Atsushi Urakawa
Professor of Catalysis Engineering
Delft University of Technology
About me
Understanding catalysis at different time and length scales, developing operando tools for the aim, and applying the tools to accelerate rational catalyst and catalytic process development are my passion. My educational and research background in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Physical Chemistry, applied for Catalysis & Reaction Engineering, is at the core of my interest.
About my research
My research team develops novel heterogeneous catalysts and catalytic processes with the aim to minimise the energy usage and negative impacts of such processes on natural environment and human health while achieving high product yield and selectivity. We play with thermodynamics and kinetics by innovating catalyst and reaction environment such as high pressure conditions and unsteady-state operations. Currently our major focuses are given to the conversion of CO2 to valuable chemicals, methane activation, environmental catalysis and also to the production of hydrogen. Powerful operando
spectroscopic tools for studying solid materials and gas-solid and solid-liquid interfaces are being developed and applied to shed light on catalytic reaction mechanisms and kinetics, especially on the reactor scale.
Academic career
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