Kai receives the guest professorship “la chaire TOTAL de la Fondation Ballard” at the University of Montpellier, France.

December 2015. The Fondation Ballard was established to enhance higher education and academic cooperation in Chemistry in southern France. The guest professorship “La chaire TOTAL de la Fondation Ballard” was created with financial support of TOTAL, to invite “internationally renowned scientists from outside France to perform research and teaching and to establish future exchanges and collaborations between the invited professor and host university.”

Kai is one of this year’s laureates to visit the Institute Charles Gerhardt at the University of Montpellier, France in December 2015. This institute is a flagship institution of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) particularly active in macro/supra-molecular chemistry, self-organization, hybrid materials and fundamental electrochemistry.