Keynote lecture

Prof. Susannah Scott "Valorization of polyolefins via catalytic upcycling" (tentative) Chemical Engineering, Chemistry & Biochemistry, UC Santa Barbara Prof. Scott received her Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Iowa State University, under the direction of Jim Espenson and Andreja Bakac, for her work on the activation of O2 and transition metal-catalyzed oxidation mechanisms. She was a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow with Jean-Marie Basset at the Institut de recherches sur la catalyse (CNRS) in Lyon, France, before joining the faculty of the University of Ottawa (Canada) where she was named a Canada Research Chair. In 2003, she moved to the University of California, ...

Prof. Ferdi Schüth "Opportunities of ball milling in catalysis " Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung  

Dr. Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu "Zeolite Catalysis contribution to a Sustainable Chemical Industry" BASF SE Dr. Andrei Parvulescu graduated chemistry at the University of Bucharest and received his Master degree in Catalysis and Catalytic Processes at the same university in 2005. After defending the PhD in KU Leuven under the supervision of Profs. Pierre Jacobs and Dirk De Vos, he has been postdoctoral fellow at Utrecht University with Prof. Bert Weckhuysen. In 2011 he joined the BASF SE, Ludwigshafen in the global Process Research & Chemical Engineering department working on zeolite research catalysis. Within BASF, Dr Parvulescu worked on numerous R&D projects ...

Dr. Takaki Mizuno "Advanced FCC Catalyst Design for Chemical Refinery" Petroleum Refining Catalysts Research Center, JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd. Experience: Manager of FCC catalysts research group (2018　- present) In charge of FCC catalysts R&D and technical service (2015 - 2017) In charge of Petrochemical catalysts, fuel cell catalyst and nano-materials R&D at advanced materials research group (2013 – 2015) Main Fields of Activity: Petroleum refining and petrochemical catalysts Final Education: Ph. D. in Material Science and Technology, Shinshu University, 2003

Prof. Hyunjoo Lee "Heterogeneous Atomic Catalysts Overcoming the Limitations of Single-Atom Catalysts" Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Dr. Hyunjoo Lee is Full Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea. She obtained her Ph.D. degree from the California Institute of Technology, USA, in 2005 and performed post-doctoral research at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. She started her independent research in 2007 at Yonsei University, South Korea, and moved to KAIST in 2014. Her research is focused on heterogeneous catalysts for ...

Prof. Akihiko Kudo "Photocatalytic water splitting and CO2 fixation as artificial photosynthesis" Tokyo University of Science Akihiko Kudo received his early education at Tokyo University of Science obtaining a bachelor's degree in 1983 and his doctorate in 1988 from Tokyo Institute of Technology. After one and half years as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas in Austin, he became a research associate at the Tokyo Institute of Technology until 1995. He then joined the Tokyo University of Science as a Lecturer before he became associate professor in 1998 and a full professor in 2003. Kudo received the Japanese Photochemical ...

Dr. Marius Kirchmann "Challenges and solutions for relevant laboratory protocols for FCC catalyst testing" (tentative) hte GmbH Marius Kirchmann works as Senior Scientist for R&D Solutions and has been carrying out research in heterogeneous catalysis in the field of petrochemicals such as naphtha reforming, aromatics processes and methanol to hydrocarbons in collaboration with companies for nearly 10 years. He is actively developing and improving hte´s high throughput technology and more recently investigating processes with short contact time and fast deactivation such as fluid catalytic cracking (FCC). His current focus is on the development of the micro downflow unit (MDU) which ...

Prof. Rhett Kempe "Catalysis for a more sustainable chemistry" Inorganic Chemistry II – Catalyst design, Sustainable Chemistry Centre, University of Bayreuth Rhett Kempe was born in Dresden in 1964 and spent his childhood in the beautiful landscapes of Pillnitz. He studied chemistry at the University of Leipzig including research stays in Jena (D. Walther) and Stuttgart (H.-G. von Schnering), received his PhD degree (nickel chemistry) under the supervision of J. Sieler in1992 and worked as a postdoc with R. R. Schrock at MIT (1992/1993) and with C. Krüger at the “Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung” in Mülheim (1993/1994). After these postdoctoral stays, ...

Prof. Jun Huang "Tailoring acid catalysts for sustainable bio-refining" Faculty of Engineering, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney Professor Jun Huang received his PhD from University of Stuttgart, Germany in 2008 and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology, USA and ETH Zürich, Switzerland, respectively. He was appointed as a permanent faculty at the University of Sydney in 2010 and ranked up to Professor. His research is to develop emerging catalytic technologies for more attractive, practical, and cleaner processes using in situ spectroscopic and microscopic techniques, coupled with new catalyst design and innovative ...

Dr. Hirohito Hirata "Research and development of automotive materials and parts using material digital transformation" (tentative) Advanced Material Engineering Div. Toyota Motor Corporation [Education] 1996 Ph.D. (Engineering), Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan [Professional experience] Belongs to TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION since 1996 1996 Catalyst Design Department, Material Engineering Div.1 2007 Group Manager, Advanced Material Engineering Div. 2012 Project General Manager, Advanced Material Engineering Div. 2017 Chief Professional Engineer (Catalyst research), Advanced Material Engineering Div. 2018 General Manager, Advanced Material Engineering Div.   1996-2018 Responsible for R&D of automotive exhaust gas purification catalyst 2011-2018 Research Leader of automotive exhaust gas purification ...