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KAUST Research Conference 2022

May 16-18, 2022
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  • Monday

    May 16
  • Tuesday

    May 17
  • Wednesday

    May 18
Breakfast (Auditorium 2&3)
08:00 AM
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Opening Remarks
08:45 AM
Ravi Samtaney

Dean of PSE Division, KAUST

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Enabling integrated CO2 capture and conversion by dual function materials
09:30 AM
Atsushi Urakawa

Professor at Delft University of Technology

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Mechanistic Requirements for Activating Strong Carbon-Oxygen Bonds on Transition Metal Surfaces
10:00 AM
Ya-Huei (Cathy) Chin

Professor at University of Toronto

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Coffee Break
10:30 AM
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Catalytic conversion of CO2 selective for C4 oxygenate
11:00 AM
Hajime Kawanami

Chief Senior Researcher at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

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CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol Using Dinuclear Iridium Catalysts under Gas-Solid Phase Conditions
11:30 AM
Yuichiro Himeda

Prime Senior Researcher at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology(AIST)

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Formic acid: A sustainable route towards carbon-neutral energy systems
12:00 PM
Ankush V. Biradar

Principal Scientist at CSIR- Central Salt and Marine Chemical Research Institute

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Lunch (Campus Diner)
12:30 PM
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KAUST CoreLab/KCC Lab Tour
01:30 PM
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Syngas economy for rapid decarbonization of fuels and chemicals
02:00 PM
Cafer T. Yavuz

Professor of Chemical Science at KAUST

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Effect of CO2/propane ratios on the propane dry reforming using trimetallic oxide catalysts based on Titania
02:30 PM
Emad Al-Shafei

Scientist specialist in Saudi Aramco Research and Development Center

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Use of high throughput tools to study adsorption and catalytic conversion of CO2
03:00 PM
Roel Moonen

Manager new product development at Avantium

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Coffee Break
03:30 PM
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CO2 utilization: Upstream prospective
04:00 PM
Abdulwahab A. Al-Ghamdi

Director of KAUST Upstream Research Center-EXPEC Advanced Research Center

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Electrocatalysis for Carbon Dioxide Utilization
04:30 PM
Feng Jiao

Professor at University of Delaware

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How process engineering can enable the screening and discovery of adsorbents for CO2 capture
05:00 PM
Arvind Rajendran

Professor at University of Alberta

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Dinner/Poster Session at University Library
07:00 PM
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Breakfast (Auditorium 2&3)
08:00 AM
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From contemplating a new idea/concept to its industrial implementation : the case of metal-free polycarbonate/polyether synthesis
09:00 AM
Yves Gnanou

Distinguished Professor at KAUST, Chemical Science Special Advisor, Office of the President

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CO2 utilization in organic synthesis
09:30 AM
Da-Gang Yu

Professor at Sichuan University

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Advancing Carbon Dioxide Management through Catalysis
10:00 AM
Arjan W. Kleij

Professor and Group Leader at ICIQ

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Coffee Break
10:30 AM
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Opportunities of Formic Acid and Derivatives in Carbon Capture and Utilization Processes
11:00 AM
Matthias Beller

Professor at Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse Rostock

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Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Methanol, Ammonia and Formic Acid as Hydrogen Carriers
11:40 AM
Jonathan Low

Group Manager and Scientist at Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)

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Electrocatalyst design and device configuration for carbon dioxide reduction toward formic acid
12:10 PM
Bao Yu Xia

Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology

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Lunch (Campus Diner)
12:40 PM
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KAUST CoreLab/KCC Lab Tour
01:30 PM
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Rational Design of Electrocatalyst for CO2 Reduction: Part II
02:00 PM
Abhishek Dey

Professor at Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

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Electrifying CO2 into Fuels and Chemicals
02:30 PM
Haotian Wang

Assistant Professor at Rice University

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DePRO Research Group: Electro-, photo- and, -photoelectro-catalytic approaches for continuous CO2 conversion
03:00 PM
Jonathan Albo

Associate Professor at University of Cantabria.

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Coffee Break
03:30 PM
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Decarbonize Energy Today; Carbon Reduction, Reuse or Removal?
03:40 PM
David Watson

Manager – Chemical Engineering R&D at Johnson Matthey

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Coal Wettability During CO2 Sequestration in Coal Seams From Experimental analysis to Machine learning prediction
04:10 PM
Ahmed Ibrahim

Assistant Professor at KFUPM

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CCUS and the energy transition
04:40 PM
Joseph Stewart

Research Engineer in catalysis at TotalEnergies

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Dinner-by invitation only-
06:00 PM
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Breakfast (Auditorium 2&3)
08:00 AM
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Valorisation of CO2 via catalysis
09:00 AM
Luwei Chen

Senior Scientist and at Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES)

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Development and implementation of a decision tool for the selection of next generation post-combustion CO2 capture plants
09:30 AM
Lourdes F. Vega

Professor and Director of the Research and Innovation Center on CO2 and H2 (RICH Center)

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Emerging roles of Power-to-gas for industry with a Focus on Steel Making
10:00 AM
Valerie Eveloy

Professor at Khalifa University

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CO2 to fuels: we make a material difference
10:30 AM
Gérard de Nazelle

Manager of R&DC, Saudi Aramco

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Closing remarks-poster awards ceremony
11:00 AM
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Lunch (Campus Diner)
12:00 PM
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CORELAB-Imaging and Characterization and KCC Lab Tour
01:30 PM
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KAUST

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Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering Division (CEMSE)

Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE)

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KAUST Research Centers

Advanced Membranes and
Porous Materials Center (AMPM)

Ali I.Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering
Research Center (ANPERC)

Computational Bioscience (CBRC)

Clean Combustion (CCRC)

Extreme Computing Research Center (ECRC)

KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)

KAUST Solar Center (KSC)

Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)

Visual Computing Center (VCC)

Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC)

KCC Research Groups

Polymer Synthesis Laboratory (Prof. Hadjichristidis)

Computational Chemistry Laboratory (Prof. Cavallo)

Advanced Catalytic Materials (Prof. Gascon)

Functional Nanomaterials Laboratory (Prof. Bakr)

Multiscale Reaction Engineering (Prof. Castaño)

The Inorganic Materials and Reactions Group (Prof. Kobayashi)

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