• 30 peer-reviewed publications (as of 08/2026)
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• ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1314-9149

2026.07 — present: Leader of FWF Principal Investigator Project “Modelling Single Atom Catalysts in Realistic Conditions, opens an external URL in a new window”, TU Wien
2025.11 — 2026.06: Postdoctoral Researcher at TU Wien, FWF project assistant (Advisor: Gareth S. Parkinson)
2025.05 — 2026.10: FWF Schrödinger Fellowship “Dynamics of cluster catalysts under reaction conditions, opens an external URL in a new window” return phase, TU Wien
2022.02 — 2025.04: Postdoctoral Researcher at TU Munich, Germany (Advisor: Barbara Lechner)
2017.05 — 2021.09: PhD in Physics, TU Wien, Austria (Advisor: Gareth S. Parkinson)
2013.02 — 2017.04: MSc in Physics, TU Wien, Austria (Advisor: Gareth S. Parkinson)
2009.10 — 2013.01: BSc in Physics, TU Wien, Austria (Advisor: Andrei Pimenov)

Dr. Florian Kraushofer studied Physics at TU Wien, where he completed his Ph.D. in the Surface Physics group in 2021. His doctoral research focused on iron oxide surfaces as model supports for single-atom catalysis, combining atomic-scale surface characterization with studies of adsorption and catalyst stability.

He subsequently joined the group of Prof. Barbara Lechner at the Technical University of Munich, where he investigated the structure and dynamics of oxide-supported cluster catalysts under reaction conditions using near-ambient-pressure scanning tunnelling microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. This work, partly supported by an FWF Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship, aimed to bridge the pressure gap between well-defined ultrahigh-vacuum model systems and catalysts under realistic environments.

In 2025, he returned to TU Wien. He is now principal investigator of the FWF-funded project “Modelling Single Atom Catalysts in Realistic Conditions”, which combines these research directions to determine how single-atom catalysts evolve under elevated pressures and temperatures, and how interactions with adsorbates and oxide supports govern their stability and activity.

1. F. Kraushofer, M. Krinninger, M. De La Higuera-Domingo, L. Falling, L. Strauss, S. Kaiser, M. Salehi, G. Anand, V. P. Dieste, M. Blum, B. A. J. Lechner, Pt Particles on a Dynamic TiO₂ Support in Near-Ambient Conditions–Disentangling Size, Pressure, and Support Effects. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 39846.
2. F. Kraushofer, A. M. Imre, G. Franceschi, T. Kißlinger, E. Rheinfrank, M. Schmid, U. Diebold, L. Hammer, M. Riva, ViPErLEED package I: Calculation of I(V) curves and structural optimization. Physical Review Research 2025, 7.
3. F. Kraushofer, M. Krinninger, S. Kaiser, J. Reich, A. Jarosz, M. Füchsl, G. Anand, F. Esch, B. A. J. Lechner, The influence of bulk stoichiometry on near-ambient pressure reactivity of bare and Pt-loaded rutile TiO₂(110). Nanoscale 2024, 16, 17825.
4. A. Rafsanjani-Abbasi, F. Buchner, F. J. Lewis, L. Puntscher, F. Kraushofer, P. Sombut, M. Eder, J. Pavelec, E. Rheinfrank, G. Franceschi, V. Birschitzky, M. Riva, C. Franchini, M. Schmid, U. Diebold, M. Meier, G. K. H. Madsen, G. S. Parkinson, Digging Its Own Site: Linear Coordination Stabilizes a Pt₁/Fe₂O₃ Single-Atom Catalyst. ACS Nano 2024, 18, 26920.
5. F. Kraushofer, G. S. Parkinson, Single-Atom Catalysis: Insights from Model Systems. Chem. Rev. 2022, 122, 14911.
6. F. Kraushofer, L. Haager, M. Eder, A. Rafsanjani-Abbasi, Z. Jakub, G. Franceschi, M. Riva, M. Meier, M. Schmid, U. Diebold, G. S. Parkinson, Single Rh Adatoms Stabilized on α-Fe₂O₃(11̅02) by Coadsorbed Water. ACS Energy Lett. 2022, 7, 375.
7. F. Kraushofer, N. Resch, M. Eder, A. Rafsanjani-Abbasi, S. Tobisch, Z. Jakub, G. Franceschi, M. Riva, M. Meier, M. Schmid, U. Diebold, G. S. Parkinson, Surface Reduction State Determines Stabilization and Incorporation of Rh on α-Fe₂O₃(11̅02). Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 8, 2001908.
8. J. Hulva, M. Meier, R. Bliem, Z. Jakub, F. Kraushofer, M. Schmid, U. Diebold, C. Franchini, G. S. Parkinson, Unraveling CO adsorption on model single-atom catalysts. Science 2021, 371, 375.
9. F. Kraushofer, F. Mirabella, J. Xu, J. Pavelec, J. Balajka, M. Müllner, N. Resch, Z. Jakub, J. Hulva, M. Meier, M. Schmid, U. Diebold, G. S. Parkinson, Self-limited growth of an oxyhydroxide phase at the Fe₃O₄(001) surface in liquid and ambient pressure water. J. Chem. Phys. 2019, 151, 154702.
10. F. Kraushofer, Z. Jakub, M. Bichler, J. Hulva, P. Drmota, M. Weinold, M. Schmid, M. Setvin, U. Diebold, P. Blaha, G. S. Parkinson, Atomic-Scale Structure of the Hematite α‑Fe₂O₃(11̅02) "R-Cut" Surface. J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 1657.