Dissemination activities
List of selected conference and seminars
- Eder Dominik “Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) as Next-Generation Photocatalysts”, International Conference on Functional Nanomaterials and Nanodevices (NANOMAT 2024), 25 – 28-08 2024, Vienna, Austria.
- D. Eder, “Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) as Next-Generation Photocatalysts”, Kitagawa Group Seminar 2 August 2024, Kyoto, Japan.
- D. Eder, S. Naghdi, J. Wang, P. Ayala, A. Cherevan, “Selective Ligand Removal as a Powerful Strategy Towards Advanced Photocatalysis”, 24th International Conference on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy (IPS-24), 28 Jul – 2 August 2024, Hiroshima, Japan.
- D. Eder, “Metal-Organic Frameworks in Photocatalysis”, 3rd Symposium on Materials Chemistry for New Properties and Functions, 25 – 26 July 2024, Tokyo, Japan.
- Z.Huang, “Ligand Engineering in ZIF-based electrocatalysts”, 9th International Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Open Framework Compounds (MOF2024, 15-19 July 2024, Singapore.
- D. Eder, “Introduction on Photocatalysis”, PMWS Summer School, 10 July 2024, Graz, Austria.
- D. Eder, “Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) as Next-Generation Photocatalysts”, 27th International Conference on Semiconductor Photocatalysis and Solar Energy Conversion & 28th International Conference on Advanced Oxidation Technologies for Treatment of Water, Air and Soil (SPASEC-28 and AOTs-28), 11-14 June 2024, Limassol, Cyprus.
- Z. Huang, S. Naghdi, D. Eder, “Porous Materials in Energy Science”, Thomas Bein Symposium, 29 to 31 May 2024, Munich, German.
- D. Eder, “Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) as Next-Generation Photocatalysts”, Institute Seminar at the University of Salzburg, Institute of Chemistry and Physics of Materials, 14 May 2024, Salzburg, Austria
- D. Eder, “Selective Ligand Removal as a Powerful Strategy Towards Advanced Photocatalysis”, Institute Seminar, University of Graz, ICTM, 21. April 2024, Graz, Austria.
- D. Eder, “Molecular Materials Chemistry, Symposium des MPI Stuttgart (Plenary Speaker, Schloss Ringberg am Tegernsee, Germany, 11 April 2024.
- D. Eder, Metal-Organic Frameworks as next-generation photocatalysts, 37th Workshop on Chemistry and Physics of Novel Materials, 4-9 February 2024, Schladming, Austria.
- S. Naghdi, Innovative strategies to overcome diffusion limitation and water stability challenges in Metal-Organic Frameworks for enhanced environmental applications, 8th Annual Nanotechnology Conference (Nanomat 2024) – 26-28 Aug. 2024, Vienna, Austria.
- S.Naghdi, Enhancing the Pore Structure of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Improved Water treatment Efficiency, Materials Science & Nanotechnology – 16-16 Jul. 2024, Vienna, Austria
- Z. Huang, S. Naghdi, D. Eder, Selective Ligand Removal as a Powerful Strategy Towards Advanced Photocatalysis, 5th European Conference on Metal Organic Frameworks and Porous Polymers (EUROMOF 2023), 24 to 27 September 2023, Granada, Spain
- D. Eder, Metal-Organic Frameworks as Next-generation photocatalysts, 5th International Conference on Functional Nanomaterials and Nanodevices (NANOMAT 2023), 28 – 30 August 2023, Warsaw, Poland.
- D. Eder, Selective Ligand Removal as a Powerful Strategy Towards Advanced Photocatalysis, 1st Mediterranean Conference on Porous Materials (MEDPORE 2023), 17-19 May 2023, Crete, Greece.
- S. Naghdi, Highly water-stable Cu-based metal-organic frameworks for efficient adsorption of nitrate from aqueous solutions, 1st Mediterranean Conference on Porous Materials (MEDPore)– 17-19 May. 2023, Crete, Greece.
- D. Eder, Metal-Organic Frameworks as Next-generation photocatalysts, 4th International Congress on Advanced Materials Sciences and Engineering (AMSE 2023), Vienna, Austria,
- D. Eder, Session on Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, International Conference on Functional Nanomaterials and Nanodevices (NANOMAT 2022), 5-7 September 2022Bratislava, Slovakia.
- S. Naghdi, A. Cherevan, A. Giesriegl, R. Guillet-Nicolas, T. Gupta, J. Wang, T. Haunold, B. Bayer-Skoff, G. Rupprechter, M. Caspary Toroker, F. Kleitz, D. Eder, Selective ligand removal as a powerful strategy towards advanced photocatalysts, 44th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC 2022), 28 August – 2 September 2022, Rimini, Italy.
- S. Naghdi, Water purification by metal-organic frameworks utilizing selective ligand removal strategy, 44th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC 2022)– 28 August – 2 September 2022, Rimini, Italy
- S.Naghdi, Improved Accessibility of Active Sites in Hierarchical MOFs by Selective Ligand Removal for Advancing Heterogeneous Photocatalysis, 6th International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials – 11-15 Mar. 2019, Sitges, Spain.
- P.J. Kulesza, I.A. Rutkowska, A. Kostuch, C. Janiszewska, Designing and optimization of low- Pt-content-electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction, International Conference on Functional Nanomaterials and Nanodevices, September 5-7, 2022, Bratislava, Slovakia, – invited lecture
- I.A. Rutkowska, M. Krech, Y. Sato, K. Brzozowska, P.J. Kulesza, Prussian-Blue Type Cobalt Hexacyanoferrate Overlayers As Cocatalytic Components for Oxygen Evolution during Water Electrolysis in Acid Medium, 242nd ECS Meeting, October 9-13, 2022, Atlanta, USA – invited lecture
- P.J. Kulesza, Electrocatalytic Activity of Surface Cobalt Oxo-Species in Polynuclear Mixed-Metal Co-Fe Cyanides and Co-Ce Oxides toward Acidic Oxygen Evolution, International Conference on Functional Nanomaterials and Nanodevices, August 25-28 2023, Warsaw, Poland – Keynote lecture
- P.J. Kulesza, Toward Enhancement of Activity of Low-Pt-Content-Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction, EuropaCat August 27 – September 1 2023, Prague, Czech Republic – invited lecture
- P.J. Kulesza, A. Kostuch, A, Chmielnicka, I.A. Rutkowska, Consideration of functionalized metal-oxide-additives to enhance activity of low-Pt-content-catalysts during oxygen reduction, International Conference on Functional Nanomaterials and Nanodevices, Vienna, Austria, 26th August 2024 – invited lecture
- P.J. Kulesza, I. A. Rutkowska, Hybrid Materials of Defined Structure and Catalytic Activity: Electroreduction of Inert Inorganic Molecules, lecture at Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Arlington, November 8th, 2024.
- Saim Emin, Takwa Chouki, Manel Machreki, In situ treatment of organic pollutants in water using photoelectrocatalysis, The 6th International Conference on New Photocatalytic Materials for Environment, Energy and Sustainability, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia, April 4-6, 2022. (Invited talk)
- Saim Emin, Colloidal Metal Nanoparticles as a Source for the Growth of Thin Films, 3rd International Congress on Advanced Materials Sciences and Engineering, July 21-24, 2022 Opatija, Croatia. (Invited talk)
- Saim Emin, Colloidal nanoparticles for photo(electro)catalytic water splitting studies, International Conference on Functional Nanomaterials and Nanodevices (NANOMAT2022), 5-7 September 2022, Bratislava, Slovakia. www.nanomat-conference.com, (regular talk).
- Saim Emin*, Takwa Chouki, Manel Machreki,Jelena Topič, Lorena Butinar, Plamen Stefanov, Erika Jez,Matjaz Valant, Jack Summers, Aaron Fait, Iwona A. Rutkowska, Beata Rytelewsk, Pawel J. Kulesza, Georgi Tyuliev, Moussab Harb, and Luis Miguel Azofra, Sustainable electrocatalytic processes using iron phosphide thin films 4th Global Summit on Catalysis and Chemical Engineering, April 13-14, 2023, Rome, Italy. (Invited talk)
- Saim Emin*, Takwa Chouki, and Manel Machreki, Materials for sustainable electrochemical energy conversion, International Conference on Materials & Processes for Sustainable Development 2023, May 10-11, 2023, Chenini, Gabes, Tunisia (plenary talk)
- Saim Emin*, Manel Machreki, M. Martelanc, L. Butinar, B.M. Vodopivec, Georgi Tyuliev, Dušan Žigon, Bunsho Ohtani, Takwa Chouki, Alexandre Loukanov, Plamen Stefanov, The role of oxygen vacancies in metal oxide thin films in the photoelectrocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants, International Conference on Functional Nanomaterials and Nanodevices, August 27.- 30, 2023, Warsaw, Poland
- Saim Emin*, Takwa Chouki, Manel Machreki, Plamen Stefanov, Iwona A. Rutkowska, Beata Rytelewska, Pawel J. Kulesza, Georgi Tyuliev, Moussab Harb, and Luis Miguel Azofra, Tuning the activity of iron phosphide electrocatalysts for sustainable energy conversion, 244th ECS Meeting, October 9-12, 2023, Gothenburg, Sweden (Invited talk).
- Saim Emin, Colloidally Synthesized Inorganic Nanomaterials for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Generation, Green Hydrogen Generation and its Application as a Fuel, 1st HyGen Workshop, University of Salento, Italy, online, April 8-10, 2024 (Invited talk)
- Saim Emin, Functional Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Energy Conversion, Green Development Forum, April 27-28, 2024, Shenzhen, China (Invited talk).
- Takwa Chouki, Manel Machreki, Iwona A. Rutkowska, Beata Rytelewska, Pawel J. Kulesza, Georgi Tyuliev, Moussab Harb, Luis Miguel Azofra, Sreejith P. Nandan, Romana Cerc-Korošec, Sai Raj Ali, CS Praveen, Dominik Eder, Alexey Cherevan, Urška Lavrenčič Štangarand, and Saim Emin“Iron phosphide catalysts for electrochemical energy conversion” International Conference on Functional Nanomaterials and Nanodevices, 25-27 August 2024, Vienna, Austria. (Regular talk).
- Saim Emin, Manel Machreki, Artem Badasyan, Dušan Žigon, Georgi Tyuliev, Takwa Chouki, Mitja Martelanc, Lorena Butinar, Branka Mozetič Vodopivec, Qian Guo, Ana Belén Jorge Sobrido, Stoichko Dimitrov, Application of a-Fe2O3 thin films in photoelectrochemical oxidation studies, 8th New Photocatalytic Materials for Environment, Energy and Sustainability (NPM-8), 10-13 March 2025, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Invited talk).



Consortium member meeting at the 244th ECS Meeting, October 8-12, 2023, Gothenburg, Sweden. Left picture is taken during the session entitled L08 – Nanostructured Materials Engineering in Electrocatalysis. On the left picture are Prof. S. Emin (left), Prof. I. A. Rutkowska (middle) and Prof. P. Kulesza (right).

A photo captured during a lecture for students enrolled in the Bachelor’s program in Engineering and Management (First Cycle) at the University of Nova Gorica. The lecture covered the introduction of the MULTICAT project and emphasized the importance of the hydrogen economy.


The project results were presented at the International Conference on Functional Nanomaterials and Nanodevices 2024 (NANOMAT2024), held from August 25-28, 2024, in Vienna, Austria. The conference was organized by the three project partners, showcasing the project’s achievements. In the photo on the right, from left to right, are Prof. Urska Lavrencic from the University of Ljubljana, Prof. Dominik Eder from TU Wien, Assoc. Prof. Iwona Rutkowska, Prof. Pavel Kulsza from the University of Warsaw, and Assoc. Prof. Saim Emin from the University of Nova Gorica. For more details, visit www.nanomat-conference.com.