Research (Credit: Dr. René Wick-Joliat) The LightChEC research program is structured in nine interdisciplinary research topics, which are each lead by a different research group: Photocatalytic Water Reduction WRC and Photosensitizers Lead by Prof. Roger Alberto Visible-Light-Driven Water Oxidation Catalysts WOC Lead by Prof. Greta Patzke Surfaces and Interfaces Lead by Prof. Jürg Osterwalder Timeresolved Spectroscopy of Artificial Photosynthetic Systems Lead by Prof. Peter Hamm Computation of Dynamic Properties of Water Oxidation Lead by Prof. Juerg Hutter Electronic Structure of materials for solar-water splitting Lead by Dr. Andreas Borgschulte Catalysts for CO2 conversion into liquid sunlight Lead by Prof. Karl-Heinz Ernst Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting with Thin Film Semiconductors Lead by Prof. David Tilley Computational study and design of systems for water splitting Lead by Prof. Sandra Luber