Georg Forster Research Fellow explores photocatalysts
Dr. Moses Alfred Oladele is working on photocatalysis for CO2 conversion in a joint project with the group of Dr. Matt Mayer, HZB, and Prof. Andreas Taubert at the University of Potsdam. The chemist comes with a Georg Forster Research Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. © HZB
Dr. Moses Alfred Oladele is working on photocatalysis for CO2 conversion in a joint project with the group of Dr. Matt Mayer, HZB, and Prof. Andreas Taubert at the University of Potsdam. The chemist from Redeemer's University in Ede, Nigeria, came to Berlin in the summer of 2024 with a Georg Forster Research Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and will work at HZB for two years.
Dr Moses Alfred Oladele studied Industrial Chemistry in Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba-Akoko (BSc), and continued his studies for the Master’s degree in Redeemer’s University in Ede, Osun State, Nigeria, where he also obtained his doctorate in 2021. He has since worked as a lecturer at Redeemer's University and as a scientist at the African Centre for Environmental and Water Research (ACE WATER), developing low-cost materials for environmental remediation of toxic wastes in water and monitoring pollutants in South West Nigeria.
In Matt Mayer's group, he will focus on researching new low-cost catalyst materials that can be activated by sunlight and used to convert CO2 into valuable chemicals with a net zero carbon footprint.
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