Dr. Harun Tüysüz received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung in Germany in 2008 and completed his post-doctoral research at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2012, he established the Heterogeneous Catalysis and Sustainable Energy Research Group at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung. He obtained his Habilitation from the Ruhr University Bochum in 2016. He was awarded a competitive ATRAE grant from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities in 2023, listed as the top candidate, and joined IMDEA Materials as a distinguished researcher in September 2024. He has co-authored more than 130 peer-reviewed articles in high-ranking journals with about 9000 citations. He co-edited the book titled “Solar Energy for Fuels”. He is also a member of the International Advisory Board of the journals Angewandte Chemie and ChemSusChem. His research achievements have been recognized with several awards, including the Jochen-Block-Prize in 2016, the DECHEMA Prize in 2019, and the Forcheurs Jean-Marie Lehn Prize in 2020.