Andreas Jentys

Andreas Jentys is a Professor at the Department of Technical Chemistry within the TUM School of Natural Sciences at Technische Universität München (TUM). His research focuses on understanding surface reactions and transport phenomena in mesostructured, micro- and mesoporous oxides with acid/base or redox properties, as well as supported metal catalysts for gas and condensed phase reactions. He prepares materials with tailored functionality and studies their sorptive and catalytic properties using in situ electron and vibrational spectroscopy combined with microkinetic experiments.

• Education: PhD (Dr. techn.) in Chemistry from TU Wien (1991)
• Postdoctoral: Royal Institution of Great Britain (1992-1993) with Prof. Richard Catlow
• Academic Career: TU Wien (1998: Associate Professor), TUM (1999: Senior Scientist; 2011: Professor)
• Teaching: Active in TUM Asia since 2006

Research interests span catalysis, surface chemistry, material science, and chemical reaction engineering. He specializes in zeolites, bimetallic catalysts, and in situ spectroscopic methods. Recent work examines:

• Hydrogen evolution and carbon-carbon coupling on Cu
• Methane activation via Co²⁺ sites in ZSM-5
• Photocatalytic systems using metal-organic frameworks
• Solvent effects in palladium-catalyzed hydrogenation
• CO₂ hydrogenation over bifunctional catalysts

Publications trend toward heterogeneous catalysis, with emphasis on:

• Design of mesoporous and microporous materials
• Characterization of metal clusters and oxo species
• Microkinetic modeling of catalytic systems
• Environmental applications (NOx/CO₂ reduction)
• Hydrogen and hydrocarbon processing

Teaching includes courses on:

• Reaction Engineering and Kinetics
• Industrial Chemical Processes I & II
• Fundamentals of Catalysis
• TC Praktikum (internship)