CataLum work builds off Professor Chao-Jun Li's research, focused on developing innovative solutions to mitigate the issues stemming from the chemical industry’s extensive legacy reliance on exorbitant energy inputs, toxic solvents and heavy carbon emitting processes.

Scaling these novel lab photo-chemistries up to commercial levels holds significant implications for manufacturing, pharmacology and clean technologies, unlocking several high-value specialty chemical markets that are overdue for disruptive innovation.