Tomáš Pokorny
Post-doctoral fellow
Supervisor:
Employed:
prof. dr. Petra de Jongh
September 2025 – present
Email:
Room:
t.pokorny@uu.nl
DDW 4.62
Stability of supported copper catalysts for high pressure CO2 hydrogenation to methanol
References
C.V.
July 2025-Present
Post-doctoral fellow in the Materials Chemistry and Catalysis group at Utrecht University under the supervision of prof. dr. Petra de Jongh.
2021 – 2025
Doctoral degree in Material chemistry at Masaryk University in Czech Republic under supervision of Dr. Ales Styskalik.
Doctoral thesis: Preparation and characterization of nanoparticles of metals and their alloys, deposition of nanoparticles on porous materials and their catalytic activity
2024 – 2025
Research position funded by TAČR project in collaboration with ORLEN UniCRE a.s. and CLASSIC Oil s.r.o. under supervision of Dr. Ales Styskalik (Masaryk University).
Topic: Production of anti-freeze components for coolants by hydrogenolysis of natural polyols using Cu supported catalysts
2023 – 2025
Research position funded by The INTER-EXCELLENCE II program in collaboration with Prof. Yuriy Román (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) under supervision of Dr. David Škoda (Centrum polymernich systemu, Univerzita Tomase Bati).
Topic: Synthesis of new highly active metallosilicate catalysts for olefin metathesis
2021 – 2023
Research position funded by TAČR project on Masaryk University under supervision of Dr. Ales Styskalik.
Topic: New Catalysts for Ethanol to 1,3-Butadiene Conversion
2019 – 2021
Master’s degree in Material chemistry at Masaryk University in Czech Republic under supervision of Dr. Vit Vykoukal.
Master’s thesis: Study of morphology effect to thermal properties of AgCuNi nanoparticle alloy
2016 – 2019
Bachelor’s degree in Material chemistry at Masaryk University in Czech Republic under supervision of Dr. Vit Vykoukal and Dr. Frantisek Zelenka.
Bachelor’s thesis: Synthesis of AgCu nanoparticles and investigation of catalytic (Knudsen effusion mass spectrometry) and thermal properties (differential scanning calorimetry)
2012 – 2019
Technical High School of Chemistry in Brno, Czech Republic
Field: Analytical chemistry
1997
Born in Brno, Czech Republic
Materials Chemistry and Catalysis 