• Question: When did you get into catalysis and why?

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      Asked by Olivia to John, Luke on 13 Jun 2016. This question was also asked by smeley.
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        John Fossey answered on 13 Jun 2016:

        when I was an undergraduate I realised designing catalysts is like designing new tools. Making new tools allows other to dream of new ways to make things, so I can give others new tools for their tool kits to make things I could not dream of.

        Similarly, I was frustrated to learn that it is physically impossible to directly “see” molecules. So I often wondered if I cant see them can I feel them, and the closest I can come to that is designing a catalyst that can hold a molecule and turn it into another.

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