CzePoCat23
The 11th Czech-Polish catalytic symposium (CzePoCat) was held in February at IET VSB-TU in Ostrava. Many researchers (PhD students included) participated in the seminar from different universities and research institutes of Czech Republic, Poland and France. Our group was represented by Jarda, Babar and Snehasis. Our PhD student, Babar presented his PhD progress on "Ru-based catalysts for selective conversion of HMF into furan diols", while Snehasis presented his work "Understanding anisole hydrodeoxygenation reaction pathway over nickel catalyst". Jarda gave an interesting talk on "Looking for sustainable hydrogenolysis catalyst- green chemistry perspective" in the evening session of the day. The series of talks were accompanied by lunch and dinner, which enabled us to interact with everyone. The seminar was supported by Czech Chemical Society – branch in Ostrava.