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The Catalysis Institute congratulates Professor Nico Fischer, Director of the Institute, on the presentation of his inaugural lecture, Catalysis as Key Enabler of a Just and Sustainable Transition.

The Catalysis Institute proudly celebrates the achievements of our students who graduated at the Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment Spring Graduation Ceremony 2026 on 7 September 2026 at the University of Cape Town.

South African-developed hydrogen technologies were showcased in Tokyo in March 2026 as part of a broader programme aimed at strengthening technology, industrial and commercial partnerships between South Africa and Japan.

The Catalysis Institute at the University of Cape Town is celebrating a major international achievement after Associate Professor Rhiyaad Mohamed was selected as one of only 11 researchers worldwide to receive the 2026 EQT Foundation

Catalysis Research Perspectives at the German–South African Power to X Symposium

Bridging continents and catalysis: the work of Patricia J Kooyman

A historic first light for Africa and the start of a brighter future at UCT’s Catalysis Institute

Operando Transmission Electron Microscopy

We are proud to announce that VCH-Wiley has published Renewable Energy in the Process Industry

C STAR, a spin out company out of the Catalysis Institute, announced that it has been chosen to participate in Breakthrough Energy’s prestigious Fellows Program

At the 2025 EuropaCAT conference in Trondheim Norway, the council of the European Federation of Catalysis Societies (EFCATS), representing all its member societies, held its biannual meeting.

Jonathan Kabamba, Ziba Rajan, and Rhiyaad Mohamed represented the Catalysis Institute at the 5th International Conference on Electrolysis (ICE) in Freiburg, Germany, from August 24 to 29.

The Catalysis Institute is proud to celebrate Candace Eslick, who has been named the winner of the Falling Walls Lab Cape Town 2025 competition.

On June 11th, 2025, a delegation from the Catalysis Institute — comprising of Prof. Nico Fischer, Dr. Shaine Raseale, and Mr. Francois van Schalkwyk — visited the University of Oulu in Finland.

From 12 to 13 June 2025, the African Green Hydrogen Summit gathered at the Century City Conference Centre in Cape Town, convening high-level government officials, international partners, industry leaders, and leading researchers to accelera

Catalysis Institute at DECHEMA | 100 years of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis – Mulheim, Germany

Catalysis Institute at Chem4Energy 2025 – Walvis Bay, Namibia

On 29 May 2025, the University of Cape Town hosted its annual Energy Research Day

The Catalysis Institute at the UCT open day on 12 April 2025

LPG Week, organised by the World Liquid Gas Association (WLGA), held in Cape Town in November 2024

Ms. Ziba Rajan was selected as one of 22 advanced PhD and postdoctoral researchers for the DAAD Green Hydrogen Research Tour in Germany from September 15 to 20, 2024.

Prof Patricia Kooyman, SARChI Chair Nanomaterials for Catalysis, attended the Microscopy and Microanalysis (M&M) meeting in Cleveland, Ohio.

Congratulations to Professor Eric Van Steen, who won the Champion of Research Capacity Development and Transformation Award at the Annual NRF Awards.

The 18th international congress on Catalysis (ICC) took place from the 14th to the 19th of July in Lyon, France.

In an impressive feat, a recent publication from our Institute in Applied Catalysis A: General has become one of the top 10 most viewed papers in 2023 within the journal, independent of publication date!

Ms Genevieve Moss, Ms Ziba Rajan, and Dr Rhiyaad Mohamed represented HySA/Catalysis in a stakeholder workshop.

Mufudzi Chaza honoured with Best Oral Presentation

The Catalysis Institute hosts German minister from BMBF.

Students at the Catalysis Institute are at the forefront of SA's research into using green hydrogen to make cleaner fuels for cooking and aviation.

HYENA-making fuels cells possible.