Max Planck Institute for Coal Research

Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
AbbreviationMPI KoFo
PredecessorKaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research
Formation1912; 112 years ago (1912)
TypeScientific institute
PurposeResearch on organic and organometallic chemistry, catalysis and theoretical chemistry
HeadquartersMülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Key people
Frank Neese, Managing Director
Tobias Ritter, Director[1]
Benjamin List, Director[1] Ferdi Schüth, Director[1] Alois Fürstner, Director[1]
Parent organization
Max Planck Society
Website(in English) www.kofo.mpg.de/en

The Max Planck Institute for Coal Research (German: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, MPI KoFo) is an institute located in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany specializing in chemical research on catalysis.[2] It is one of the 86 institutes in the Max Planck Society (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft). It was founded in 1912 in Mülheim an der Ruhr as the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Kohlenforschung) to study the chemistry and uses of coal, and became an independent Max Planck Institute in 1949.

  1. ^ a b c d "Board of Directors". Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  2. ^ Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung. "General information". Retrieved March 18, 2015.