Atsushi Urakawa new professor Catalysis Engineering

News - 18 July 2019 - Communication TNW

On April 1 Prof. Atsushi Urakawa joined the Catalysis Engineering group.

Atsushi Urakawa is from Japan, he obtained his BSc degree in Applied Chemistry at Kyushu University (Japan) after which he joined Delft University of Technology for MSc study in Chemical Engineering. He obtained his PhD from ETH Zurich (Switzerland), where he worked as a Senior Scientist and Lecturer until he joined ICIQ in Spain in 2010. His research group combines fundamental as well as highly applied research and focuses on the rational development of heterogeneous catalysts and processes aided by in situ and operando spectroscopic methods – which the group is also actively developing. After nine years at ICIQ, he will continue his research as a professor at Delft University of Technology.

Read the interview “Face to face with Atsushi Urakawa” of ICIQ.