
Dr. D. (Dennis) Palagin
Dr. D. (Dennis) Palagin
Profile
Biography
Dennis Palagin received his university degree in Physical Chemistry from Belarusian State University (with
Dr. Vitaly Matulis) in 2010, and his PhD in Theoretical Chemistry from Technical University of Munich (with
Prof. Karsten Reuter) in 2013, where he was working on cluster-assembled materials. He then moved to the University of Oxford (the group of
Prof. Jonathan P. K. Doye) to learn the arts of global optimization and college tutoring, before joining the Paul Scherrer Institute (laboratory of
Prof. Jeroen A. van Bokhoven) in 2016 to dedicate himself to
computational catalysis, focusing on applying state-of-the-art
ab initio methods to study the interplay between the structure and the chemical properties of novel catalytic materials. On 1 September 2021 Dennis joined the newly created
Delft High Performance Computing Centre (DHPC) at TU Delft to further pursue his passion for powerful computers and computational science.
Education
- 08.2010 – 10.2013: Ph.D. in Theoretical Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Germany, with Prof. Dr. Karsten Reuter.
- 09.2005 – 06.2010: M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry, Belarusian State University, Belarus, with Dr. Vitaly Matulis.
Work history
- 09.2021 – present: Data Steward/High Performance Computing Specialist, Delft High Performance Computing Centre (DHPC), Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), The Netherlands.
- 07.2016 – 08.2021: Scientist, Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland; Visiting Scientist, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
- 01.2014 – 06.2016: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Jonathan Doye's Research Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, United Kingdom; Tutor at The Queen’s College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
- 08.2010 – 12.2013: Research and Teaching Assistant, Theoretical Chemistry Group, Chemistry Faculty, Technische Universität München (TUM), Germany.
- 09.2007 – 07.2010: Junior Research Assistant, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems of the Belarusian State University, Belarus.
Expertise
Dennis has more than ten years of experience in computational chemistry, scientific computing, and HPC usage. His main research topics are:
- catalysis on zeolites (e.g. methane to methanol over copper-exchanged zeolites)
- structures and properties of supported nanoparticles (e.g. Pt @ ceria for CO oxidation)
- modelling of the strong metal-support interaction
- Density Functional Theory
- Molecular Dynamics
- Global geometry optimization
- ab initio thermodynamics
- Digital education
- Data management/stewardship
- Linux and programming
- High performance computing (HPC)
Publications
Selected publications:
- X. Wang, A. Beck, J. A. van Bokhoven, and D. Palagin, "Thermodynamic Insights into Strong Metal-Support Interaction of Transition Metal Nanoparticles on Titania: Simple Descriptors for Complex Chemistry", J. Mater. Chem. A 9, 4044 (2021)
- A. Beck, X. Huang, L. Artiglia, M. Zabilskiy, X. Wang, P. Rzepka, D. Palagin, M.-G. Willinger, and J. A. van Bokhoven, "The Dynamics of Overlayer Formation on Catalyst Nanoparticles and Strong Metal-Support Interaction", Nat. Commun. 11, 3220 (2020)
- V. L. Sushkevich, D. Palagin, M. Ranocchiari, and J. A. van Bokhoven, "Selective Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane Enables Direct Synthesis of Methanol", Science 356, 523 (2017)
- C. Panosetti, K. Krautgasser, D. Palagin, K. Reuter, and R. J. Maurer, "Global Materials Structure Search with Chemically-Motivated Coordinates", Nano Lett. 15, 8044 (2015).
- D. Palagin and J. P. K. Doye, “Ni-based Nanoalloys: Towards Thermally Stable Highly Magnetic Materials”, J. Chem. Phys. 141, 214302 (2014).
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Events and trainings
Expertise
Publications
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2021
Direct evidence of cobalt oxyhydroxide formation on a La0.2Sr0.8CoO3 perovskite water splitting catalyst
Anthony Boucly / Luca Artiglia / Emiliana Fabbri / Dennis Palagin / Dino Aegerter / Daniele Pergolesi / Zbynek Novotny / Nicolo Comini / J. Trey Diulus / More Authors
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2021-6-10
Mapping Vibrational Spectra to the Structures of Copper Species in Zeolites Based on Calculated Stretching Frequencies of Adsorbed Nitrogen and Carbon Monoxides
Dennis Palagin / Vitaly L. Sushkevich / Amy J. Knorpp / Marco Ranocchiari / Jeroen A. van Bokhoven
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2021-3-8
Paired Copper Monomers in Zeolite Omega
The Active Site for Methane-to-Methanol Conversion
Amy J. Knorpp / Ana B. Pinar / Christian Baerlocher / Lynne B. McCusker / Nicola Casati / Mark A. Newton / Stefano Checchia / Jordan Meyet / Dennis Palagin / Jeroen A. van Bokhoven -
2021-6
Sparse ab initio x-ray transmission spectrotomography for nanoscopic compositional analysis of functional materials
Zirui Gao / Michal Odstrcil / Sebastian Böcklein / Dennis Palagin / Mirko Holler / Dario Ferreira Sanchez / Frank Krumeich / Andreas Menzel / Marco Stampanoni / Gerhard Mestl / Jeroen Anton van Bokhoven / Manuel Guizar-Sicairos / Johannes Ihli
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2021
Temperature and Reaction Environment Influence the Nature of Platinum Species Supported on Ceria
Xiansheng Li / Xing Wang / Ilia I. Sadykov / Dennis Palagin / Olga V. Safonova / Junhua Li / Arik Beck / Frank Krumeich / Jeroen A. Van Bokhoven / Luca Artiglia
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Ancillary activities
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2021-09-01 - 2023-09-01