the CIT Poster Award:
"Coupled Biocatalytic Cycles for Process Control and Intensification – An Enzyme Love Story"
Lisa Sommer1,2, C. Fischer1, K. Hofmann1, I. Pottratz1, C. Hamel1,2
1Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Koethen/D; 2Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg/D
"Mitigating Gas Crossover in Alkaline Water Electrolysis via a Hybrid Cell Setup employing a Nickel-based Gas Diffusion Electrode"
Lars Sanderbrandes, Jan Witte, Thomas Turek;
Clausthal University of Technology, Institute of Chemical and Electrochemical Process Engineering, Clausthal-Zellerfeld/D
"Extending the Periodic Transient Kinetics Method by spectroscopic techniques to resolve Surface Reaction Intermediates"
Alexander Zirn, Ulm University/D
"Characterization of radial flow dynamics in gyroid structures: A case study of the SCR reaction"
Lena Bierhaus, Caroline Bodin, Hannsjörg Freund, Marion Börnhorst;
TU Dortmund University, Institute of Reaction Engineering and Catalysis, Dortmund/D
The CIT Poster Awards are sponsored by 
