She has a research background in heterogeneous catalysis for energy and environmental applications. Her current research interests focus on the development of novel adsorbent materials for carbon dioxide capture and catalytic materials for the production of sustainable fuels and chemicals from carbon based feedstocks, including the conversion of syngas to higher alcohols and thermochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to valuable products. Dr. Duyar received her B.Sc. (2012) in Chemical and Biological Engineering from Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey. She obtained her M.S. (2013) and Ph.D. (2015) in Earth and Environmental Engineering from Columbia University in the City of New York and conducted post-doctoral research (2015-2017) in the Chemical Engineering Department at Stanford University. Prior to her academic appointment at the University of Surrey, Dr. Duyar worked at the US Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory as Associate Staff Scientist in the SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis and was also Lecturer of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University for 2 years (2017-2019)

Dual function materials for integrated carbon dioxide capture and utilisation A dual function material (DFM) with adsorbent and catalytic capability takes advantage of an exothermic chemical transformation of carbon dioxide to drive the endothermic desorption process from adsorbent sites, avoiding temperature or pressure swing steps that are conventionally employed. Our work in this area explores experimental development and testing of dual function materials, optimisation across different scales and technoeconomic assessment of new DFM processes. Carbon dioxide hydrogenation and tandem catalysis The changing energy landscape brings the opportunity to carbon dioxide to produce traditionally petroleum-derived chemicals. Hydrogenation and hydrocarbon reforming reactions can enable us to utilise wasted carbon building blocks such as carbon dioxide emissions and landfill gas. Our work in this area involves the development of robust high activity catalysts alongside technoeconomic assessment and quantification of carbon footprint at a process level to devise net carbon consuming processes.

Hameed, G., Goksu, A., Merkouri, L.P., Penkova, A., Reina, T.R., Ruiz, S.C. and Duyar, M.S. (2023). Experimental optimization of Ni/P atomic ratio for nickel phosphide catalysts in reverse water-gas shift. Journal of CO2 Utilization 77, p.102606. Zhang, R., Duyar, M., Foulkes, L., Berrow, J. and Short, M., (2023) Multi-objective optimisation for microbrewery retrofitting. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering (Vol. 52, pp. 197-202). Chen, C., Wei, J., Lu, Y., Duyar, M.S., Huang, Y., Lin, L. and Ye, R. (2023) Confinement effects over Ni-based catalysts for methane dry reforming. Catalysis Science & Technology, 13(21), pp.6089-6101. Parrilla-Lahoz, S., Zambrano, M.C., Stolojan, V., Bance-Soualhi, R., Pawlak, J.J., Venditti, R.A., Reina, T.R. and Duyar, M.S. (2023). Charting a path to catalytic upcycling of plastic micro/nano fiber pollution from textiles to produce carbon nanomaterials and turquoise hydrogen. RSC sustainability, 1(5), pp.1177-1183. Merkouri, L. P., Paksoy, A. I., Ramirez Reina, T., & Duyar, M. S. (2023). The Need for Flexible Chemical Synthesis and How Dual-Function Materials Can Pave the Way. ACS Catalysis, 13, 7230-7242. Merkouri, L. P., Martín-Espejo, J. L., Bobadilla, L. F., Odriozola, J. A., Penkova, A., Reina, T. R., & Duyar, M. S. (2023). Unravelling the CO2 Capture and Conversion Mechanism of a NiRu-Na2O Switchable Dual-function Material in Various CO2 Utilisation Reactions. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Goksu, A., Li, H., Liu, J., & Duyar, M. S. (2023). Nanoreactor Engineering Can Unlock New Possibilities for CO2 Tandem Catalytic Conversion to C-C Coupled Products. Global Challenges, 2300004. Ali, S.A., Safi, M., Merkouri, L.P., Soodi, S., Iakovidis, A., Duyar, M.S., Neagu, D., Reina, T.R. and Kousi, K., 2023. Engineering exsolved catalysts for CO2 conversion. Frontiers in Energy Research, 11, p.168. Parrilla-Lahoz, S., Jin, W., Pastor-Pérez, L., Duyar, M. S., Quintana, L. M., Dongil, A. B., & Reina, T. R. (2023). Multicomponent Graphene based catalysts for guaiacol upgrading in hydrothermal conditions: exploring" H2-free" alternatives for bio-compounds hydrodeoxygenation. Catalysis Today. Merkouri, L. P., Martín-Espejo, J. L., Bobadilla, L. F., Odriozola, J. A., Duyar, M. S., & Reina, T. R. (2023). Flexible NiRu Systems for CO2 Methanation: From Efficient Catalysts to Advanced Dual-Function Materials. Nanomaterials, 13(3), 506. Zhang, Q., Bown, M.,Pastor-Perez, L., Duyar, M.S., Reina, T.R. (2022) CO2 Conversion via Reverse Water Gas Shift Reaction Using Fully Selective Mo–P Multicomponent Catalysts. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 61 (34) 12857-12865 Merkouri, L.P., Reina, T.R., Duyar, M.S. (2022) Feasibility of switchable dual function materials as a flexible technology for CO2 capture and utilisation and evidence of passive direct air capture. Nanoscale 14 (35), 12620-12637. Parilla Lahoz, S., Mahebadevan, S., Kauta, M., Zambrano, M.C., Pawlak, J.J., Venditti, R., Reina, T.R., Duyar, M.S. (2022) Materials challenges and opportunities to address growing micro/nano plastics pollution: A review of thermochemical upcycling . Materials Today Sustainability, 100200. Zhang,Q., Pastor-Pérez, L., Villora-Picó, J.J., Joyce, M., Sepúlveda-Escribano, A., Duyar, M.S., Reina, T.R. (2022) Ni-Phosphide catalysts as versatile systems for gas-phase CO2 conversion: Impact of the support and evidences of structure-sensitivity Fuel, 323, 124301 Merkouri, L., Ahmet, H., Reina, T.R., Duyar, M.S. (2022) The direct synthesis of dimethyl ether (DME) from landfill gas: A techno-economic investigation, Fuel,319, 123741 Guler, P., Duyar, M.S., Yilmaz, S. (2022) Synthesis and structure analysis of new type Er and Yb doped bismuth oxide solid electrolytes, Chemical Papers, 1-10 Merkouri, L.P., le Saché, E., Pastor-Pérez, L., Duyar, M.S., Reina, T.R. (2022) Versatile Ni-Ru catalysts for gas phase CO2 conversion: bringing closer dry reforming, reverse water gas shift and methanation to enable end-products flexibility. Fuel, 315, 123097. Valle, E., Duyar,M.S., Snider, J.L., Regli, S.K., Rønning, M., Gallo, A., Jaramillo, T.F. (2022) In situ studies of the formation of MoP catalysts and their structure under reaction conditions for higher alcohol synthesis: The role of promoters and mesoporous supports The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 126 (12), 5575-5583 Yilmaz, S., Gürbüz, A., Guler, P., Duyar, M.S. (2022) Single step synthesis and heat effect on structure of new type nanostructured zirconia based solid electrolyte Chemical papers, 76 (3), 1803-1814 Buckingham, J., Reina, J., Duyar, M.S. (2022) Recent advances in carbon dioxide capture for process intensification Carbon Capture Science & Technology, 100031 Merkouri, L. P., Reina, T. R., & Duyar, M. S. (2021). Closing the Carbon Cycle with Dual Function Materials. Energy & Fuels. Bown, R. M., Joyce, M., Zhang, Q., Reina, T. R., & Duyar, M. S. Identifying Commercial Opportunities for the Reverse Water Gas Shift Reaction. Energy Technology. 2100554 Wang, X., Ye, R., Duyar, M.S., Price, C.A.H., Tian, H., Chen, Y., Ta, N., Liu, H. and Liu, J. (2021) Design of mesoporous ZnCoSiOx hollow nanoreactors with specific spatial distribution of metal species for selective CO2 hydrogenation. Nano Research, pp.1-9. Wang, L., Han, R., Ma, Y., Duyar, M. S., Liu, W., & Liu, J. (2021). Spatial Location and Microenvironment Engineering of Pt-CeO2 Nanoreactors for Selective Hydrogenation of Cinnamaldehyde to Cinnamyl Alcohol. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C125, 41, 22603–22610 Shi, C., Duyar, M. S., Wang, X., Ye, S., Hu, M., & Liu, J. (2021). Design of Two-dimensional Metal–Organic Framework Nanosheets for Emerging Applications. FlatChem, 100287. Wang, X., Su, P., Duyar,M.S., Liu, J. (2021) Microenvironment and Nanoreactor Engineering of Single-Site Metal Catalysts for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction. Energy & Fuels,35, 12, 9795–9808. Jensen, C., Duyar, M.S. (2021) Thermodynamic Analysis of Dry Reforming of Methane for Valorization of Landfill Gas and Natural Gas. Energy Technology, 2100106. Duyar, M.S., Gallo, A., Regli, S.K., Snider, J.L., Singh, J.A., Valle, E., McEnaney, J., Bent, S.F., Rønning, M. and Jaramillo, T.F., (2021). Understanding Selectivity in CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol for MoP Nanoparticle Catalysts Using In Situ Techniques. Catalysts, 11(1), p.143. Chen, Y., Wei,J., Duyar, M.S., Ordomsky,V.V., Khodakov, A.Y., Liu, J. (2021) Carbon-based catalysts for Fischer–Tropsch synthesis. Chemical Society Reviews, 50, p.2337-2366 Tian, Z., Dong, C., Yu, Q., Ye, R.P., Duyar, M.S., Liu, J., Jiang, H. and Wang, G.H. (2020) A universal nanoreactor strategy for scalable supported ultrafine bimetallic nanoparticles synthesis. Materials Today, 40, p.72-81. Duyar, M.S.,Gallo, A., Snider, J.L., Jaramillo, T.F. (2020) Low-pressure methanol synthesis from CO2 over metal-promoted Ni-Ga intermetallic catalysts. Journal of CO2 Utilization, 39, p.101151. Duyar, M.S., Wang, A., Arellano-Trevino, M.A., Farrauto, R.J. (2019) "Chapter 9: CO2 Capture and Conversion Using Solids". Carbon Dioxide Utilisation: From Fundamental Discoveries to Production Processes. de Gruyer, Berlin, Germany. DOI:10.1515/9783110563191-008 Gallo, A., Snider, J.L., Sokaras, D., Nordlund, D., Kroll, T., Ogasawara, H., Kovarik, L., Duyar, M.S. and Jaramillo, T.F., (2019) Ni5Ga3 catalysts for CO2 reduction to methanol: exploring the role of Ga surface oxidation/reduction on catalytic activity. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, p.118369. DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.118369 Snider, J.L., V. Streibel, M.A. Hubert, T.S. Choksi, E. Valle, D.C. Upham, J. Schumann, M.S. Duyar, A. Gallo, F. Abild-Pedersen, and T.F. Jaramillo. (2019) Revealing the synergy between oxide and alloy phases on the performance of bimetallic In-Pd catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol. ACS Catalysis. pp.3399-3412. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b04848 ten Have, I.C., Valle, E. , Gallo, A. , Snider, J., Duyar, M.S. and Jaramillo, T. . (2019), Development of MoP catalysts for higher alcohol synthesis from syngas by exploiting support and promoter effects. Energy Technology. 7(5), p.1801102. DOI:10.1002/ente.201801102