Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

The goal of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry is an integral scientific understanding of chemical processes in the Earth System from molecular to global scales. Current research at institute aims at an integral understanding of chemical processes in the Earth system, particularly in the atmosphere and biosphere. Investigations address a wide range of interactions between air, water, soil, life and climate in the course of Earth history up to today´s human-driven epoch, the Anthropocene. Currently, the institute employs some 300 staff in four departments and additional research groups. In honor of the former director and president of the Max Planck Society, the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry also carries the epithet Otto Hahn Institute. It was founded in 1912 as the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry in Berlin, and it was relocated to Mainz in 1949.