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SUMMARY:MARVEL Distinguished Lecture - Jens Nørskov
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DESCRIPTION:Jens Nørskov\, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)\nhttps:
 //epfl.zoom.us/j/86404994318 \nPasscode: 2618\n\nProf. Jens Nørskov\nPro
 fessor of physics at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU)\n\nCatalysi
 s for sustainable production of fuels and chemicals\nThe development of a 
 sustainable energy system puts renewed focus on catalytic processes for en
 ergy conversion. We will need to find new catalysts for a number of proces
 ses if we are to successfully synthesize fuels and other chemicals from so
 lar or wind electricity. Insight into the way the catalysts work at the mo
 lecular level may prove essential to speed up the discovery process. The l
 ecture will outline a theory of heterogeneous catalysis that singles out t
 he most important parameters determining catalytic activity and selectivit
 y. I will use nitrogen reduction to ammonia as the main example and discus
 s the possibility to find sustainable alternatives to the well-known Haber
 -Bosch process.\n\nAbout the speaker\nJens Nørskov received his PhD in ph
 ysics from the University of Aarhus in 1979. After postdoc positions at th
 e IBM T. J. Watson Research Center\, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Phys
 ics (Nordita)\, and Århus University and holding a staff position at Hald
 or Topsøe A/S he joined the Technical University of Denmark as a professo
 r of physics in 1987. In 2010 he became the Leland T. Edwards Professor in
  the School of Engineering\, Stanford University\, and in 2018 he returned
  to the Technical University of Denmark as the Villum Kann Rasumussen prof
 essor. He is currently the chairman of the Danish National Research Founda
 tion. His research aims at developing theoretical methods and concepts to 
 understand and predict properties of materials focusing primarily on catal
 ysis and sustainable energy solutions. He has received a number of awards\
 , and holds honorary doctorates at the Technical University of Eindhoven\,
  the Norwegian University of Science and Technology\, and the Technical Un
 iversity of Munich. He is a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Science 
 and Letters\, the Danish Academy of Engineering (ATV)\, Academia Europea\,
  and a foreign member of the US National Academy of Engineering.\n 
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