Most relevant scientific results

• M. Meier, J. Hulva, Z. Jakub, F. Kraushofer, M. Bobić, R. Bliem, M. Setvin, M. Schmid, U. Diebold,C. Franchini, and G. S. Parkinson,
  Sci. Adv. 8, 4580 (2022)
  CO oxidation by Pt₂/Fe₃O₄: Metastable dimer and support configurations facilitate lattice oxygen extraction
  Summary: (PtCO)₂ dimers are shown to oxidize CO on magnetite Fe₃O₄(001) via a Mars-van Krevelen mechanism involving metastable configurations and a dynamic support, minimising the reaction barriers, and leading to the experimentally observed reaction temperature.
• J. Hulva, M. Meier, R. Bliem, Z. Jakub, F. Kraushofer, M. Schmid, U. Diebold, C. Franchini, and G. S. Parkinson,
  Science 371, 375 (2021)
  Unraveling CO adsorption on model single-atom catalysts
  Summary: Study of various single atoms on magnetite Fe₃O₄ (001), probed by CO, where the adsorption energies are depending on the single atom’s electronic structure and exact atomic environment. Results are following theoretical models previously made for low-index metallic surfaces, applied here for single atoms as well as for oxides.
• Z. Jakub, M. Meier, F. Kraushofer, J. Balajka, J. Pavelec, M. Schmid, C. Franchini, U. Diebold, and G. S. Parkinson,
  Nat. Commun. 12, 6488 (2021)
  Rapid oxygen exchange between hematite and water vapor
  Summary: oxygen exchange occurs between water molecules and the surface of hematite Fe₂O₃(1102) during the water desorption process. The exchange takes place to stabilize remaining water molecules after a first desorption process and is minimising diffusion barriers.

Career

• 2023–present: Post-doctoral Ass., Technische Universität Wien, Austria
• 2022–2023: Post-doctoral Ass., University of Vienna, Austria
• 2016–2022: Post-doctoral Ass., Technische Universität Wien, Austria

Education

• 2012–2015: PhD, Université de Lorraine, France
• 2010–2012: Master, Université de Lorraine, France
• 2007–2010: B.Sc., Université de Lorraine, Fran