Juan Manuel Colom, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdoctoral Fellow

Current

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Research Interests

Chemical Engineering research focused on combustion, heterogeneous catalysis and kinetic modeling, with the aim of improving chemical processes, promoting sustainability and contributing to the development of chemical science, primarily through curiosity-driven and goal-oriented research.

Selected Publications

  • Conversion of H2S/O2/NO mixtures at different pressures. Experiments and kinetic modeling.
    J.M. Colom-Díaz, Á. Millera, R. Bilbao, M.U. Alzueta.
    Fuel, 290, 120060, (2021).
  • High pressure study of H2 oxidation and its interaction with NO.
    J.M. Colom-Díaz, Á. Millera, R. Bilbao, M.U. Alzueta.
    International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 44, 6325-6332, (2019).
  • H2S conversion in a tubular flow reactor: Experiments and kinetic modeling.
    J.M. Colom-Díaz, M. Abián, M.Y. Ballester, Á. Millera, R. Bilbao, M.U. Alzueta.
    Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 37, 727-734, (2019).
  • Importance of vanadium-catalyzed oxidation of SO2 to SO3 in two-stroke marine diesel engines.
    J.M. Colom-Díaz, M.U. Alzueta, J.M. Christensen, P. Glarborg, R. Cordtz, J. Schramm.
    Energy & Fuels, 30, 6098-6102, (2016).

Education

  • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Zaragoza, 2021
  • BSc and MSc, Chemical Engineering, University of Zaragoza, 2015

Professional Profile

  • 2022 - present: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
  • 2019 (4 months): Visiting PhD Researcher, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
  • 2016 - 2021: PhD Researcher, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
  • 2016 (4 months): Visiting Researcher, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 2015 - 2016: Research Assistant, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

KAUST Affiliations

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

Research Interests Keywords

Chemical engineering combustion Heterogeneous Catalysis Kinetic modeling