Fallecimiento del Profesor Bernard Delmon

Estimados Socios de la SECAT

Lamentamos comunicaros que ayer martes día 7 falleció el Profesor Bernard Delmon,

El Profesor Delmon ha sido un referente mundial en la Catálisis con una trayectoria muy fructífera y ha colaborado con muchos científicos en todo el mundo y en particular con nuestra comunidad científica española.

En España han sido muchos los "lovaineros" (los que han trabajado en su laboratorio de Louvain la-Neuve) y muchos más los que han participado en las actividades que él inició (las series de simposios sobre oxidación selectiva, preparación de catalizadores, desactivación, etc.), sin olvidar las publicaciones que fundó: Applied Catalysis, Catalysis Today, Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis...

La Catálisis europea no habría sido igual sin Delmon.

Descanse en paz, Monsieur Delmon

Se facilita un correo a través del cual se le puede hacer llegar las condolencias a sus familiares:

philippe.baret@uclouvain.be

doyen-agro@uclouvain.be

La Sociedad Española de Catálisis en nombre de todos los Socios

15th edition of EuropaCat, Congress of the European Federation of Catalysis Societies (EFCATS)

The congress will be held from August 29 to September 3, 2021 in the Prague Congress Centre, Prague, Czech Republic.

The congress will be, for the first time, jointly organized by the catalysis societies of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.

We are hoping to welcome participants from diverse fields of catalysis having academic as well as industrial background. We will support the participation of students, the future generation of scientists and researchers.

We would be excited if you join us in Prague at EuropaCat 2021 so that we can together innovate the production of energy carriers, chemicals and materials, while

at the same time enhancing the quality of life on the Earth.

More information and newsletter subscription can be found at:

www.europacat2021.cz

Premio Tesis SECAT 2019

El premio Tesis SECAT 2019 ha recaído en la Tesis titulada Copper-based catalysts for the Preferential CO Oxidation in H₂-rich streams (CO-PROX reaction), realizada por la Dra. Arantxa Davó Quiñonero, en la Universidad de Alicante, bajo la dirección de los Dres. Dolores Lozano Castelló y Agustín Bueno López

Desde la Junta de SECAT y en nombre de todos los socios le damos la enhorabuena a Arantxa

PhD position in Heterogeneous Catalysis for Methane Activation

Offered

A predoctoral contract to carry out a PhD at the interface of nanomaterials and catalysis. The project will be implemented at the Institute of Chemical Technology (ITQ, Valencia).

The research institution

The Institute of Chemical Technology (ITQ) is a joint research center of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) and the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), located in the excellent and vibrant UPV Campus at the coast side in Valencia (Spain). It is an international reference center in the area of catalysis and new materials which hosts 33 staff scientists alongside >75 PhD and postdoctoral researchers, and holds the Severo Ochoa Excellence Accreditation, which recognizes and supports Spanish research institutions, from all scientific and technological areas, which demonstrate international scientific leadership through high-impact scientific innovations. The institute has also a long tradition of R&D and technology transfer activities in cooperation with industrial partners. The center is a multidisciplinary institute which offers high-quality training and outstanding research facilities.  Web: http://itq.upv-csic.es/en/

The project. The research project is a research effort at the interfaces of material science, nanotechnology and chemical technology. The project aims to gain molecular level understanding on the activation and conversion of methane (from unconventional natural gas and biogas) on the surface of metal nanoparticles. The candidate is going to get acquainted in the controlled synthesis of nanomaterials, physicochemical surface, spectroscopic and electron microscopy characterization methods, and evaluation of solid catalysts. Recent Open Access scientific publications from the host group can be consulted online to get an idea of the research interests and approaches.

(1) https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.9b02412. (2) https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201915255).

The PhD thesis is going to be associated to the "Sustainable Chemistry" doctorate program of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), Web: http://www.upv.es/index-en.html. The candidate will have the opportunity to interact with international collaborators and be encouraged to spend research time at a foreign partner research institution, thus qualifying for a doctorate degree with international mention.

Candidate qualifications. Candidates should hold a BSc degree in Chemistry, Material Science, Chemical Engineering or a related discipline. Candidates should also hold (or be about to obtain) a MSc degree. Skills in material science and catalysis are appreciated, but not mandatory. Good written and oral communication skills in English are necessary.

Conditions: Salary ca. 24000 €/year (brutto), 1 year extendable to 4 years.

Prospective starting date: September 2020.

Contact. CV, academic transcript (including Bachelor) and motivation letter should be sent per email to Dr. Gonzalo Prieto (prieto@itq.upv.es) before June 1^st, 2020.