Magnus Rønning
Magnus Rønning
Vice Dean for Research, Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering Faculty of Natural SciencesBackground and activities
Magnus Rønning is Vice Dean for Research at the Faculty of Natural Sciences since 2021. He is a professor in Catalysis at the Department of Chemical Engineering, NTNU since 2007. He was associate professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering in 2002-2006. He was postdoc at Penn State University USA in 2000-2001 and Vista Research fellow in 2000 at Statoil Research Centre. He was visiting professor at the SUNCAT Center at Stanford University in 2016-2017.
Background
Magnus Rønning has a M.Sc. in Chemistry from NTNU (1994) and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from NTNU (2000). He has published 5 book chapters and about 130 peer-reviewed articles in major international journals. He has been a principal investigator in 2 national centres on research-based innovation (SFI). He has been coordinator of 2 European projects, and partner in several other European funded projects. He has been supervisor of more than 50 master students, supervisor/co-supervisor of about 30 PhD candidates and 11 postdocs.
Research areas
- Fuels from natural gas, CO2 and biomass
- Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
- H2 production
- Catalytic NO oxidation for nitric acid production
- Dvelopment of new catalytic materials to substitute critical raw materials
- Environmental catalysis
- Selective catalytic reduction of NOx
- Photocatalytic H2 production
- Catalyst characterisation
- Operando characterisation of catalysts using synchrotron x-ray techniques
Courses
- KP8903 - Reaction Kinetics and Catalysis
- TKP4905 - Nanotechnology, Master's Thesis
- TKP4581 - Chemical Engineering, Specialization Project
- TKP4580 - Chemical Engineering, Specialization Project
- TKP4155 - Reaction Kinetics and Catalysis
- TKP4515 - Catalysis, Specialization Course
- TKP4570 - Nanotechnology, Specialization Project
- KP8133 - Characterization of Heterogeneous Catalysts
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2022) Boosting CO2 reforming of methane via the metal-support interaction in mesostructured SBA-16-derived Ni nanoparticles. Applied Materials Today. vol. 26.
- (2022) In Situ Studies of the Formation of MoP Catalysts and Their Structure under Reaction Conditions for Higher Alcohol Synthesis: The Role of Promoters and Mesoporous Supports. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. vol. 126 (12).
- (2021) One-pot synthesis of highly dispersed mesoporous Cu/ZrO2 catalysts for NH3-SCR. Catalysis Today. vol. 384-386.
- (2021) Understanding Selectivity in CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol for MoP Nanoparticle Catalysts Using In Situ Techniques. Catalysts. vol. 11(1) (143).
- (2021) Insights of the Dynamic Copper Active Sites in Ethylene Oxychlorination Studied by the Multivariate UV–vis–NIR Resolution Kinetic Approach. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. vol. 60 (26).
- (2021) Unraveling Enhanced Activity, Selectivity, and Coke Resistance of Pt–Ni Bimetallic Clusters in Dry Reforming. ACS Catalysis. vol. 11 (4).
- (2021) Effect of cobalt promotion on hydrotalcite-derived nickel catalyst for CO2 methanation. Applied Materials Today. vol. 25.
- (2021) Co-precipitated Ni-Mg-Al hydrotalcite-derived catalyst promoted with vanadium for CO2 methanation. Molecules. vol. 26 (21).
- (2021) Unraveling catalytic properties by yttrium promotion on mesoporous SBA-16 supported nickel catalysts towards CO2 methanation. Fuel.
- (2021) Tailoring the yttrium content in Ni-Ce-Y/SBA-15 mesoporous silicas for CO<inf>2</inf> methanation. Catalysis Today. vol. 382.
- (2021) Improved lifetime and stability of copper species in hierarchical, copper-incorporated CuSAPO-34 verified by catalytic model reactions. Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP. vol. 23.
- (2020) Water–Gas Shift Activity of Pt Catalysts Prepared by Different Methods. Catalysts. vol. 10 (10).
- (2020) Electrochemical syngas production from CO2 and water with CNT supported ZnO catalysts. Catalysis Today. vol. 357.
- (2020) Carbon-resistant NiO-Y2O3-nanostructured catalysts derived from double-layered hydroxides for dry reforming of methane. Catalysis Today. vol. 366.
- (2020) Core-Shell Nanostructures of Graphene-Wrapped CdS Nanoparticles and TiO2 (CdS@G@TiO2): The Role of Graphene in Enhanced Photocatalytic H2 Generation. Catalysts. vol. 10 (4).
- (2020) Core-shell particles of C-doped CdS and graphene: A noble metal-free approach for efficient photocatalytic H2 generation. Green Energy & Environment. vol. 5 (4).
- (2020) Synthesis strategies of Zr- and Y-promoted mixed oxides derived from double-layered hydroxides for syngas production via dry reforming of methane. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
- (2019) Active sites for the oxygen reduction reaction in nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers. Catalysis Today.
- (2019) Electrochemical reduction of CO2 to synthesis gas on CNT supported CuxZn1-x O catalysts. Catalysis Today.
- (2019) Atomically dispersed Fe-N-P-C complex electrocatalysts for superior oxygen reduction. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. vol. 249.