Charlotte Vogt is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, where she leads the Vogt Laboratory for Catalysis. Her group's research focuses on understanding how catalytic reactions operate under realistic working conditions. She develops advanced operando and time-resolved spectroscopic methods to uncover transient, dynamic processes at catalytic interfaces; phenomena that are often inaccessible with conventional approaches. A central theme of her group's work is the realization that catalytic interfaces are not static structures, but dynamic, evolving systems whose time-dependent states govern reactivity. By revealing and controlling these processes, her research aims to enable a transition from empirical catalyst discovery toward predictive, rational design.
Her work addresses key challenges in sustainable chemistry, including carbon dioxide conversion, nitrogen fixation, and energy-relevant catalytic processes.
Charlotte received her PhD in Chemistry (with highest distinctions) from Utrecht University in 2020 under the supervision of Prof. Bert Weckhuysen. She subsequently conducted research at the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem before establishing her independent group at the Technion in 2021.
Her contributions have been recognized with several international awards, including the Clara Immerwahr Award, the Beilby Medal and Prize, the EuroTech Future Award and the Martinus van Marum Prize. She is also the recipient of an ERC Starting Grant.
Beyond academia, she is co-founder of Ceal Minerals, a deep-tech company developing ultra-low-energy CO2 capture technologies.