Activities: Decarbonization by conversion of CO2 into polyester monomers. Development of heterogeneous catalysts. Hydrogenation and carbonylation reactions in batch and fixed-bed continuous flow reactors. Lab safety team, risk assessment. Project management.Keywords: CO2 utilisation, polyester fabrics.

Activities: Ammonia as zero carbon fuels. Research and development of catalysts for the synthesis of ammonia. Transition metal oxides, oxynitrides, nitrides, imides, amides, hydrides. Ammonia synthesis and cracking. Haber-Bosch.Main techniques: Powder X-Ray Diffraction (PXRD), Near-Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (NAP-XPS), XPS, BET.

Activities: Oil & Energy. Chemical control of asphaltenes deposition during transport of crude oil to production facilities, storage and refining. Development of a surface analysis method based on XPS for the investigation of fuel combustion deposits formation on engine components and understanding the physico-chemical mechanisms of deposit control additives.Keywords: biofuels, fuel additives, asphaltene deposition, combustion depositsMain techniques: X‐Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM-D)

Activities: Formulation of highly stable dispersions of polymer coated metal oxide nanoparticles. Particle chemical functionalization and characterization. Evaluation of catalytic activity. Compiling large datasets and applying data analysis tools to support visualization and scientific interpretation. Managing graduate scientific research projects. Dynamic communication with three project partners. Writing reports, technical documents and project financing proposals.Keywords: nanocatalysts, metal oxide nanoparticles, polymer coated nanoparticles, nanoceria Main techniques: DLS, TEM, XPS, ICP-AES, UV-vis, FTIR, chrono amperometry.

Activities: Electrochemical detection of molecules of biological interest using selective platinum ultramicroelectrodes and gold nanoparticles.Main techniques: cyclic voltametry and chrono amperometry

Activities: Formulated and manufactured DNA/peptide loaded polymer nanoparticles by double emulsion solvent evaporation techniques. Implemented in vivo studies on colon cancer mice models using nanoparticles as immunotherapeutics.Main techniques: qt-PCR, ELISA, ELISPOT, cell culture