SCS Seminar 2018/1: «Catalysis Across Scales»

This seminar will present the field of catalysis in its entirety, i.e., from active site design to industrial process implementation. Later editions of the seminar will focus on specific topics. 

With these events, we aim to bring together the next generation of scientists in the field of heterogeneous, homogeneous, and bio- catalysis.
The first edition of the seminar series will comprise a unique program, covering three thematic sessions which embrace the following topics:
- Transformation of small molecules to key intermediates
- Conversion of renewables
- Synthesis of complex molecules and materials

Catalysis Across Scales will embrace heterogeneous, homogeneous, and bio- catalysis and cover all stages of catalyst development from active site design to industrial process implementation. See Program for more details.

The body of instructors comprises thirteen experts, six of them from industry.

Flyer, SCS Seminar 2018/1

Confirmed Speakers:

• Dr. Alexey Fedorov, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, «From correlation to causation via high-throughput experimentation»
• Prof. Xile Hu, EPFL, Switzerland, «Nickel and iron-containing oxides as oxygen evolution catalysts»
• Prof. Núria López, ICIQ, Spain, «Atomistic modelling in heterogeneous catalysis»
• Dr. Davide Ferri, PSI, Switzerland, «Spectroscopy of catalysts – Which one shall I choose?»
• Dr. Gerhard Mestl, Clariant, Germany, «Developing industrial selective oxidation catalysts: much more than just simple recipes»
• Dr. Cecilia Mondelli, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, «Design of catalytic technologies towards the glycerol biorefinery»
• Prof. Stavros Papadokonstantakis, Chalmers University, Sweden, «Handling multi-scale/multipartner information for biorefinery modelling, integration, and sustainability assessment»
• Prof. Bert Sels, KU Leuven, Belgium, «Developing a circular bioeconomy with heterogeneous catalysis»
• Dr. Rocco Paciello, CaRLa-BASF, Germany, «Homogeneous catalysis@ BASF»
• Dr. Denis Gribkov, Syngenta, Switzerland, «Catalysis across Syngenta active ingredients: from the lab scale all the way through to multi-ton production»
• Dr. Jonathan Medlock, DSM, Switzerland, «Industrial catalysis: the synthesis of vitamins and fine chemicals»
• Dr. Hans Iding, Roche, Switzerland, «Biocatalysis - transferring screening results into processes on scale»
• Prof. Rebecca Buller, ZHAW, Switzerland, «Harnessing nature: biocatalysis for development and drug discovery»

Contact:

Prof. Javier Pérez-Ramírez, ETH Zurich
 

Prof. Christophe Copéret, ETH Zurich
 

Dr. Cecilia Mondelli, ETH Zurich
 

Dr. Alexey Fedorov, ETH Zurich
 

Dr. Hans Peter Lüthi, SCS Foundation