Dr Laura Pastor Pérez
Academic and research departments
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences.About
Biography
Career history
Jan 2018-Present: Postdoctoral Researcher at Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London, UK.
July 2017-Present: Senior Research Fellow at Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey.
Sep 2017-Present: Postdoctoral Researcher at Inorganic Chemistry Department, Advanced Materials Laboratory, University of Alicante, Spain.
July 2016-June 2017: Research Associate at Inorganic Chemistry Department, Advanced Materials Laboratory, University of Alicante, Spain.
2011-2016 (29th July): PhD student at the Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Alicante.
Sep 2013-Dec 2013: Visiting Researcher at the Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Group, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
2009-2010: Researcher at the Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Advanced Materials Laboratory, University of Alicante.
Research interests
- Catalysis for Energy and Sustainability
- Heterogeneous catalysis & Reaction Engineering
- Oxidation catalysis
- New Catalytic Materials and Nano-Sized Catalysts
- Hydrogen production for fuel cells
- Efficient routes for CO2 conversion
- Heavy oil upgrading
- Catalysis in Supercritical Fluids
- Catalytic biomass valorisation
Publications
Last update (July 2018)
21. Price, C., Pastor-Pérez, L., Reina, T.R., Liu, J. Robust mesoporous bimetallic yolk–shell catalysts for chemical CO2 pgrading via dry reforming of methane. Reaction Chemistry &
Engineering, 2018, DOI: 10.1039/c8re00058a
20. le Saché, E., Pastor-Pérez, L., Watson, D., Sepúlveda-Escribano, A., Reina, T.R. Ni stabilised on inorganic complex structures: superior catalysts for chemical CO2 recycling via dry reforming of methane. Applied Catalysis B Environmental 236 (2018) 458–465
19.Yang, L., Pastor-Pérez, L., Gu, S., Sepúlveda-Escribano, A., Reina, T.R. Highly efficient Ni/CeO2-Al2O3 catalysts for CO2 upgrading via Reverse Water-Gas Shift: Effect of selected transition metal promoters. Applied Catalysis B Environmental 232 (2018) 464–471
18. Pastor-Pérez, L., Le Saché, E., Jones, C., Gu, S., Arellano-Garcia, H., Reina, T.R. Synthetic Natural Gas production from CO2 over Ni-x/CeO2 -ZrO2 (x = Fe, Co) catalysts: Influence of promoters and space velocity. Catalysis Today. In press https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2017.11.035
17. Pastor-Pérez, L., Baibars, F., Le Sache, E., Arellano-García, H., Gu, S., Reina, T. R. CO2 valorisation via Reverse Water-Gas Shift reaction using advanced Cs doped Fe-Cu/Al2O3 catalysts. Journal of CO2 conversion. 21 (2017) 423-428.
16. Pastor-Peréz, L., Belda-Alcazar, V., Marini, C., Pastor-Blas, M.M., Sepúlveda-Escribano, A. Ramos-Fernandez, E.V. Effect of cold Ar plasma treatment on the catalytic performance of Pt/CeO2 in Water-Gas Shift reaction (WGS). Applied Catalysis B Environmental. 225 (2018) 121–127.
15. Gnanakumar E.S., Ng, W., Coşkuner, B., Rothenberg, G., Wang, S., Xu, H., Pastor-Pérez, L., Pastor-Blas, M.M., Sepúlveda-Escribano, A., Yan, N., Shiju, N.R. Plasma-assisted synthesis of monodispersed and robust Ru ultrafine-nanocatalysts for organosilane oxidation and oxygen evolution reactions. ChemCatChem. 9 (2017), 4159 – 4163 (Cover Feature)
14. Price, C., Pastor-Pérez, L., le Saché, E., Sepúlveda-Escribano, A., Reina T. R., Highly active Cu-ZnO catalysts for the WGS reaction at medium-high space velocities: effect of the support composition. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 42 (2017) 10747-10751.
13. Pastor-Pérez, L., Sepúlveda-Escribano A., Multicomponent NiSnCeO2/C catalysts for the low-temperature glycerol steam reforming, Applied Catalysis A General 529 (2017) 118-126.
12. Pastor-Pérez, L., Sepúlveda-Escribano A., Low temperature glycerol steam reforming on bimetallic PtSn/C catalysts: on the effect of the Sn content, Fuel 194 (2017) 222-228.
11. Dongil, A. B., Pastor-Pérez, L., Fierro, J.L.G., Escalona, N., Sepúlveda-Escribano A., Effect of the surface oxidation of carbon nanotubes on the selective cyclization of citronellal, Applied Catalysis A General 524 (2016) 25-31.
10. Dongil, A. B., Pastor-Pérez, L., Fierro, J.L.G., Escalona, N., Sepúlveda-Escribano A., Synthesis of palladium nanoparticles on carbon nanotubes and graphene for the chemoselective hydrogenation of para-chloronitrobenzene, Catalysis Communications 75 (2016) 55-59.
9. Dongil, A. B., Pastor-Pérez, L., Fierro, J.L.G., Escalona, N., Sepúlveda-Escribano A., Synthesis of palladium nanoparticles over graphite oxide and carbon nanotubes by reduction in ethylene glycol and their catalytic performance on the chemoselective hydrogenation of para-chloronitrobenzene, Applied Catalysis A General 513 (2016) 89-97.
8. Dongil, A. B., Pastor-Pérez, L., Escalona, N. Sepúlveda-Escribano A., Carbonnanotube-supported Ni-CeO2catalysts. Effect of the support on the catalytic performance in the low temperature WGS reaction, Carbon 101 (2016) 296-304.
7. Dongil, A. B., Pastor-Pérez, L., Sepúlveda-Escribano A., García, R. Escalona, N., Hydrodeoxygenation of guaiacol: Tuning the selectivity to cyclohexene by introducing Ni nanoparticles inside carbon nanotubes, Fuel 172 (2016) 65-69.
6. Dongil, A. B., Pastor-Pérez, L., Sepúlveda-Escribano, A., Reyes, P. Promoter effect of sodium in graphene-supported Ni and Ni-CeO2 catalyst for the low temperature WGS reaction, Applied Catalysis A 505 (2015) 98-104.
5. Pastor-Pérez, L., Merlo, A., Buitrago Sierra, R., Casella, M. Sepúlveda-Escribano, A. Bimetallic PtSn/C catalysts obtained via SOMC/M for glycerol steam reforming, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 459 (2015) 160-166.
4. Pastor-Pérez, L., Reina, T. R., Ivanova, S., Centeno, M.A., Odriozola, J.A., Sepúlveda-Escribano, A. Ni-CeO2/C catalysts with enhanced OSC for the WGS reaction. Catalysts 5(1) (2015) 298-309. Open access: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/5/1/298)
3. Dongil, A.B., Rivera-Cárcamo, C., Pastor-Pérez, L., Sepúlveda-Escribano, A., Reyes, P. Ir supported over carbon materials for the selective hydrogenation of chloronitrobenzenes. Catalysis Today. 249 (2015) 72-79.
2. Pastor-Pérez, L., Buitrago-Sierra, R., Sepúlveda-Escribano, A. CeO2-promoted Ni/activated carbon catalysts for the water-gas shift (WGS) reaction. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 39 (2014) 17589-17599.
1. Alonso, F., Moglie, Y., Pastor-Pérez, L., Sepúlveda-Escribano, A. Solvent- and ligand-free diboration of alkynes and alkenes catalyzed by platinum nanoparticles on titania. ChemCatChem. 6 (2014) 857- 865.