Materials Webinar | Carbon-Based Materials for Catalytic Applications
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You are kindly invited to our comprehensive webinar exploring recent research progress in the synthesis, functionalization, engineering and applications of advanced carbon-based materials in the field of heterogeneous catalysis. Our expert panel is formed by researchers with an extraordinary trayectory in the used of sustainable carbon-based materials as catalysts or as catalytic supports (biomass waste-derived activated carbons and carbon fibers and polymeric membrane composites) into various catalytic applications, within the context of a bio-refinery, producing biofuels and chemicals of industrial interest.
Through insightful presentations and discussions, you will gain valuable insights into their latests works and publications in the use of sustainable carbon-based materials as catalysts and catalytic supports in different catalytic processess, including the direct dimethyl ether synthesis from syngas, the production of hydrogen from formic acid as a carrier molecule, the conversion of biomass-derived molecules, or as electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction, among others. Whether you are a Phd student, a scientific researcher, an engineer, or a sustainability enthusiast, this webinar offers a unique opportunity to explore these innovative approaches towards building a more sustainable future for generations to come.
Date: 25 September 2024
Time: 10:00 am CEST | 09:00 am WEST | 04:00 pm CST (Asia)
Webinar ID: 890 0684 4769
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Meet the Event Chairs
Meet Our Speakers
Dr. Miriam Navlani García
Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Institute, University of Alicante, Spain;
Miriam Navlani García obtained her B.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Alicante in 2008 and her PhD in Material Science from the same university in 2014. After getting her PhD, she moved to the University of Osaka, where she worked as a Specially Appointed Assistant Professor in the Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Engineering (2015-2017). After that first postdoctoral period, she was awarded a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan (Standard), awarded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Then, she was awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship for researchers with international experience (Plan GenT, Generalitat Valenciana, 2019-2022) and she resumed her research career at the University of Alicante, where she is currently a Ramón y Cajal researcher (2023-2027). Her research interests are focused on the design and development of nanomaterials for environmental and catalytic applications, such as the purification and production of hydrogen and CO2 valorization. As a result of her research, Dr Navlani García is an author/co-author of more than 50 papers in international scientific journals (h-index 25), two patents and several book chapters. She is involved in several research projects related to environmental catalysts and photocatalysis, as well as biomass upgrading.
Dr. José Palomo Jiménez
Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands;
Jose Palomo Jimenez is a postdoctoral researcher at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. He obtained his PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Malaga, Spain, in 2019. His PhD studies, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education in the call for University Faculty Training (FPU) grants (FPU13/02413), were devoted to the development of alternative catalysts for the direct DME synthesis from syngas. In 2021, he was awarded with a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (Grant agreement No. 101023416), in the MSCA2 IF-2020 calls, that allowed him to continue his research career at TU Delft. His research at Delft University of Technology is devoted to the development of a methodological approach based on the application of operando spatial reactor analysis techniques for the study of methane activation reactions both in conventional furnace heated and microwave-assisted reactors, and the assessment of reaction kinetics under isothermal and non-isothermal conditions. Additionally, he is working on the development of structured core@shell catalysts in the nanometric for their application in microwave-assisted reactors.
Dr. Ramiro Ruiz Rosas
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Málaga, Spain;
BsC&MsC Chemical Engineering (2006). MsC Advanced Chemistry: preparation and characterization of materials (2008). PhD on Preparation of carbon and inorganic submicrofibers for Chemical Engineering Applications (2012). Research stays at PennState, Universidade Nova de Lisboa & Tohoku University. Postdoc at Materials Institute of University of Alicante. Since 2021 he is Associate Professor in the Chemical Engineering department of the University of Malaga and member of the TERMA research group.
His research is devoted to the development of sustainable advanced carbon materials from lignocellulosic wastes. These materials have been used as catalysts, electrocatalysts, adsorbents and electrodes in applications related to sustainable energy conversion and storage (ORR electrocatalysts, CO2 hydrogenation, thermochemical conversion of lignocellulosic wastes into sustainable chemicals, 2nd generation biofuels) and environmental protection (adsorption and abatement of pollutants in liquid and gas phase). He is also working on the development of kinetic models that allows the description of the performance of adsorbent, catalysts and electrocatalysts under steady state and dynamic operation conditions, including the effect of heat, mass, and diffusional constraints. He loves computers, progamming and setting up new equipment and devices in the lab.
Dr. Inês Matos
NOVA School of Science and Technology, FCT NOVA, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal;
Carbon-based catalysts and polymeric membrane composites for converting biomass-derived molecules.
Ph.D. in chemical engineering and catalysis from the IST - University of Lisbon- Portugal. Since 2008, she has been an integrated researcher at the LAQV/REQUIMTE associate laboratory for green chemistry in NOVA school of science and technology (FCT/NOVA) – Nova University in Lisbon, Portugal; focusing on environmental catalysis and green chemistry, particularly in the synthesis and characterization of carbon materials and catalysts for added-value compound synthesis and for water treatment. Currently she is a Principal researcher with a grant to work in the development of composite hybrid materials for catalytic membrane process in biomass valorisation.
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