CRC/TRR 247
At the University of Duisburg-Essen and the Ruhr-University Bochum.
With Participation of: Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, and Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Principal Investigator Beatriz Roldán Cuenya
Prof. Dr. Beatriz Roldán Cuenya
Phone: +49 30 8413 4123
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Department of Interface Science
Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Project Area AA4: Surface Reactivity of Advanced Model Oxides Catalysts
Project A4 probes the surface reactivity of model ultrathin films and nanoparticle oxidation catalysts from the Areas B and C, consisting of mixed iron-cobalt spinels and perovskites by advanced surface science techniques and operando methods
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Curriculum Vitae
Professional career
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Since 10.2017 |
Director of the Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin (Germany) |
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Since 2013 |
Full Professor (W3), Chair of the Solid State Physics/Surface Physics group at the Institute of Experimental Physics IV, Department of Physics, Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB), Bochum (Germany). Joint appointment with the Department of Chemistry at RUB, Bochum (Germany). |
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2012-2013 |
Full Professor, University of Central Florida (UCF), Physics Department, Orlando, Florida (USA). |
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2008-2012 |
Associate Professor (tenured), University of Central Florida (UCF), Physics Department, Orlando, Florida. Secondary joint faculty appointments at UCF’s Nanoscience and Technology Center and at the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering (USA). |
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2010-2011 |
Sabbatical research (9 months) at the Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Chemical Physics Department, Berlin (Germany). Collaboration with Prof. H.-J. Freund. |
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2004-2008 |
Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida, Physics Department, Orlando, Florida (USA). |
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2001-2003 |
Post-Graduate Scholar, University of California Santa Barbara, Chemical Engineering Department, Santa Barbara, California. Supervisor: Prof. Eric McFarland (USA). |
Scientific education and dregrees
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2001 |
Doctoral degree from the Physics Department of the University of Duisburg-Essen (Prof. Werner Keune) |
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1998-2001 |
Doctorate studies at the Department of Physics of the University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany, (Prof. W. Keune) |
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2000: |
Visiting researcher in Dr. Sam Bader’s group at the Material Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois (USA). |
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1998 |
MS degree from the Department of Physics of the University of Oviedo, Spain. |
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1994-1998 |
BS studies of physics at the University of Oviedo, Spain. |
Awards and Scholarships
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2009 |
International Peter Mark Memorial Award, American Vacuum Society. |
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2009 |
University of Central Florida Research Incentive Award. |
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2005 |
NSF-CAREER award from the US National Science Foundation. |
Positions and functions
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2016-present |
Advisory board of the Materials Research Department, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. |
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2015-present |
Advisory board of the Interfacial Systems Chemistry Research Department, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. |
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2013-present |
Advisory board of the RESOLV-DFG Cluster of Excellence in Solvation Chemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. |
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2011-present |
Advisory Committee of the Office of Basic Energy Sciences of the US Department of Energy, USA. |
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2011 |
Committee of Visitors evaluating the Office of International Science and Engineering of the US National Science Foundation. |
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2010-present |
Advisory Editorial Board of the Surface Science Journal. |
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2009-2012 |
Executive committee of the Surface Science Division of the American Vacuum Society. |
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2005-2010 |
Associate editor of the Journal of the American Vacuum Science and Technology B. |
Selected Publications
- H. Mistry, Y. Choi, A. Bagger, F. Scholten, C. Bonifacio, I. Sinev, N. J. Divins, I. Zegkinoglou, H. Jeon, K. Kisslinger, E. A. Stach, J. C. Yang, J. Rossmeisl, B. Roldan Cuenya, Enhanced carbon dioxide electroreduction to carbon monoxide over defect rich plasma-activated silver catalysts, Angew. Chemie (2017), (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201704613 and 10.1002/ange.201704613).
- D. Gao, I. Zegkinoglou, N. J. Divins, F. Scholten, I. Sinev, P. Grosse, and B. Roldan Cuenya, Plasma-Activated Copper Nanocube Catalysts for Efficient Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction to Hydrocarbons and Alcohols, ACS Nano 11 (2017) 4825.
- H. Mistry, F. Behafarid, R. Reske, A. Varela, P. Strasser, B. Roldan Cuenya, Tuning catalytic selectivity at the mesoscale via interparticle interactions, ACS Catal. 6 (2016) 1075.
- M. Ahmadi, C. Cui, H. Mistry, P. Strasser, B. Roldan Cuenya, Carbon Monoxide-Induced Stability and Atomic Segregation Phenomena in Shape-Selected Octahedral PtNi Nanoparticles, ACS Nano 9 (2015) 10686.
- H. Mistry, R. Reske, Z. Zeng, Z.-J. Zhao, J. Greeley, P. Strasser, B. Roldan Cuenya, Exceptional Size-Dependent Activity Enhancement in the Electroreduction of CO2 over Au Nanoparticles, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136 (2014) 16473.
- H. Mistry, F. Behafarid, S. R. Bare, B. Roldan Cuenya, Pressure dependent effect of hydrogen adsorption on structural and electronic properties of Pt/γ-Al2O3 nanoparticles, Chem.Cat.Chem. 6 (2014) 348.
- B. Roldan Cuenya, Metal Nanoparticle Catalysts beginning to Shape-up, Acc. Chem. Res. 46 (2013) 1682.
- K. Paredis, L. K. Ono, S. Mostafa, L. Li, Z. Zhang, J.C. Yang, L. Barrio, A.I. Frenkel, B. Roldan Cuenya, Structure, chemical composition, and reactivity correlations during the in situ oxidation of 2-propanol, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133 (2011) 6728.
- L.K. Ono, J.R. Croy, H. Heinrich, B. Roldan Cuenya, Oxygen Chemisorption, Formation, and Thermal Stability of Pt Oxides on Pt Nanoparticles supported on SiO2/Si(001): Size-effects, J. Phys. Chem. C 115 (2011) 16856.
- B. Roldan Cuenya, J. R. Croy, S. Mostafa, F. Behafarid, L. Li, Z. Zhang, J.C. Yang, Q. Wang, A.I. Frenkel*, Solving the structure of size-selected Pt nanocatalysts synthesized by inverse micelle encapsulation, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132 (2010) 8747.