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Global energy demand is affected by catalysis
Greenhouse gas emissions are affected by catalysis
of GDP affected by catalysis
Let’s negotiate the curve. Together.
Among the toughest challenges facing humanity is the ability to respond to the energetic needs in line with the current rate of global demographic growth. From food security, through to products for mass consumption, medicines and new materials, energetic need will explode in the coming decades unless we find innovative new solutions to lower our energetic dependence at its root. Enter catalysis.
Our vision.
To be a global leader in catalysis research driving innovation and sustainable solutions that address the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. To advance catalysis science for a better tomorrow.
Our mission.
To discover novel catalytic processes to dramatically scale down global dependence on polluting energies, to disseminate knowledge and to grow the scientific community pursuing science for sustainability.
Our goals.
Our method.
Prof. Ben Feringa Awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Ben Fearing is the Jacobus van ’t Hoff Distinguished Professor of Molecular Sciences, at the Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Netherlands, and an Academy Professor of theRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Prof. Sir David McMillan Awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis, Sir David McMillan is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University.
Prof. Jonas C. Peters Jonas Peters is the Bren Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology and Director of Caltech’s Resnick Sustainability Institute. He has contributed to the development of catalysts and photocatalysts relevant to small molecule activation.
Prof. Serena DeBeer Serena DeBeer is the Director of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion in Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany, where she heads the Department of Inorganic Spectroscopy. Her expertise lies in the application and development of X-ray based spectroscopic methods as probes of electronic structure in biological and chemical catalysis.
Prof. Christophe Coperet Christophe Coperet is Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences at ETH Zürich. His scientific interest lies at the frontiers of molecular, material and surface chemistry, with the aims to design functional materials with applications in catalysis (sustainable chemistry and energy), molecular recognition, imaging and microelectronics.
Prof. Joseph M. DeSimone Awarded the 2020 Harvey Prize for significant contributions to materials science, chemistry, polymer science nano medicine, and 3D printing, Joseph DeSimone is the Sanjiv Sam Gambhir Professor of Translational Medicine in the department of radiology at Stanford University, where he is also professor of chemical engineering.
Designed to blend in with the green rolling hills of the Technion campus, the Resnick Center employs a low architectural profile dominated by an ecological roof garden covered in neighboring vegetation, photovoltaics to provide clean power to the facility, and clean emission solutions. With the girth of the structure enveloped in glass, green panoramas of the campus flood the retina, from the inside looking out. Public spaces and labs have been planned to incorporate the latest in human factors, and include collaborative spaces to ensure groups meet, mix and discuss research in a permeable environment.
