← news · Apr 20, 2026
Invited Talk at the Faraday Discussions by Royal Society of Chemistry in London
Akhil S. Nair presented research at the Bridging the Gap from Surface Science to Heterogeneous Catalysis Faraday Discussion, held April 20–22, 2026 by Royal Society of Chemistry in London.
The Faraday Discussion brought together researchers working across surface science, heterogeneous catalysis, computational chemistry, and emerging data-driven approaches to catalyst research. The meeting focused on connecting fundamental understanding of surfaces and active sites with the behaviour of catalysts under more realistic conditions.
Akhil’s contribution centred on interpretable Bayesian optimization for catalyst discovery, including the development of the Sparse Adaptive Representation–based Bayesian Optimization (SARBO) framework for data-efficient exploration of catalytic materials spaces.