Recently, third year CDT postgraduate researcher Mian Zahid Hussain secured a grant from Italian Chemical Society (ICS) to participate in a winter school on Catalysis which took place at Bardonecchia, Italy from 7-11 January 2019. The focus of the winter school was to provide a detailed picture of the current scientific challenges to the catalysis for energy and environmental issues.
Current chemical industry relies mostly on fossil fuels, primarily to fulfill global energy-related requirements. In the present-day efforts to develop more environmentally friendly, cleaner and renewable energy sources, it depends upon how and if the chemical industry could shift from fossil-fuel to renewable energy driven production. The young generation of researchers working in this area of catalysis needs to be trained to understand the underlying problems and to establish the connection between the shifting techno-economic landscape of energy-related production systems and catalysis development challenges. This school proposed to set the basis for such an analysis.
This winter school was informative and provided a broader overview of the field of catalysis, covering the technical, industrial and economic aspects. Zahid held a poster presentation which was appreciated by the organizing committee and fellow researchers. It also provided an excellent opportunity for networking and meeting interesting people working on similar scientific topics.
More photos from the school below:
