​Synthesis and functionalization of advanced micro- and nanoporous heterogeneous catalysts.
Design and development of new catalytically active metal-organic frameworks, coordination polymers and hybrid composites.
Establishment of structure – property relationship in the heterogeneous catalysts by means of X-ray, electron and neutron diffraction methods.

• ​Consequences of secondary zeolite growth on catalytic performance in DMTO studied over DDR and CHA.
  I. Yarulina, A. Dikhtiarenko, F. Kapteijn, J. Gascon
  Catal. Sci. Tech., 7, 300−309, (2017).
• Mixed-valence μ3-oxo-centered triruthenium cluster [Ru3(II,III,III)(μ3-O)(μ-CH3CO2)6(H2O)3]•2H2O: synthesis, structural characterization, valence-state delocalization and catalytic behavior.
  A. Dikhtiarenko, S. Khainakov, J. R. García, J. Gimeno
  Inorg. Chim. Acta, 454, 107−116, (2017).
• Temperature-dependent supramolecular isomerism of lutetium-aminoterephthalate metal-organic frameworks: synthesis, crystallography and physical properties.
  A. Dikhtiarenko, P. Serra-Crespo, S. Castellanos, A. Pustovarenko, R. Mendoza-Meroño, S. García-Granda, J. Gascon I. Yarulina, A. Dikhtiarenko, F. Kapteijn, J. Gascon
  Cryst. Growth Des., 16, 5636–5645, (2016).
• Methanol-to-olefins process over zeolite catalysts with DDR topology: effect of composition and structural defects on catalytic performance.
  Yarulina, J. Goetze, C. Gücüyener, L. van Thiel, A. Dikhtiarenko, J. Ruiz-Martinez, B. M. Weckhuysen, J. Gascon, F. Kapteijn
  Catal. Sci. Tech., 6, 2663−2678, (2016).
• Multi-scale crystal engineering of metal organic frameworks.
  B. Seoane, S. Castellanos, A. Dikhtiarenko, F. Kapteijn, J. Gascon
  Coord. Chem. Rev., 307, 147−187, (2016).
• Structural effects in visible-light-responsive metal-organic frameworks incorporating ortho-fluoroazobenzenes.
  S. Castellanos, A. Goulet-Hanssens, F. Zhao, A. Dikhtiarenko, A. Pustovarenko, S. Hecht, J. Gascon, F. Kapteijn, D. Bléger
  Chem. Eur. J., 22, 746–752, (2016).
• Experimental evidence of negative linear compressibility in the MIL-53 metal-organic framework family.
  P. Serra-Crespo, A. Dikhtiarenko, E. Stavitski, J. Juan-Alcañiz, F. Kapteijn, F. X. Coudert, J. Gascon
  CrystEngComm, 17, 276−280, (2015).
• Electronic metal–support interactions in single-atom catalysts.
  P. Hu, Z. Huang, Z. Amghouz, M. Makkee, F. Xu, F. Kapteijn, A. Dikhtiarenko, Y. Chen, X. Gu, X. Tang
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 53, 3418–3421, (2014).
• Series of 2D heterometallic coordination polymers based on ruthenium(III) oxalate building units: synthesis, structure, and catalytic and magnetic properties.
  A. Dikhtiarenko, S. A. Khainakov, I. de Pedro, J. A. Blanco, J. R. García, J. Gimeno
  Inorg. Chem., 52, 3933−3941, (2013).

• ​Ph.D., Material Science and Technology, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain, 2010 – 2014.
• M.Sc., Crystallography and Crystallization, International University “Menendez Pelayo”, Santander, Spain, 2009 – 2010.
• D.E.A., Material Science and Technology, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain, 2008 – 2009.
• M.Sc., Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine, 2007 – 2008.
• B.Sc., Analytical Chemistry, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine, 2003 – 2007

• ​2017 – present: Research Scientist, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
• 2014 – 2017: Postdoctoral Fellow, Catalysis Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

• ​KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
• Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)