Publications

Cover Articles

2026

Mireu Kim, Joon Hyun Baik, Insoo Ro*, “Engineering oxygen vacancies with atomically dispersed WOx: a strategy for superior CO2 hydrogenation performance and stability on Pd/CeO2”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2026 [link]
Chaehee Gong, Insoo Ro*, Sungil Yun, Haksung Kim, Seungkyun Woo, Wangyun Won, “Green naphtha production via direct CO2 hydrogenation with renewable hydrogen: economic-environmental perspective”, Journal of Environmental Management, 2026 [link]
Taeeun Kwon, Jaewoo Kim, Insoo Ro*, “Hydrogen-Free Catalytic Strategies for the Upcycling of Polyolefin Plastics”, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2026 [link]

2025

Junsung Lee, Taeeun Kwon, Ki Hyuk Kang, Wangyun Won, Insoo Ro*, “Tandem Catalysis for Plastic Depolymerization: In Situ Hydrogen Generation via Methanol APR for Sustainable PE Hydrogenolysis”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025 [link]
Hankyeul Kang, Junghwa Yoon, Dongwoo Jun, Ki Hyuk Kang, Insoo Ro*, Soohwa Jeong, Jong Hun Kang, “Optimization of low-temperature catalytic cracking of polyolefin waste in open-batch reactors using zeolite beta with controlled intrinsic properties”, Communications Engineering, 2025 [link]
Taeeun Kwon, Jonghyun Park, Ki Hyuk Kang, Dae Sung Jung, Wangyun Won, Insoo Ro*, “Complementary acid site mechanisms in hydrogen-free polyethylene upcycling: elucidating the distinct roles of Brønsted and Lewis sites in Ce-modified zeolites”, Green Chemistry, 2025 [link]
Dieu-Phuong Phan, Pill Won Seo, Duy Van Pham, Ali Hassan Bhatti, Danim Yun, Insoo Ro, Sunyoung Park, Ki Hyuk Kang, “Aquathermolysis of polyolefin plastic wastes over a MOF-derived TiO2 anatase catalyst: Enhancing C–N bond cleavage and coke suppression”, Fuel, 2025 [link]
Byeongchan Ahn, Taeeun Kwon, Insoo Ro*, Wangyun Won, “Valorization of plastic waste into drop-in fuels: Economic and environmental perspectives”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025 [link]
Seunghyeon Oh, Jiwon Roh, Hyundo Park, Donggyun Lee, Chonghyo Joo, Jinwoo Park, Il Moon, Insoo Ro*, Junghwan Kim, “Enhancing Catalyst Performance Prediction with Hybrid Quantum Neural Networks: A Comparative Study on Data Consistency Variation”, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2025 [link]
Taeeun Kwon, Seoyoung Ahn, Taehyup Kim, Jong Hun Kang, Soohwa Jeong, Ki Hyuk Kang, Wangyun Won, Insoo Ro*, “Sustainable polyolefin upcycling using liquid organic hydrogen carrier based hydrogen delivery and hydrocracking”, Nature Communications, 2025 [link]
Taeeun Kwon, Jaewoo Kim, Ki Hyuk Kang, Wangyun Won, Insoo Ro*, “Influence of Zeolite Hydrophilicity and Hydrophobicity on Water-assisted Polyethylene Hydrocracking”, Catalysis Today, 2025 [link]
Mireu Kim, Insoo Ro*, “Advances in heterogeneous catalysts for sustainable PET upcycling: from mechanistic understanding to catalyst design”, Chemical Communications, 2025 [link]

2024

Jiwon Roh, Hyundo Park, Hyukwon Kwon, Chonghyo Joo, Il Moon, Hyungtae Cho, Insoo Ro*, Junghwan Kim, “Interpretable machine learning framework for catalyst performance prediction and validation with dry reforming of methane”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2024 [link]
Taeeun Kwon, Byeongchan Ahn, Ki Hyuk Kang, Wangyun Won, Insoo Ro*, “Unraveling the role of water in mechanism changes for economically viable catalytic plastic upcycling”, Nature Communications, 2024 [link]
Taeeun Kwon, Huijeong Jeong, Mireu Kim, Sungyup Jung, Insoo Ro*, “Catalytic approaches to tackle mixed plastic waste challenges: a review”, American Chemical Society, 2024 [link]
Chaehee Gong, Haksung Kim, Insoo Ro, Young-Ju Kim, Wangyun Won, “Direct conversion of renewable hydrogen and CO2 to liquid fuels: Economic and environmental perspective”, Energy Conversion and Management, 2024 [link]
Jiwon Roh, Seunghyeon Oh, Donggyun Lee, Chonghyo Joo, Jinwoo Park, Il Moon, Insoo Ro*, Junghwan Kim, “Hybrid quantum neural network model with catalyst experimental validation: Application for the dry reforming of methane”, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2024 [link]
Pill Won Seo, Dieu-Phuong Phan, Duy Van Pham, Danim Yun, Insoo Ro, Sunyoung Park, Ki Hyuk Kang, “Catalytic aquathermolysis of contaminated polyolefin plastic waste over an in situ iron hydroxide/oxide nanocatalyst derived from an oil-soluble iron precursor”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 [link]
Hyundo Park, Jiwon Roh, Hyungtae Cho, Insoo Ro*, Junghwan Kim, “Accelerating active catalyst discovery: a probabilistic prediction-based screening methodology with applications in dry reforming of methane”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024 [link]

2023

Taehyup Kim, Huy Nguyen-Phu, Taeeun Kwon, Ki Hyuk Kang, Insoo Ro*, “Investigating the impact of TiO2 crystalline phases on catalytic properties of Ru/TiO2 for hydrogenolysis of polyethylene plastic waste”, Environmental Pollution, 2023 [link]
Huy Nguyen-Phu, Taeeun Kwon, Taehyup Kim, Lien Thi Do, Ki Hyuk Kang, Insoo Ro*, “Investigating the influence of Ru structures and supports on hydrogenolysis of polyethylene plastic waste”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 [link]
Huy Nguyen-Phu, Taehyup Kim, Youngchan Kim, Ki Hyuk Kang, Hyungtae Cho, Junghwan Kim, Insoo Ro*, “Role of phase in NiMgAl mixed oxide catalysts for CO2 dry methane reforming (DRM)”, Catalysis Today, 2023 [link]
Sungyup Jung, Insoo Ro*, “Strategic use of thermo-chemical processes for plastic waste valorization”, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2023 [link]
Jun Hee Jang, Jack T Hopper, Insoo Ro, Phillip Christopher, Mahdi M Abu-Omar, “One-step production of renewable adipic acid esters from mucic acid over an Ir–ReO x/C catalyst with low Ir loading”, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2023 [link]
Youngchan Kim, Taehyup Kim, Ki Hyuk Kang, Insoo Ro*, “Enhanced Stability of Atomically Dispersed Pd Catalysts via Ionic Liquid Layer Deposition for Selective Acetylene Hydrogenation to Ethylene in Excess Ethylene”, ChemCatChem, 2023 [link]
Taeeun Kwon, Insoo Ro*, “Advancing towards a sustainable future: recent trends in catalytic upcycling of waste plastics”, The Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2023 [link]
Hyundo Park, Jiwon Roh, Hyungtae Cho, Insoo Ro*, Junghwan Kim, “Probabilistic Prediction Model-Based High-Throughput Screening for Discovering Feasible and Effective Catalysts for Dry Reforming of Methane”, 2023 AIChE Annual Meeting, 2023 [link]

2022

Insoo Ro, Ji Qi, Seungyeon Lee, Mingjie Xu, Xingxu Yan, Zhenhua Xie, Gregory Zakem, Austin Morales, Jingguang G Chen, Xiaoqing Pan, Dionisios G Vlachos, Stavros Caratzoulas, Phillip Christopher, “Bifunctional hydroformylation on heterogeneous Rh-WOx pair site catalysts”, Nature, 2022 [link]

2021

Ki Hyuk Kang, Ngoc Thuy Nguyen, Duy Van Pham, Pill Won Seo, Narae Kang, Chul Wee Lee, Min-Chul Chung, Chee-Hun Kwak, Insoo Ro, Young-Pyo Jeon, Sunyoung Park, “Ligand structure effect in oil-soluble phosphorus-containing molybdenum precursors for slurry-phase hydrocracking of heavy oil”, Journal of Catalysis, 2021 [link]
Gregory Zakem, Insoo Ro, Jordan Finzel, Phillip Christopher, “Support functionalization as an approach for modifying activation entropies of catalytic reactions on atomically dispersed metal sites”, Journal of Catalysis, 2021 [link]
Mingjie Xu, Insoo Ro, George Graham, Xiaoqing Pan, Phillip Christopher, “Synthesis of Heteroatom Rh–ReOx Atomically Dispersed Species on Al2O3 and Their Tunable Catalytic Reactivity in Ethylene Hydroformylation”, Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2021 [link]
Insoo Ro*, “Recent Research Trend in Plastic Waste Upcycling via Hydrocracking Using Heterogeneous Catalysts”, The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2021 [link]

– 2020

Ki Hyuk Kang, Ngoc Thuy Nguyen, Duy Van Pham, Pill Won Seo, Narae Kang, Chul Wee Lee, Min-Chul Chung, Chee-Hun Kwak, Insoo Ro, Young-Pyo Jeon, Sunyoung Park, “Ligand structure effect in oil-soluble phosphorus-containing molybdenum precursors for slurry-phase hydrocracking of heavy oil”, Journal of Catalysis, 2021 [link]
Gregory Zakem, Insoo Ro, Jordan Finzel, Phillip Christopher, “Support functionalization as an approach for modifying activation entropies of catalytic reactions on atomically dispersed metal sites”, Journal of Catalysis, 2021 [link]
Mingjie Xu, Insoo Ro, George Graham, Xiaoqing Pan, Phillip Christopher, “Synthesis of Heteroatom Rh–ReOx Atomically Dispersed Species on Al2O3 and Their Tunable Catalytic Reactivity in Ethylene Hydroformylation”, Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2021 [link]
Insoo Ro*, “Recent Research Trend in Plastic Waste Upcycling via Hydrocracking Using Heterogeneous Catalysts”, The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2021 [link]
Jun Hee Jang, Insoo Ro, Phillip Christopher, Mahdi M Abu-Omar, “A Heterogeneous Pt-ReOx/C Catalyst for Making Renewable Adipates in One Step from Sugar Acids”, ACS Catalysis, 2020 [link]
Leo DeRita, Joaquin Resasco, Sheng Dai, Alexey Boubnov, Ho Viet Thang, Adam S Hoffman, Insoo Ro, George W Graham, Simon R Bare, Gianfranco Pacchioni, Xiaoqing Pan, Phillip Christopher, “Structural evolution of atomically dispersed Pt catalysts dictates reactivity”, Nature materials, 2019 [link]
Insoo Ro, Mingjie Xu, George W Graham, Xiaoqing Pan, Phillip Christopher, “Synthesis of Heteroatom Rh–ReOx Atomically Dispersed Species on Al2O3 and Their Tunable Catalytic Reactivity in Ethylene Hydroformylation”, ACS Catalysis, 2019 [link]
Insoo Ro, Joaquin Resasco, Phillip Christopher, “Approaches for understanding and controlling interfacial effects in oxide-supported metal catalysts”, ACS Catalysis, 2018 [link]
Insoo Ro, Isaias B Aragao, Joseph P Chada, Yifei Liu, Keishla R Rivera-Dones, Madelyn R Ball, Daniela Zanchet, James A Dumesic, George W Huber, “The role of Pt-FexOy interfacial sites for CO oxidation”, Journal of Catalysis, 2018 [link]
Insoo Ro, Isaias B Aragao, Zachary J Brentzel, Yifei Liu, Keishla R Rivera-Dones, Madelyn R Ball, Daniela Zanchet, George W Huber, James A Dumesic, “Intrinsic activity of interfacial sites for Pt-Fe and Pt-Mo catalysts in the hydrogenation of carbonyl groups”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2018 [link]
Isaias Barbosa Aragao, Insoo Ro, Yifei Liu, Madelyn Ball, George W Huber, Daniela Zanchet, James A Dumesic, “Catalysts synthesized by selective deposition of Fe onto Pt for the water-gas shift reaction”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2018 [link]
Jechan Lee, Insoo Ro, Hyung Ju Kim, Yong Tae Kim, Eilhann E Kwon, George W Huber, “Production of renewable C4–C6 monoalcohols from waste biomass-derived carbohydrate via aqueous-phase hydrodeoxygenation over Pt-ReOx/Zr-P”, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2018 [link]
Yifei Liu, Florian Goeltl, Insoo Ro, Madelyn R Ball, Canan Sener, Isaias Barbosa Aragão, Daniela Zanchet, George W Huber, Manos Mavrikakis, James A Dumesic, “Synthesis gas conversion over Rh-based catalysts promoted by Fe and Mn”, ACS catalysis, 2017 [link]
Dan Zhou, Insoo Ro, George W Huber, Paul M Voyles, “Lattice expansion and elemental distribution in PtMo catalyst nanoparticles: Quantitative high angle annular dark-field STEM analysis”, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2017 [link]
Insoo Ro, Yifei Liu, Madelyn R Ball, David HK Jackson, Joseph Paul Chada, Canan Sener, Thomas F Kuech, Rostam J Madon, George W Huber, James A Dumesic, “Role of the Cu-ZrO2 Interfacial Sites for Conversion of Ethanol to Ethyl Acetate and Synthesis of Methanol from CO2 and H2”, ACS Catalysis, 2016 [link]
Insoo Ro, Canan Sener, Thomas M Stadelman, Madelyn R Ball, Juan M Venegas, Samuel P Burt, Ive Hermans, James A Dumesic, George W Huber, “Measurement of intrinsic catalytic activity of Pt monometallic and Pt-MoOx interfacial sites over visible light enhanced PtMoOx/SiO2 catalyst in reverse water gas shift reaction”, Journal of Catalysis, 2016 [link]
Insoo Ro, Ronald Carrasquillo-Flores, James A Dumesic, George W Huber, “Intrinsic kinetics of plasmon-enhanced reverse water gas shift on Au and Au–Mo interfacial sites supported on silica”, Applied Catalysis A: General, 2016 [link]
Aniruddha A Upadhye, Insoo Ro, Xu Zeng, Hyung Ju Kim, Isabel Tejedor, Marc A Anderson, James A Dumesic, George W Huber, “Plasmon-enhanced reverse water gas shift reaction over oxide supported Au catalysts”, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2015 [link]
Jechan Lee, Samuel P Burt, Carlos A Carrero, Ana C Alba-Rubio, Insoo Ro, Brandon J O’Neill, Hyung Ju Kim, David HK Jackson, Thomas F Kuech, Ive Hermans, James A Dumesic, George W Huber, “Stabilizing cobalt catalysts for aqueous-phase reactions by strong metal-support interaction”, Journal of Catalysis, 2015 [link]
Ronald Carrasquillo-Flores, Insoo Ro, Mrunmayi D Kumbhalkar, Samuel Burt, Carlos A Carrero, Ana C Alba-Rubio, Jeffrey T Miller, Ive Hermans, George W Huber, James A Dumesic, “Reverse water–gas shift on interfacial sites formed by deposition of oxidized molybdenum moieties onto gold nanoparticles”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015 [link]
Hyung Ju Kim, Sang Ho Lee, Aniruddha A Upadhye, Insoo Ro, M Isabel Tejedor-Tejedor, Marc A Anderson, Won Bae Kim, George W Huber, “Plasmon-enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting with size-controllable gold nanodot arrays”, ACS nano, 2014 [link]