Regina Palkovits

Regina Palkovits (born 1980) is a German chemist who is a Professor of Chemistry at the RWTH Aachen University. Her research considers heterogenous catalysis. She was elected a Fellow of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts in 2020.

Regina Palkovits
Palkovits lectures at the CatchBio Symposium in 2014
Born1979 (age 41–42)
Alma materTechnical University Dortmund
Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
Scientific career
InstitutionsMax Planck Institute for Coal Research
RWTH Aachen University
ThesisAnwendungen von geordnetem mesoporösem Siliciumdioxid in der heterogenen Katalyse (2007)

Early life and education

Palkovits studied chemical engineering at the Technical University of Dortmund.[1] She spent a year at Lehigh University as a visiting student working in chemical engineering. She joined the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research for her doctoral research, where she studied the use of mesoporous silica in heterogeneous catalysis.[2] She joined Utrecht University as a postdoctoral scholar working in the group of Bert Weckhuysen.

Research and career

In 2008, Palkovits returned to the Max Planck Institute as a group leader. She spent two years in Mülheim before joining RWTH Aachen University as a Professor of Chemistry.[3][4] Palkovits has continued to investigate heterogeneous catalysis, looking at how to transform renewable resources into high value products. Palkovits has investigated how biomass, carbon dioxide and plastic waste can be converted into monomers for polymer synthesis and the production of carbon dioxide neutral fuels.

Academic service

Palkovits leads the Sustainable Chemistry Division of the German Chemical Society.[5] She was a founding member of AcademiaNet, a network established to address the underrepresentation of women in senior positions in science.[6] In 2011, Palkovits' commitment to increasing diversity in science was recognised when she was selected as one of Germany's 100 Women of Tomorrow.[7]

Awards and honours

Selected publications
  • Agnieszka M Ruppert; Kamil Weinberg; Regina Palkovits (28 February 2012). "Hydrogenolysis goes bio: from carbohydrates and sugar alcohols to platform chemicals". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51 (11): 2564–2601. doi:10.1002/ANIE.201105125. ISSN 1433-7851. PMID 22374680. Wikidata Q34177931.
  • Roberto Rinaldi; Regina Palkovits; Ferdi Schüth (1 January 2008). "Depolymerization of cellulose using solid catalysts in ionic liquids". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47 (42): 8047–8050. doi:10.1002/ANIE.200802879. ISSN 1433-7851. PMID 18814164. Wikidata Q82054100.
  • Regina Palkovits; Markus Antonietti; Pierre Kuhn; Arne Thomas; Ferdi Schüth (1 January 2009). "Solid catalysts for the selective low-temperature oxidation of methane to methanol". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48 (37): 6909–6912. doi:10.1002/ANIE.200902009. ISSN 1433-7851. PMID 19655358. Wikidata Q84349991.

References
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  2. Palkovits, Regina (2006). Anwendungen von geordnetem mesoporösem Siliciumdioxid in der heterogenen Katalyse. OCLC 723539921.
  3. "Prof. Palkovits - RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry - English". www.itmc.rwth-aachen.de. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  4. "Regina Palkovits: Chemie Ingenieur Technik". Wiley Online Library. doi:10.1002/(issn)1522-2640.reginapalkovits.
  5. "Event :: The Role of Chemical Societies and the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals :: ChemistryViews". www.chemistryviews.org. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  6. "Regina Palkovits on equality in science: "It's about giving young people a chance" - AcademiaNet". www.academia-net.org. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
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  12. "DECHEMA Prize: R. Palkovits / DECHEMA Early-Career Prize: T. Magauer / Merck–Banyu Lectureship Award: T. Ogoshi". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56 (21): 5659–5659. 2017. doi:10.1002/anie.201704043. ISSN 1521-3773.
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  14. "Regina Palkovits as new Max Planck Fellow at MPI CEC". cec.mpg.de. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
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