Matteo Monai 助理教授，博士生导师
Email: m.monai@uu.nl
【教育经历】
2014年-2017年，的里雅斯特大学（意大利），博士
2015年-2016年，宾夕法尼亚大学（美国），交流博士生
2011年-2013年，的里雅斯特大学（意大利），硕士
【工作经历】
2021年-至今，乌得勒支大学（荷兰），助理教授
2019年-2021年，乌得勒支大学（荷兰），博士后
2017年-2019年，乌得勒支大学（荷兰），ARC-CBBC 博士后
【个人介绍】
Matteo Monai自2021年起担任乌得勒支大学助理教授。他的研究方向为激发异相催化，隶属于先进化学构建单元研究中心联盟（ARC CBBC）。他于1989年出生在意大利弗留利·奇维达莱。2017年，他在的里雅斯特大学师从Paolo Fornasiero获得化学博士学位。2015–2016年，他曾在宾夕法尼亚大学担任访问研究员；2017–2021年，他在乌得勒支大学Bert Weckhuysen教授研究组从事博士后研究，主要研究异相催化剂在加氢/脱氢反应中的应用。因在异相催化领域的突出贡献，他曾先后获得Parmaliana奖、埃尼年度青年研究员奖以及Robert Karl Grasselli奖。
他的研究专注于纳米非均相催化剂在小分子活化（例如CO2加氢、甲烷干重整）和生物质转化中的构效关系。我的目标是通过推动合理催化剂设计的极限和打破尺度关系，并进一步发展ICC研究组的原位光谱，从而获得高选择性和高效键活化（例如C-H与C-O或C-S）的基础性见解。我计划通过三个独立但可结合的方法实现这一目标：
1. 通过先进合成方法来设计金属-载体界面
2. 通过合成金属氮化物和碳化物材料，超越传统金属催化剂
通过环境干扰（如应力和光）来精细调控表面性质并引导催化向所需产物方向发展
3. CO2加氢和甲烷干重整将作为概念验证反应，验证该方法在废弃物流增值中的有效性。
【近年来发表的代表性论文】
1. Restructuring of titanium oxide overlayers over nickel nanoparticles during catalysis, Science, 2023；
2. Anchoring PdOx clusters on defective alumina for improved catalytic methane oxidation, Nature Communications, 2024；
3. Elucidating the Structure and Composition of Individual Bimetallic Nanoparticles in Supported Catalysts by Atom Probe Tomography, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023;
4. Surface Carbon Formation and its Impact on Methane Dry Reforming Kinetics on Rhodium-Based Catalysts by Operando Raman Spectroscopy, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2024
Matteo Monai Assistant Professor, PhD supervisor
Email: m.monai@uu.nl
【Education】
2014–2017: PhD, University of Trieste, Italy
2015–2016: Visiting PhD Student, University of Pennsylvania, USA
2011–2013: Master’s Degree, University of Trieste, Italy
【Work Experience】
2021–Present: Assistant Professor, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
2019–2021: Postdoctoral Researcher, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
2017–2019: ARC-CBBC Postdoctoral Fellow, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
【Biography】
Matteo Monai has been Assistant Professor at Utrecht University since 2021. He works on stimulated heterogeneous catalysis, as part of the Advanced Research Center Chemical Building Blocks Consortium (ARC CBBC). He was born in Cividale del Friuli, Italy, in 1989. In 2017 he received his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Trieste with Prof. Paolo Fornasiero, he was a visiting researcher at UPenn in 2015–2016 and was a postdoctoral fellow in the group of Prof. Bert Weckhuysen at Utrecht University in 2017–2021, working on heterogeneous catalysts for (de)hydrogenation reactions. For his research in heterogeneous catalysis, he was awarded the Parmaliana Prize (2017), the Eni Young Researcher of the Year Award (2019), and the Robert Karl Grasselli Award (2020).
His research focuses on the structure–activity relationships of nanostructured heterogeneous catalysts in small molecule activation (e.g., CO₂ hydrogenation, methane dry reforming) and biomass conversion. His goal is to gain fundamental insights into highly selective and efficient bond activation (e.g., C–H, C–O, or C–S) by pushing the limits of rational catalyst design, breaking scale relationships, and further developing operando spectroscopy within the ICC research group.
【Selected Publications】
1. Restructuring of titanium oxide overlayers over nickel nanoparticles during catalysis, Science, 2023；
2. Anchoring PdOx clusters on defective alumina for improved catalytic methane oxidation, Nature Communications, 2024；
3. Elucidating the Structure and Composition of Individual Bimetallic Nanoparticles in Supported Catalysts by Atom Probe Tomography, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023;
4. Surface Carbon Formation and its Impact on Methane Dry Reforming Kinetics on Rhodium-Based Catalysts by Operando Raman Spectroscopy, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2024