RSA CE&C 2015-2021 Group descriptions

14 INORGANIC MATERIALS AND CATALYSIS Program leader Prof .dr.ir. E.J.M. (Emiel) Hensen Scientific staff FTE Full professors Prof .dr.ir. E.J.M. (Emiel) Hensen 1.0 Prof.dr. T. (Thomas) Weber 0.2 Assistant professors Dr. M. (Marta) Costa Figueiredo ( since 04-2019) 1.0 Dr.ir. I.A.W. (Ivo) Filot 1.0 Dr.rer.nat. J.P. (Jan Philipp) Hofmann ( until 04-2020, moved to TU Darmstadt) 1.0 Dr. N.A. (Nikolay) Kosinov 1.0 Dr. E.A. (Evgeny) Pidko ( until 09-2017, moved to TU Delft) 1.0 Research fellow Dr. M.D. (Michael) Boot 0.2 Mission The mission of the Inorganic Materials and Catalysis (IMC) group is to understand, predict and optimize the catalytic performance of inorganic materials as a function of their micro and mesoscale structure and morphology through a coordinated experimental and computational approach. Catalysis significantly shapes society as it plays a crucial role in the production of fuels for mobility, base chemicals as building blocks for materials and specialty chemicals for many other applications. Our discipline is also an increasingly important key enabling technology in the transition to a sustainable society in which renewable resources will cover our demand for energy and materials. Our research program establishes a strong link between the atomic scale structure of the active site and its immediate surroundings and the catalytic performance of solid catalysts. The Inorganic Materials and Catalysis group pursues a focused research strategy involving detailed operando characterization and advanced kinetic testing of well-defined