Dr. Chularat Wattanakit, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Rayong, Thailand, has received the Wiley–Chemical Society of Thailand (CST) Award for Contributions to Green Chemistry 2018. The prize honors outstanding green chemistry research by young Thai chemists. The award was presented at the Pure and Applied Chemistry International Conference (PACCON 2019) in Bangkok, Thailand, on February 7, 2019.
Dr. Wattanakit’s research focuses on materials chemistry (porous materials, in particular), heterogeneous catalysis, and electrosynthesis. She is interested, e.g., in designing hierarchical bifunctional zeolite nanosheets, hierarchical zeolites/MOF composites, and chiral porous metals, in petroleum refinery based on hierarchical zeolite applications, and in bio-oil upgrading via catalytic and electrocatalytic processes.
Chularat Wattanakit studied chemistry at Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, where she received a Ph.D. in chemistry in 2013. She also received a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Bordeaux, France, in 2013. In 2013 and 2014, she was a Postdoctoral researcher at Nagoya University, Japan. In 2014 and 2015, she worked as a Researcher in the Heterogeneous Catalyst Unit of SCG Chemicals Co., Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand. Since 2015, she has served as a Lecturer at the School of Energy Science & Engineering (ESE) at VISTEC.
Selected Publications
- Aromatization of C5 hydrocarbons over Ga-modified hierarchical HZSM-5 nanosheets,
Wannaruedee Wannapakdee, Duangkamon Suttipat, Pannida Dugkhuntod, Thittaya Yutthalekha, Anawat Thivasasith, Pinit Kidkhunthod, Somkiat Nokbin, Sitthiphong Pengpanich, Jumras Limtrakul, Chularat Wattanakit,
Fuel 2019, 236, 1243–1253.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2018.09.093 - Sustainable production of ethylene from bioethanol over hierarchical ZSM-5 nanosheets,
Sirawit Shetsiri, Anawat Thivasasith, Kachaporn Saenluang, Wannaruedee Wannapakdee, Saros Salakhum, Piraya Wetchasat, Somkiat Nokbin, Jumras Limtrakul, Chularat Wattanakit,
Sustainable Energy Fuels 2019, 3, 115–126.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c8se00392k - Furfural to Furfuryl Alcohol: Computational Study of the Hydrogen Transfer on Lewis Acidic BEA Zeolites and Effects of Cation Exchange and Tetravalent Metal Substitution,
Anittha Prasertsab, Thana Maihom, Michael Probst, Chularat Wattanakit, Jumras Limtrakul,
Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57, 6599–6605.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00741 - Asymmetric synthesis using chiral-encoded metal,
Thittaya Yutthalekha, Chularat Wattanakit, Veronique Lapeyre, Somkiat Nokbin, Chompunuch Warakulwit, Jumras Limtrakul, Alexander Kuhn,
Nat. Commun. 2016.
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12678 - Enantioselective recognition at mesoporous chiral metal surfaces,
Chularat Wattanakit, Yémima Bon Saint Côme, Veronique Lapeyre, Philippe A. Bopp, Matthias Heim, Sudarat Yadnum, Somkiat Nokbin, Chompunuch Warakulwit, Jumras Limtrakul, Alexander Kuhn,
Nat. Commun. 2014.
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4325 - Skeletal Isomerization of 1-Butene over Ferrierite Zeolite: A Quantum Chemical Analysis of Structures and Reaction Mechanisms,
Chularat Wattanakit, Somkiat Nokbin, Bundet Boekfa, Piboon Pantu, Jumras Limtrakul,
J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 5654–5663.
https://doi.org/10.1021/jp209991y
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