P.P. (Paolo) Pescarmona, Prof

Prof. Dr. Paolo P. Pescarmona is Full Professor in Catalysis & Sustainability at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands (since April 2022). The position encompasses research and teaching tasks, the management of the acquired funding and the supervision of post-doc, Ph.D. and Master projects. His research approach involves the rational design and development of catalytic materials for applications of academic, societal and industrial relevance, with a special focus on green chemistry. All aspects of the development of catalysts (heterogeneous and homogeneous) are covered: from the synthesis to the characterisation and testing. The targeted applications include CO₂ utilisation, biomass conversion, selective catalytic oxidations, electrocatalysis (including green hydrogen production) and photocatalysis.

• He is the Programme Director of the Master program in Chemical Engineering at the University of Groningen (since 1/2019).

• He is the Chair ot the ENTEG Board

• He is the President of the Dutch Zeolite Association (DZA) and Member of the Board of the Federation of European Zeolite Associations (FEZA) (since 9/2016).
• He is Member of the Board of the Dutch Catalysis Society (DCS, since 2017).