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Pedro Castaño

Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering

Physical Science and Engineering Division 
Center membership :
KAUST Catalysis Center

pedro.castano@kaust.edu.sa
Multiscale Reaction Engineering (MuRE)


Affiliations

Education Profile

  • Postdoc, Delft University of Technology (TUDelft), 2007-2009
  • PhD, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 2006
  • MSc, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 2004
  • BSc, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 2002

Research Interests

Professor Castaño's Multiscale Reaction Engineering (MuRE) group design and engineer reactions, catalysts, and reactor systems by bridging multiscale phenomena, from molecular interactions to reactor-scale dynamics, and drive innovation for a sustainable chemical industry and a cleaner environment.

Selected Publications

  • Realpe, N., Lezcano, G., Kulkarni, S.R., Sayas, S., Morlanes, N., Rakib, M., Aldilaijan, R., Solami, B., Gascon, J., Castaño, P., The Technological Prospects of Repurposing Methane Steam Reformers into Ammonia Crackers for Decarbonized H₂ Production, Appl. Energy, 376 (2024) 124244. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.124244.

  • Aldugman, T.A., Cui, M., Alzailaie, A., Alhareth, A., Langley, K., Alfilfil, L., Almajnouni, K., Gascon, J., Thoroddsen, S., Castaño, P., Comparative Analysis of Counter-Current and Co-Current Downer Reactors Using Particle Image Velocimetry and Computational Particle-Fluid Dynamics, Chem. Eng. J. Adv. (2666-8211), 21 (2025) 100687. DOI: 10.1016/j.ceja.2024.100687.

  • Zapater, D., Kulkarni, S.R., Wery, F., Cui, M., Herguido, J., Menendez, M., Heynderickx, G.J., Van Geem, K.M., Gascon, J., Castaño, P., Multifunctional Fluidized Bed Reactors for Process Intensification, Prog. Energy Combust. Sci., 105 (2024) 101176. DOI: 10.1016/j.pecs.2024.101176.

  • Kolubah, P.D., Mohamed, H.O., Hedhili, M.N., Hassine, M.B., Díaz-Rúa, R., Drautz-Moses, D.I., Obaid, M., Ghaffour, N., Saikaly, P., Castaño, P., Sustainable Energy Production from Domestic Wastewater via Bioelectrochemical Reactors Using MXene Efficient Electrodes Decorated with Transition Metal Nanoparticles, J. Environ. Chem. Eng., 12 (2024) 113793. DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2024.113793.

  • Velisoju, V.K., Cerrillo, J.L., Ahmad, R., Mohamed, H.O., Attada, Y., Cheng, Q., Yao, X., Zheng, L., Shekhah, O., Telalovic, S., Narciso, J., Cavallo, L., Han, Y., Eddaoudi, M., V. Ramos-Fernández, E., Castaño, P., Copper Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-8 as a Stable and Selective CO₂ Hydrogenation Catalyst, Nat. Commun., 15 (2024) 2045. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46388-4.