Dr. Jozef Lengyel

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsKinetics and Catalysis,Spectroscopy
Keywordsheterogeneous catalysis, solvent effects, tantalum clusters, size-specific cluster reactivity, bond activation
Honours and awards

2020: Emmy-Noether Fellowship of the German Research Foundation

2018: Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship

2016: Lise-Meitner Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Austrian Science Fund

2015: American Physical Society; DCP Doctoral Thesis Award (runner-up)

2014: Gordon F. Kirkbright Bursary Award

2014: Journal of Mass Spectrometry Award

2013: Emil Votoček Scholarship for Exceptional Ph.D. students (3x: 2013,2014,2015)

2012: Award of Spectroscopic Society of J. M. Marci (2nd prize)

2011: Dean Prize for Outstanding Master Study, TU Bratislava

2009: Dean Prize for Outstanding Undergraduate Study, TU Bratislava

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityGarching
InstitutionTechnische Universität München
InstituteLehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Ulrich HeizLehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie, Technische Universität München, Garching
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2018

Programme(s)

2017Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2023J. Lengyel, N. Levin, M. Ončák, K. Jakob, M. Tschurl, U. Heiz: Direct coupling of methane and carbon dioxide on tantalum cluster cations. In: Chemistry A European Journal, 29, 2023, e202203259
2022N. Levin, J. T. Margraf, J. Lengyel, K. Reuter, M. Tschurl, U. Heiz: CO2-Activation by size-selected tantalum cluster cations (Ta1–16+): thermalization governing reaction selectivity. In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24, 2022, 2623-2629
2021J. Lengyel, A. Pysanenko, P. Swiderek, U. Heiz, M. Fárník, J. Fedor: Water-Assisted Electron-Induced Chemistry of the Nanofabrication Precursor Iron Pentacarbonyl. In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 125, 2021, 1919-1926
2020J. Lengyel, N. Levin, F. J. Wensink, O. V. Lushchikova, R. N. Barnett, U. Landman, U. Heiz, J. M. Bakker, M. Tschurl: Carbide Dihydrides: Carbonaceous Species Identified in Ta4+ Mediated Methane Dehydrogenation. In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59, 2020, 23631-23635
2020N. Levin, J. Lengyel, J. F. Eckhard, M. Tschurl, U. Heiz: Catalytic Non-Oxidative Coupling of Methane on Ta8O2+. In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142, 2020, 5862-5869