K Keynote & Plenary Lectures
Invited conference contributions with keynote and plenary status
"The Challenges of Conformation and Condition Spaces for Data-Driven Catalyst Design"
Keynote — 12th UK Catalysis Conference, Jan 8, 2026, Loughborough, UK
Keynote — 12th UK Catalysis Conference, Jan 8, 2026, Loughborough, UK
"Condition-dependent dynamics for data-driven catalyst design"
Keynote — NWO Chains 2025, Dec 2, 2025, Veldhoven, NL
Keynote — NWO Chains 2025, Dec 2, 2025, Veldhoven, NL
"The Challenges of Conformation and Condition Spaces for Data-Driven Catalyst Design"
Invited — 3rd Symp. ML in Quantum Chemistry, Oct 7, 2025, Knoxville, USA
Invited — 3rd Symp. ML in Quantum Chemistry, Oct 7, 2025, Knoxville, USA
"Condition-Dependent Energy Landscape of Catalytic Paths"
Plenary — Intl. Symp. Institute for Catalysis, Hokkaido U., Jul 10, 2025, Sapporo, Japan
Plenary — Intl. Symp. Institute for Catalysis, Hokkaido U., Jul 10, 2025, Sapporo, Japan
"Condition-Dependent Energy Landscape of Catalytic Paths"
Invited — 11th ISTCP, Oct 14, 2024, Qingdao, China
Invited — 11th ISTCP, Oct 14, 2024, Qingdao, China
"Decoding Multimetallic Ensembles in Zeolite Pores"
Invited — Nano-Thailand 2023, Nov 29–Dec 1, 2023, Pattaya, Thailand
Invited — Nano-Thailand 2023, Nov 29–Dec 1, 2023, Pattaya, Thailand
"Bias-free operando modeling of extra-framework catalytic ensembles in zeolites"
Keynote — 18th ICTAC, Jun 13–17, 2022, Lyon, France
Keynote — 18th ICTAC, Jun 13–17, 2022, Lyon, France
"Death and life of Mn-based carbonyl reduction catalysts"
RSC Catal. Sci. Technol. Lectureship — 4th Intl. Green Catalysis Symp., Apr 19–22, 2022, Rennes, France
RSC Catal. Sci. Technol. Lectureship — 4th Intl. Green Catalysis Symp., Apr 19–22, 2022, Rennes, France
"Death and Life of Homogeneous Carbonyl Reduction Catalysts"
Keynote — CEHC-2, Mar 29–31, 2022, Leipzig, Germany
Keynote — CEHC-2, Mar 29–31, 2022, Leipzig, Germany
"Computational chemistry of catalytic systems: is it the rise of the machines yet?"
Plenary — ROSCATALYS-2021, Sep 20–24, 2021, Kazan, Russia
Plenary — ROSCATALYS-2021, Sep 20–24, 2021, Kazan, Russia
"The operando challenge in computational modelling for catalysis design"
Plenary — 6th Intl. School-Conf. "Catalysis: from Science to Industry", Oct 6–10, 2020, Tomsk (online)
Plenary — 6th Intl. School-Conf. "Catalysis: from Science to Industry", Oct 6–10, 2020, Tomsk (online)
"Navigating chemistry and condition spaces to boost Mn-based hydrogenation catalysis"
Keynote — GreenCat2020, Mar 30–Apr 2, 2020, Rennes, France
Keynote — GreenCat2020, Mar 30–Apr 2, 2020, Rennes, France
"Operando models and descriptions of multicomponent reactive solutions"
Plenary — Krestov Discussions 2019, Oct 9, 2019, Ivanovo, Russia
Plenary — Krestov Discussions 2019, Oct 9, 2019, Ivanovo, Russia
"Confinement-driven reactivity in zeolite catalysis"
Keynote — ZMPC 2018, Aug 5–9, 2018, Yokohama, Japan
Keynote — ZMPC 2018, Aug 5–9, 2018, Yokohama, Japan
"Theory and practice of computational catalysis"
Plenary — CatDesign, May 20–23, 2018, Moscow, Russia
Plenary — CatDesign, May 20–23, 2018, Moscow, Russia
"On the balance between the reductionist and holistic approaches in computational catalysis"
Plenary — Czech and Slovak Symp. on Catalysis, Nov 6–7, 2017, Prague
Plenary — Czech and Slovak Symp. on Catalysis, Nov 6–7, 2017, Prague
"Selective oxidation of methane by transition metal-exchanged zeolites"
Keynote — 16th ICTAC, Jun 19–23, 2016, Zakopane, Poland
Keynote — 16th ICTAC, Jun 19–23, 2016, Zakopane, Poland
"Computational catalysis for CO₂ valorization: from theory to devices"
Plenary — Science behind CO₂ Capture and Conversion, Jun 24–28, 2015, Varadero, Cuba
Plenary — Science behind CO₂ Capture and Conversion, Jun 24–28, 2015, Varadero, Cuba
"Computational catalysis for sustainable energy technologies"
Keynote — XIVth NCCC, Mar 4–6, 2013, Noordwijkerhout, NL
Keynote — XIVth NCCC, Mar 4–6, 2013, Noordwijkerhout, NL
I Invited Lectures
Invited lectures at universities and research institutions
"CCCP for Catalysis: Conditions, Conformations, Complexities, and Predictive models"
Stratingh Institute, U. Groningen — Sep 26, 2025
Stratingh Institute, U. Groningen — Sep 26, 2025
"The Challenge of Condition-Dependent Energy Landscape for Predictive Modeling"
NIOK Workshop Digital Catalysis — Sep 17, 2025, Utrecht
NIOK Workshop Digital Catalysis — Sep 17, 2025, Utrecht
"Computational Spectroscopy & Catalysis"
ARC CBBC Summer School — Jun 4, 2025, Leiden
ARC CBBC Summer School — Jun 4, 2025, Leiden
"Computational Spectroscopy and Catalysis"
Han-Sur-Lesse Winterschool — Nov 26, 2024, Belgium
Han-Sur-Lesse Winterschool — Nov 26, 2024, Belgium
"Death and Life of Homogeneous Carbonyl Reduction Catalysts"
U. St. Andrews — Apr 10, 2024, Scotland
U. St. Andrews — Apr 10, 2024, Scotland
"Chemistry automation for catalysis"
Siemens — Feb 7, 2024, The Hague
Siemens — Feb 7, 2024, The Hague
"Operando Modeling of Zeolite Catalysis"
ISCC Lecture Series, Utrecht U. — Jan 26, 2024
ISCC Lecture Series, Utrecht U. — Jan 26, 2024
"Death and Life of Homogeneous Carbonyl Reduction Catalysts"
Claude Bernard U. Lyon 1 — Dec 18, 2023
Claude Bernard U. Lyon 1 — Dec 18, 2023
"What makes a catalyst good?"
UC Riverside — Oct 5, 2023
UC Riverside — Oct 5, 2023
"Understanding failures for catalyst design"
UCLA — Oct 2, 2023
UCLA — Oct 2, 2023
"Chemistry automation to reduce expert bias"
450th Colloquium, Hokkaido U. — Jun 20, 2023, Sapporo
450th Colloquium, Hokkaido U. — Jun 20, 2023, Sapporo
"Operando Modeling of Zeolite Catalysis"
IKFT Seminar, KIT — May 17, 2023, Karlsruhe
IKFT Seminar, KIT — May 17, 2023, Karlsruhe
"Operando description of zeolite catalysis"
Shell Research — Jan 9, 2023, Amsterdam
Shell Research — Jan 9, 2023, Amsterdam
"Operando Computational Modeling: the accuracy challenge"
IFP Energies Nouvelles — Dec 7, 2022, Solaize, France
IFP Energies Nouvelles — Dec 7, 2022, Solaize, France
"Death and life of homogeneous carbonyl reduction catalysts"
U. at Buffalo — Dec 4, 2020 (Zoom)
U. at Buffalo — Dec 4, 2020 (Zoom)
"Towards operando modeling in computational catalysis"
Distinguished Seminar Series, Imperial College London — May 8, 2019
Distinguished Seminar Series, Imperial College London — May 8, 2019
"Operando modeling in computational catalysis"
BASF — Jun 19, 2019, Leverkusen
BASF — Jun 19, 2019, Leverkusen
"How single are the 'single sites' in catalysis"
KIT — Jan 26, 2018, Karlsruhe
KIT — Jan 26, 2018, Karlsruhe
"Computational catalysis for sustainable chemistry"
Debye Lecture, Utrecht U. — Apr 21, 2016
Debye Lecture, Utrecht U. — Apr 21, 2016
"Computational catalysis for sustainable chemistry"
GeorgiaTech — Mar 10, 2016, Atlanta
GeorgiaTech — Mar 10, 2016, Atlanta
"Computational catalysis for sustainable chemistry"
Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse — Jan 26, 2016, Rostock
Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse — Jan 26, 2016, Rostock
"Computational catalysis for sustainable chemistry"
TU Delft Faculty Colloquium — May 11, 2015
TU Delft Faculty Colloquium — May 11, 2015
"Computational catalysis for sustainability"
TU Munich — Nov 26, 2013
TU Munich — Nov 26, 2013
"Self-organization and molecular recognition phenomena in chemocatalytic systems"
CPE Lyon — Dec 3, 2009
CPE Lyon — Dec 3, 2009
S Selected Conference Contributions
Selected conference presentations as presenting author
E. Khramenkova, E.A. Pidko "Decoding Multimetallic Ensembles in Zeolite Pores", ICC 2024, Jul 18, 2024, Lyon (oral)
C. Liu et al., E. A. Pidko "Ca-promotion of Ga/ZSM-5 MTA catalyst", TOCAT9, Jul 25, 2022, Fukuoka (oral)
G. Li, A. Szécsényi, C. Liu, E.A. Pidko "Methane oxofunctionalization by zeolites", EuropaCAT 2019, Aachen (oral)
G. Li, I. Vollmer, C. Liu, J. Gascon, E.A. Pidko "Speciation of Mo-(oxo)carbide in Mo/ZSM-5", EuropaCAT 2019, Aachen (short lecture)
R. van Putten, P. Kulyaev, E.A. Pidko "Hydrogenation with homogeneous Mn catalysts", 5th EuChemS, Jun 2019, Moscow
C. Liu, R. van Putten, G.A. Filonenko, E.A. Pidko "Mechanistic complexity behind Mn-catalyzed ester hydrogenation", ICCC 2018, Sendai (oral)
A. Szécsényi et al., E.A. Pidko "Active site requirements for methane activation by Cu and Fe species in zeolites", EuropaCAT 2017, Florence (oral)
G. Li et al., E.A. Pidko "On the Nature of Active Sites for Selective Methane Oxidation by Cu- and Fe-zeolites", ICC 2016, Beijing (oral)
G.A. Filonenko, E.J.M. Hensen, E.A. Pidko "Hydrogenation of CO₂ catalyzed by Ru PNP pincer", TOCAT7, Jun 2014, Kyoto (ACS Catalysis Poster Award)
E.A. Pidko, E.J.M. Hensen "Molecular aspects of glucose activation by Lewis acid zeolite and oxide catalysts", EuropaCAT 12, 2015, Kazan (oral)
E.A. Pidko, E.J.M. Hensen "Molecular aspects of catalytic conversions of carbohydrates", ISHHC-16, Aug 2013, Sapporo (oral)