Dr Marco Conte

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Lecturer in Physical Chemistry

Marco Conte
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m.conte@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 9506
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Dr Marco Conte
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Dainton Building
13 Brook Hill
Sheffield
S3 7HF
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Dr. Marco Conte is a chemist who specialises in analytical chemistry, physical chemistry, and catalysis, mainly focused on scale-up applications. He completed his Laurea in Chemistry at the University of Padova in 2003, followed by a PhD at Cardiff University in 2006. Dr. Conte鈥檚 postdoctoral work includes positions at leading institutions: he served as a Research Associate at the University of York (2006-2009), Cardiff School of Chemistry (2010-2011), and the Cardiff Catalysis Institute (2011-2013), and as a research visitor at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratories (2013-2014), where he deepened his expertise in catalytic processes.

In 2013, Dr. Conte joined the 爆料TV as a lecturer, initially focusing on teaching. In 2014, his role expanded to include research in physical chemistry and catalysis. He is currently serving as an editorial board member for the Molecular Catalysis journal.

Qualifications
  • MRSC
  • FHEA
Research interests

Dr Conte is widely recognized for his extensive research in the development of novel heterogeneous catalysts for sustainable chemical processes. His work addresses key areas such as fine chemical synthesis, hydrogen production, hydrocarbon oxidation, water treatment, biomass-to-fuel conversion, and waste valorisation. This is achieved by developing materials that are either thermally of photochemically activated.

A major focus of his research lies in identifying structural/activity correlations, which he pursues through advanced analytical chemistry and method development. His lab utilizes a diverse array of spectroscopic and characterization techniques, including magnetic resonance spectroscopies (NMR and EPR), optical spectroscopies (IR, Raman), thermal analysis (TGA), chromatographic techniques (GC/MS), surface science methods (XPS), bulk solid analysis (XRPD and in situ XRD), and elemental analysis (ICP).

Dr. Conte鈥檚 groundbreaking work with metal nanoparticles, metal oxides, and microporous materials, combined with his expertise in developing in situ spectroscopies for catalysis, has resulted in over 50 influential publications. With an H-index of 30 and more than 4,000 citations, his research has been repeatedly featured in prestigious scientific journals, underscoring the far-reaching impact and innovation of his work.

Publications

Journal articles

  • Zhang Y, Qi M-Y, Conte M, Tang Z-R & Xu Y-J (2025) . ACS Materials Letters, 7(1), 359-367.
  • Qi M-Y, Xiao W-Y, Conte M, Tang Z-R & Xu Y-J (2025) . ACS Catalysis, 15(1), 129-138.
  • Huang Z, Wang Y, Qi M, Conte M, Tang Z & Xu Y (2024) . Angewandte Chemie, 136(47).
  • Huang Z-S, Wang Y-F, Qi M-Y, Conte M, Tang Z-R & Xu Y-J (2024) . Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 63(47).
  • Wang Y-F, Qi M-Y, Conte M, Tang Z-R & Xu Y-J (2024) . Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 63(34).
  • Wang Y, Qi M, Conte M, Tang Z & Xu Y (2024) . Angewandte Chemie, 136(34).
  • Li Y-H, Wang Y-F, Li J-Y, Qi M-Y, Conte M, Tang Z-R & Xu Y-J (2024) . ACS Catalysis, 14(2), 657-669.
  • Adams C, Conte M, Alborzi E, Meijer AJHM, Hughes K & Pourkashanian M (2024) . Fuel, 360.
  • Forster L, Kashbor MMM, Railton J, Chansai S, Hardacre C, Conte M & D'Agostino C (2023) . Journal of Catalysis, 425, 269-285.
  • Wang Y, Qi M, Conte M, Tang Z & Xu Y (2023) . Angewandte Chemie, 135(29).
  • Wang Y-F, Qi M-Y, Conte M, Tang Z-R & Xu Y-J (2023) . Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62(29).
  • Qi M-Y, Conte M, Tang Z-R & Xu Y-J (2022) . ACS Nano, 16(10), 17444-17453.
  • Kashbor MMM, Sutarma D, Railton J, Sano N, Cumpson PJ, Gianolio D, Cibin G, Forster L, D鈥橝gostino C, Liu X , Chen L et al (2022) . Applied Catalysis A: General, 642.
  • Qi M-Y, Conte M, Anpo M, Tang Z-R & Xu Y-J (2021) . Chemical Reviews, 121(21), 13051-13085.
  • Begum H, Horoshenkov KV, Conte M, Malfait WJ, Zhao S, Koebel MM, Bonfiglio P & Venegas R (2021) . The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 149(6), 4149-4158.
  • Alghamdi N, Alqahtani Z, Zhou C, Sano N, Conte M & Grell M (2020) . Chemical Papers, 74(12), 4169-4180.
  • Lu K-Q, Li Y-H, Zhang F, Qi M-Y, Chen X, Tang Z-R, Yamada YMA, Anpo M, Conte M & Xu Y-J (2020) . Nature Communications, 11.
  • Razali NA, Conte M & McGregor J (2019) . Catalysis Letters, 149(5), 1403-1414.
  • Wilde CA, Ryabenkova Y, Firth IM, Pratt L, Railton J, Bravo-Sanchez M, Sano N, Cumpson PJ, Coates PD, Liu X & Conte M (2019) . Applied Catalysis A: General, 570, 271-282.
  • Weston JO, Miyamura H, Yasukawa T, Sutarma D, Baker CA, Singh PK, Bravo-Sanchez M, Sano N, Cumpson PJ, Ryabenkova Y , Kobayashi S et al (2017) . Catalysis Science and Technology, 7(18), 3985-3998.
  • Liu X, Conte M, He Q, Knight D, Murphy D, Taylor S, Whiston K, Kiely C & Hutchings GJ (2017) . Chemistry, 23(49), 11834-11842.
  • Ryabenkova Y, Jadav N, Conte M, Hippler MFA, Reeves-McLaren N, Coates PD, Twigg P & Paradkar A (2017) . Langmuir, 33(12), 2965-2976.
  • Conte M & Hippler M (2016) . J Phys Chem A.
  • Liu X, Conte M, Elias D, Lu L, Morgan DJ, Freakley SJ, Johnston P, Kiely CJ & Hutchings GJ (2016) . Catalysis Science and Technology, 6(13), 5144-5153.
  • Conte M, Liu X, Murphy DM, Taylor SH, Whiston K & Hutchings GJ (2016) . Catalysis Letters, 146(1), 126-135.
  • Liu X, Conte M, Sankar M, He Q, Murphy DM, Morgan D, Jenkins RL, Knight D, Whiston K, Kiely CJ & Hutchings GJ (2015) . Applied Catalysis A: General, 504, 373-380.
  • Horoshenkov K, Pelegrinis M, Conte M, Venegas R & Umnova O (2015) . The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 138(3_Supplement), 1885-1885.
  • Liu X, Conte M, Weng W, He Q, Jenkins RL, Watanabe M, Morgan DJ, Knight DW, Murphy DM, Whiston K , Kiely CJ et al (2015) . Catalysis Science and Technology, 5(1), 217-227.
  • Liu X, Ryabenkova Y & Conte M (2015) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17(2), 715-731.
  • Conte M, Davies CJ, Morgan DJ, Carley AF, Johnston P & Hutchings GJ (2014) . Catalysis Letters, 144(1), 1-8.
  • Alhumaimess M, Lin Z, Dimitratos N, Dummer NF, Conte M, Taylor SH, Bartley JK, Hutchings GJ, Kiely CJ, He Q & Lu L (2014) . Chemistry - A European Journal.
  • Behera GC, Parida K, Dummer NF, Whiting G, Sahu N, Carley AF, Conte M, Hutchings GJ & Bartley JK (2013) . Catalysis Science and Technology, 3(6), 1558-1564.
  • Conte M, Davies CJ, Morgan DJ, Davies TE, Elias DJ, Carley AF, Johnston P & Hutchings GJ (2013) . Journal of Catalysis, 297, 128-136.
  • Conte M, Davies CJ, Morgan DJ, Davies TE, Carley AF, Johnston P & Hutchings GJ (2013) . Catalysis Science and Technology, 3(1), 128-134.
  • Conte M & Hutchings GJ (2012) . ChemInform, 43(52).
  • Conte M, Xu B, Davies TE, Bartley JK, Carley AF, Taylor SH, Khalid K & Hutchings GJ (2012) . Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 164, 207-213.
  • Conte M, Liu X, Murphy DM, Whiston K & Hutchings GJ (2012) . Phys Chem Chem Phys, 14(47), 16279-16285.
  • Lopez-Sanchez JA, Conte M, Landon P, Zhou W, Bartley JK, Taylor SH, Carley AF, Kiely CJ, Khalid K & Hutchings GJ (2012) . Catalysis Letters, 142(9), 1049-1056.
  • Pradhan S, Bartley JK, Bethell D, Carley AF, Conte M, Golunski S, House MP, Jenkins RL, Lloyd R & Hutchings GJ (2012) . Nat Chem, 4(2), 134-139.
  • Conte M, Lopez-Sanchez JA, He Q, Morgan DJ, Ryabenkova Y, Bartley JK, Carley AF, Taylor SH, Kiely CJ, Khalid K & Hutchings GJ (2012) . Catalysis Science and Technology, 2(1), 105-112.
  • Weng W, Al Otaibi R, Alhumaimess M, Conte M, Bartley JK, Dummer NF, Hutchings GJ & Kiely CJ (2011) . Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21(40), 16136-16146.
  • Brett GL, He Q, Hammond C, Miedziak PJ, Dimitratos N, Sankar M, Herzing AA, Conte M, Lopez-Sanchez JA, Kiely CJ , Knight DW et al (2011) . Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 50(43), 10136-10139.
  • Brett GL, He Q, Hammond C, Miedziak PJ, Dimitratos N, Sankar M, Herzing AA, Conte M, Lopez鈥怱anchez JA, Kiely CJ , Knight DW et al (2011) . Angewandte Chemie, 123(43), 10318-10321.
  • Conte M, Wilson K & Chechik V (2010) . Rev Sci Instrum, 81(10), 104102.
  • Conte M & Chechik V (2010) . Chem Commun (Camb), 46(22), 3991-3993.
  • Chechik V, Conte M, Dransfield T, North M & Omedes-Pujol M (2010) . Chem Commun (Camb), 46(19), 3372-3374.
  • Conte M, Miyamura H, Kobayashi S & Chechik V (2010) . Chem Commun (Camb), 46(1), 145-147.
  • Conte M, Carley AF, Attard G, Herzing AA, Kiely CJ & Hutchings GJ (2009) . Journal of Catalysis, 266(1), 164-164.
  • Conte M, Ma Y, Loyns C, Price P, Rippon D & Chechik V (2009) . Org Biomol Chem, 7(13), 2685-2687.
  • Conte M, Miyamura H, Kobayashi S & Chechik V (2009) . J Am Chem Soc, 131(20), 7189-7196.
  • Conte M, Wilson K & Chechik V (2009) . Org Biomol Chem, 7(7), 1361-1367.
  • Conte M, Carley AF & Hutchings GJ (2008) . Catalysis Letters, 124(3-4), 165-167.
  • Conte M, Carley AF, Attard G, Hutchings GJ, Herzing AA & Kiely CJ (2008) . Journal of Catalysis, 257(1), 190-198.
  • Conte M, Davies T, Carley AF, Herzing AA, Kiely CJ & Hutchings GJ (2007) . JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS, 252(1), 23-29.
  • Ionita P, Conte M, Gilbert BC & Chechik V (2007) . Org Biomol Chem, 5(21), 3504-3509.
  • Conte M, Carley AF, Heirene C, Willock DJ, Johnston P, Herzing AA, Kiely CJ & Hutchings GJ (2007) . Journal of Catalysis, 250(2), 231-239.
  • Conte M, Budroni G, Bartley JK, Taylor SH, Carley AF, Schmidt A, Murphy DM, Girgsdies F, Ressler T, Schl枚gl R & Hutchings GJ (2006) . Science, 313(5791), 1270-1273.
  • Solsona B, Conte M, Cong Y, Carley A & Hutchings G (2005) . Chemical Communications(18), 2351-2353.
  • Qi M-Y, Tan C-L, Tang Z-R, Conte M, Sun Y & Xu Y-J () . Nature Communications.
  • Herzing AA, Watanabe M, Edwards JK, Conte M, Tang Z-R, Hutchings GJ & Kiely CJ () . FARADAY DISCUSSIONS, 138, 337-351.

Book chapters

  • Conte M & Hutchings GJ (2012) Hydrochlorination of acetylene catalyzed by gold In Hashmi ASK & Toste FD (Ed.), Modern Gold Catalyzed Synthesis Wiley-VCH

Conference proceedings

  • Adams C, Conte M, Alborzi E, Meijer AJHM, Hughes K & Pourkashanien M (2022) PREDICTING THERMAL STABILITY BEHAVIOR WITH QUANTUM CHEMISTRY. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Stability Handling and Use of Liquid Fuels Iash 2022
Teaching interests

Physical chemistry, analytical chemistry, industrial catalysis, cleaner production, communication for sustainable researchers

Teaching activities

Undergraduate taught modules

  • Chemistry at surfaces (Year 3)
    This segment focuses on the study of chemical reactions and processes that occur at the interface between two or more phases.

Postgraduate taught modules

  • The physical chemistry of heterogeneous catalysis (Year 4 and MSc)
    This course is focused on the description and application of physical chemistry principles that are at the basis of heterogeneous catalysis, and applied to relevant industrial processes.
  • Sustainable Technologies (Year 4 and MSc)
    This module analyses a series of chemical processes aimed at the manufacturing of commodities and how to reduce their environmental impact
  • Communication for sustainable researchers (Year 4 and MSc)
    This module explores how to translate complex scientific information focused on life cycle analysis and sustainability in an accurate manner to a lay audience by using multimedia tools.

Support Teaching:

  • Level 3 Literature Review

Laboratory Teaching:

  • Level 2 and Level 3 Physical chemistry laboratories
  • Level 4 Research Project

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