Rate My Professor Merit Bodner

Merit Bodner serves as Assistant Professor at the Institute of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology at Technische Universität Graz, where she heads the Bodner Group. The group conducts research on the conversion of chemical energy into electrical energy and vice versa, prioritizing high efficiency and zero emissions in low- and high-temperature polymer electrolyte fuel cells and electrolysers. Key research areas include the trade-offs between performance, material use, and durability, as well as fundamental mechanistic interactions between materials and operating conditions for real-world applications in electrochemical energy converters.

Bodner holds the academic titles Ass.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. BSc. She has received the Hydrogen Europe Research Young Scientist Award in 2022, the Award of Excellence in 2017, and the Förderpreis in 2013. Her work encompasses numerous research projects and publications addressing topics such as catalyst layer architectures, sulphur-depolarized electrolysis, membrane degradation, humidity effects in fuel cells, PFAS challenges in hydrogen technologies, and alternative hydrogen production processes. She participates in conferences, workshops, and invited talks on hydrogen systems and fuel cell technologies.