Roger Gläser received his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from the University of Stuttgart, German, in 1997. After a research stay at the School of Chemical Engineering of Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA, he returned to University of Stuttgart and completed his habilitation in Chemical Technology in January 2007. Since August 2007, he is a Full Professor for Chemical Technology at the Institute of Chemical Technology of Leipzig University. He was Chairman of the Commission of the German Catalysis Society, Chairman of the German Zeolite Association, Treasurer of the Federation of European Zeolite Associations and served as an appointed member of the Ombuds Committee for Research Integrity in Germany, of the Review Board of the German Research Foundation and as Vice Rector for Talent Development of his University. Currently, he is the president of the International Zeolite Association.

Roger’s research interests include the preparation and characterization of novel catalysts with defined nanoporosity as well as supported metal and photocatalysts. Besides the utilization of renewable resources such as solar energy, carbon dioxide or biomass for conversion to fuels and chemicals, photocatalysis and diffusion in heterogeneous catalysis represent major fields of his activity.