Eduardo C. Atayde Jr., PhD
Organic Chemistry
Associate Professor
Email: ecatayde@up.edu.ph
Office Room and Phone No.: T131, Local 3664
Lab Room No.: R301-302, Local 3655
Research Laboratory: Sustainable Technologies and Emerging Materials Laboratory
Education & Background
| Undergraduate | BS Chemistry, UP Diliman, 2006 |
| Graduate | PhD Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan 2024 |
| Postdoctoral Training & Visiting Scholar Fellowships | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Taiwan University, 2024 to 2026 International Program Associate, Bioplastic Research Team, RIKEN, Japan, March 2022 to September 2022 Research Scholar, University of Houston, Texas, USA, November 2011 to April 2012 |
| Previous Employment & Appointments | Science Research Specialist II, Institute of Chemistry, UP Diliman, 2015-2018 Lecturer, Institute of Chemistry, UP Diliman, 2017 University Research Associate, Natural Sciences Research Institute, UP Diliman, 2012-2014 |
Teaching
| Chem 16: General Chemistry I |
| Chem 31: Elementary Organic Chemistry |
Research
Research Focus
Organic Synthesis, Electrochromism, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Chemical Sensors, Sustainable Chemistry
The Sustainable Technologies and Emerging Materials (STEM) Laboratory focuses on developing sustainable chemical technologies through the integration of organic synthesis, biomass valorization, catalysis, chemical sensing, and functional materials science.
Specifically, we aim to:
1. Develop catalytic strategies for converting biomass-derived feedstocks into value-added chemicals and functional molecular building blocks;
2. Design and synthesize biomass-derived organic molecules as sustainable materials for applications in electrochromic devices and low-energy display technologies;
3. Develop porous materials, particularly metal–organic frameworks, for catalysis, chemical sensing, and selective resource recovery.
Selected Publications
| (1) P.X. Lin, E.C. Atayde, P.H. Wu, Y.P. Li, K.C.W. Wu, P.J. Chen, Mechanistic insights into the selective recovery of aqueous scandium using iron-based metal–organic frameworks. J. Environ. Chem. Eng. 2026, 14, 124417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2026.124417 (2) E.C. Atayde, Y.D.G. Edañol, M.R.F. Pestaño, S.D. Arco, A portable potentiometric MIP-based sensor for the rapid and reliable detection of clenbuterol. Microchem. J. 2025, 216, 114652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2025.114652 (3) E.C. Atayde, Y.-C. Wang, B.M. Matsagar, L.-C. Chen, K.-C. Ho, K.-C.W. Wu, Viologen-functionalized biomass-based furan trimer as a multi-coloring electrochromic material. Mater. Today Sustain. 2024, 27, 100878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.100878 (4) E.C. Atayde, G.-L. Fong, J.-Y. Yeh, B.M. Matsagar, Y.-C. Wang, D.-C. Chen, C.-H. Peng, Y.-P. Li, Y. Yamauchi, K.-C. Ho, K.C.-W. Wu, Biomass-based discrete furan oligomers as materials for electrochromic devices. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2024, 12, 459–469. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c06285 (5) E.C. Atayde, B.M. Matsagar, Y.C. Wang, K.C.-W. Wu, MOF-catalyzed hydroxyalkylation-alkylation reaction for the controlled synthesis of furan oligomers, Appl. Catal. A Gen. 2024, 669, 119492. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2023.119492 |