SPS Award in Applied Physics awarded to Waiz Karim

The SPS 2017 Prize in Applied Physics is awarded to former member of the van Bokhoven Group Waiz Karim for his PhD thesis entitled "Metal nanostructures and their catalytic properties using top-down nanofabrication and single particle spectroscopy" which was honored with his 1st author publication "Catalyst support effects on hydrogen spillover" by W. Karim, C. Spreafico, A. Kleibert, J. Gobrecht, J. VandeVondele, Y. Ekinci, J. A. van Bokhoven, Nature, 2017, 541, 68–71. He pioneered work to combine nanofabrication & single-particle spectro-microscopy to visualize catalysis and achieved unprecedented precision in particle positioning and for the first time quantified spatial extent of 'Hydrogen spillover' to settle a 52 year old controversy. These achievements contribute to the fundamental understanding of the catalysis, essential to the development of sustainable processes.