Fanny Hiebel

Fanny Hiebel

Postdoctoral Researcher
Fanny Hiebel

Fanny obtained a French-German double degree in physics from Grenoble INP and KIT and earned her doctorate in physics at the Néel Institute (CNRS)/Joseph Fourier University in Grenoble, France.
In the Friend group, she is conducting model system studies on Au(110) in order to gain fundamental knowledge on the mechanisms behind the catalytic oxidation activity of working catalysts such as nanoporous gold. In a single crystal, the structural complexity is reduced and scanning tunnelling microscopy can be used. This technique yields atomically-resolved images of the reactants, products and intermediates on the surface for a specific reaction. Importantly, it can reveal interactions between adsorbates and their ordering, which then affects their reactivity and stability on the surface. Moreover, elucidating the adsorption geometry and eventual adsorbate-induced reconstruction of the surface is essential information for first-principle studies.

Contact Information

Friend Research Group
Harvard University
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
12 Oxford Street, M018
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: 617 495 3331