Biography:
Dr. Michal Vastyl graduated of Bachelor (2013), Master (2015) and PhD (2018) studies at VSB-TUO in the fields of waste treatment and environmental protection. Since 2018 he has been working as a researcher in the Laboratory of Preparation of Nanostructured Materials at IET/VSB-TUO and since 2023 moreover as an academic. He focuses on microwave assisted polymer decomposition, catalyst preparation and VOC adsorption. He has completed postdoctoral fellowships in Peru (2019, conventional pyrolysis) and Canada (2021-2022, microwave pyrolysis of polymers). His research activity includes 7 publications with a total of 42 citations on WoS.
Title : Microwave transformation of high-density polyethylene to hydrogen: the role of CoFeAlOx catalyst