HydridVault
Jan 2026 – Feb 2027Portable metal hydride demonstrator
A portable metal hydride demonstrator tank for safe, low-pressure hydrogen storage.
Principal Investigator · BMBF (Germany) / MBIE (New Zealand)
Current projects
GreenH2Metals
Apr 2024 – Mar 2027Sustainable, circular metal alloys for the efficient and safe storage of hydrogen in stationary applications.
Principal Investigator · BMBF (Germany) · 1.5 M€
SustainabilityTiFeTechno-economicsIn-situ characterization
He Honoka Hauwai
Oct 2021 – Sep 2026German-NZ Green Hydrogen Centre
Bilateral German-New Zealand research centre for green hydrogen, jointly run by Hereon and the University of Otago.
Co-Leader · BMBF (Germany) / MBIE (New Zealand) · 760 k€
New ZealandBilateral collaborationHydrogen productionHydrogen storage
NZMat4H2Sto
Sep 2022 – Oct 2025TiFe from NZ Resources
Generating hydrogen storage materials from New Zealand ilmenite and iron sand resources.
Coordinator · BMBF (Germany) · 400 k€ · grant 03SF0691
TiFeAlternative feedstockIlmeniteDirect reduction
Completed projects
Experimental and computational accelerated metal hydride aging for space applications
Apr 2023 – Oct 2023Atomistic study of metal hydride degradation under the conditions of long-term space operation.
PI · ESA
ExperimentTheoryESAMetal hydrides
Funding
Third-party funding and fellowships acquired, 2.9 M€ in total.
2024
Sustainable TiFe Generation from Secondary Sources
BMBF (Germany) · Federal funding · Principal Investigator
1.5 M€
3 years
3 years
2024
HIDA Visiting Researcher Grant (with S. Faouri)
Helmholtz Association · Helmholtz Information & Data Science Academy (HIDA) · Host
10 k€
2 months
2 months
2023
HIDA Visiting Researcher Grant (with A. Rowberg)
Helmholtz Association · Helmholtz Information & Data Science Academy (HIDA) · Host
15 k€
3 months
3 months
2022
Generating Hydrogen Storage Materials from New Zealand Resources
BMBF (Germany) · Federal funding · Coordinator
400 k€
3 years
3 years
2021
Establishing a German-New Zealand Research Centre for Green Hydrogen
BMBF (Germany) · Federal funding · Coordinator
760 k€
5 years
5 years
2021
HIDA Visiting Scientist Grant (with M. Selzer)
Helmholtz Association · Helmholtz Information & Data Science Academy (HIDA) · Fellow
10 k€
3 months
3 months
2017
Humboldt Return Fellowship
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation · Feodor Lynen Return Fellowship · Fellow
47 k€
1 year
1 year
2016
Computation of highly accurate interatomic potentials of heavy and superheavy elements
New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (NeSI) · HPC allocation · Principal Investigator
117 k€
1.5 years
1.5 years
2014
Hochpräzise quantenchemische Simulationen von atomaren und molekularen Phasen unter extremen Bedingungen
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation · Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship · Fellow
85 k€
2 years
2 years