Jacob studied for his MChem Chemistry degree at the University of Lincoln, graduating in 2021. For both his BSc and MChem research projects, he worked with Dr. Arunabhiram Chutia performing quantum chemical calculations utilising DFT. He worked on exploring the adsorption of furfural on low index platinum surfaces before later investigating the mechanism of oxidative amidation of nitroalkanes. He now works under Prof. McCoustra, Dr. Yiu and Dr. Cabedo in exploring the role of single atom and small nanocluster transition metal catalysis of carbonaceous material towards promoting aromatisation. email: ja2124@hw.ac.uk

Humphrey studied his B.Sc. at the University of Hong Kong (1990-1993) before moving to the UK to continue his postgraduate studies. He received his MSc in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Salford, UK (1995) and his PhD in Heterogeneous Catalysis at the University of Huddersfield, UK (1998). After several Postdoctoral Fellow positions in UK, he was appointed as Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering at Heriot-Watt University in 2010. email: h.h.yiu@hw.ac.uk

Victoria received her degree in Chemistry from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) in 2017. In 2018, she obtained her Master's degree in Astrophysics and Cosmology, from the Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (ICE-CSIC, Barcelona), after presenting her dissertation on chemical reactivity on meteoritical surfaces. She obtained her Ph.D. in 2021 from l'Université de Paris, for her studies on physico-chemical properties of low-mass protostellar cores using ALMA data, working at the Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA-Saclay, Paris). In 2022, she received, with Prof. McCoustra as P.I., a 1M £ EPSRC 4-years grant to carry out their research on the role of catalysis in interstellar environments at Heriot-Watt University (HWU, Edinburgh). email: v.cabedo@hw.ac.uk

Martin received his B.Sc. from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, in 1983. He remained there and, under the supervision of Professor J. Pfab, obtained his Ph.D. for studies of the photodissociation dynamics of small molecules containing the nitric oxide group in 1986. After a further 18 months spent as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Heriot-Watt, his first academic appointment was as a Lecturer in Physical Chemistry in the School of Chemical Sciences of the University of East Anglia in 1988. In 1994, he moved to take up the position of Lecturer in Physical Chemistry in the School of Chemistry of the University of Nottingham. In August 1999, he was promoted to a Senior Lectureship in Physical Chemistry. Subsequently in August 2003, he was promoted to a Readership in Chemical Physics. His promotion to Chair in Chemical Physics followed in January 2006. He took up his current post as Professor of Chemical Physics in the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, in August 2006. email: m.r.s.mccoustra@hw.ac.uk