Scopus / ORCID / MUREX :

Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57426644700

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2074-5451

MUREX: https://murex.mahidol.ac.th/en/persons/somchate-wasantwisut/

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=coeCM84AAAAJ

Research Interests

• Heterogeneous Catalysis
• Carbon Capture and Utilization
• Waste Valorization
• Photochemical and Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂
• Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites Engineering

Education

• Ph.D., Chemical & Environmental Engineering, University of California Riverside, USA; 2024
• M.Eng., Chemical Engineering, Mahidol University, Thailand; 2018
• B.Eng. (1^st Honor Distinction), Chemical Engineering, Mahidol University, Thailand; 2016

Teaching

• EGCG 103 Innovative Technologies towards SDGs
• EGCG 204 Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics
• EGCG 211 Chemical Engineering Laboratory I
• EGCH 312 Chemical Engineering Laboratory I
• EGCH 313 Chemical Engineering Laboratory II
• EGCG 315 Chemical Engineering Laboratory IV
• EGCG 316 Environmental Chemical Engineering
• EGCH 370 Environmental Chemical Engineering
• EGCH 397 Seminar
• EGCH 499 Chemical Engineering Capstone Design Project
• EGCG 629 Renewable Energy and Biofuels

Selected Publications

• Wasantwisut, S.; Brea, C.; Jo, S.; Arpini, B. H.; Hu, G.; Gilliard-AbdulAziz, K. L. Regenerable Ni-Au/La₂O₃ Catalysts for Dry Reforming of Methane. Appl. Catal. O: Open 2024, 194, 206990. (Q2 in Catalysis)
• Wasantwisut, S.; Xiao, Y.; Feng, P.; Gilliard-AbdulAziz, K. L. The Influence of High-Energy Faceted TiO₂ Supports on Co and Co–Ru Catalysts for Dry Methane Reforming. Chem. Asian J. 2022, 17 (4), e202101253. (Q1 in Chemistry – Miscellaneous)
• Shah, S.; Hong, J.; Cruz, L.; Wasantwisut, S.; Bare, S. R.; Gilliard-AbdulAziz, K. L. Dynamic Tracking of NiFe Smart Catalysts Using In Situ X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy for the Dry Methane Reforming Reaction. ACS Catal. 2023, 13 (6), 3990–4002. (Q1 in Catalysis)
• Jo, S.; Cruz, L.; Shah, S.; Wasantwisut, S.; Phan, A.; Gilliard-AbdulAziz, K. L. Perspective on Sorption Enhanced Bifunctional Catalysts to Produce Hydrocarbons. ACS Catal. 2022, 12 (13), 7486–7510. (Q1 in Catalysis)
• Antolínez, C. A.; Byrne, F. J.; Wasantwisut, S.; Rohula, T.; Gilliard-AbdulAziz, K. L.; Rivera, M. J. Assessment of Renewable Compounds as Biopesticides for Asian Citrus Psyllid, Diaphorina citri (Kuwayama) (Hemiptera: Psyllidae). J. Pest Sci. 2023, 96 (2), 663–670. (Q1 in Insect Science)

Awards/Honors

• Fulbright Thai Graduate Scholarship (2018) from the Thailand-United States Educational Foundation (TUSEF) to pursue Ph.D. in Chemical & Environmental Engineering at University of California, Riverside, USA.
• The 60^th Year Supreme Reign of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej scholarship (2016) from the Faculty of Graduate Study, Mahidol University, Thailand.
• Gold medal for excellence in Bachelor of Engineering study (2015), Mahidol University from the Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT).