Periodic Reporting for period 1 - CO2PERATE (Cooperation towards a sustainable chemical industry)
Okres sprawozdawczy: 2020-02-01 do 2022-01-31
The scientific and training objectives of CO2PERATE are summarized as follows:
Scientific Objectives of CO2PERATE:
SO1. Efficient non-precious homo- and heterogeneous catalysts for synthesis of molecules essential to the industry and society, including carboxylic acids, esters, carbamates, ketones and amides.
SO2. Use of non-fossil starting materials, i.e. CO2 and biomass-derived ethers, aldehydes, alkenes and alcohols.
SO3. New approaches for enantioselective CO2 incorporation into organic matter.
SO4. Simple protocols for CO2-based isotopic labelling of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and proteins.
Training Objectives of CO2PERATE:
TO1. ESRs with essential scientific competences for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, including use of sustainable raw materials, and design and characterization of diverse non-precious catalysts for organic synthesis, isotopic labelling, and industrial applications.
TO2. ESRs with essential transferable skills, including responsible research and innovation, entrepreneurship, patenting, public outreach, and open science.
TO3. ESRs with excellent career opportunities through high-impact publications, personally adapted career development, industrial mentoring, international mobility, and intersectoral exchange.
The 15 ESR have participated in consortium-wide courses on responsible research and innovation, CO2 reactions and isotopic labelling, in addition to the courses they have in their individual PhD programs. They have trained their ability to present their work at several consortium-wide meetings. An entrepreneurship course is planned for later this year. All academic ESRs have an industrial mentor, and several of the academic ESRs have been on secondments in industry.