Juan Carlos Colmenares Quintero

Research Scientist

B.Sc. in Chemistry, 1995 - Warsaw University of Technology, Poland.

M.Sc. in Catalysis, 1997- Warsaw University of Technology, Poland.

Ph.D., 2004 - Warsaw University of Technology, Poland.

Education and training:

· 2006-2009 Postdoctoral Research Associate (Staff), Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (USA). Mentors: Distinguished Professor George A. Olah (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1994) and Professor G.K. Surya Prakash.

· Certificates in: Project Management, Supervision and Human Resource Management from the University of Southern California (USA).

· 2005-2006 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Córdoba (Spain). Mentor: Professor José M. Marinas Rubio.

· 2004 Professor-Researcher, director of the engineer´s thesis, participating in the Committee of the Thesis, Chemical Engineering Department, University of América, Bogotá (Colombia)

Professional affiliations:

· Member of the Polish Chemical Society and the Polish Club of Catalysis

Research areas:

· catalytic hydrogen transfer in coal liquefaction,

· catalysis: selective hydrogenation and oxidation,

· mechanisms of (super)acid-(super)base catalysis,

· synthesis-characterization-applications of novel nano-(photo)-catalysts,

· heterogeneous photocatalysis in environmental chemistry,

· natural products’ synthesis,

· halogenated waste treatment,

· CH₄/CO₂ utilization,

· green fuels and their combustion.

Selected Publications:

1. Poly(4-vinylpyridine) catalyzed hydrolysis of methyl bromide to methanol and dimethyl ether, Juan C. Colmenares, P. T. Batamack, T. Mathew, G. K. Surya Prakash and George A. Olah, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 310 (2009) 180–183.

2. Chemical trapping studies to the determination of surface species under reaction conditions for the catalytic side-chain oxidative alkylation of toluene by methane, Juan C. Colmenares, Jacek Kijenski and Enzo B. Arévalo-García, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 309 (2009) 21–27.

3. Nanostructured Photocatalysts and Their Applications in the Photocatalytic Transformation of Lignocellulosic Biomass: An Overview
Juan C. Colmenares, R. Luque, J.M. Campelo, F. Colmenares, Z. Karpinski, J.M. Marinas and A.A. Romero, Materials 2(4), (2009) 2228-2258.

4. Modification of the photocatalytic activity of Pd/TiO2 and Zn/TiO2 systems through different redox treatments, M.A. Aramendía, J.C. Colmenares, A. Marinas, J.M. Marinas, J.A. Navío, F.J. Urbano, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 80 (2008) 88-97.

5. Screening of different zeolite-based catalysts for gas-phase selective photooxidation of propan-2-ol, M.A.Aramendía, J.C.Colmenares, S.López-Fernández, A.Marinas, J.M.Marinas and F.J.Urbano, Catalysis Today 129 (2007) 102-109.

6. Synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic activity of different metal-doped titania systems, Juan C. Colmenares, María A. Aramendía, Alberto Marinas, José M. Marinas, Francisco J. Urbano., Applied Catalysis: A 306 (2006) 120-127.

Total number of publications: 16
Number of patents: 1(underway)

jcarlos@ichf.edu.pl