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SUMMARY:Engineering porous solids for a sustainable energy future
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Jorge Gascon\nCatalysis Engineering/ChemE/TUDelft\, Delf
 t\, The Netherlands\nThe worldwide primary enery consumption\, although de
 celerated due to the economic global crisis\, continues growing year by ye
 ar\, with an increase of 2.5% in 2011. The current energy system is mostly
  based on fossil fuels\, which have led to an increase in global warming g
 as emissions. As a result\, the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere and
  in the oceans keeps increasing\, leading to a global temperature rise and
  to water acidifaction\, respectively. Most of the global warming over th
 e past 50 years is very likely to have been caused by emissions of carbon 
 dioxyde (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHG) derived from human activiti
 es. Without any action to reduce these emissions\, the global average temp
 erature is likely to rise further 1.8-4° C this century\, and by up to 6.
 4° C in the worst case scenario. These are the greatest environmental\, 
 social and economic threats mankind is facing nowadays.\n\nCombating clima
 te change is a key priority for the European Commission who has agreed on 
 three common objectives for tackling today's energy and climate challenges
 \, the so-called "3x20": reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy use bo
 th by 20% and achieve a 20% of renewable energy in the supply chain by 202
 0. These efforts are aimed to facilitate the transition to sustainable ene
 rgy sources and to mitigate global warming associated with the massive uti
 lization of fossil fuels. In order to address these challenges\, new nano-
 structured materials are going to play a pivotal role.\n\nDuring my talk I
  will summarize our last advances in the rational design of nano-structure
 d materials (membranes\, adsorbents and catalysts) based on zeolites\, met
 al organic fraworks and structured polymers for different key applications
  aimed to solve short\, medium and long term energy challenges\, from CO2 
 separation to new catalysts for syngas chemistry and methane activation. (
 1-5)\n\nReferences\n(1) Rodenas\, T.\; Luz\, I.\; Prieto\, G.\; Seoane\, B
 .\; Miro\, H.\; Corma\, A.\; Kapteijn\, F.\; Llabrés i Xamena\, F.\; Gasc
 on\, J. Nature Materials 2015\,14 (1)\, 48.\n(2) Rodenas\, T.\; van Dalen\
 , M.\; Garcia-Pérez\, E.\; Serra-Crespo\, P.\; Zornoza\, B.\; Kapteijn\, 
 F.\; Gascon\, J. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2014\, 24\, 249.\n(3) Santos\, V. P.\;
  Wezendonk\, T. A.\; Jaén\, J. J. D.\; Dugulan\, A. I.\; Nasalevich\, M. 
 A.\; Islam\, H.-U.\; Chojecki\, A.\; Sartipi\, S.\; Sun\, X.\; Hakeem\, A.
  A.\; Koeken\, A. C. J.\; Ruitenbeek\, M.\; Davidian\, T.\; Meima\, G. R.\
 ; Sankar\, G.\; Kapteijn\, F.\; Makkee\, M.\; Gascon\, J. Nature Communica
 tions 2015\, 6\, 6451.\n(4) Wezendonk\, T. A.\; Santos\, V. P.\; Nasalevic
 h\, M. A.\; Warringa\, Q. S. E.\; Dugulan\, A. I.\; Chojecki\, A.\; Koeken
 \, A. C. J.\; Ruitenbeek\, M.\; Meima\, G.\; Islam\, H.-U.\; Sankar\, G.\;
  Makkee\, M.\; Kapteijn\, F.\; Gascon\, J. ACS Catalysis 2016\, 3236.\n(5)
  Olivos Suarez\, A. I.\; Szécsényi\, À.\; Hensen\, E. J. M.\; Ruiz-Mart
 inez\, J.\; Pidko\, E. A.\; Gascon\, J. ACS Catalysis 2016\, 2965\n\nBio: 
 Jorge Gascon (Spain\, 1977) received his MSc. in Chemistry in 2002 and his
  PhD cum laude in Chemical Engineering in 2006\, both at the University of
  Zaragoza (Spain). He was post-doc (2006 to 2009)\, Assistant Professor (2
 010 to 2012) and Associate Professor (2012 to 2014) at TUDelft. Since 2014
  he is Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Professor of Catalysis Engineering at the sa
 me university.\n\nGascon’s research interests fall at the interphase of 
 Chemical Engineering and Materials Science\, including the development and
  demonstration of new nano-structured materials and composites. Applicatio
 ns comprise membrane and adsorbent development\, multifunctional catalysis
 \, Fischer Tropsch Synthesis\, Methanol to olefins and photo-catalysis. He
  has co-authored over 150 publications in peer-reviewed journals (current 
 H index is 40)\, several book chapters\, 7 patents and has edited the book
  ‘Metal Organic Frameworks as Heterogeneous Catalysts'. He has been the 
 recipient of the prestigious VENI (2010)\, VIDI (2013) and ERC Starting (2
 013) personal grants. He received the 2013 ExxonMobil Chemical European Sc
 ience and Engineering Award.
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