NEWS HIGHLIGHTS​​
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May 9, 2025 - Congrats to Daniel Zheng for his latest publication in ACS Catalysis!
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April 18, 2025 - Congrats to graduate students Katie and Xiao, who were selected as MITEI fellows!
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February 4, 2025 - Congrats to Daniel Zheng and Kaylee McCormack for their contributions reviewing confined water for catalysis in Chemical Reviews!
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January 6, 2025 - Dexter Loh, Emily Wu, and Taras Nagornyy join the group as PhD students. Welcome!
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November 26, 2024 - Matt and Jamison's collaborative paper reviewing lignin's potential as a substrate for sustainable aviation fuel blendstocks is published in Nature Materials. Congratulations!
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November 4, 2024 - Zachary Westman joins the group as a postdoc from the Christopher and Abu-Omar groups at UC Santa Barbara. Welcome!
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October 7, 2024 - Matthew Liu joins the group as a postdoc from the Tarpeh group at Stanford. Welcome!
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October 4, 2024 - Jie's collaborative paper with the Stahl group and NREL reviewing C-C bond cleavage strategies for lignin dimers is published in Nature Reviews Chemistry. Congratulations!
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October 1, 2024 - Marcos Garcia Farpon joins the group as a postdoc from the Prieto group at ITQ Valencia. Welcome!
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September 20, 2024 - Matt's collaborative paper reviewing opportunities for biomass conversion to sustainable aviation fuels is published in Green Energy & Environment. Congratulations!
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September 18, 2024 - Alexi, Lucas, and Bowei's collaborative paper with the Chen group on the flow synthesis of lactones for next-generation plastics is published in Green Chemistry. Congratulations!
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September 1, 2024 - Xiao is awarded a NSERC Postgraduate Doctoral Scholarship for his research. Congratulations!
A bifunctional mechanism which both isomerizes and cleaves the rigid C-C bonds of polyolefin waste can suppress methane formation and maximize valuable products at mild conditions.
Rigorous kinetic measurements and spectroscopic studies of propylene metathesis over model and industrial WOx/SiO2 catalysts elucidate a dynamic site renewal and decay
Welcome to the Román Research Group website!
We are a research group under the direction of Professor Yuriy Román in the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT. The focus of our research lies at the interface of heterogeneous catalysis and materials design. We apply a wide range of synthetic, spectroscopic, and reaction engineering tools to study the chemical transformation of molecules on catalytic surfaces. A strong emphasis is placed on the nanoscale fabrication of catalytic sites by controlling and manipulating the structure of the material. Research projects are aimed at addressing current issues in and tackling relevant problems associated with alternative energy, renewable chemicals, and novel catalyst design. Learn more at our Research Page.
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We see ourselves as scientists, teammates, and citizens, working together to produce meaningful research for the improvement of society. We value diversity and welcome and support all identities in our group. You can read about how we see ourselves at our Values Page.