Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
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| Abbreviation | MPI KoFo |
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| Predecessor | Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research |
| Formation | 1912 |
| Type | Scientific institute |
| Purpose | Research on organic and organometallic chemistry, catalysis and theoretical chemistry |
| Headquarters | Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
Key people | Frank Neese, Managing Director Tobias Ritter, Director Benjamin List, Director Ferdi Schüth, Director Alois Fürstner, Director |
Parent organization | Max Planck Society |
| Website | (in English) www |
The Max Planck Institute for Coal Research (German: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, MPI KoFo) is an institute located in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany specializing in chemical research on catalysis. It is one of the 86 institutes in the Max Planck Society (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft). It was founded in 1912 in Mülheim an der Ruhr as the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Kohlenforschung) to study the chemistry and uses of coal, and became an independent Max Planck Institute in 1949.