Dr. Alexander Holm

Biography

Assistant Professor Alexander Holm is a principal investigator in the Catalysis Self-Assembly Group at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Linköping University. His research focuses on the combination of self-assembly and heterogeneous catalysis to develop sustainable chemicals and materials. Alexander received his MSc degree in Chemical Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden in 2012. He began his PhD at Stanford University under Professor Curtis W. Frank, where he investigated self-assembly in the fabrication of functional materials. After completing his PhD in 2018, he worked as a Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University with Professor Matteo Cargnello, shifting his focus to heterogeneous catalysis. In 2020, he joined Stockholm University as a postdoc before returning to Linköping University in 2024 as an Assistant Professor. His current research explores the synergies between catalysis, nanomaterials, and self-assembly, aiming to use these methods to create sustainable materials from biomass. Alexander received a starting grant from the Swedish Research Council to further his research in heterogeneous catalysis and continues to focus on reaction mechanisms and the spatial distribution of active sites in catalysts.

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