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+++ 31.5.2026: Maricruz and Nicole at the Frauenlauf 2026 +++

On Sunday, Nicole and Maricruz joined over 31,000 runners at this year’s Frauenlauf in the Prater and absolutely smashed the 10 km run! Congrats!

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+++ 29.4.2026: Victoria's MSc defense +++

We are thrilled to share that on Monday our Master’s student Victoria Weidner has successfully defended her thesis and with that successfully completed her degree in Chemical Engineering! Under the supervision of Maricruz Sanchez-Sanchez and Nicole Müller, she worked on the topic “Mixed alcohols conversion over H-ZSM-5 catalyst” over the past months and has been a valuable part of our group.We thank her for her great contribution and wish her all the best for her future!

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+++ 13.3.2026: FemChem Scientific Workshop +++

Our group had the pleasure of participating in this year’s FemChem, opens an external URL Scientific Workshop “From Breakdown to Breakthrough” at TUtheSky—an inspiring event filled with stimulating talks and valuable networking opportunities.
We were proud to be well represented by Victoria Weidner, opens an external URL in a new window, who delivered an engaging and insightful presentation on her Master’s thesis topic, “Mixed Alcohols Conversion to Olefins over H-ZSM-5 Catalyst" and Stylianos Spyroglou, opens an external URL in a new window who showcased his work with a poster on “Activity Improvement of Inductively Heated Fe-Based Catalysts for CO₂ Utilisation.”
A special congratulations to Victoria, opens an external URL in a new window for winning 1st place in the Presentation Award—a well-deserved recognition of her excellent work!

+++ New Publication in ACS Catalysis +++

We have a new article published in the journal ACS Catalysis, where we investigated Cobalt-doped Iron nanoparticles supported on Ceria to be used and stabilized as self-heating catalysts in the reverse water-gas shift reaction. It is a good step forward in our induction heating project. Check out the paper here: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5c06038, opens an external URL in a new window

+++ 24.09.2025: Some news on our self-heating catalysts +++

Quite the achievement(s) for our team member Stylianos Spyroglou, opens an external URL in a new window! Earlier this year, we filed our patent on WIPO under the reference number PCT/AT2025/060225. Do you want to hear more about it? Then check out the promotional video which was created with the help of Mr. Alfred Zacharias. A few weeks ago, Stelios shared his latest research results with the broader catalysis community at the 16^th European Congress on Catalysis in Trondheim, Norway. There he gave a talk about "stabilisation strategies of self-heating catalysts for CO₂ conversion to syngas with magnetic induction heating", which was well received by the audience. Congrats!

+++ 22.07.2025: New Paper in JACS Au +++

We have a new paper published in JACS Au, titled “Isolated Ni²⁺ Cations as the Active Centers for 1-Butene Dimerization in Zeolites”! In this collaboration with TU Munich, we used different Ni²⁺-containing zeolites with small, medium, and large pore sizes as catalysts in dimerizing 1-butene to octenes and saw two orders of magnitude increased activity for the large-pore zeolite Y which stabilizes the bulky transition states. A nice story to read through, which you can do for free in open access here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacsau.5c00461, opens an external URL in a new window

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+++ 28.05.2025: Maricruz and Nicole at the Frauenlauf 2025 +++

They did it again! Maricruz and Nicole participated in the packed Women’s Run in Vienna’s beautiful Prater, and both finished the 10 km run with new personal records. Not in the least because of all the cheering they got from the team, of course. Cool poses included. Overall, a great event!

+++ 30.04.2025: Maricruz and Christian attended the conference “Catalyzing the Energy and Chemical Transition towards Circularity” organized by KAUST +++

Glad to have been invited to the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) for the conference end of April! Professors Javier Ruiz Martinez and Pedro Castano from KAUST gathered a selected group of researchers from all around the globe for discussions on the future role of catalysts in sustainable chemical processes. 

+++ 11.03.2025: Joint Pub quiz with the ClusCat lab +++

Shortly before Noelia left for her stay in Japan, we took the opportunity to do another pub quiz. Our group got every question right! Stay tuned for our next pub quiz successes ;)

Thanks to the ClusCat Lab for the great time, see you in summer, Noelia, and have a great time in Japan!