The Electrochemistry Group
Paramaconi Rodriguez
Paramaconi Rodríguez was born in Caracas (Venezuela) in 1979. He studied
Chemistry at the University Simón Bolívar in 1997-2003. He combined his
degree in chemistry with a 3-years research work on the electrochemical
oxidation of phenols on lead-oxide electrodes under the supervision of
Prof. Dr. Carlos Borrás. Later, he also participated in the study the
oxidation of thiophene in microemulsion systems using a rotating pump
reactor, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Jorge Mostany. Afterwards, he
moved to Alicante (Spain) to do his Ph.D with Prof.dr. Juan Feliu and Dr.
Enrique Herrero. He worked on the electrochemical characterization of
single-crystal platinum surfaces and platinum nanoparticles using
electrochemical tools. During this period Paramaconi performed two
research visits, in Guelph (Canada) with Prof. Dr. Jacek Lipkowski and in
Bern (Switzerland) with Prof. Dr. David Fermín in Bern. He received his
Ph.D degree, Cum-Laude, in April 2007. In October 2007, Paramaconi
started his post-doc in Leiden under the supervision of Marc Koper. In
2010 Paramaconi Rodríguez (CASC) has been awarded a VENI grant for his
proposal "Elucidating the catalytic properties of gold by
electrochemistry”. Gold is a good catalyst for several technological
important reactions, especially CO oxidation. He will investigate how the
CO adsorption on gold promotes its own oxidation as well as the oxidation
of other organic molecules, and how this depends on the chemical
environment. His main research interest are:
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