Dehydrogenation of alkanes and characterization of the post-reacted catalyst materials
Selected Publications
• Recent trends and fundamental insights in the methanol-to-olefins process I. Yarulina, A. D. Chowdhury, F. Meirer, B. M. Weckhuysen, J. Gascon Nat. Catal., 1, 398-411, (2018)
• Bridging the gap between the direct and hydrocarbon pool mechanisms of the methanol-to-hydrocarbon process A. D. Chowdhury, A. L. Paioni, K. Houben, G. T. Whiting, M. Baldus, B. M. Weckhuysen Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 57, 8095-8099, (2018)
• Electrophilic aromatic substitution over zeolites generates Wheland-type reaction intermediates A. D. Chowdhury, K. Houben, G.T. Whiting, M. Baldus, S. Chung, B.M. Weckhuysen Nat. Catal., 1, 23-31, (2018)
• Initial carbon-carbon bond formation during the early stages of methanol-to-olefin process Proven by Zeolite-Trap... A. D. Chowdhury, K. Houben, G.T. Whiting, M. Mokhtar, A.M. Asiri, S.A. Al- Thabaiti, S.N. ... Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55, 15840-15845, (2016)
• Towards a practical development of light-driven acceptorless alkanes dehydrogenation A. D. Chowdhury, N. Weding, R. Jackstell, J. Julis, R. Franke, M. Beller Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 6477-6781, (2014)
Education
Ph.D., Chemistry, Indian Institute of Techonology-Bombay, India (2012)
M.Sc., Inorganic Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India (2007)
B.Sc., Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India (2005)
Professional Profile
2018-present: Postdoctoral Fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
2014-2018: Marie-Curie Fellow, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
2013-2014: DAAD-Leibniz Fellow, Leibniz Institute for Catalysis, Germany
KAUST Affiliations
KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)
