Alexander Holm received his MSc degree in chemical engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) in 2012. Alexander then joined the group of professor Curtis W. Frank at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, for his PhD, where he investigated self-assembly fabrication of functional materials.
In 2018, Alexander joined the group of professor Matteo Cargnello, also at Stanford University, as a Postdoctoral Scholar. During this time, he shifted focus to heterogeneous catalysis, using self-assembly to show how spatial distribution of active sites influences catalyst activity.
In 2019, Alexander moved back to Sweden and took paternity leave. In 2020, he joined the department of physics at Stockholm University as a postdoc, and in 2022 he moved to the department of materials and environmental science, to work with professor Lennart Bergström. In these positions, Alexander continued his work on heterogeneous catalysis, focusing on reaction mechanisms. He also (again) started work on self-assembly fabrication of functional materials, this time from biomass. In 2023, Alexander was the recipient of a starting grant from the Swedish Research Council, for research on heterogeneous catalysis.
In 2024, Alexander was appointed Assistant Professor of chemistry at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics, where he established the Catalysis and Self-Assembly Group.
Alexander’s research explores synergies between catalysis, nanomaterials, and self-assembly. His vision is to exploit self-assembly to answer fundamental questions in heterogeneous catalysis. He also wants to use self-assembly to make sustainable materials from biomass. Find out more at the Catalysis and Self-Assembly Group, Laboratory of Organic Electronics.
