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Andrii Kostyniuk

Also known as: Andry Kostynyuk, Kosynyuk, A. O., Костынюк A.O., Костинюк A.O.

National Institute of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Ukrainian State University of Chemical Technology, Dnipropetrovsk National University, University of the Western Cape

ORCID iD 0000-0003-0258-4313
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About

Andrii Kostyniuk obtained his Ph.D. from the Ukrainian State University of Chemical Technology (Dnipro, Ukraine) in 2012. From September 2012 to January 2015, he was a Research Fellow at the Ukrainian State University of Chemical Technology, Department of General Chemical Technology. During his Ph.D., he has been a visiting researcher at the University of Liverpool (Department of Chemistry) and the University of Le Mans (Department of Chemistry). From January 2015 to September 2016, Andrii was a Postdoctoral Researcher Fellow and project leader in the field of heterogeneous catalysis at the PetroSA Synthetic Fuels Innovation Centre, South African Institute for Advanced Materials Chemistry, University of the Western Cape (Cape Town, South Africa). From November 2016 until November 2017, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher Fellow at Tsinghua University (Department of Chemistry, Beijing, China). From February 2018 to January 2020, Andrii was a Postdoctoral Researcher Fellow at the Department of Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering, National Institute of Chemistry (Ljubljana, Slovenia). Since February 2020 he has been employed as Research Assistant Professor at the same institute and department. Andrii was involved (until now) and responsible for some EU Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe research projects such as Adaptable Reactors for Resource- and Energy-Efficient Methane Valorisation (ADREM), CarbON Valorisation in Energy-efficient Green fuels (CONVERGE), Biorefining of Sugars via Process Intensification (BioSPRINT), Carbon Negative Biofuels from Organic Waste (CARBIOW), Exploring wooden materials in hybrid printed electronics: a holistic approach towards functional electronics with net zero carbon emissions (HyPELignum), BIOmass Valorisation via Superheated Steam Torrefaction, Pyrolisis, Gasification Amplified by Multidisciplinary Researchers TRAINining for Multiple Energy and Products’ Added VALUEs (BioTrainValue) and grand fundamental ARRS project - Designing Selective Catalytic Processes for the Conversion of CO2 to Ethanol (UliSess). He additionally holds leadership roles in recent Horizon Europe initiatives: Work Package Leader in the Development of Bio-based and Biodegradable Polyethylene and Polyesters (Bio2PEs) and Task Leader in biogeniC gasEsous caRbon conversion into high added value chemicals and ingredients through a bio-based NETwork (CERNET), which started in 2025. His research is focused on the development and application of heterogeneous catalysts important in the sustainable production of fuels, chemicals, and materials. Andrii is working on fundamental and applied aspects of acid-base and redox catalysis with the aim of understanding the nature of the active sites and reaction mechanisms.

Research Interests:
Heterogeneous Catalysis; Chemical Reaction Engineering; Green Chemistry; Sustainable Chemistry; Applied Catalysis; Renewable Energy; Thermochemical Processing; Process Development; Catalysis Science of Zeolites, Metal Oxides and Metal-Modified Zeolites for numerous catalytic applications such as glycerol oxidation, dehydration, epoxidation, and hydrogenation into high-value added products; biomass tar hydrocracking to BTX; biomass tar reforming; olefins aromatization and isomerization; methanol oxidation to formaldehyde; methane non-oxidative conversion to ethane, ethylene, and hydrogen; CO2 hydrogenation; biomass torrefaction.

Experience:
- Operating/assembling in/of the lab-scale reactor system.
- Planning, design and conduction of experiments including laboratory scale reactors.
- Synthesis of catalysts; characterization; particle analysis.
- Experience in usage of spectroscopic techniques (GC, MS, HPLC, FTIR, DRIFTS, XRF, BET, SEM, TEM, XRD, UV-vis, TPD, TGA, XPS, and others).
- Interpretation of catalytic data and definition of material-activity correlations.
- Experience in writing articles, patents and reports/presenting for academic/industrial publics.
- Supervision and training of BSc, MSc and PhD students.

Employment

  • National Institute of Chemistry Research Assistant Professor
    2018 - Present
  • Tsinghua University Postdoctoral Researcher
    2016 - 2017
  • University of the Western Cape Post Doctoral Research Fellow
    2015 - 2016
  • Ukrainian State University of Chemical Technology Teaching Assistant
    2010 - 2015
  • Dnipropetrovsk National University Assistant
    2006 - 2007

Education

  • Ukrainian State University of Chemical Technology Ph.D. in Heterogeneous Catalysis
    2008 - 2012
  • Dnipropetrovsk National University Master of Science in Chemistry
    2007 - 2008
  • Dnipropetrovsk National University Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
    2003 - 2007

Projects & Funding

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Publications (50)