Max Planck Institute for Coal Research

Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
AbbreviationMPI KoFo
PredecessorKaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research
Formation1912 (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.

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