Günther Rupprechter is Professor of Surface and Interface Chemistry at TU Wien (Vienna, Austria). He has been Renowned Overseas Professor of Shanghai University of Engineering Science and Guest Professor at Kasetsart University Bangkok.
Rupprechter is Director of Research of the new Austrian Cluster of Excellence “Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage (MECS)” of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), including 5 Austrian universities/institutions. He is member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, Vice-Chair of the Austrian Catalysis Society and Editorial Board Member of “Catalysis Letters” and “Topics in Catalysis”.
Research interests of Günther Rupprechter are in heterogeneous catalysis and nanomaterials, particularly in situ (operando) spectroscopy/microscopy of model and technological catalysts, applied to studies of the mechanisms and kinetics of processes relevant for energy and environment: hydrogen as clean fuel, methane reforming, CO₂ and olefin hydrogenation, automotive catalysis, sensing and waste remediation.