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Department of New and Renewable Energy Convergence
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Insoo Ro
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Catalysis and Reaction Engineering
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insoo@seoultech.ac.kr
Biography
2012 Rice University/ Bachelor of Science, Magna Cum Laude, Chemical Engineering
2017 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin/ Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemical Engineering
Careers
2019 University of California-Santa Barbara/ Postdoctoral Scholar
Selected Publications
-Precise Synthesis of Heteroatom RhOx-ReOx Atomically Dispersed Site Pairs and Catalytic Consequences for Ethylene Hydroformylation. ACS Catalysis 2019, 9, 10899-10912.

-Structural Evolution of Atomically Dispersed Pt Catalysts Dictates Reactivity. Nature Materials 2019, 18, 746-751.

-Approaches for Understanding and Controlling Interfacial Effects in Oxide-Supported Metal Catalysts. ACS Catalysis 2018, 8, 7368-7387.

-Intrinsic Activity of Interfacial Sites for Pt-Fe and Pt-Mo Catalysts in the Hydrogenation of Carbonyl Groups. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2018, 231, 182-190.

-The Role of Pt-FexOy Interfacial Sites for CO Oxidation. Journal of Catalysis 2018, 358, 19-26. (Selected as one of most downloaded articles in Journal of Catalysis in last 90 days as of March-May 2018)

-Catalysts Synthesized by Selective Deposition of Fe onto Pt for the Water-Gas Shift Reaction. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2018, 222, 182-190.

-Measurement of Intrinsic Catalytic Activity of Pt monometallic and Pt-MoOx Interfacial Sites over Visible Light Enhanced PtMoOx/SiO2 Catalyst in Reverse Water Gas Shift Reaction. Journal of Catalysis 2016, 344, 784-794.

-Synthesis Gas Conversion over Rh-based Catalysts Promoted by Fe and Mn. ACS Catalysis 2017, 7,4550-4563.

-The Role of the Cu-ZrO2 Interfacial Sites for Ethanol Conversion and Methanol Synthesis from CO2 and H2. ACS Catalysis 2016, 6, 7040-7050.

-Intrinsic Kinetics of Plasmon-enhanced Reverse Water Gas Shift on Au and Au-Mo Interfacial Sites Supported on Silica. Applied Catalysis A: General 2016, 521, 182-189 (Invited article: Special issue on “Recent Developments in Photocatalysis”)

-Reverse Water–Gas Shift on Interfacial Sites Formed by Deposition of Oxidized Molybdenum Moieties onto Gold Nanoparticles. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2015, 137, 10317-10325.

-Stabilizing Cobalt Catalysts for Aqueous-phase reactions by Strong Metal-support Interaction. Journal of Catalysis 2015, 330, 19-27.

-Plasmon-enhanced Reverse Water Gas Shift Reaction over Oxide Supported Au Catalysts. Catalysis Science & Technology 2015, 5, 2590-2601. (Highlighted in front cover page in the printed issue of the journal (November 5, 2015))

-Plasmon-Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting with Size-Controllable Gold Nanodot Arrays. ACS Nano 2014, 8, 10756-10765.
Journal Papers
◾ Interpretable machine learning framework for catalyst performance prediction and validation with dry reforming of methane, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2024노인수
◾ Catalytic aquathermolysis of contaminated polyolefin plastic waste over an in situ iron hydroxide/oxide nanocatalyst derived from an oil-soluble iron precursor, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024노인수
◾ Hybrid Quantum Neural Network Model with Catalyst Experimental Validation: Application for the Dry Reforming of Methane, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2024노인수
◾ Accelerating active catalyst discovery: a probabilistic prediction-based screening methodology with applications in dry reforming of methane, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol.12 pp.1629~1641, 2023노인수
◾ Investigating the influence of Ru structures and supports on hydrogenolysis of polyethylene plastic waste, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023노인수
◾ Investigating the impact of TiO2 crystalline phases on catalytic properties of Ru/TiO2 for hydrogenolysis of polyethylene plastic waste, Environmental Pollution, 2023노인수
◾ Strategic use of thermo-chemical processes for plastic waste valorization, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2023노인수
◾ Enhanced Stability of Atomically Dispersed Pd Catalysts via Ionic Liquid Layer Deposition for Selective Acetylene Hydrogenation to Ethylene in Excess Ethylene, ChemCatChem, 2023노인수
◾ One-step production of renewable adipic acid esters from mucic acid over an Ir–ReOx/C catalyst with low Ir loading, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2023노인수
◾ Role of phase in NiMgAl mixed oxide catalysts for CO2 dry methane reforming (DRM), catalysis today, vol.411, 2022노인수
◾ Bifunctional hydroformylation on heterogeneous Rh-WOx pair site catalysts, NATURE, vol.609 No.7926 pp.287~+, 2022노인수
◾ Ligand structure effect in oil-soluble phosphorus-containing molybdenum precursors for slurry-phase hydrocracking of heavy oil, Journal of Catalysis, vol.402 pp.194~207, 2021노인수
◾ Support functionalization as an approach for modifying activation entropies of catalytic reactions on atomically dispersed metal sites, Journal of Catalysis, 2021노인수
◾ Synthesis of Heteroatom Rh–ReOx Atomically Dispersed Species on Al2O3 and Their Tunable Catalytic Reactivity in Ethylene Hydroformylation, Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2021노인수
◾ A Heterogeneous Pt-ReOx/C Catalyst for Making Renewable Adipates in One Step from Sugar Acids, ACS Catalysis, vol.11 No.1 pp.95~109, 2021노인수
Conference Papers
◾ 박종현, 노인수, 선택적인 site-poisoning을 이용한 데칼린 탈수소화 촉매의 활성점 규명, 선택적인 site-poisoning을 이용한 데칼린 탈수소화 촉매의 활성점 규명, 제주 ICC, 2024노인수
◾ 김미르, 노인수, CO2 수소화 촉매의 이해: Pd/WOx-CeO2 촉매에서 Pd 및 WOx 기하학적 구조의 역할 규명, CO2 수소화 촉매의 이해: Pd/WOx-CeO2 촉매에서 Pd 및 WOx 기하학적 구조의 역할 규명, 제주 ICC, 2024노인수
◾ 오승현, 이동균, 김정환, 노지원, 주종효, 박진우, 노인수, 하이브리드 양자신경망을 이용한 OCM 반응 촉매 성능 예측, 하이브리드 양자신경망을 이용한 OCM 반응 촉매 성능 예측, 제주 ICC, 2024노인수
◾ 강한결, 윤정화, 강종헌, 노인수, 강기혁, 정수화, 미셀 메조포로젠에서 합성된 위계다공성 제올라이트 베타 촉매를 사용한 개방회분식 폴리올레핀 저온 접촉분해, 미셀 메조포로젠에서 합성된 위계다공성 제올라이트 베타 촉매를 사용한 개방회분식 폴리올레핀 저온 접촉분해, 제주 ICC, 2024노인수
◾ 권태은, 김태협, 노인수, 강기혁, Steering Selective C-C Bond Cleavage and Enhancing Catalyst Stability in Polyolefin Depolymerization via Strategic Modulation of Metal-Acid-Water Interactions, Steering Selective C-C Bond Cleavage and Enhancing Catalyst Stability in Polyolefin Depolymerization via Strategic Modulation of Metal-Acid-Water Interactions, 제주 ICC, 2024노인수
◾ 김미르, 노인수, 과잉 에틸렌 조건에서 아세틸렌 선택적 수소화 촉매의 표면 개질을 통한 안정성 및 성능 향상, 과잉 에틸렌 조건에서 아세틸렌 선택적 수소화 촉매의 표면 개질을 통한 안정성 및 성능 향상, 대전, 2023노인수
◾ 박종현, 노인수, 강한 금속-지지체 상호작용 제어를 통한 효과적인 데칼린 탈수소화 촉매 개발, 강한 금속-지지체 상호작용 제어를 통한 효과적인 데칼린 탈수소화 촉매 개발, 대전, 2023노인수
◾ 권태은, Huy Ngyuen-Phu, 김태협, 노인수, Ru 구조및 지지체가 폴리에틸렌 플라스틱 폐기물의 수소 첨가 분해 반응에 미치는 영향, Ru 구조및 지지체가 폴리에틸렌 플라스틱 폐기물의 수소 첨가 분해 반응에 미치는 영향, 대전, 2023노인수
◾ 강기혁, 서필원, 박선영, Phuong Dieu Phan, Duy Van Pham, 윤다님, 노인수, 불순물 함량이 높은 폴리올레핀계 폐플라스틱의 분산촉매 시스템 기반 물 첨가 분해 기술, 불순물 함량이 높은 폴리올레핀계 폐플라스틱의 분산촉매 시스템 기반 물 첨가 분해 기술, 대전, 2023노인수
◾ 노지원, 박현도, 조형태, 문일, 김정환, 노인수, 머신러닝에 기반한 촉매 성능예측의 핵심인자 도출 및 최적화를 통한 촉매 역설계, 머신러닝에 기반한 촉매 성능예측의 핵심인자 도출 및 최적화를 통한 촉매 역설계, 대전, 2023노인수
◾ 박현도, 노지원, 조형태, 문일, 김정환, 노인수, 확률적 예측 기반 스크리닝 방법을 이용한 DRM 촉매 발견, 확률적 예측 기반 스크리닝 방법을 이용한 DRM 촉매 발견, 대전, 2023노인수
◾ Insoo Ro, Taeem Kwon, Taehyup Kim, Catalytic Upcycling of Plastic Wastes into High Value-added Chemicals, Catalytic Upcycling of Plastic Wastes into High Value-added Chemicals, Osaka, Japan, 2023노인수
◾ Taeeun Kwon , Huy Nguyen - Phu, Taehyup Kim, Jonghyun Park, Insoo Ro, Promotion Effect of Water on the Catalytic Properties of Ru/Zeolite Y for Hydrocracking of Polyethyle ne, The 19th Korea-Japan Symposium on Catalysis, 서울, 대한민국, 2023노인수
◾ 김태협, 권태은, 노인수, Ru 금속이 담지된 촉매의 폐플라스틱 수소화분해 반응, Ru 금속이 담지된 촉매의 폐플라스틱 수소화분해 반응, 부산 BEXCO, 2023노인수
◾ 박현도, 노지원, 조형태, 노인수, 김정환, 노인수, 확률적 예측 모델을 이용한 High-throughput screening 방법, 확률적 예측 모델을 이용한 High-throughput screening 방법, 부산 BEXCO, 2023노인수
◾ 노지원, 박현도, 조형태, 노인수, 김정환, 전이학습을 사용한 이중개질 메탄 반응 촉매의 성능 예측 모델 개발, 전이학습을 사용한 이중개질 메탄 반응 촉매의 성능 예측 모델 개발, 부산 BEXCO, 2023노인수
◾ 권태은, 김태협, 노인수, 폴리올레핀계 플라스틱의 Hydrocracking 반응에서 Ru/Zeolite Y의 특성에 따른 물의 촉진 효과, 폴리올레핀계 플라스틱의 Hydrocracking 반응에서 Ru/Zeolite Y의 특성에 따른 물의 촉진 효과, 부산 BEXCO, 2023노인수
◾ 노인수, Bifunctional hydroformylation on heterogeneous Rh-WOx pair site catalysts, Advanced Energy/Information/NanoMaterials, 대전컨벤션센터, 2022노인수
◾ 노인수, Atomic-scale Engineering of Local Environment of Rh Single-Atom Catalysts for Alkene Hydroformylation, [JPI-KSIEC Joint Symposium] Advances in Material and Processing for Energy-Environmental Applications, 대전컨벤션센터, 2022노인수
◾ 노인수, 효과적인 Alkene hydroformylation 반응을 위한 Rh 단원자 촉매의 국지 주위환경 제어, 화학공학일반 구두 발표(촉매 및 반응공학 I), 부산벡스코, 2022노인수
◾ Seungyeon Lina Lee, Ji Qi, Insoo Ro, Phillip Christopher, Stavros Caratzoulas, Dionisios Vlachos, Theoretical Insights into the Heterogeneous Hydroformylation of Ethylene on Atomically Dispersed Rh-Oxide Promoter Pairs on γ-Al2O3 Support, Theoretical Insights into the Heterogeneous Hydroformylation of Ethylene on Atomically Dispersed Rh-Oxide Promoter Pairs on γ-Al2O3 Support, Boston, USA, 2021노인수
◾ 노인수, Precise engineering of local environments of atomically dispersed Rh catalysts for alkene hydroformylation, Metal-Support Interactions in Heterogeneous Catalyst, 광주 컨벤션센터, 2020노인수
◾ 노인수, Precise synthesis, characterization, and reactivity of multi-functional catalysts, KIChE Young Investigators SymposiumI, 온라인 (코로나로 인해 온라인으로 변경), 2020노인수
Patents
-Method to Reduce CO2 to CO Using Plasmon-enhanced Photocatalysis, US9738529 B2.
Projects
◾ 방향족 LOHC를 이용한 탈수소화 촉매 및 연속 반응 공정기술 개발, 한국가스공사 가스연구원, 2021.09.~2022.09.노인수
◾ 로디움 촉매의 기하학적 및 전자구조 원자단위 제어를 통한 합성가스로부터 효과적인 oQygenates 생산, 한국연구재단, 2020.06.~2022.05.노인수
Awarded
◾ 우수강의상(전임), 2023학년도 교육분야 우수교원, 서울과학기술대학교, 2024노인수
◾ 2024년 춘계학술대회 우수 논문상, 2024년 춘계학술대회 우수 논문상, THE KOREAN HYDROGEN & NEW ENERGY SOCIETY, 2024노인수
◾ 과학기술우수논문상, 제34회 과학기술우수논문상, The Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST), 2024노인수
◾ Emerging Investigator in Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, Emerging Investigator in Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 영국왕립화학회, 2024노인수
◾ Miwon Young Scientist Award, Miwon Young Scientist Award, The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2021노인수
Miscellaneous
-Guest Editor, Special Issue "Design and Application of Innovation Catalysts for Hydrogenation," Energies (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/special_issues/Catalysts_Hydrogenation)
-Review Editor, Environmental Chemical Engineering

-Awards and Honors
2017 Student Research Grants Competition Research Travel Award, University of Wisconsin
2017 Kokes Award, North American Catalysis Society Meeting
2016 Doh WonSuk Memorial, Korean Institute of Chemical Engineering (KIChE)-US Chapter
2016 International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering (ISCRE) Travel Award, Dow Chemical
2012 Magna Cum Laude, Rice University
2012 William W. Akers Senior Process Design Award (1st Prize), Rice University
2010 William M. McCardell Merit Scholarship, Rice University
2010-2012 President’s Honor Roll, Rice University
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