Department of Natural Sciences

Marc Williams

Prof. Dr Marc Williams

Professor of Chemistry, especially sustainable technical chemistry and analytics/Program advisor and program manager BSc Sustainable Chemistry and Materials

marc.williams@h-brs.de

Unit

Department of Natural Sciences, Institute for Safety and Security Research (ISF), Institute of Technology, Resource and Energy-efficient Engineering (TREE)

Location

Rheinbach

Room

I 211

Address

von-Liebig-Straße 6

53359, Rheinbach

Telephone

+49 2241 865 9912

Profile

Lectures

  • Technische Chemie (BSc. NCM)
  • Solid State Analytics (MSc. MSSM)
  • Process Analytics (MSc. AQS)
  • Stoffströme im Wandel (BSc. NCM)

Electives:

  • Spezielle Methoden der Festkörperanalytik (MSc AQS)
  • Nachhaltige Produktionsprozesse (BSc. NCM & Nat.For)
  • Angewandte Bioverfahrenstechnik (BSc. NCM, Nat.For & Bio)

 Research Interests

  • Catalysis and Nanomaterials
  • Surface Chemistry
  • Process Engineering

Curriculum vitae

  • since 2022 Professor for chemistry, especially sustainable technical chemistry and analytics
  • 2017 - 2022 Process Engineer at Lanxess AG in Leverkusen
  • 2012 - 2016 phd student at the University of  Erlangen-Nürnberg, until 2015 situated at the campus in Busan, South Korea
  • 2007-2012 Student of Chemical- and Bioengineerung (Bachelor/Master) at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

Publications

Peer-reviewed papers

  • N Bingwa, NC Antonels, MB Williams, M Haumann, Application of mesoporous metal oxide immobilized gold–palladium nanoalloys as catalysts for ethanol oxidation, Catalysis Letters (2018)
  • T. Bauer, V. Hager, M. B. Williams, M. Laurin, T. Döpper, A. Görling, N. Szesni, P. Wasserscheid, M. Haumann, J. Libuda, Pd-mediated ethylation of the imidazolium cation monitored in-operando on a SCILL-type catalyst, ChemCatChem, (2017)
  • N. C. Antonels, M. B. Williams, R. Meijboom, and M. Haumann, Well-defined dendrimer encapsulated ruthenium SCILL catalysts for partial hydrogenation of toluene in liquid-phase, J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., (2016)

Conference contributions

  • M. B. Williams, N. C. Antonels, M. Haumann, P. Wasserscheid, Selectivity enhancement in partial hydrogenation of arenes using dendrimer template synthesized Ru nanoparticles coated with thin ionic liquid films, COIL-6, Jeju, Südkorea (2015)
  • M. B. Williams, M. Haumann, P. Wasserscheid, Selectivity enhancement in partial hydrogenation of arenes using Ru‑nanoparticles coated with thin ionic liquid films, TOCAT7, Kyoto, Japan, (2014)
  • M. B. Williams, N. C. Antonels, M. Haumann, P. Wasserscheid, Selective Hydrogenation of Arenes in a Continuous Gas-Phase Process using Novel Catalyst Concepts, Asianano 2014, Jeju, Südkorea (2014)