Current PhD Research

Experimental and theoretical research on the conversion of greenhouse gases towards “green” feedstock for the chemical industry in the following projects:

Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol under Dynamic Reaction Conditions: A Novel Concept for Carbon Capture and Utilization
Development of a microkinetic model describing the adsorption and conversion of CO2 and the desorption of methanol under dynamic reaction conditions

C-C-Coupling – Conversion of Methane towards higher value products
Design of suitable catalysts as well as parameter studies on the catalytic system to maximize product selectivities

Work History

01/2023 – 04/2023	Visiting Researcher Nagoya University (NU), Japan Department of Chemical Systems Engineering
Since 03/2020	Junior Scientist/ PhD Student Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, KIT

Education/Degrees

12/2019	M.Sc. in Chemistry, Technische Universität Darmstadt Master Thesis: „Synthese, Charakterisierung und Anwendung von Kern-Schale carbid-abgeleiteten Kohlenstoffen für die Elektrokatalyse“ Technical Chemistry Group of Prof. Dr.-Ing. B.J.M. Etzold
08/2018 – 05/2019	Erasmus+-Programm Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
09/2017	B.Sc. in Chemistry, Technische Universität Darmstadt Bachelor Thesis: „Einfluss des Ausgangsmaterials zur Porenausbildung auf die Finale Struktur von Fe-N-C-Katalysatoren“ Catalysts & Electrocatalysts Group of Jun. Prof. Dr. U. Kramm

Honors

01/2023 – 04/2023

Research Travel Grant
Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (KHYS)

Publications

Chawla, J.; Schardt, S.; Angeli, S.; Lott, P.; Tischer, S.; Maier, L.; Deutschmann, O. Oxidative Coupling of Methane over Pt/Al2O3 at High Temperature: Multiscale Modeling of the Catalytic Monolith. Catalysts 2022, 12, 189.
https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12020189

Schardt, S.; Weidler, N.; Wallace, W.D.Z.; Martinaiou, I.; Stark, R.W.; Kramm, U.I. Influence of the Structure-Forming Agent on the Performance of Fe-N-C Catalysts. Catalysts 2018, 8, 260. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal8070260