Design and development of a modular high throughput sample environment for chemical hydrogen storage investigations under realistic conditions, Design, optimization, and testing of sample environment for reactors in serial production for operando studies, Operando investigation of catalyst structures using high energy X-ray methods (scattering, spectroscopy, imaging) using in-house- and synchrotron beamlines, Operando studies for the investigation of relationships between catalyst structure and morphology with its performance (reactivity, selectivity, efficiency) and degradation under realistic long term deployment conditions, Coordination and execution of synchrotron beam times, Collaboration with other groups, in particular at INW, Extended visits to synchrotron facilities (DESY, ESRF), Participation in international conferences (including presenting your research results), Preparation of scientific publications and project reports, Supervision of PhD students and other students, Support in establishing the institute, Writing of third-party funding grants and support thereof