Aquamatch @Aquatech Amsterdam 2025

11–14 Mar 2025 | Amsterdam, Netherlands

Blaž Likozar

Head

Kemijski inštitut

Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Kemijski inštitut

Kemijski inštitut

R&D institution

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Department of Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering is primarily invested in chemical (process) engineering, reactor and unit operation design and construction, as well as multi-scale process modelling. The Department topics foremost include carbon dioxide and natural gas conversion, hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, biomass valorisation to bio-based compounds, and (bio)pharmaceutical processes.
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About me

Prof. Blaž Likozar is a head of the Department of Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering at the National Institute of Chemistry (NIC), leading the programme “Chemical Reaction Engineering”, as well as numerous research projects (15 H2020 / 50 in Horizon Europe alone). His expertise lies (among others) in heterogeneous catalysis materials, modelling, simulation and optimization of process fluid mechanics, transport phenomena and chemical kinetics. He worked at the University of Delaware in 2014–2015 as a Fulbright Program researcher. He has authored >330 articles, was cited >9000 times, having a _h_-index of 46. He is also involved in many industrial projects, amongst others, with TotalEnergies, Evonik Industries, UPM, Novartis, Carbon Recycling International… He is a recipient of Pregl and Zois awards.

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Skills

  • Chemical Engineering
  • catalysis
  • modelling
  • scale up
  • optimisation

Interests

  • Bio-refining
  • plastics
  • SSbD
  • scale up
  • Lignocellulose