... The Laboratory of Kinetics and Catalysis at the Chemistry Department of Moscow State University was founded in 1929 to expand education at undergraduate and graduate levels in the general areas of physical chemistry and specifically of catalysis as well as to develop research in surface science and kinetics of heterogeneous catalytic reactions. ... The Laboratory of Kinetics and Catalysis has long-term experience in the synthesis and characterization of oxide- and zeolite-based catalysts. ...