Research Collaboration Index · 2026
Middle East · Gold standing
Strongest in Chemical Engineering, at #3 in the world.
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Castano leads the Multiscale Reaction Engineering group at KAUST, integrating experimental and computational methods across catalysis and reactor engineering. In this multi-institution study with partners including Wageningen University and the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, his team engineered iron sites in ZSM-5 zeolites to enable efficient, selective oxidation of methane into valuable chemicals.
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