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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2017 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For developing concepts and catalysts for activating and functionalizing hydrocarbons and for upgrading fossil and biogenic feedstocks via heteroatom removal.
  • 2016 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2010 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Johannes A. Lercher is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research spans several scientific fields including Chemistry, Engineering, and Materials Science, with a particular focus on inorganic and materials chemistry, as well as catalysis.

The scientist's work covers multiple subfields including:

  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

The main research topics associated with their work are:

  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis
  • Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions

Johannes A. Lercher has published extensively in prominent scientific venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of Catalysis
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Key recent papers include:

  • Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Biomass-Derived Organics: A Review, 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • Low-temperature upcycling of polyolefins into liquid alkanes via tandem cracking-alkylation, 2023, Science
  • Copper-zirconia interfaces in UiO-66 enable selective catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Confinement effects and acid strength in zeolites, 2021, Nature Communications
  • The potential of biofuels from first to fourth generation, 2023, PLoS Biology

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Oliver Y. Gutiérrez (39 publications)
  • Yue Liu (37 publications)
  • Donald M. Camaioni (30 publications)
  • Andreas Jentys (27 publications)
  • Rachit Khare (26 publications)

Johannes A. Lercher has received multiple awards and honors, including:

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2018
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2017, recognized for developing concepts and catalysts for activating and functionalizing hydrocarbons and upgrading fossil and biogenic feedstocks via heteroatom removal
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences, 2016
  • Member of Academia Europaea, 2010

Best Publications

  • Highly Selective Catalytic Conversion of Phenolic Bio‐Oil to Alkanes

    Chen Zhao;Yuan Kou;Angeliki A. Lemonidou;Angeliki A. Lemonidou;Xuebing Li

  • Single-site trinuclear copper oxygen clusters in mordenite for selective conversion of methane to methanol.

    Sebastian Grundner;Monica A.C. Markovits;Guanna Li;Moniek Tromp

  • Aqueous-phase hydrodeoxygenation of bio-derived phenols to cycloalkanes

    Chen Zhao;Jiayue He;Angeliki A. Lemonidou;Xuebing Li

  • Towards Quantitative Catalytic Lignin Depolymerization

    Virginia. M. Roberts;Valentin Stein;Thomas Reiner;Angeliki Lemonidou;Angeliki Lemonidou

  • Infrared studies of the surface acidity of oxides and zeolites using adsorbed probe molecules

    Johannes A. Lercher;Christian Gründling;Gabriele Eder-Mirth

  • Ni-catalyzed cleavage of aryl ethers in the aqueous phase.

    Jiayue He;Chen Zhao;Johannes A. Lercher

  • Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane: Common Principles and Mechanistic Aspects

    Christian A. Gärtner;André C. van Veen;André C. van Veen;Johannes A. Lercher

  • Upgrading Pyrolysis Oil over Ni/HZSM-5 by Cascade Reactions

    Chen Zhao;Johannes A. Lercher

  • Towards quantitative conversion of microalgae oil to diesel-range alkanes with bifunctional catalysts.

    Baoxiang Peng;Yuan Yao;Chen Zhao;Johannes A. Lercher

  • Stabilizing Catalytic Pathways via Redundancy: Selective Reduction of Microalgae Oil to Alkanes

    Baoxiang Peng;Xiaoguo Yuan;Chen Zhao;Johannes A Lercher

  • Coordination modulation induced synthesis of nanoscale Eu(1-x)Tb(x)-metal-organic frameworks for luminescent thin films.

    Hailing Guo;Yongzhong Zhu;Shilun Qiu;Johannes A. Lercher

  • Hydrogen Transfer Pathways during Zeolite Catalyzed Methanol Conversion to Hydrocarbons

    Sebastian Müller;Yue Liu;Felix M. Kirchberger;Markus Tonigold

  • Methane Oxidation to Methanol Catalyzed by Cu-Oxo Clusters Stabilized in NU-1000 Metal-Organic Framework.

    Takaaki Ikuno;Jian Zheng;Aleksei Vjunov;Maricruz Sanchez-Sanchez

  • Coke formation and deactivation pathways on H-ZSM-5 in the conversion of methanol to olefins

    Sebastian Müller;Yue Liu;Muthusamy Vishnuvarthan;Xianyong Sun

  • Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Biomass-Derived Organics: A Review.

    Sneha A. Akhade;Sneha A. Akhade;Nirala Singh;Nirala Singh;Oliver Y. Gutierrez;Juan Lopez-Ruiz

  • Structure sensitivity of the hydrogenation of crotonaldehyde over Pt/SiO2 and Pt/TiO2

    Martin Englisch;Andreas Jentys;Johannes A. Lercher

  • Hydrodeoxygenation of bio-derived phenols to hydrocarbons using RANEY Ni and Nafion/SiO2 catalysts.

    Chen Zhao;Yuan Kou;Angeliki A. Lemonidou;Angeliki A. Lemonidou;Xuebing Li

  • Synergistic effects of Ni and acid sites for hydrogenation and C–O bond cleavage of substituted phenols

    Wenji Song;Yuanshuai Liu;Eszter Baráth;Chen Zhao

  • Catalytic deoxygenation of microalgae oil to green hydrocarbons

    Chen Zhao;Thomas Brück;Johannes A. Lercher;Johannes A. Lercher

  • Selective Hydrodeoxygenation of Lignin-Derived Phenolic Monomers and Dimers to Cycloalkanes on Pd/C and HZSM-5 Catalysts

    Chen Zhao;Johannes A. Lercher

  • Adsorption of water on ZSM 5 zeolites

    Andreas Jentys;Gerhard Warecka;Miroslav Derewinski;Johannes A. Lercher

  • Towards understanding the bifunctional hydrodeoxygenation and aqueous phase reforming of glycerol

    A. Wawrzetz;B. Peng;A. Hrabar;A. Jentys

  • Mono and Bifunctional Pathways of CO2/CH4Reforming over Pt and Rh Based Catalysts☆

    J.H. Bitter;Kulathuiyer Seshan;J.A. Lercher

  • Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane: Common Principles and Mechanistic Aspects

    Christian Gaertner;Andre C. van Veen;Johannes A. Lercher

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Jentys
Andreas Jentys Technical University of Munich
Oliver Y. Gutiérrez
Oliver Y. Gutiérrez Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Kulathuiyer Seshan
Kulathuiyer Seshan University of Twente
Donald M. Camaioni
Donald M. Camaioni Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Thomas Müller
Thomas Müller Ruhr University Bochum
John L. Fulton
John L. Fulton Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Gary L. Haller
Gary L. Haller Yale University
Carsten Sievers
Carsten Sievers Georgia Institute of Technology
Nigel D. Browning
Nigel D. Browning University of Liverpool
Donghai Mei
Donghai Mei Tianjin Polytechnic University

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