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NEWS
March 29, 2024
Stan's collaborative paper with the Shao-Horn group titled "Platinum/Tantalum Carbide Core-Shell Nanoparticles with Sub-Monolayer Shells for Methanol and Oxygen Electrocatalysis" is published in Advanced Energy Materials. Congratulations!
March 19, 2024
Our collaborative paper titled "Recommendations for improving rigor and reproducibility in site specific characterization" is published in the Journal of Catalysis. Congratulations!
March 13, 2024
Soon's collaborative paper with the Gomez-Bombarelli, Moliner, and Olivetti groups titled "One-Pot Synthesis of CHA/ERI-Type Zeolite Intergrowth from a Single Multiselective Organic Structure-Directing Agent" is published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Congratulations!
March 6, 2024
Soon's collaborative paper with the Gomez-Bombarelli, Moliner, and Olivetti groups titled "ZeoSyn: A Comprehensive Zeolite Synthesis Dataset Enabling Machine-Learning Rationalization of Hydrothermal Parameters" is published in ACS Central Science. Congratulations!
February 15, 2024
Karl's collaborative paper with the Surendranath group titled "Electrically driven proton transfer promotes Brønsted acid catalysis by orders of magnitude" is published in Science and featured in MIT News. Congratulations!
February 9, 2024
Husain's collaborative paper with the Kulik group titled "Large-scale comparison of Fe and Ru polyolefin C-H activation catalysts" is published in the Journal of Catalysis. Congratulations!
January 22, 2024
New PhD student Juliana Lu-Yang begins their work in the Román group. Welcome!
January 19, 2024
Karl's collaborative paper with the Surendranath group titled "An electrochemical approach for designing thermochemical bimetallic nitrate hydrogenation catalysts" is published in Nature Catalysis. Congratulations!
January 15, 2023
Dr. Rachita Rana from Kulkarni and Bare groups at UC Davis and SLAC joins the Román lab as a postdoc. Welcome!
January 4, 2024
Our collaborative paper with the Manthiram group titled "Direct propylene epoxidation via water activation over Pd-Pt electrocatalysts" is published in Science. Congratulations!
November 1, 2023
Tomáš Pokorný from the Styskalik group at Masaryk University joins the Román lab as a visiting Ph.D. student. Welcome!
September 20, 2023
Ran's collaborative paper with the Skoda and Debecker groups titled "Propylene Metathesis over Molybdenum Silicate Microspheres with Dispersed Active Sites" is published in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations!
August 23, 2023
Soon successfully defends his thesis work. Congratulations Dr. Kwon!
August 1, 2023
Alexi successfully defends his thesis work. Congratulations Dr. Khechfe!
July 5, 2023
Faisal Alahmadi from the Gascon group at KAUST joins the Román lab as a visiting Ph.D. student. Welcome!
June 28, 2023
An article showcasing the work of Mickey, Matt, and Team Lignin titled "Making aviation fuel from biomass" is published in MITEI Energy Futures. Congratulations!
June 26, 2023
Daniel and Kaylee's collaborative paper with the Shao-Horn group titled "Linker-Dependent Stability of Metal-Hydroxide Organic Frameworks for Oxygen Evolution" is published in Chemistry of Materials. Congratulations!
June 20, 2023
Husain's collaborative paper with the Kulik group titled "Computational Discovery of Stable Metal-Organic Frameworks for Methane-to-Methanol Catalysis" is published in JACS. Congratulations!
June 19, 2023
Dr. Bowei Liu from the Bond group at Syracuse University joins the Román lab as a postdoc. Welcome!
June 12, 2023
Dr. Faisal Alshafei from the Davis group at Caltech joins the Román lab as a postdoc. Welcome!
June 12, 2023
The Rigor & Reproducibility in Catalysis Report, a collaborative effort led by the Schweitzer, Gounder, and Rioux groups, aimed at providing guidelines for best practices in experimental catalysis, is now published. Read it here. [PDF]
June 5, 2023
Our collaborative paper with NREL titled "Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment for catalytic fast pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste" is published in Energy & Environmental Science. Congratulations!
May 31, 2023
Ran's collaborative paper with the Coperet group titled "Active-Site Descriptors from 95Mo NMR signatures of Silica-Supported Mo-Based Olefin Metathesis Catalysts" is published in JACS. Congratulations!
May 25, 2023
Thejas and Karl's collaborative paper with the Surendranath group titled "Metal nanoparticles supported on a nonconductive oxide undergo pH-dependent spontaneous polarization" is published in Chemical Science. Congratulations!
May 18, 2023
Griffin's preview paper titled "Rational process design aids biomolecule-derived ethylene polyamine synthesis" is published in Chem Catalysis. Congratulations!
May 17, 2023
Terry and Ran's paper in collaboration with the Coperet group titled "Promoting active site renewal in heterogeneous olefin metathesis catalysis" is published in Nature. Congratulations!
May 1, 2023
Eva Andres-Marcos and Marcos G. Farpon join the group as visiting students from the Prieto group at ITQ Valencia. Welcome!
April 26, 2023
Alexi and Thais' paper with NREL titled "Solvent Feedstock and Framework Hydrophobicity of Hf-BEA Zeolites Influence Aldol Addition Rates in Organic Media" is published in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations!
April 12, 2023
Our collaborative paper with NREL titled "Feedstock-agnostic reductive catalytic fractionation in alcohol and alcohol-water mixtures" is published in Green Chemistry. Congratulations!
April 11, 2023
Thejas successfully defends his thesis work. Congratulations Dr. Wesley!
April 5, 2023
Our collaborative paper with NREL titled "Interdependence of Solvent and Catalyst Selection on Low Pressure Hydrogen-Free Reductive Catalytic Fractionation" is published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. Congratulations!
March 8, 2023
Dr. Xianyuan "Andy" Wu from the Barta group at the University of Groningen joins the lab. Welcome to the group!
March 7, 2023
Anna is awarded the IPMI 2023 Bright Futures Award for her work with metal-zeolite systems for polyolefin deconstruction. Congratulations!
January 19, 2023
Stan and Jin Soo's paper titled "Core-passivation: A concept for stable core-shell nanoparticles in aqueous electrocatalysis" is published in Nano Select. Congratulations!
January 9, 2023
New PhD students Katie Groenhout, Melissa Manetsch, and Xiao Wang begin their work in the Román group. Welcome!
December 22, 2022
Professor Román is awarded a joint professorship appointment with the MIT Department of Chemistry. Congratulations!
December 20, 2022
Our collaborative paper with the Shao-Horn group titled "Design principles for transition metal nitride stability and ammonia generation in acid" is published in Joule. This paper was selected for a front cover illustration. Congratulations!
November 11, 2022
Professor Román is announced as a Paul H. Emmet Award winner for 2023-2023 by the North American Catalysis society. The award specifically recognizes his work on kinetic studies in Lewis acid zeolites, sustainability chemistries in lignin to jet fuel and plastic hydrogenolysis, and efforts to bridge thermo- and electrocatalysis. Congratulations!
October 31, 2022
Julie's paper titled "Role of Bifunctional Ru/Acid Catalysts in the Selective Hydrocracking of Polyethylene and Polypropylene Waste to Liquid Hydrocarbons" is published in ACS
Catalysis. Congratulations!
October 13, 2022
Our collaborative paper with NREL titled "Mixed plastics waste valorization through tandem chemical oxidation and biological funneling" is published in Science. Congratulations!
October 5, 2022
Guido and the plastic team's paper titled "Hydrogenolysis of Polyethylene and Polypropylene into Propane over Cobalt-Based Catalysts" is published in JACS Au. Congratulations!
October 1, 2022
Dr. Mostapha Dakhchoune from the Agrawal group at EPFL joins the lab. Welcome to the group!
September 22, 2022
Mickey and Matt's paper titled "Continuous hydrodeoxygenation of lignin to jet-range aromatic hydrocarbons" is published in Joule. Congratulations!
August 16, 2022
Our collaborative paper with NREL titled "Catalyst choice impacts aromatic monomer yields and selectivity in hydrogen-free reductive catalytic fractionation" is published in Reaction Chemistry & Engineering. Congratulations!
July 16, 2022
Eliza's collaborative paper with the TRI consortium titled "New challenges in oxygen reduction catalysis: a consortium retrospective to inform future research" is published in Energy and Environmental Science. Congratulations!
July 14, 2022
Our collaborative paper with NREL titled "Multi-pass flow-through reductive catalytic fractionation" is published in Joule. Congratulations!
June 24, 2022
Husain's collaborative paper with the Kulik group titled "Machine Learning Models Predict Calculation Outcomes with the Transferability Necessary for Computational Catalysis" is published in the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. Congratulations!
June 14, 2022
Our collaborative paper with the Gomez-Bombarelli and Corma groups titled "Repurposing Templates for Zeolite Synthesis from Simulations and Data Mining" is published in Chemistry of Materials. Congratulations!
June 3, 2022
Shuai, Daniel, and Sujay's collaborative paper with the Shao-Horn group titled "Tuning the Catalytic Activity of Fe-Phthalocyanine-Based Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction by Ligand Functionalization" is published in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations!
June 1, 2022
Professor Román is announced as a 2022 finalist for the Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists in Chemistry. Congratulations!
May 4, 2022
Our collaborative paper with the Gomez-Bombarelli and Corma groups titled "Tunable CHA/AEI Zeolite Intergrowths with A Priori Biselective Organic Structure Directing Agents: Controlling Enrichment and Implications for Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx" is published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congratulations!
March 30, 2022
Julie's collaborative paper with NREL titled "The Critical Role of Process Analysis in Chemical Recycling and Upcycling of Waste Plastics" is published in the Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Congratulations!
March 4, 2022
Martin Sipka from Charles University in Prague joins the group as a visiting PhD student. Welcome!
February 24, 2022
Shuai's collaborative paper with the Shao-Horn group titled "Tunable metal hydroxide-organic frameworks for catalysing oxygen evolution" is published in Nature Materials. Congratulations!
February 15, 2022
Hwajun Lee from the Suk Bong Hong group (POSTECH) joins the group as a postdoc, and Thaïs Matha joins from EPFL as a Master's student. Welcome!
February 9, 2022
Our collaborative paper with the BOTTLE consortium titled "Toward low-cost biological and hybrid biological/catalytic conversion of cellulosic biomass to fuels" is published in Energy & Environmental Science. Congratulations!
January 10, 2022
New PhD students Anna Brenner and Karl Westendorff begin their work in the Román group. Welcome!
December 30, 2021
Alexi's paper titled "Non-Faradaic Electrochemical Promotion of Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Dehydration Reactions over Molybdenum Oxide" is published in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations!
December 19, 2021
Bing's paper titled "Electrochemical Activation of C-C Bonds via Mediated Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactions" is published in ChemSusChem. Congratulations!
November 23, 2021
Sujay's collaborative paper with the Dinca group titled "Isolation of a Side-On V(III)-(η2‑O2) through the Intermediacy of a Low-Valent V(II) in a Metal-Organic Framework" is published in Inorganic Chemistry. Congratulations!
November 17, 2021
Sujay's paper titled "A continuous flow chemistry approach for the ultrafast and low-cost synthesis of MOF-808" is published in Green Chemistry. Congratulations!
November 1, 2021
Our collaborative paper with the Moliner and Gomez-Bombarelli groups titled "Data Driven Design of Biselective Templates for Intergrowth Zeolites" is published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. Congratulations!
October 28, 2021
Blake and John's paper titled "Identification and quantification of distinct active sites in Hf-Beta zeolites for transfer hydrogenation catalysis" is published in the Journal of Catalysis. Congratulations!
October 27, 2021
Blake and John's paper titled "Tailoring Distinct Reactive Environments in Lewis Acid Zeolites for Liquid Phase Catalysis" is published in Accounts of Materials Research. Congratulations!
October 20, 2021
Sujay's paper titled "Solvothermal Crystallization Kinetics and Control of Crystal Size Distribution of MOF-808 in a Continuous Flow Reactor" is published in Crystal Growth & Design. Congratulations!
September 16, 2021
Soon's collaborative paper with the Gomez-Bombarelli group titled "A priori control of zeolite phase competition and intergrowth with high-throughput simulations" is published in Science. Congratulations!
September 7, 2021
Guido Zichittella from the Perez-Ramirez group (ETH Zurich) and Suyong Han from the Abolhasani group (N.C. State) join the group as postdocs. Welcome!
September 6, 2021
Julie's artwork for her and Clara's recent paper on polypropylene hydrogenolysis is featured as the cover art for this issue of ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. Congratulations!
July 27, 2021
Julie and Clara's paper titled "Hydrogenolysis of Polypropylene and Mixed Polyolefin Plastic Waste over Ru/C to Produce Liquid Alkanes" is published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. Congratulations!
July 23, 2021
Julie and Professor Román's article with the BOTTLE consortium titled "Transforming the Science and Technology of Plastics Recycling" is featured in CEP Magazine. Congratulations!
July 23, 2021
Julie wins first place at the inaugural MIT Postdoctoral Symposium for her work and presentation on plastics hydrogenolysis. Congratulations, Julie!
July 22, 2021
Our collaborative review with NREL titled "Chemical and biological catalysis for plastics recycling and upcycling" is published in Nature Catalysis. Congratulations!
July 16, 2021
Sujay successfully defends his thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Bagi!
July 12, 2021
Kim's paper titled "Breaking the Selectivity-Conversion Limit of Partial Methane Oxidation with Tandem Heterogenous Catalysts" is published in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations!
July 8, 2021
Mickey's collaborative paper with NREL titled "Techno-economic and life cycle assessment of a biorefinery utilizing reductive catalytic fractionation" is published in Energy & Environmental Science. Congratulations!
June 21, 2021
Our collaborative paper with NREL titled "Flow-through solvolysis enables production of native-like lignin from biomass" is published in Green Chemistry. Congratulations!
June 17, 2021
Mickey successfully defends his thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Stone!
June 10, 2021
Thejas' recent paper on the role electric fields play in liquid interface catalysis is featured in an article by Chemical & Engineering News. Congratulations, Thejas!
June 2, 2021
Thejas' paper titled "Spontaneous Electric Fields Play a Key Role in Thermochemical Catalysis at Metal-Liquid Interfaces" is published in ACS Central Science. Congratulations!
May 26, 2021
Julie is awarded the prestigious Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2021. Congratulations, Julie!
May 21, 2021
Jie Zhu from the Okubo group (U. Tokyo) joins the group as a postdoc. Welcome Jie!
April 23, 2021
Mike's paper titled "High-throughput analysis of contact angle goniometry data using DropPy" is published in SoftwareX. Congratulations!
April 17, 2021
Soon's collaborative paper titled "Discovering Relationships between OSDAs and Zeolites through Data Mining and Generative Neural Networks" is published in ACS Central Science. Congratulations!
March 5, 2021
Sujay's paper titled "Accelerated Synthesis of a Ni2Cl2(BTDD) Metal-Organic Framework in a Continuous Flow Reactor for Atmospheric Water Capture" is published in ACS Sustainable Chemical Engineering. Congratulations!
February 5, 2021
Professor Román's collaborative paper titled "A Career in Catalysis: James A. Dumesic" is published in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations!
January 27, 2021
Julie's work on polyolefin hydrogenolysis for plastics upcycling is featured by EurekAlert! Congratulations!
January 18, 2021
New PhD students Husain Adamji, Lucas Baston, Bhavish Dinakar, Eliza Price, Clara Troyano-Valls, and Matthew Webber begin their work in the Román group. Welcome!
January 8, 2021
Our collaborative paper with NREL titled "Tandem Heterogeneous Catalysis for Polyethylene Depolymerization via an Olefin-Intermediate Process" is published in ACS Sustainable Chemical Engineering. Congratulations!
December 21, 2020
Julie's paper titled "Conversion of Polyolefin Waste to Liquid Alkanes with Ru-Based Catalysts under Mild Conditions" is published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society - Gold. Congratulations!
November 30, 2020
Mike's collaborative paper with the Brushett group titled "Understanding the Impact of Convective Transport on Intercalation Batteries Through Dimensional Analysis" is published in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society. Congratulations!
October 27, 2020
John D. and Blake's paper titled "Ordered Hydrogen-Bonded Alcohol Networks Confined in Lewis Acid Zeolites Accelerate Transfer Hydrogenation Turnover Rates" is accepted by The Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congratulations!
October 15, 2020
Professor Roman's collaborative paper titled "Guidelines for performing lignin-first biorefining" is accepted by Energy and Environmental Science. Congratulations!
September 27, 2020
Shuai's paper with Yanding, Ydna, Daniel and Sujay titled "Conversion of Methane into Liquid Fuels—Bridging Thermal Catalysis with Electrocatalysis" is accepted by Advanced Energy Materials. Congratulations!
September 7, 2020
John D.'s collaborative paper with the Moliner group titled "Selective Active Site Placement in Lewis Acid Zeolites and Implications for Catalysis of Oxygenated Compounds" is accepted by Chemical Science. Congratulations!
July 28, 2020
Mike's collaborative paper with the Brushett group titled "Flooded by Success: On the Role of Electrode Wettability in CO2 Electrolyzers that Generate Liquid Products" is accepted by the Journal of the Electrochemical Society. Congratulations!
July 24, 2020
Terry successfully defended his thesis. Congratulations Dr. Gani!
July 17, 2020
Stan successfully defended his thesis. Congratulations Dr. Wang!
June 17, 2020
Kim's collaborative paper with the Dinca group titled "Cerium(IV) Enhances the Catalytic Oxidation Activity of Single-Site Cu Active Sites in MOFs " is accepted by
ACS Catalysis. Congratulations!
May 26, 2020
Kim successfully defended her thesis. Congratulations Dr. Dinh!
May 12, 2020
Stan's paper titled "Enhancement of alkyne semi-hydrogenation selectivity by electronic modification of platinum" is published in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations!
April 3, 2020
Prof. Roman's paper titled "Mesoscale reaction‐diffusion phenomena governing lignin‐first biomass fractionation" is published in ChemSusChem. Congratulations!
March 12, 2020
Prof. Roman's paper titled "Stable and active oxygen reduction catalysts with reduced noble metal loadings through potential triggered support passivation" is published in ChemElectroChem. Congratulations!
March 5, 2020
Hoyoung's paper titled "Gas phase ethylene polymerization by single-site Cr centers in a metal−organic framework" is accepted by ACS Catalysis. Congratulations!
February 28, 2020
Prof. Roman's paper titled "Bismuth substituted strontium cobalt perovskites for catalyzing oxygen evolution" is accepted by Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Congratulations!
February 11. 2020
Prof. Roman has been promoted to full professor. Congratulations!
January 8. 2020
Griffin Drake, Blake Johnson and Daniel Zheng join the group as graduate students. Welcome!
December 16, 2019
Daniel and Aaron's paper titled "Engineering stable electrocatalysts by synergistic stabilization between carbide cores and Pt shells" is published in Nature Materials. Congratulations!
December 2, 2019
Mike's paper titled "A general techno-economic model for evaluating emerging electrolytic processes" is published in Energy Technology. Congratulations!
November 11, 2019
William's paper titled "Synthesis of unsupported two-dimensional molybdenum carbide nanosheets for hydrogen evolution" is published in Materials Letters. Congratulations!
November 1, 2019
Ydna joins the group as a postdoc from the Luterbacher group at EPFL (Switzerland). Welcome Ydna!
October 16, 2019
Prof. Roman delivers the Duncan & Suzanne Mellichamp Emerging Leader Lecture at UC Santa Barbara. Congratulations!
September 25, 2019
Bin's paper titled "Solid-state gelation for nanostructured perovskite oxide aerogels" is published in Chemistry of Materials. Congratulations!
October 1, 2019
Yanding joins the group as a postdoc from the Dumesic and Ralph groups at UW-Madison. Ivan joins the group as a visiting student from the Samec group at Stockholm Univ. Welcome Yanding and Ivan!
September 25, 2019
Prof. Roman's paper titled "Machine learning applied to zeolite synthesis: the missing link for realizing high-throughput discovery" is published in Accounts of Chemical Research. Congratulations!
September 24, 2019
Mike and Terry's paper titled "Lignin-KMC: a toolkit for simulating lignin biosynthesis" is published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. Congratulations!
September 3, 2019
Bing (Surendranath lab, MIT), Kevin (Mark Davis lab, Caltech) and Julie (Bell lab, Berkeley) join the group as postdocs. Welcome Bing, Kevin and Julie!
August 28, 2019
Prof. Roman's collaborative paper with Prof. Moliner (ITQ, Valencia) titled "Ge-based hybrid composites from Ge-rich zeolites as highly conductive and stable electronic materials" is published in Chemistry of Materials. Congratulations!
July 23, 2019
Manish and Eric's paper titled "Kinetic analysis and reaction mechanism for anisole conversion over zirconium-supported molybdenum oxide" is published in Journal of Catalysis. Congratulations!
July 19, 2019
Hoyoung successfully defended his thesis. Congratulations Dr. Park!
July 5, 2019
Terry's paper titled "Computational evidence for kinetically controlled radical coupling during lignification" is published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. Congratulations!
June 28, 2019
Aaron and Stan's paper titled "Impact of transition metal carbide and nitride supports on the electronic structure of thin platinum overlayers" is published in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations!
June 21, 2019
Kim and Mark's paper titled "Continuous partial oxidation of methane to methanol catalyzed by diffusion-paired Cu dimers in copper-exchanged zeolites" is published in Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congratulations!
May 20, 2019
Daniel successfully defended his thesis. Congratulations Dr. Consoli!
May 15, 2019
William's paper titled "Impact of morphological effects on the activity and stability of tungsten carbide catalysts for dry methane reforming" is published in Energy & Fuels. Congratulations!
May 2, 2019
Eric and Mickey's paper titled "Differences in S/G ratio in natural poplar variants do not predict catalytic depolymerization monomer yields" is published in Nature Communications. Congratulations!
April 27, 2019
Shiran and Daniel's paper titled "Effects of WO3 nanoparticle size on ethylene-butene metathesis activity" is published in Applied Catalysis A: General. Congratulations!
April 19, 2019
Soon and Terry's collaborative paper titled "A machine learning approach to zeolite synthesis enabled by automatic literature data extraction" with the Olivetti and Corma groups is published in ACS Central Science. Congratulations!
March 8, 2019
Manish's paper titled "Cooperative Co(0)/Co(II) sites stabilized by a perovskite matrix enable selective C-O and C-C bond hydrogenolysis of oxygenated arenes" is published in ChemSusChem. Congratulations!
March 4, 2019
Prof. Román wins the 2019 Early Career Award in Catalysis from the ACS CATL Division. Congratulations!
January 31, 2019
Hoyoung wins Best Presentation of the "Catalysis with Microporous and Mesoporous Materials" session at the 2018 AIChE Annual Meeting. Congratulations!
December 20, 2018
Prof. Román wins the 2019 Rutherford Aris Award from the ISCRE. Congratulations!
December 4, 2018
Daniel and Shiran's paper titled "Influence of framework heteroatoms on olefin metathesis activity using MoO3-MFI catalysts" is published in Organic Process Research & Development. This article is an invited contribution for the ORCS Young Investigator Award series. Congratulations!
November 5, 2018
Karthick and Eric's paper titled "Operando NAP-XPS unveils differences in MoO3 and Mo2C during hydrodeoxygenation" is published in Nature Catalysis. Congratulations!
October 30, 2018
Professor Román gives a lecture on flow through reductive catalytic fractionation for the AIChE Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Young Investigator Award. Congratulations!
August 21, 2018
Mike wins 3rd place paper in the I&EC Division Graduate Symposium at the ACS Fall National Meeting. Congratulations!
August 14, 2018
Mickey and Eric's paper titled "Reductive Catalytic Fractionation of C-Lignin" is published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. Congratulations!
August 10, 2018
Hoyoung's paper titled "Continuous-flow Production of Succinic Anhydrides via Catalytic β-Lactone Carbonylation by Co(CO)4⊂Cr-MIL-101" is published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congratulations!
August 10, 2018
Kim and Mark's paper titled "Viewpoint on the Partial Oxidation of Methane to Methanol Using Cu- and Fe-Exchanged Zeolites" is published in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations!
July 11, 2018
Professor Román's collaborative paper titled "Revisiting alkaline aerobic lignin oxidation" is published in Green Chemistry. Congratulations!
July 8, 2018
Professor Román wins the AIChE Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Young Investigator award. Congratulations!
May 31, 2018
Mike's paper titled "Emerging opportunities for electrochemical processing to enable sustainable chemical manufacturing" is published in Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering. Congratulations!
May 15, 2018
Sean's cover art is selected for the current issue of Accounts of Chemical Research. Congratulations!
May 7, 2018
Daniel and Shiran's paper titled "Activation of Methyltrioxorhenium for Olefin Metathesis in a Zirconium-Based Metal-Organic Framework" is published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congratulations!
April 25, 2018
Eric and Mickey's paper titled "Kinetic Studies of Lignin Solvolysis and Reduction by Reductive Catalytic Fractionation Decoupled in Flow-Through Reactors" is published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering and wins Editor's Choice. Congratulations!
March 25, 2018
Taka's paper titled "Concerted bimetallic nanocluster synthesis and encapsulation via induced zeolite framework demetallation for shape and substrate selective heterogeneous catalysis" is published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congratulations!
March 6, 2018
Sean's paper titled "Principles and Methods for the Rational Design of Core-Shell Nanoparticle Catalysts with Ultralow Noble Metal Loadings" is published in Accounts of Chemical Research. Congratulations!
March 2, 2018
Taka's paper titled "Zeolites with Isolated Framework and Oligomeric Extraframework Hafnium Species Characterized with Pair Distribution Function Analysis" is published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Congratulations!
February 28, 2018
Jennifer's paper titled "Distinguishing Active Site Identity in Sn-Beta Zeolites using 31P MAS NMR of Adsorbed Trimethylphosphine Oxide" is published in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations!
January 20, 2018
David's paper titled "Highly Efficient Methane Reforming over a Low-loading Ru/γ-Al2O3 Catalyst in a Pd-Ag Membrane Reactor" is published in The AIChE Journal. Congratulations!
January 11, 2018
Aaron and William's paper titled "Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction for the Production of Hydrogen Peroxide" is published in Chem. Congratulations!
January 2, 2018
Prof. Román wins the 2018 Robert Augustine Award from the Organic Reactions Catalysis Society. Congratulations!
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