Nina Genz

Research

Rising CO₂ concentration in the atmosphere constitutes one of the most challenging problems of today’s society. Therefore, using CO₂ as reactant for producing value-added products, e.g. hydrocarbons or alcohols, offers a promising starting point to handle this issue. My research project focuses on CO₂ hydrogenation over supported catalyst systems. In order to gain a fundamental understanding of the influence of varying structural properties on catalytic performance, detailed structural characterization will be combined with in situ characterization. A special emphasis will be laid on X-ray absorption spectroscopy.

C.V.

Since 2020

Postdoctoral researcher at Utrecht University in the group of Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis under the supervision of prof. dr. ir. Bert M. Weckhuysen

2015 – 2019

PhD in Chemistry at Technical University Berlin in the group of Analytical Chemistry under the supervision of prof. dr. Thorsten Ressler. Thesis title: “Structure-activity correlations and solid-state kinetic investigations of iron oxide-based catalysts supported on SBA-15”

2013 – 2015

Master of Science in Chemistry at Technical University Berlin

2009 – 2014

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at Technical University Berlin