Atsushi Urakawa
Delft University of Technology
Biography
Professor Atsushi Urakawa obtained his BSc in Applied ÀË»¨Ö±²¥ at Kyushu University (Japan), with a one-year stay in the USA. He then moved to Europe and studied Chemical Engineering at TU Delft for his MSc. He obtained his PhD in 2006 at ETH Zurich (Switzerland).
He worked as a Senior Scientist and Lecturer at ETH Zurich before joining ICIQ (Spain) in 2010 as Group Leader. In 2019, he undertook a new challenge as a Professor of Catalysis Engineering at ChemE, TU Delft (The Netherlands).
His group develops novel heterogeneous catalysts and catalytic processes aimed at minimizing energy usage and reducing negative impacts on the environment and human health. They employ a multidisciplinary approach, integrating material science, reaction engineering, and in situ/operando methodologies to gain a thorough understanding of active sites and transformation pathways. The primary target reactions include CO2 conversion to valuable chemicals, methane activation, environmental catalysis (NOx abatement), and hydrogen production through electro- and photocatalytic activation. He was elected a Fellow of the ÀË»¨Ö±²¥ (FRSC) in 2016 and was the recipient of the JSPS Prize in 2020 and The Japan Academy Medal in 2021.
RSC affiliations
Associate editors, Industrial ÀË»¨Ö±²¥ & Materials
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