Fundamentals (General Issues, Methodology,  Model Compounds)

1. Discovering the Vehicle Mechanism of Proton Conductivity
2. Establishing  NMR in High Magnetic Field Gradients (PFG-NMR, E-NMR) in the Field of Solid State Ionics
3. Pioneering  Molecular Dynamics Simulations in the Field of Solid State Ionics
4. Providing semi-quantitative frameworks for describing proton conduction phenomena
5. Na⁺ Conductors with the NASICON Framework Structure:  Structure, Transport & Thermodynamic Stability
6. Creating the First Unhydrous Perfect Single Proton Conductors: Complete Decoupling of  Proton Diffusion in Heterocyle (e.g. Imidazole) and Phosphonic Acid Based Systems.
7. Unfolding the Complex Relations between  Morphology, Viscoeleastic Properties, Hydration Behavior and (Proton, Water) Transport in  Poly-Electrolytes and Ionomers such as NAFION^®
8. Revealing the Mechanisms of Proton Conduction in Phosphorous Acid based Systems: A Unique Class of Proton Conductors

New Materials for Applications (PEM-Fuel Cells, IT-Fuel Cells, Electrolyzers,  (Flow) Batteries, Electrochemical Reactors)

9. Discovering a Highly Proton Conducting and Stable Oxide: The Case of  Y-doped BaZrO₃
10. Developing Highly Proton Conducting, Hydrolytically Stable Hydrocarbon Membranes Based on Sulfonated Poly-Phenylene-Sulfones.
11. Single Lithium Ion Conductors with very High Conductivity
12. Featuring Stable Quaternized  Ammonium Groups for Ionic Liquids and Anion (OH^-) Exchange Membranes (AEM)