Prof. Pedro Castaño joined KAUST in 2019, bringing extensive research expertise in catalysis, reactor, and reaction engineering. He leads the Multiscale Reaction Engineering (MuRE) research group, which addresses real-world energy transition and sustainability challenges and integrates experimental and computational methods to advance catalytic reaction engineering at multiple scales, from molecular interactions to reactor-scale processes.

Before KAUST, Prof. Castaño worked at the University of the Basque Country in Spain as an Associate and Assistant Professor. His contributions have garnered numerous accolades, including the Chemical Engineering Medal from the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering and the I&EC Early Career Fellow Award of the American Chemical Society. He is active with diverse professional groups, serving on the board of ChemCatChem and as a fellow of the American Chemical Society and American Institute of Chemical Engineers, among other distinguished affiliations.

Professor Castaño's group (Multiscale Reaction Engineering – MuRE) engineers advanced catalytic reaction systems that harness the power of surfaces, pores, heat, microorganisms, electrons, and photons to accelerate and make more efficient chemical transformations. Our research integrates experimental and computational methods to advance catalytic reaction engineering at multiple scales, from molecular interactions to reactor-scale processes. These processes address the energy transition and sustainability challenges: decarbonization, circularity, process intensification, hydrogen, waste valorization, pollutant removal, among others.