PLENARY AND KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
UKCC has featured a speakers across the breadth of catalyisd belwo are some recent keynores and pleanry speakers
2026 Plenaries
Prof. Christophe Copéret
ETH Zurich
Prof Chris Hardacre
University of Manchester
Prof Kylie Vincnet
University of Oxford
Understanding Catalysis, one Atom at a Time
Hydrogen production, purification and CO2 to methanol using thermal and non thermal catalysis
Operando studies of biocatalysis.
Prof. Thomas Schaub
University of St. Andrews, BASF
Prof. Ifan Stephens
Imperial College London
Collaborative Industrial-Academic Research for the use of Homogeneous Catalysis in circular processing and the utilization of renewable feedstocks
JMT Medal Winner
2025 Plenaries
Prof Veronique Van Speybroeck
Ghent University
A dynamics view on zeolite catalysis at operating conditions bridging length and time scales
Prof Matthew Davidson University of Bath
Catalysis to Accelerate the Transition to
Fossil Free Polymers
Prof Andrew Beale
UCL
Using advanced X-ray methods for determining structure-activity relationships in catalysts for CO & CO2 hydrogenation
IChemE Andrew Medal lecture
Dr. Steven Wisniewski
Bristol Myers Squibb Company, United States
How Earth Abundant Metal Catalysis Can
Impact Process Chemistry
RSC ACG award Lecture
2025 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Laurie King Electrocatalyst design and development for sustainable water electrolysis
Shiju Raveendran Towards the development of sustainable processes: the case of circular plastics and
beyond."
Gareth Owen Development of New Ligand Cooperation Strategies for the Catalytic Hydrogenation of CO2
David Thompsett Development of New Ligand Cooperation Strategies for the Catalytic Hydrogenation of CO2
Yukwon Jeon Surface OH densities of oxide supports
Gloria Berlier A catalytic study on structure and reaction characteristics of noble based bimetallic nanoparticles on perovskite oxide support
Francisco Garcia-Garcia Exploring the chemical reactivity of SO2 on Cu-CHA zeolites in the NH3-SCR reaction
Alexander Cowan On-board Hollow Fibre-based Carbon Capture Systems
Patricia Marr Breaking Scaling Relationships in Electrocatalysis
Joseph Wright Ionic liquid gels for catalysis
2024 Speakers
Plenaries
Prof. Sir. Richard Catlow "Modelling of Catalytic Structures and Mechanisms: Achievements and Challenges"
Prof Silvia Bordiga "MOFs and MOFs derivatives used as catalysts"
Dr. James Paterson "Innovation in Fischer-Tropsch Catalysis for an Applied Process"
Prof Walter Leitner "New Carbon Sources for the Energetic and Chemical Value Chain: Challenges and Opportunities for Catalysis - TEN YEARS AFTER!"
Keynotes
Prof Andrew Weller Solid-State Molecular OrganoMetallic Catalysis: Crystalline Molecular Factories
Dr Santhosh Matam Electrochemical CO2 reduction over Cu-based gas diffusing electrodes: a study by complementary spectroscopic techniques
Prof Natalie Fey Towards Data-Led Prediction in Homogeneous Catalysis
Dr Xiaolei Zhang Mechanistic insights into the role of bi-functional and bi-metallic catalysts during hydrodeoxygenation of converting wastes into fuels
Dr Emma Gibson The Impact of Aging on the Structure-Activity Relationships of TWC Catalysts
Prof Nancy Artioli Novel synthesis approaches for CO2 Hydrogenation catalysts using Ionic Liquids
Prof Ive Hermans Understanding Surface Reactions using Modulation Excitation Spectroscopy
Dr. Stefan Nastase Methanol activation on Brønsted acid and defect sites in zeolites
Dr. Xiaodong Wang Heterogeneous catalysis mediated cofactor regeneration for biosynthesis