NOMATEN HYBRID-SEMINAR February 25: Spectroscopy for Sustainability: The Role of FTIR in Green Technologies

Date
2026-02-25, 11:00

NOMATEN HYBRID-SEMINAR

online: https://meet.goto.com/NCBJmeetings/nomaten-seminar
In-person: NOMATEN seminar room (102)

Wednesday, FEBRUARY 25th  2026 11:00 AM (CET)

Spectroscopy for Sustainability: The Role of FTIR in Green Technologies

Karolina Haupa, PhD
Bruker Optics GmbH & Co. KG

 

Abstract:

How can infrared spectra help make technologies more sustainable? In this lunch-and-learn session, you’ll see how FTIR spectroscopy connects molecular structure with real-world performance in green technologies. Using practical examples, the talk shows how FTIR is applied in catalysis, battery research, and hydrogen storage, and how spectral information translates into thermal properties such as emissivity—relevant for solar-thermal materials and passive radiative cooling. 

You’ll also learn how FTIR supports environmental and sustainability challenges, including biofuel analysis, greenhouse-gas and VOC monitoring, micro- and nanoplastic identification, and soil analysis for sustainable agriculture. 

What you’ll take away: 

  • What FTIR can (and cannot) tell you about sustainable materials
  • How emissivity and radiative behavior are derived from IR spectra
  • Which FTIR methods work best for real, complex samples
  • Why FTIR remains a key tool for green technologies and environmental analysis 
     

Bio:

Dr Karolina Haupa (PhD) is a physical and theoretical chemist with a strong interest in molecular spectroscopy. She is currently Application Development Manager – Business Area Science at Bruker Optics GmbH & Co. KG, supporting scientists in the effective use of advanced spectroscopic tools. Her interests include IR and Raman spectroscopy, laser-based and time-resolved spectroscopic techniques, and quantum-chemical modelling, with experience spanning both fundamental studies and applied FTIR instrumentation.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/karolina-a-haupa/ 

 

 

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This project has received funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under grant agreement No 857470 and from European Regional Development Fund
via Foundation for Polish Science International Research Agenda PLUS programme grant
No MAB PLUS/2018/8.
Poland
The project is co-financed from the state budget within the framework of the undertaking of the Minister of Science and Higher Education "Support for the activities of Centers of Excellence established under Horizon 2020".

Grant: 5 143 237,70 EUR
Total value: 29 971 365,00 EUR
Date of signing the funding agreement: December 2023

The purpose of the undertaking is to support entities of the higher education and science system that have received funding from the European Union budget in the competition H2020-WIDESPREAD-2018-2020/WIDESPREAD-01-2018-2019: Teaming Phase 2. in the preparation, implementation and updating of activities, maintenance of material resources necessary for carrying out activities, acquisition and modernization of scientific and research apparatus, maintenance and development of personnel potential necessary for the implementation of activities, and dissemination of the results of scientific activities.