Congratulations to Riccardo Colombo, PhD candidate in Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Politecnico di Milano, who received the award for the Best Student Presentation at the Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Symposium 2025 (Chennai, India September 25-27, 2025).

His presentation, titled “Elucidating Kinetic Implications of Surface Carbon Dynamics in Methane Dry Reforming via Operando Raman Spectroscopy”, was developed under the supervision of Prof. Matteo Maestri within the framework of the NEST - Network 4 Energy Sustainable Transition project.

The research investigates the mechanism of carbon formation on catalyst surfaces during Methane Dry Reforming, aiming to design more stable and efficient materials for the valorization of methane and CO₂ in the context of energy sustainability.