Cardiff Catalysis Institute CCI

Cardiff University has established the Cardiff Catalysis Institute (CCI) within the School of Chemistry. The initiative has been supported directly by the University with financial support of over £2.3M, and have established a centre of excellence for catalysis within the UK that builds upon the current strengths in research at Cardiff.

Chemistry at Cardiff already has excellence in heterogeneous, homogeneous and bio catalysis and we are bring these together within a single institute so that they can grow and provide the focal point for interdisciplinary interactions within Cardiff and externally with academia and industry.

The School of Chemistry has set up its research activities into six main themes or groups Chemical Biology; Heterogeneous Catalysis and Surface Science; Metals In Synthesis; Organic Synthesis [including Physical Organic Chemistry (POC)]; Solid State and Materials Chemistry; Theoretical and Computational Chemistry.

The Institute invovles staff from all six groups. Heterogeneous catalysis is closely allied to surface science and solid state chemistry and hence includes and impacts on academics working in these areas. Catalysis requires expertise in synthetic methodologies and this expertise is present in the CCI by collaborations with staff from

organic Synthesis; homogeneous catalysis especially is heavily reliant on organic and metal-organic synthesis. All areas of catalysis integrate closely with staff in the Computational Chemistry Group, and also utilise the kinetics and mechanistic skills of the recently established Physical Organic Chemistry Centre.

Prof. G J Hutchings FRS, CCI Director

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