Clean Technologies Webinar | Clean Technologies for Sustainable Future
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1st Clean Technologies Webinar
Clean Technologies for a Sustainable Future
Is it a dream or will such technologies eventually be a part of our everyday lives? It is my pleasure to introduce two outstanding speakers today who contributed substantially to development of clean technologies. The first speaker of the day is Prof. L. Torrente Murciano from the University of Cambridge. Today’s presentation will cover green ammonia.
The second speaker is Prof. Gregory Patience, who is a Canada Research Chair and Professor of Chemical Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal. The title of his hopefully provocative talk is Net Zero Dreaming: Fossil fuels or darkness and hunger?
Date: 25 September 2025 at 3:00 pm CEST | 9:00 am EDT | 9:00 pm CST Asia
Webinar ID: 813 8829 4367
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
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Meet Our Speakers
Prof. Laura Torrente Murciano
Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK;
Prof. Laura Torrente Murciano leads the Catalysis and Process Integration research group at the University of Cambridge with expertise in reaction engineering, heterogeneous catalysis, Power-to-X and ammonia as energy carrier. Her group is pioneering the design of automated manufacturing technologies of materials and technologies to enable Power-to-X for long-term chemical energy storage.
Prof. Torrente has a MEng degree in Chemical Engineering (University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain) and PhD (University of Bath, UK). After a short post-doctoral period at Imperial College London, she was appointed Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the University of Bath. In 2015, she moved to the University of Cambridge, promoted to Associate Professor in 2018 and Full Professor in 2022.
Prof. Gregory Scott Patience
Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Canada;
Prof. Gregory Patience is a Canada Research Chair and Professor of Chemical Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal.
He is developing catalytic processes to convert biosubstrates into value-added chemicals and fuels: one application involves atomizing low-volatility compounds—fructose, glucose, HMF, DFF, vegetable oil, glucose, and lignin—in fluidized beds operating at over 150 oC.
Professor Patience began his career at DuPont in 1990 after obtaining his PhD from Polytechnique de Montréal. He resided in Wilmington, DE (USA), until 1996, then moved to Asturias, Spain, for 4 years, followed by another 4 years in Geneva, Switzerland, before returning to Canada in 1994. He obtained a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science from the University of Calgary. His alma mater awarded him the alumni technical achievement award in 2020 and the OIQ selected him for the Honoris Genius—Social Engagement prize in 2022. In 2023, the Chemical Institute of Chemistry elected him as a fellow of the institute.
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The webinar on Clean Technologies for a Sustainable future featured presentations of Prof. L. Torrente Murciano from the University of Cambridge and Prof. Gregory Patience, who is a Canada Research Chair and Professor of Chemical Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal. The first presentation covered production of green ammonia exploring the ways to redefine the traditional Haber-Bosch process. Additionally, Prof. Torrente discussed how the intermittency of renewable energy (e.g. solar and wind) would reshape chemical technology, historically relying on a steady energy supply. Prof. Patience addressed an important issue of carbon dioxide emissions and a feasibility to achieve net zero emissions with the available renewable and fossil resources.
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