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14 November 2025
Welcoming New Early Career Editorial Board Members of Catalysts

Catalysts (ISSN: 2073-4344) is pleased to add the following researchers to the 2025 Early Career Editorial Board and congratulate them on becoming part of the Catalysts community!

Name: Dr. Emilia Paone
Affiliation: DICEAM, Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, 89122 Reggio Calabria, Italy
Homepage: https://unirc.unifind.cineca.it/individual?uri=http%3A%2F%2Firises.unirc.it%2Fresource%2Fperson%2F1275
Research interests: heterogeneous catalysis; green and sustainable chemistry; wastes and residues

Name: Dr. Wei Tan
Affiliation: School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
Homepage: https://hjxy.nju.edu.cn/English/Faculty/FulltimeTeacher/DepartmentofEnvironmentalSciences/TenuretrackAssistantProfessor/20250218/i308670.html
Research interests: air pollutant emission control; heterogeneous catalysis; ceria-based materials

Name: Dr. Fei-Fei Chen
Affiliation: College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, China
Homepage: https://sgxy.njtech.edu.cn/info/1057/5135.htm
Research interests: biocatalysis; enzyme engineering; multi-enzymatic cascade

Name: Dr. Salvatore Fusco
Affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Cà Vignal 1, Room: 2.10, Strada le Grazie 15, 37134 Verona, Italy
Homepage: https://www.dbt.univr.it/?ent=persona&id=52943&lang=en
Research interests: industrial enzymology; biocatalysis; carbohydrate-active enzymes; plastic-degrading enzymes; enzymatic synthesis of bioplastics; extremozymes; extremophiles; thermophilic fermentation processes

Name: Dr. Sergio Nogales Delgado
Affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Physical Chemistry, University of Extremadura, Avda. De Elvas s/n, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-4761
Research interests: biomass; biodiesel; biolubricants; methane reforming; glycerol

Name: Dr. Lucília Graciosa de Sousa Ribeiro
Affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Homepage: https://lsre-lcm.fe.up.pt/person/78
Research interests: heterogeneous catalysis; carbon materials; catalytic hydrogenation; biomass and wastes valorisation; sustainable processes; fine chemicals and fuels synthesis; catalysis for biomass conversion

Name: Dr. Kin Wai Cheah
Affiliation: School of Computing, Engineering & Digital Technologies, Teesside University, Borough Road, Middlesbrough TS1 3BA, UK
Homepage: https://research.tees.ac.uk/en/persons/kin-wai-cheah/
Research interests: biomass conversion to fuels and value-added products

Name: Dr. Georgios Bampos
Affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece
Homepage: https://www.chemeng.upatras.gr/en/personnel/collaborating/283
Research interests: heterogeneous catalysis; electrochemistry; batteries and fuel cells; hydrogen; bioenergy; carbon capture and sequestration

Name: Dr. Hu Zhao
Affiliation: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2110-7144
Research interests: solid waste upgrading and resource recovery; environmental biotechnology; green hydrogen; electrochemistry; LCA and TEA

Name: Dr. Dechao Wang
Affiliation: College of Energy, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
Homepage: https://energy.xmu.edu.cn/info/1529/15529.htm
Research interests: biomass and coal pyrolysis

Name: Dr. Han-Jun Ai
Affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Homepage: https://chemistry-buchwald.mit.edu/people/han-jun-ai/
Research interests: cross-coupling; amination; carbonylation; organic synthesis; transition-metal catalysis; metal complexes; copper catalysis; palladium catalysis; manganese catalysis

Name: Dr. Yixiong Lin
Affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5769-5315
Research interests: photoredox catalysis; organic chemistry

Name: Dr. Zhiyong Zhang
Affiliation: School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8427-0267
Research interests: environmental catalysis; catalytic materials; water treatment; advanced oxidation

Name: Dr. Monika Michalska
Affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Physico-Chemical Processes, Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 2172/15, 708 00 Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic
Homepage: https://www.vsb.cz/personCards/personCard.jsp?lang=en&person=MIC0371
Research interests: secondary batteries; supercapacitors; nanomaterials and nanocomposites; photocatalysis; photoluminescent materials

Name: Dr. Hongda Zhu
Affiliation: Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66047, USA
Homepage: https://cebc.ku.edu/people/hongda-zhu
Research interests: reaction kinetics; acid catalysis; oxidation; epoxidation; ozonation; oxide catalysts; mesoporous supports; modulation excitation spectroscopy; spectrokinetics; computational chemistry; vapor–liquid and liquid–liquid phase equilibria; reactions in gas expanded liquid

Name: Dr. Sergio Carrasco
Affiliation: Advanced Porous Materials Unit (APMU), IMDEA Energy Institute, Avda. Ramón de la Sagra 3, E-28935 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
Homepage: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergio-carrasco-garrido-b7a820139/
Research interests: metal–organic frameworks; CO2 valorization; solar fuels; photocatalytic water splitting; green H2 generation

Name: Dr. Xiang-Ting Min
Affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
Homepage: https://taozhang.dicp.ac.cn/info/1219/5068.htm
Research interests: deuteration reactions; single-atom catalysis

Name: Dr. Simona Renda
Affiliation: Aragon Institute of Engineering Research, University of Zaragoza, C/Mariano Esquillor s/n, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
Homepage: https://creg.i3a.es/simona-renda/
Research interests: heterogeneous catalysis; CO2 hydrogenation; e-fuels; structured catalysts; modeling; fluidized bed reactors; sulfides

Name: Dr. Melissandre Richard
Affiliation: Centrale Lille Institute, Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide (UCCS), 59650 Villeneuve d’ascq, France
Homepage: https://pro.univ-lille.fr/melissandre-richard
Research interests: heterogeneous catalysis; remediation; reaction mechanisms; time-resolved operando IR spectroscopy; isotopic exchange (SSITKA)

Name: Dr. Janvit Teržan
Affiliation: Department of Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova ulica 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5528-5355
Research interests: heterogeneous catalysis; nanomaterials; in situ; operando; characterization

Name: Dr. Yaoyuan Zhang
Affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Homepage: https://cce.bit.edu.cn/szdw/jsml/hxgcyjs/e4973f1c19cb4224b71d710aab61326a.htm
Research interests: heterogeneous catalysis; catalyst design; process intensification; structure-activity relationships; alkane conversion; reaction mechanism and kinetics

Name: Dr. Xinglong Zhang
Affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Homepage: https://xinglong-zhang.github.io
Research interests: computational chemistry; computational catalysis; C–H activation; organometallic catalysis; organocatalysis; carbene catalysis; asymmetric catalysis; radical chemistry; photocatalysis; machine learning

Name: Dr. Guillermo Díaz Sainz
Affiliation: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, University of Cantabria, 39005 Santander, Spain
Homepage: https://web.unican.es/portal-investigador/personal-investigador/detalle-investigador?i=221D3204FB9C9558
Research interests: CO2 capture; CO2 electroreduction; CO2 photoelectroreduction; membrane processes; electrochemical reactor

Name: Dr. Bin Wu
Affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0658-0611
Research interests: carbon materials; electrocatalysis; in situ characterizations; X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Name: Dr. Leiduan Hao
Affiliation: College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
Homepage: https://chem.buct.edu.cn/2022/0429/c13262a175514/page.htm
Research interests: green chemistry; electrocatalysis; CO2 conversion

Name: Dr. Hilmar Del Carmen Guzman Medina
Affiliation: CREST Group, Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT), Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129 Turin, Italy
Homepage: https://www.polito.it/en/staff?p=hilmar.guzman
Research interests: electrochemical CO2 reduction (eCO2RR); gas diffusion electrodes (GDEs); membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs); electrocatalysis; photoelectrocatalysis; CO2-to-chemicals or fuels; electrochemical process scale-up; low-temperature electrolysis; electrolyzer design; CO2 valorization

Name: Dr. Junrui Li
Affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA 30314, USA
Homepage: https://junruili.wixsite.com/lenci
Research interests: precise synthesis of nano-catalysts; electrocatalysis; carbon dioxide conversion; biomass conversion; fuel cells and water splitting 

Name: Dr. Nicolò Bruno Domenico Monti
Affiliation: DM3, European Institute of Membranes, University of Montpellier, 34900 Montpellier, France
Homepage: https://esploro.umontpellier.fr/esploro/profile/nicolo_monti/overview
Research interests: electrochemestry; CO2RR; EIS

Name: Dr. Dan Shao
Affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi’an 710021, China
Homepage: https://cl.sust.edu.cn/info/1013/3063.htm
Research interests: electrocatalysis; environmental catalysis; electrode; microplastics; water treatment

Name: Dr. Fukun Bi
Affiliation: School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0115-2826
Research interests: metal–organic frameworks; degradation of gaseous pollutants, such as VOCs, CO and NOx, etc.

Name: Dr. Mingming Guo
Affiliation: School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dong Chuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
Homepage: https://sese.sjtu.edu.cn/faculty/view/107
Research interests: environmental catalysis; air pollution control; catalytic materials

Name: Dr. Luís Pinto Da Silva
Affiliation: Chemistry Research Unit (CIQUP), Institute of Molecular Sciences (IMS), Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Planning, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
Homepage: https://sigarra.up.pt/fcup/pt/func_geral.formview?p_codigo=480749
Research interests: environmental catalysis; engineered nanomaterials; photocatalysis; advanced oxidation

Name: Dr. Guoqiang Cao
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, China
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8579-4940
Research interests: green chemistry; heterogeneous catalysis; plasma catalysis; C1 chemistry; N2 fixation

Name: Prof. Dr. Rafael Rodríguez Solís
Affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Granada, 18010 Granada, Spain
Homepage: https://produccioncientifica.ugr.es/investigadores/357128/detalle
Research interests: ozone; photocatalysis; adsorption; water treatment; pyrolysis; waste valorization

Name: Dr. Robert S. Matos
Affiliation: Amazonian Materials Group, Department of Physics, Federal University of Amapá, Macapá 68903-419, Brazil
Homepage: https://www2.unifap.br/rsmatos/researchers/
Research interests: photocatalysis; nanostructured catalysts; environmental catalysis; biomass-derived nanomaterials; magnetic nanocomposites; green synthesis; surface characterization; atomic force microscopy (AFM); semiconductor materials; thin films

Name: Dr. Laura Riva
Affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
Homepage: https://www.cmic.polimi.it/en/persone/docenti-e-ricercatori/riva-laura/
Research interests: nanocellulose; sustainability; heterogeneous catalysis; water remediation; nanostructured materials; waste valorization; sensing; packaging; circular economy

Name: Dr. Jinyou Zheng
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Coking Coal Resources Green Exploitation, Engineering Research Center of Advanced Functional Material Manufacturing of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Homepage: https://www7.zzu.edu.cn/catalysis/People/People/Faculty/Jin_You_Zheng.htm
Research interests: synthesis, crystal facet engineering, assembly, and characterization of semiconductor nanomaterials for energy harvesting and storage applications; synthesis of the nanostructured metal electrodes by an electrochemical method and studying new applications; electrochemical; photochemical; photoelectrochemical water splitting; CO2 reduction

Name: Dr. Danilo Russo
Affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Materials, and Industrial Production, University of Naples Federico II, P.le V. Tecchio 80, 80125 Naples, Italy
Homepage: https://www.docenti.unina.it/#!/professor/44414e494c4f525553534f525353444e4c39304531394638333951/riferimenti
Research interests: hydrogen; kinetic modeling; environmental catalysis; catalytoc materials; ammonia; photocatalysis; industrial chemistry; process engineering; advanced oxidation processes; industrial safety; machine learning

Name: Dr. Lourdes Hurtado
Affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Prol. Paseo de la Reforma 880, Lomas de Santa Fe, Mexico City C.P. 01219, Mexico
Homepage: https://investigacion.ibero.mx/investigador/maria-de-lourdes-hurtado-alva
Research interests: photocatalysis; water treatment; CO2 photoreduction

Name: Dr. Chiara Lo Porto
Affiliation: DICATECh, Polytechnic of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1171-4354
Research interests: photocatalysis; nanoparticles; environmental applications; material science; plasma deposition and treatment

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