Innovate and React
by Kevin Hares
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How Copper Catalysts Unlock Unreactive Molecules for Hydrogenation
How Copper Catalysts Unlock Unreactive Molecules for Hydrogenation
About this podcast
Chemistry is everywhere and it helps us to understand the world around us. From materials, over biological processes to energy conversion. New breakthroughs in chemical research can have an impact on how we see the wold in the fundamental or derive new application for our everyday lives. In this podcast I talk to scientists and about their innovations in chemistry and the reactions behind them.
Episodes
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- How Copper Catalysts Unlock Unreactive Molecules for Hydrogenation · 51 min · Episode 29In this episode of Innovate and React, I welcome Professor Johannes Teichert from TU Chemnitz, spokesperson of the CATALOOP network, to explore how cheap, abundant metals like…
- Replacing crude oil with local plants to make chemicals · 41 min · Episode 28In this episode of Innovate and React, I welcome my former PhD mentor, Dr. Thomas Seidensticker from TU Dortmund, to explore how oleochemistry can provide a sustainable, locally…
- Replacing chemical plants with methanol-eating bacteria · 38 min · Episode 27In this episode of Innovate and React, I welcome Dr. Ronja Rappold, co-founder of TENO Bioworks, to explore how microorganisms and synthetic biology can transform alternative…
- Defying Markovnikov: A New Spin on the Wacker Oxidation · 41 min · Episode 26In this episode of Innovate and React, I welcome back Thomas Bouveyron from and TH Köln to explore how we can make conventional petrochemical pathways more sustainable. We look…
- The Perfect Compromise: Unlocking the Future of Green Hydrogen with AEM · 56 min · Episode 25In this episode of Innovate and React, I met with Miriam Hesse and Bastian Kaufmann, researchers at the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Center (ZBT) to discuss the rising potential of…
- Stopping PFAS at the Source: Innovating Industrial Wastewater Treatment · 28 min · Episode 24In this episode of Innovate and React, I met with Dr. Rhea Machado, the CEO and co-founder of Porelio, to discuss their solution for removing forever chemicals from our drinking…
- Beyond Fertilizer: The Future of Low-Emission Ammonia · 1 h 9 min · Episode 23In this episode of Innovate and React, I met with Kevin Rouwenhorst, the technology manager at the Ammonia Energy Association, to discuss the future of sustainable ammonia…
- Scaling Sustainable Chemistry: How Startups Can Transform the Industry · 44 min · Episode 22In this episode of Innovate and React, I met with Stefan Weber and Martin Bellof, the founders of Chemstars, to discuss how to overcome common hurdles for founders in the…
- How innovative coatings are stopping microplastic pollution of the Ocean · Episode 21In this episode of Innovate and React, I met with Dr. Christina Linke, a co-founder of Clean Ocean Coatings, to discuss how innovative chemistry can solve the pressing issue of…
- Why Reversing the Haber-Bosch Process Requires a New Catalyst · 53 min · Episode 20In this episode of Innovate and React, I met with Malte Behrens, a professor of inorganic solid-state chemistry at the University of Kiel, to discuss ammonia as a vital carrier…
- Safe Hydrogen Storage with Salts: Alternative to Pressure Tanks and Ammonia · 48 min · Episode 19In this episode of Innovate and React, host I sit down with Jonas Massa, co-founder of AKROS Energy, to tackle the pressing challenges of hydrogen storage and transportation…
- How to bring chemical innovations from research to application · 54 min · Episode 18In this episode of Innovate and React, i am talking with Dr. Petra Ryl, innovation and talent lead at greenCHEM Berlin. We explore how innovation is transforming the chemical…
- The beginning and challenges of Natural Products in cancer treatments · 26 min · Episode 17This episode of Innovate and React explores the fascinating history of natural product research and its pivotal role in developing life-saving cancer treatments. The journey…
- Turning Methane into Value-Chemicals via Photocatalysis · 40 min · Episode 16In this episode we discuss a novel and sustainable approach to converting methane into valuable chemicals. Currently light hydrocarbons like methane are often simply burned for…
- Sustainable Chemistry and Advances in Catalysis · 37 min · Episode 15In this episode we discuss sustainable chemistry and the replacement of critical materials like platinum group elements with guest Dr. Soumyadeep Chakrabortty from the…
- One chemical reaction to feed them all: The synthesis of ammonia · 15 min · Episode 14In this episode of Innovate and React, I delve into the groundbreaking discovery of the Haber-Bosch process, which revolutionized agriculture and the chemical industry by…
- New breakthroughs in oxygen evolution reaction for water electrolysis · 41 min · Episode 13In this episode of Innovate and React, we dive into the world of water electrolysis and how theoretical chemistry can help design better catalysts for clean hydrogen production…
- Reducing shipping emissions to thin air using catalysis · 49 min · Episode 12In this episode of Innovate and React, we discuss how catalysis can be utilized for water treatment and reducing pollution from shipping. Janek Betting, a PhD researcher from the…
- How solid state NMR works and how it helps to understand proteins · 1 h 17 min · Episode 11In this episode of Innovate and React Anne Mayer, a PhD researcher at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, explains how solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy works…
- How metal organic complexes can shape your electronic devices · 48 min · Episode 10In this episode of Innovate and React, Dr. Leonardo Santoni, a postdoctoral researcher at UCL and a science content creator, shares his insights into the fascinating world of…
