- Petroleum refining
- Hydrogen production/storage
- Conversion of carbon rich unconventional fossil resources and biomass
- Energy storage and conversion
- Photo/electro and fuel cell catalysis
- Syngas generation
2. Catalysis for chemical synthesis
- Green synthesis
- Advanced routes in petrochemistry
- Platform chemicals from renewables
- Fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals
- Enantioselective catalysis
- Biochemical routes to fine chemicals
- Polymerization
3. Catalysis for environmental applications
- Cleaning exhaust streams
- catalytic upgrading of waste materials