Current projects
HydridVault
Jan 2026 – Feb 2027Portable metal hydride demonstrator
A portable metal hydride demonstrator tank for safe, low-pressure hydrogen storage.
Principal Investigator · BMBF (Germany) / MBIE (New Zealand)
GreenH2Metals
Apr 2024 – Mar 2027Sustainable, circular metal alloys for the efficient and safe storage of hydrogen in stationary applications.
Principal Investigator · BMBF (Germany) · 1.5 M€
He Honoka Hauwai
Oct 2021 – Sep 2026German-NZ Green Hydrogen Centre
Bilateral German-New Zealand research centre for green hydrogen, jointly run by Hereon and the University of Otago.
Co-Leader · BMBF (Germany) / MBIE (New Zealand) · 760 k€
NZMat4H2Sto
Sep 2022 – Oct 2025TiFe from NZ Resources
Generating hydrogen storage materials from New Zealand ilmenite and iron sand resources.
Coordinator · BMBF (Germany) · 400 k€ · grant 03SF0691
Funding
Third-party funding and fellowships acquired, 2.9 M€ in total.
Sustainable TiFe Generation from Secondary Sources
BMBF (Germany) · Federal funding · Principal Investigator
3 years
HIDA Visiting Researcher Grant (with S. Faouri)
Helmholtz Association · Helmholtz Information & Data Science Academy (HIDA) · Host
2 months
HIDA Visiting Researcher Grant (with A. Rowberg)
Helmholtz Association · Helmholtz Information & Data Science Academy (HIDA) · Host
3 months
Generating Hydrogen Storage Materials from New Zealand Resources
BMBF (Germany) · Federal funding · Coordinator
3 years
Establishing a German-New Zealand Research Centre for Green Hydrogen
BMBF (Germany) · Federal funding · Coordinator
5 years
HIDA Visiting Scientist Grant (with M. Selzer)
Helmholtz Association · Helmholtz Information & Data Science Academy (HIDA) · Fellow
3 months
Humboldt Return Fellowship
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation · Feodor Lynen Return Fellowship · Fellow
1 year
Computation of highly accurate interatomic potentials of heavy and superheavy elements
New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (NeSI) · HPC allocation · Principal Investigator
1.5 years
Hochpräzise quantenchemische Simulationen von atomaren und molekularen Phasen unter extremen Bedingungen
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation · Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship · Fellow
2 years