Chemical Engineer (2018) and Dr. in Chemical engineering (2023) from the University of Concepción (UdeC, Chile). Fond of molecular simulation techniques and open source code. Worked in the CarboCat group (UdeC) using theoretical methods (DFT) to explore reaction mechanisms in heterogeneous catalysis. As part of the Nano group, Sebastian explores the stability and activity of Phosphine covered Ni Nanoparticles in the context of hydrogenation reactions.

Sites: GitHub page, Google page, ORCID

Works with python, matlab, git and GitHub (check repository) for codding, VASP, DLPOLY, gromacs , office/libreoffice and LaTeX for documents, and krita and blender for audiovisual production (see gallery). 

 

Research interest areas: Molecular simulation (DFT, MD, MonteCarlo), Heterogeneous Catalysis, Cluster structures. Scientific open source software.

Preferred teaching areas: Process Dynamics and Control, Reactor design and Transport Phenomena, Organic Chemistry, and Electronic structure and chemical reactivity. 

List of publications:

• Sebastian Godoy-Gutierrez, Anthony Ropp, Karim Azouzi, Julien Pilmé, Sophie Carenco and David Loffreda, Structure Sensitivity, Magnetization, and Topological Analysis in DFT Models of Ni Nanoparticles and Surfaces Functionalized by Adsorbed Trimethylphosphine. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2024. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c05040
• Francisco Villagra-Soza, Tomás Vergara, Sebastián Godoy, Alejandro Karelovic, Romel Jiménez, Unraveling the mechanistic interplay between CO and CO2 hydrogenation over Ni, Co, and NiCo catalysts. Journal of Catalysis, 2024, 438, 115726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115726
• [PhD Thesis] Godoy, S.; Jiménez, R. (tutor); Deshlahra, P. (tutor); Karelovic, A. (co-tutor) Theoretical and experimental study of the CO2 methanation reaction on Ni-Co catalysts, PhD thesis, University of Concepción, Chile 2023. Publicly available at the repository of the University of Concepción here
• Godoy, S.; Deshlahra, P.; Villagra-Soza, F.; Karelovic, A.; Jimenez, R. Effects of Site Geometry and Local Composition on Hydrogenation of Surface Carbon to Methane on Ni, Co, and NiCo Catalysts. Catalysts 2022, 12, 1380. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12111380
• Villagra-Soza, F.; Godoy, S.; Karelovic, A.; Jiménez, R. Scrutinizing the Mechanism of CO2 Hydrogenation over Ni, CO and Bimetallic NiCo Surfaces: Isotopic Measurements, Operando-FTIR Experiments and Kinetics Modelling. Journal of Catalysis 2022, 414, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2022.08.018
• Jiménez, R.; Fuentes, K.; Medina, M. P.; Godoy, S.; Gracia, F.; Karelovic, A. The Kinetic Effect of H2O Pressure on CO Hydrogenation over Different Rh Cluster Sizes. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2019, 44 (2), 768–777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.11.021

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