Engineering solid catalysts

Principal Investigator

Assoc. Prof. Mariya Shamzhy, Ph.D.

Curriculum vitae

mariya.shamzhy@natur.cuni.cz
tel.: 221 951 291
Lab 032 (1st underground floor)– Hlavova 8

Research interest

-Synthesis and post-synthetic modification of zeolites
-Tailoring active sites in zeolite-based catalysts
-Probing functional nanomaterials by in-situ FTIR spectroscopy
-Heterogeneous catalysis

Teaching

1. A course for PhD students MC260P133 “Physical chemistry for international students II”
2. A course for PhD students MC260P90 “Zeolites and molecular sieves”
3. A course for undergraduate students MC260P138 “Catalysis in Practice”
4. A course for undergraduate students MC260P147 “Experimental Methods in Chemistry”

Principal Investigator

Assoc. Prof. Maksym Opanasenko, Ph.D.

maksym.opanasenko@natur.cuni.cz
tel.: 221 951 322
Lab 150 (1st floor)– Hlavova 8

Research interest

-Designing synthetic routes for inorganic and hybrid organic-inorganic materials
-Heterogeneous Catalysis

Teaching

1. A course for PhD students MC260P90 “Zeolites and molecular sieves”
2. A course for undergraduate students MC260P138 “Catalysis in Practice”
3. A course for undergraduate students MC260P21 “Chemical Principles of Industrial Chemistry”

Researchers

Jan Přech, Ph.D.

jan.prech@natur.cuni.cz
tel.: 221 951 322
Lab 150 (1st floor)– Hlavova 8

Research interest

Catalytic applications of Lewis acidic zeolites, 2-dimensional zeolites and metal@molecular sieve composites

Teaching

1. A course for PhD students MC260P133 “Physical chemistry for international students II”
2. A course for undergraduate students MC260P113 “Physical Chemistry II (a)”
3. A course for undergraduate students MC260P139 “Chemical Principles”
4. A course for undergraduate and PhD students MC260P137 “Fundamental of Catalysis”
5. A course for undergraduate students MC260C66 “Chemistry Laboratory”

Martin Kubů, Ph.D.

martin.kubu@natur.cuni.cz
tel.: 221 951 064
Lab 227 (2nd floor)– Hlavova 8

Research interest

-Synthesis and modification of nanoporous materials
-Physisorption and chemisorption techniques

Oleg Petrov, Ph.D.

olegvpetrov@yandex.ru
tel.: 951 552 561
Lab 138 (1st floor)– V Holešovičkách 747/2

Research interest

NMR spectroscopy for characterization functional nanomaterials

Post-docs

Subhajyoti Samanta, Ph.D.

samantas@natur.cuni.cz
tel.: 221 951 064
Lab 227 (2nd floor)– Hlavova 8

Research interest

In-situ FTIR Spectroscopy for reactive intermediate detection and surface analysis of solid catalysts

Mariyamuthu M., Ph.D.

mm@natur.cuni.cz
tel.: 221 951 322
Lab 150 (1st floor)– Hlavova 8

Research interest

Design and catalytic application of multifunctional polymer@molecular sieve composites

Students

Ph.D. student Emad Shamma

shammae@natur.cuni.cz
tel.: 221 951 064
Lab 227 (2nd floor)– Hlavova 8

Research interest

-Designing synthesis approach for engineering active sites in zeolite catalysts
-Scanning electron microscopy and NMR spectroscopy for characterization of functional nanomaterials
-Heterogeneous Catalysis

Ph.D. student Talat Zakeri

talat.zakeri@natur.cuni.cz
tel.: 221 951 152
Lab 150 (1st floor)– Hlavova 8

Research interest

-Designing Lewis acid zeolites for catalytic valorization of bio-renewable compounds
-Scanning electron microscopy for characterization of functional nanomaterials

Ph.D. student Yuqi Zhang

yuqi.zhang@natur.cuni.cz
tel.: 221 951 064
Lab 227 (2nd floor)– Hlavova 8

Research interest

-In situ FTIR and NMR spectroscopy for identification and quantification of active sites in zeolite catalysts

Ph.D. student Anastasia Kurbanova

anastasia.kurbanova@natur.cuni.cz
tel.: 221 951 152
Lab 150 (1st floor)– Hlavova 8

Research interest

Design and catalytic evaluation of multifunctional metal@molecular sieve composites

B.Sc. student Alica Seidlová

seidlovali@natur.cuni.cz
tel.: 221 951 152
Lab 150 (1st floor)– Hlavova 8

Research interest

Pore-selective placement of acid sites in zeolite catalysts

B.Sc. student Vojtěch Přibyl

pribylvo@natur.cuni.cz
tel.: 221 951 064
Lab 227 (2nd floor)– Hlavova 8

Research interest

Synthesis and modification of zeolites with naturally abundant defects for catalytic applications

Project manager

M.Sc. Zuzana Hrabalová

zuzana.hrabalova@natur.cuni.cz
tel.: 221 951 297
Room 229 (2nd floor)– Hlavova 8

B.Sc. Anna Knězů

anna.knezu@natur.cuni.cz
tel.: 221 951 297
Room 229 (2nd floor)– Hlavova 8

Alumni

M.Sc. Petr Golis

Research interest

Petr stayed in the group in 2020-2022 as M.Sc. student and in 2022-2024 as a researcher focusing on IR spectroscopic studies of zeolite catalysts. His research contributed to understanding the effect of zeolite acidity in the synthesis of thymol (Microporous Mesoporous Mater.).

B.Sc. Ivana Dobiášová

Research interest

Ivana stayed in the group in 2021-2023 as a B.Sc. student focusing on the post-synthesis modification of zeolite catalysts and their synthesis-properties correlations. After defense of her B.Sc. project, Ivana continued her M.Sc. studies at the Faculty of Science, Charles university.

B.Sc. Sidónia Molitorisová

Research interest

Sidonia stayed in the group for 2 years as B.Sc. student focusing on stabilization of metal nanoparticles in zeolites. The results of her research have been published as 2 articles in ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces and Catal. Tod. After successful defense of her B.Sc. thesis under the supervision of Mariya, Sidonia moved to the University of Coimbra (Portugal) as ERASMUS M.Sc. student.

Qiudi Yue, Ph.D.

Research interest

In his Ph.D. project supervised by Assoc. Prof. Opanasenko and Prof. Čejka, Qiudi used chemical lability of elementosilicates for designing new nanoporous materials (6 publications, including Chem. Eng. J. and Chem. Eur. J.). After obtaining his Ph.D. degree in 2021, Qiudi moved to Laboratoire Catalyse & Spectrochimie, CNRS (Caen, France) for postdoc.

Yuyan Zhang, Ph.D.

Research interest

Yuyan research was focused on the design of zeolite-supported metal catalysts (10 publications, including Chem. Eng. J. and Mater. Tod. Nano). After obtaining her Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Čejka and Dr. Shamzhy in 2021, Dr. Zhang moved to the group of Multifunctional Catalytic Systems, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion (Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany) as a post-doctoral researcher.

Jin Zhang, Ph.D.

Research interest

Within her Ph.D. project, Jin developed synthetic method to control the chemistry and confinement of active sites in zeolite catalysts by post-synthesis of germanosilicates (6 publications, including Chem. Mater., ACS Sust. Chem. Eng.) After successful defense of her Ph.D. thesis under the supervision of Mariya, Jin moved to Laboratoire Catalyse & Spectrochimie, CNRS (Caen, France) for postdoc.

Yong Zhou, Ph.D.

Research interest

In his research, Yong was utilizing chemical flexibility of particular zeolites to design catalytic materials with improved stability and tailored porosity (5 publications, including ACS Catal. and ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces). Yong obtained his Ph.D. under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Opanasenko and Prof. Čejka in 2020 and moved to Sustainable Energy and Catalysis group, University of Lille, CNRS (Lille, France) as a post-doctoral researcher.

Valeryia Kasneryk, Ph.D.

Research interest

Valeryia stayed in the group for 4 years as Ph.D. student. Thanks to her research, the ADOR method for the synthesis of new zeolites was expanded beyond UTL germanosilicate (8 publications, including Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., J. Mater. Chem. A and Nat. Com.). Valeryia obtained her Ph.D. under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Opanasenko in 2018 and moved to Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon (Geesthacht, Germany) for Humboldt Research Fellowship.

Kinga Maria Gołąbek, Ph.D.

Research interest

Kinga stayed in the group for 3 years as post-doctoral fellow focusing on in situ IR spectroscopic studies of zeolite catalysts. Her research shed a light on the mechanism of selective synthesis of asymmetric ethers over zeolite catalysts (Appl. Catal. A, Appl. Mater. Today). In 2023 Kinga has joined the Prof. Sievers Research Group in Georgia Tech (U.S.A.)

Daniel Rainer, Ph.D.

Research interest

Daniel stayed in the group for 2 years as post-doctoral fellow focusing on structural analysis of novel materials by advanced electron microscopy and continuous rotation electron diffraction method (cRED). His research contributed to understanding structural characteristics of several functional materials being important for charge storage, adsorption and catalysis (Nanoscale Adv., Adv. Funct. Mater., Chem. Commun.). In 2023, Daniel has joined University of Southampton (National Crystallography Service) as Specialist Technician for Electron Diffraction.

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