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I am motivated by a supportive work environment and an enjoyable day-to-day routine. I really enjoy the scientific and educational component of my job and try to focus on tasks that are fun, I consider meaningful, or that just seem to be the right thing to do. It's amazing to work with so many different students and scientists from all over the world who are connected via the universal language of chemistry. Seeing them develop and pursuing their careers is very rewarding.

I believe that we are now coming close to constructing integrated solar chemistry devices that have real advantages over conventional photovoltaic-electrolyser technologies. Such an achievement would massively accelerate the momentum of our research field as engineers, entrepreneurs and companies would join to explore the opportunities provided by a novel chemical technology.

I am excited by the central role chemistry will play in moving from a petrochemical to a sustainable chemical industry. While excellent progress has been made in producing renewable electricity, there is a lack of technologies to make sustainable fuels and chemicals. Chemists hold a unique skill set to address this challenge, providing us with the opportunity and responsibility to make decisive contributions to reach global net zero goals.

A long-standing strength of my team has been our commitment to collaborative and cross-disciplinary science with chemists, physicists, materials and nano-scientists, chemical biologists, synthetic biologists, engineers and entrepreneurs from all over the world working together in our laboratory. This diverse set of expertise, skill set and approaches has enabled us to come up with novel concepts that have recently resulted in the successful assembly of prototype solar chemistry devices.