Advanced Catalysis Engineering

Welcome to the Homepage of Advanced Catalysis Engineering. Founded by Prof. Javier Pérez-Ramírez in 2005, the group was established at ETH in March 2010.

Our team is highly sensitive about the major concerns facing today’s society and future generations, such as the energy crisis and the need for environment protection. Consequently, in our role as scientists and technologists, we are engaged in the development and understanding of new heterogeneous catalysts, multifunctional materials, and reactor engineering concepts devoted to sustainable technologies. The word ‘sustainable’ connotes intensified processes with an improved exploitation of raw materials, wider use of renewable feedstocks, reduction of energy consumption, and minimized environmental impact. We design catalytic processes under the umbrella of ‘Catalysis Engineering’, integrating the microlevel (catalyst), the mesolevel (reactor), and the macrolevel (process). Very few academic groups in the world attempt to bridge the broad interfaces between molecular and process engineering, and this approach has proven to be our main strength.