Martin graduated in May 2022 and is currently working at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in San Antonio.
Martin worked on the UTSA-SwRI Connect Project on CO2 conversion to liquid fuels.
Refereed Publications
Seuser, G., Martinelli, M., Garcia, E.S., Upton, G.F., Ayala, M., Villarreal, J., Rajabi, Z., Cronauer, D.C., Kropf, A.J., Jacobs, G., “Reverse water-gas shift: Na doping of m-ZrO2 supported Pt for selectivity control,” Appl. Catal. A: General, 650 (2023) 119000. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2022.119000
Rabelo-Neto, R.C., Almeida, M.P., Silveira, E.B., Ayala, M., Watson, C.D., Villarreal, J., Cronauer, D.C., Kropf,, A.J., Martinelli, M., Noronha, F.B., Jacobs, G., “CO2 hydrogenation: selectivity control of CO versus CH4 achieved using Na doping over Ru/m-ZrO2 at low pressure,” Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 303 (2022) 121533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121533
Alvez, L.M.N.C., Almeida, M.P., Ayala, M., Watson, C.D., Jacobs, G., Rabelo-Neto, R.C., Noronha, F.B., Mattos, L.V., “CO2 methanation over metal catalysts supported on ZrO2: Effect of the nature of the metallic phase on catalytic performance,” Chemical Engineering Science 239 (2021) 116604. (available online)
Presentation
Rabelo-Neto, R.C., Almeida, M.P., Ayala, M., Watson, C.D., Villarreal, J., Cronauer, D.C., Kropf, A.J., Martinelli, M., Noronha, F.B., Jacobs, G., “Selectivity control using Na doping for CO2 hydrogenation over Ru/ZrO2 at low pressure,” 27th North American Catalysis Society Meeting, New York City, NY, May 22 – 27, 2022.
Award
First place at the Tech Symposium for an Ethylbenzene Production Process. (May 2022)
UTSA Office of Undergraduate Research Spring 2021 Virtual Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry Showcase – April 21, 2021
(click here to view poster)
Undergraduate Research – Spring 2020
“Using Catalysts with Partially Reducible Oxides (PRO) to Facilitate the Reverse Water Gas Shift Reaction in CO2 Hydrogenation” (click to view poster)
This work is supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Interdisciplinary Hands on Research Traineeship and Extension Experiential Learning in Bioenergy/Natural Resources/Economics/Rural project, U GREAT (Under Graduate Research, Education And Training) program (2016 67032 24984).