Volker Presser

Volker Presser is a Full Professor at Saarland University (UdS) and Program Division Leader at the INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials in Saarbrücken, Germany. He leads research in electrochemical desalination and advanced materials, with a focus on MXene-based technologies.

Education: Dr. rer. nat. (2009) from Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. Previous roles include Humboldt Fellow (2010-2012) at Drexel University, USA, and Junior Professor at UdS (2013-2015).

Research interests: Innovations in capacitive deionization (CDI), MXene materials for permselective ion removal, and scalable water desalination solutions. His work addresses challenges in high-salinity desalination and energy efficiency.

Key contributions include advancing MXene electrodes for intercalation-based desalination, enabling efficient removal of cations/anions even at high salt concentrations. Ongoing efforts explore MXene hybrid materials and selective ion extraction.