My PhD advisor Karsten Meyer, was in town to give a seminar, 25 years after I joined his group at UC San Diego as the first PhD. We would never have thought of this day. Chemchat, chemski

We developed an encapsulated NiCo alloy catalyst for high temp CO2 reduction in solid oxide electrochemical cells. An voltage of 1.1 V at 1 A/cm2, corresponding to 90% energy efficiency. The reactions produce CO in 100% selectively and we run it for 2000 h. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #chemsky

I am very pleased to announce the closing of a 9 M Series A financing round for our startup NovaMea. We are fully committed to develop critical materials such as membranes and catalysts for anion exchange membrane water electrolyzers, enabling green hydrogen production at large scale and low cost.

A non precious hydrogen evolution catalyst that can actually be used in a prototype electrolyzer running at 3 A/cm2: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... In addition to detailed synthesis and activity , we report operando study that reveal the catalyst to be a novel MoOx-supported Ni4Mo species. #chemsky

We have a group logo now! #chemsky Thanks to our designated artist (and postdoc) Damien. Not able to cover all topics we work on, but at least you know Who we are working with😀 #catalysis #epfl #academiclife

By incorporating two cofactors into the four binding sites of streptavidin, we engineered programmable artifical enzymes for tandem abiotic transformations including an enantioselective formal C–H hydroxylation and a photooxidation-Michael addition. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #chemsky

Less parking, more Nobel Prizes! I love the humour of our parking admin. #academicsky #chemsky Talking about out of box thinking. P.S. for the moment we have zero NP laureate in our history.

The privilege of being a university professor is to be with a group of passionate young (and regeneratively young:-)) mentees and work on subjects that interest us. A reflection at our end of year gathering. #chemsky #realtimechem

Our latest paper: Field-enhanced CO electroreduction in membrane electrolyzers at a dehydrated interface. We achieve 2.5 A cm−2 at 2.7 V, with ethylene yields of 40%+ and C2+ of 80%. Using needle-like catalysts to intensify electric fields and accumulate K+ and water.
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True story: Before I hand back their exam papers, I showed my class this gem… 5 second after, my laptop showing this photo just died in front of all of us #realtimechem #chemsky

Pleasure ro present today in the Challenge in Catalysis symposium by SCI and RSC in posh London central. #chemsky Pharma and chem industrial research remains strong in Europe, in classical organometallic, but also in emerging biocatalysis. Happy to see our biocat work fits right in.