prof. Ing. Roman Bulánek, Ph.D.

Prof. Ing. Roman Bulánek, Ph.D. graduated from the Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice in 1999 under the supervision of prof. J. Tichý and Ing. B. Wichterlová, DrSc. He habilitated in 2014 and in 2015, he was appointed Professor of Physical Chemistry. He works at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, where he founded the heterogeneous catalysis research group and began to develop research on zeolitic materials and later on adsorption phenomena on structured porous materials.

Scientific interest

• Thermodynamics of adsorption phenomena in porous materials
• Coordination and placement of extra-lattice cations in high-silica zeolites
• Heterogeneously catalysed reactions of gaseous reactants
• Acido-basic properties of zeolite materials
• Study of the properties of porous coordination polymers

Scientific activities

Prof. Bulánek works in the field of heterogeneous catalysis and adsorption phenomena in porous materials. He is currently devoting his efforts to study of adsorption phenomena in molecular networks, especially the thermodynamics of adsorption in weakly interacting systems, the coordination and positioning of extra-framework cations in high-silicate zeolites and their adsorptive separation properties. He is also studying the use of nanoporous inorganic materials with controlled porosity as solid catalysts in the conversion of alkanes to alkenes by dehydrogenation or oxidative dehydrogenation. Within the framework of his research, he focuses on targeted preparation of micro and mesoporous materials, their modification and comprehensive characterisation of their physicochemical properties.

Prominent international cooperation

• prof. C. O. Areán, Dr. M. R. Delgado - Department of Chemistry, University of the Balearic Islands, Mallorca
• prof. K. Hadjiivanov - Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
• Dr. F. Ayari - Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
• Prof. G. Delahay - Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, France

Bibliometric indicators

Number of papers 125, H-index 26, Total number of citations > 2 259

Two most important projects carried out from the position of principal investigator or co-investigator

• Intelligent design of nanoporous adsorbents and catalysts, 2012 - 2018, Czech Science Foundation (GACR) (GBP106/12/G015)
• Boron-containing catalysts for alkane oxidative dehydrogenation, 2022 - 2024, Czech Science Foundation (GACR) (GA22-23120S)

Two most important publications

• Kubička D., Horáček J., Setnička M., Bulánek R., Zukal A., Kubičková I.: Effect of support-active phase interactions on the catalyst activity and selectivity in deoxygenation of triglycerides, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 145 (2014) 101 - 107.
• Viet Thang H., Grajciar L., Nachtigall P., Bludský O., Areán C. O., Frýdová E., Bulánek R.: Adsorption of CO₂ in FAU zeolites: effect of zeolite composition, Catalysis Today, 227 (2014) 50 - 56.

Awards

• University of Pardubice Rector’s Award for collaboration with industry (2018)
• Innovation Award received at TechConnect World Innovation 2017, Washington DC for highly porous SiO₂ microfibers production, TechConnect (2017)
• Best Cooperation Award of the Year 2017 from the Association for Foreign Investment AFI and the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic for project of Technology Agency of the Czech Republic no. TA04011557 (2017)