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National Officers: President - one or more areas in the field of cataly- routes that prevail at the high surface Enrique Iglesia, University of Matt Neurock is the recipi- California-Berkeley; Vice- sis with emphasis on discovery and un- coverages relevant to catalytic practice, President - Bruce R. Cook,BP ent of the 2015 Robert Bur- Products NA, Inc.; Secretary - derstanding of catalytic phenomena, Hong-Xin Li, Zeolyst Internation- the direct participation of protic media al; Treasurer - C. Y. Chen, Chev- well Lectureship in Catalysis catalytic reaction mechanisms and as a co-catalyst, and the role of acid- ron Energy Technology Co.; Lead Trustee - Thomas F. identification and description of cata- base sites formed by hydroxyl interme- Degnan, University of Notre Dame; Communications Director lytic sites and species. diates on metals. His effective collabo- - Edrick Morales, Sasol Chemi- am pleased to an- cals (USA) LLC; Archivist - Uschi nounce that Professor Professor Matthew Neurock is be- rations with experimental groups have Graham, Topasol LLC. I ing recognized for his seminal contribu- led to fundamental and practical in- Club Representatives: Canada - Matthew Neurock of the Josephine Hill, University of tions to the development and applica- sights into the mechanisms of alkane Calgary; Chicago - Christopher L. University of Minnesota is Marshall, Argonne National La- the recipient of the2015 tion of theoretical and computational activation, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, boratory; Mexico - José Antonio de los Reyes, Universidad Au- Robert Burwell Lecture- methods to elucidate catalytic mecha- selective oxidation and hydrogenation tonoma Metropolitana, Campus Iztapalapa; Michigan - Eric ship in Catalysis of the nisms and the active sites involved. He of alkenes and oxygenates, hydrocar- Stangland, The Dow Chemical Company; New England - William North American Catalysis has pioneered first-principle kinetic bon and oxygenate hydrogenolysis re- C. (Curt) Conner, University of Massachusetts; New York - Israel Society, sponsored by Monte Carlo methods that explicitly actions, acid-catalyzed transformations, E. Wachs, Lehigh University; Organic Reactions Catalysis Johnson Matthey and ad- track molecular transformations on and electrocatalytic reduction- Society - Christopher W. Jones, Georgia Institute of Technology; ministered by The North realistic surfaces at relevant conditions, oxidation cycles. Pacific Coast - Alex Katz, Univer- sity of California-Berkeley; Phila- American Catalysis Socie- ab initio molecular dynamics methods delphia - Anne M. Gaffney, IN- VISTA; Pittsburgh–Cleveland - ty. It is awarded biennially in odd-numbered years. that describe complex metal-solution Enrique Iglesia, President Götz Veser, University of Pitts- burgh; Rocky Mountain -Ryan The award consists of a plaque and an honorarium of interfaces, and ab initio constant po- North American Catalysis Society Richards, Colorado School of Mines; Southeast - Steven H. $5,000. The plaque will be presented during the clos- tential methods for electrochemical Overbury, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Southwest - Mike ing banquet ceremonies at the 2015 North American systems to understand and aid the de- Bruce Cook, Vice President Reynolds, Shell; Tri-State (KY/ OH/WV) - Umit S. Ozkan, The Meeting of the Catalysis Society. An additional sign of catalytic and electrocatalytic North American Catalysis Society Ohio State University. $4,500 is available to cover travelling expenses in systems. Directors–at–Large: Jingguang G. Chen, Columbia University; North America. His group has used these methods, Robert J. Davis, University of Virginia; Maria Flytzani- Professor Neurock will present lectures at the local together with ab initio quantum chemi- Stephanopoulos, Tufts Universi- ty; Bruce Gates, University of catalysis clubs and societies during the two-year peri- cal treatments, to explore metals, al- California at Davis; Fabio H. Ribeiro, Purdue University; Stuart od covered by this award. loys, oxides, sulfides and zeolites and L. Soled, ExxonMobil. The Robert Burwell Lectureship in Catalysis is the mechanisms by which they medi- Copyright © 2015 The North American Catalysis Society given in recognition of substantial contributions to ate catalysis. These treatments have uncovered previously unrecognized Back to Cover NACS Newsletter

forum for the exchange of the lat- and more than 600 poster presen- browsing world-class art and nat- est discoveries and state-of-the- tations. ural history museums, kayaking art technologies between indus- Named America’s “Most Liva- around downtown, or enjoying an trial and academic researchers ble City” for many years, Pitts- evening dinner cruise on the and practitioners of catalysis. burgh is a global model for eco- “three rivers” surrounding down- he 24th North American With a record number of abstract nomic and environmental trans- town Pittsburgh. T Meeting (NAM) of the North submissions and registrations, formation with a diversified econ- For more information, and to American Catalysis Society is com- we are confident that NAM24 will omy. It is a leader in higher edu- plan your conference visit, please ing up soon! If you are not already continue that storied tradition! cation with several world-class visit www.NAM24.org. planning on attending, make your The 24th NAM will feature universities and over 100,000 We look forward to welcoming plans now to attend the meeting plenary lectures by NACS award students in the greater Pittsburgh you to Pittsburgh in June! on June 14-19, 2015 at the David L. winners Hajo Freund (Fritz- area. The city is strategically lo- Lawrence Convention Center in Haber-Institute, Berlin), Chris- cated within about one hour flight Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania! tophe Coperet (ETH Zu rich, Swit- of half of the U.S. and Canadian Since the first NAM in 1969, the zerland), and Anne Gaffney population. While attending the NAM meetings have grown into (USA), as well as 21 keynote lec- conference, you will find opportu- the premier biennial international tures by leaders in their fields of nities to socialize with colleagues meetings in catalysis, which offer a catalysis, 465 oral presentations, from around the globe while Back to Cover NACS Newsletter

Program Chair Paul Dietrich gives the Pines Award plaque to Fabio Ribeiro while Discussion during the Poster Session. Herman Pines looks on.

Catalysis Club of to fundamental, academic to industrial talysis research in the past five years. students evaluated as the best. Grego- Chicago — were discussed. The Award in his honor is co-sponsored ry Neumann of the Hicks group at The program included: by UOP, where Herman Pines began Notre Dame presented “Heteroatom Annual Spring Symposium • Herman Pines Awardee Address – his industrial career in 1930 and Substituted ZSM-5 for Low Tempera- Fabio Ribeiro (Purdue) amassed 145 US patents, and by the ture C-C Bond Coupling Reactions”, he Chicago Catalysis Club held its • Keynote Lecture – Matt Neurock Catalysis Club of Chicago of which Her- John Di Iorio of the Gounder group at Annual Spring Symposium at the T (Minnesota) man Pines was a founding member. Purdue presented “Ammonia Titration BP Research Center (150 West • 2 Invited Lectures – Rajamani Strong focuses at the symposium were Methods Probe the Dynamic Nature of Warrenville Road, Naperville, IL 60563) Gounder (Purdue) and David Flaherty hydrocarbon transformations, zeolites, Brønsted Acid Sites in Cu-SSZ-13 During on May 14, 2015. (University of Illinois – Urbana Cham- reaction mechanism studies, metal cat- NOx Selective Catalytic Reduction” and This annual, regional meeting had paign) alyzed reactions, materials chemistry Malek Ibrahim of the Flaherty group at over 130 attendees and provided a fo- • 6 additional oral presentations approaches to catalysts and anything UIUC presented “Selective Catalyst De- rum where catalysis in its various forms from local members of interest for energy research. With sign for C-C bonds Formation via Alco- — heterogeneous to homogeneous, • 43 poster presentations help from NACS for their support of hol Guerbet Chemistry”. computational to experimental, surface The Herman Pines Award is given student involvement, awards were also science to materials synthesis, applied annually for great achievements of ca- given to the 3 posters from graduate Back to Cover NACS Newsletter

Design of Bimetallic Catalysts for Use in Catalysis Club of 2015 Catalysis Club of Philadelphia Award DuPont IsoTherming® Hydroprocessing

Philadelphia Reactors he Catalysis Club of  Cathy H-Y. Chin, University of To- Spring Symposium T Philadelphia is ronto pleased to announce that he Catalysis Club of Philadelphia 2015 spring Catalytic Conversion of Renewable Dr. Sourav K. Sengupta, T symposium was hosted by Torren Carlson Feedstocks to Value-Added Products (Chair Elect) and held at the Double Tree Hotel in Research Fellow – DuPont  Phillip E. Savage, Penn Stat Wilmington, Delaware on May 7th. There were 87 Central Research and De- Advances and Applications of Hydro- in attendance and the program consisted of a full velopment, has been se- thermal Catalysis day with eight invited speakers: lected as the 2015 Cataly- Additionally, the winner of the an- sis Club of Philadelphia  Wei Fan, University of Massachusetts, Amherst nual student poster award Bryan Award winner. The selec- Development of Hierarchical Zeolite Catalysts for Yonemoto was invited to give a talk on tion recognizes his signifi- Bulky Molecule Reactions the topic of his winning poster: Meso- cant contributions to the  Dion G. Vlachos, University of Delaware porous Materials for Energy Applica- science and practice of Renewable Chemicals and Fuels from Biomass tions. For a second season in a row our catalysis, along with his  Steven L. Suib, University of Connecticut platinum sponsor HEL Inc. (represented efforts in mentoring young scientists. Novel Porous Metal Oxides and Sulfides and Their by Graham Hibbert) gave a brief over- Dr. Sengupta earned his Ph.D. Chemical Engineering from the Applications in Adsorption, Batteries, and Catalysis view of their company’s offerings for University of Delaware in 1991 and has held a variety of research  Marco J. Castaldi, City College of New York/ research scale, multi-reactor and high and development assignments at DuPont. He was the founding CUNY pressure reactors, processing, testing, leader of the Process Development Center for DuPont Chemical The Role of Oxidation State on Regeneration Capaci- equipment and systems. Lastly, Carl Solutions Enterprise and his efforts led to the commercialization of ty When Reforming Oxygenated Fuels With Rh Based Menning (Past Chair) announced the several new specialty chemical products and optimization of several Catalysts Catalysis Club of Philadelphia Award. existing catalysts and catalytic processes, which collectively gener-  Robert Farrauto, Columbia University This year the award was given to ate tens of millions of dollars. A Dual Function Material for Capturing and Catalyti- Sourav Sengupta from DuPont for his To achieve these accomplishments, Sengupta applies an in cally Converting CO2 to Synthetic Natural Gas Using many contributions to the field of catal- depth understanding of heterogeneous catalyst structure / function Renewable H ysis as well as for mentoring early ca- 2 relationships in oxide materials, supported metal catalysts and bulk reer researchers in the field.  Hasan Dindi, DuPont metal catalysts. He was a primary contributor to a novel process for Back to Cover NACS Newsletter

From Philadelphia, 2015 Award Canadian Catalysis Academy of Sciences and the Academia Washington; Burwell Lecture), Prof. European as well as the President of Bruce C. Gates (U.C. Davis), Dr. Heinz Division the European Federation of Catalysis Frei (LBNL), Dr. Miroslaw A Derewinski on-demand hydrogen cyanide produc- 2015 R.B. Anderson Awardee Societies. (PNNL), Prof. Jean-Sabin McEwen tion via induction heating of- Pt Rh gauze he research of Prof. Johannes A. Professor Lercher will give two lectures (WSU), and Dr. Felix Studt (SLAC). and optimized oxide supported base T Lercher (Technische Universität at the 24th Canadian Symposium on A poster session and a reception metal catalysts for abatement of ozone München and Pacific Northwest Na- Catalysis to be held in Ottawa, ON, Can- will be held on the evening of Thurs- depleting effluent gases. Recently, Dr. tional Laboratory) addresses funda- ada May 8-11, 2016. The first lecture day, Sept. 17, 2015. The poster session Sengupta has directed his expertise to- mental aspects of catalysis, focusing will be given on the Sunday afternoon will be accompanying the poster ses- ward the utilization of bio-renewable on understanding elementary steps before the opening reception. This edu- sion for the EMSL Annual User resources for the production of fuels of catalytic reactions on metals, ox- cational lecture will be aimed towards Meeting. The user meeting, and chemicals. ides, and sulfides as well as zeolites. graduate students and post-doctoral “Integration 2015”, will focus on Ener- Beyond technical contributions, he Catalytic targets are the low tempera- fellows. The second lecture will be one gy Materials and Processes for Ad- is recognized for his efforts at mentoring ture acid catalyzed activation, func- of the plenary talks at the symposium. vanced Batteries and Catalysis. young scientists and engineers. Count- tionalization, and transformation of Pacific Coast For further information regarding less careers have benefited from his the 2015 PCCS Annual Meeting, e.g., alkanes, the oxidative activation of Catalysis Society technical and organizational insights. He light alkanes including methane, the abstract submission, registration, and has shared these through formal inter- hydrogenation and deconstruction of Annual Meeting schedule, please visit http:// actions, such serving as instructor for a www.emsl.pnl.gov/emslweb/pacific- large biogenic and fossil molecules he 2015 Annual Meeting of the short course on Hydrogenation Catalysis coast-catalysis-society-meeting-2015. such as lignin and multinuclear aro- T Pacific Coast Catalysis Society will and on the board of the Catalysis Club of Please note that the deadline for matic molecules. He has co-authored be held at EMSL, the Environmental Philadelphia but more importantly abstract submission is July 1, 2015. over 470 publications and is the co- Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a na- through personal interactions with jun- For any additional questions or as- inventor of 17 patents. Lercher’s tional scientific user facility located at ior colleagues. The Catalysis Club of Phil- sistance, please contact one of the co- group has pioneered the use of in situ Pacific Northwest National Laboratory adelphia is proud to recognize Dr. organizers, Huamin Wang (PNNL; molecular spectroscopy for charac- (PNNL) of Richland, WA, on Friday, Sep- Sourav Sengupta for his combination of [email protected]), Feng Gao terizing surface reactions, using this tember 18, 2015. This annual, regional, technical excellence and mentoring with (PNNL; [email protected]), and information to develop novel com- one-day meeting will cover a variety of the granting of its 2015 award. Charles H.F. Peden (PNNL; plex catalysts. He is the current Editor topics in catalysis. [email protected]). -in-Chief of the Journal of Catalysis Confirmed invited speakers in- and is a member of the Austrian clude: Prof. Charles T. Campbell (U. Back to Cover NACS Newsletter

Catalysis Society of Metro- Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers Decomposition”, advisor Bruce E. Koel, Princeton politan New York participated in a poster competition with 50 poster University. presentations. Eight winners including two Honorable  MyatNoeZin Myint “Controlling the Reaction Mentions were selected in the graduate student cate- Pathways of C3 Oxygenates on Mo(110) and Co/ he Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York gory, and one winner was selected in the postdoctor- Mo(110)”, advisor Jingguang G. Chen, University T held its Annual Symposium at New Jersey Insti- al researcher category. Each of the winners received of Delaware. tute of Technology in Newark, New Jersey, on March a cash award and a certificate. Honorable Mention (tie): 18, 2015. The Symposium featured eight invited oral The student winners were:  Marc D. Porosoff “Molybdenum Carbide as Alter- presentations led by a keynote lecture by Prof. Gary First place (tie): native Catalysts to Precious Metals for Highly Se- Haller. The symposium was attended by more than  Bin Liu (pictured in the left photo below) lective Reduction of CO2 to CO”, advisor 150 participants. The group photo below shows all “Perovskite-Related Oxynitrides as Photoanodes Jingguang G. Chen, Columbia University. the speakers hosted by Dr. Zhong He, Society Chair- in Photoelectrochemical Cells”, advisor Charles  Maocong Hu “Effect of Azide Loading on Catalytic elect. From left to right are Dr. Zhong He (Primus Dismukes, Rutgers University. Performance of NaN3-Pd/SAC Catalysts for Acety- Green Energy); Dr. Gary L. Casty (ExxonMobil Re-  Jing Luo “Comparison of HMF Hydrodeoxygena- lene Hydrogenation”, advisor Xianqin Wang, New search and Engineering); Dr. Dirk Demuth (BASF Cor- tion over Different Metal Catalysts in a Continu- Jersey Institute of Technology. poration); Professor Xianqin Wang (New Jersey Insti- ous Flow Reactor”, advisor Raymond J. Gorte, tute of Technology); Dr. Christopher Marshall University of Pennsylvania. (Argonne National Laboratory); Professor Lindsey A. Second place (tie): Welch (Cedar Crest College); Dr. Anders Laursen  Sneha A. Akhade “Studying the Reaction Mecha- (Rutgers University); Professor Hongliang Xin (Virginia nisms of CO2 Electroreduction on Transition Met- Polytechnic Institute and State University); Professor al Electrocatalysts Using Density Functional Theo- Gary Haller (Yale University). ry”, advisor Michael J. Janik, Pennsylvania State University.  Yiteng Zheng/Muye Yang “Structure and Mobility of Cr Oxide Species on ZSM-5 Zeolites”, advisor In the postdoctoral researcher category, the first- Simon G. Podkolzin, Stevens Institute of Technol- place winner was George Tsilomelekis (pictured in ogy. the right photo above) with the poster presentation Third place (tie): “Understanding the Effect of Polar Aprotic Cosolvents  Jie Fu “Structure of Pd-based Bimetallic Model on 5-HMF Production”, advisor Dion Vlachos, Univer- Surfaces and Their Reactivities Towards Alcohol sity of Delaware. Back to Cover NACS Newsletter

From Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York tured on the left. The Award lecture entitled“ Cu-CHA Officers absent in May meeting are Prof. Israel Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Catalyst for Auto- Wachs (NACS Representative, Lehigh University) and motive Exhaust Clean-up” was presented by Dr. Wen Dr. Roel Sanchez (Webmaster, BASF Corporation). 2015 Excellence in Catalysis Award -Mei Xue of BASF Corporation. Executive Committee Election 2015-2016 Organic Reactions Catalysis Election to the CSNY Executive Committee for the Society 2015-2016 season was held both on site (May 20th he Organic Reactions Catalysis Society will hold meeting) and via email in accordance with CSNY by- T its 26th biennial meeting at the Hyatt Regency in laws. Miami, FL March 27-31, 2016. Please see From left to right are Prof. Taejin Kim (Director- www.orcs.org for updates and information. Topics Membership, Stony Brook University); Prof. Marco will include chemicals production from bio-renewable Castaldi (Director, CUNY); Dr. John Byrne (Director, resources, coupling reactions with transition metals, enantioselective transformations, selective oxidation,

The 2015 Excellence in Catalysis Award was acid catalyzed transformations, hydrogenation, novel awarded to the BASF SCR Catalysis Team of Ivor Bull, materials for organic synthesis, and synthesis of fine Wen-Mei Xue, Patrick Burk, Samuel Boorse, William chemicals and pharmaceuticals. M. Jaglowski, Gerald S. Koermer, Ahmad Moini, Jo- The conference will include an optional short seph A. Patchett, Joseph C. Dettling, and Matthew T. course on reactor selection and design. Numerous Caudle (initial team) of BASF Corp in Iselin, NJ. This travel grants will be awarded to students and post- Award recognized the team’s innovative contribution docs giving either oral or poster presentations. of copper chabazite to improve low temperature NOx ORCS is also seeking nominations for the follow- reduction activity in mobile applications. BASF Corporation); Dr. Zhong He (Chair, Primus ing awards. The 2015 and 2016 Paul N. Rylander The Excellence in Catalysis Award dinner took Green Energy); Prof. Fuat Celik (Chairman-Elect, Rut- Awards will be awarded to individuals who have place May 20, 2015 at the La Quinta Inn & Suites, gers University); Ashley Pennington (Student Repre- made significant contributions to the use of catalysis Somerset NJ. Dr. Wen-Mei Xue, was presented a sentative, Rutgers University); Dr. Ke Xiong in organic reactions. The 2016 Murray Raney Award plaque and cash award on behalf of the team. The (Secretary, Ingredion Inc.); Dr. Lucas Dorazio will be awarded to an individual who has made sig- presenter was Dr. Patty Bielenberg (pictured above) (Director, BASF Corporation); John Brody (Treasurer, nificant contributions to chemistry and the chemical of ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, ExxonMobil); Dr. Xiaoming Wang (Past Chair, BASF industry using base metal catalyst technology. Award the sponsor of the Award. Dr. Wen-Mei Xue is pic- Corporation). nominations will be due August 2, 2015. Back to Cover NACS Newsletter

Rocky Mountain tions. Our judges, who included Anne  3rd/Honorable Mention: John Gaffney from the Idaho National La- Catalysis Society Jones, University of New Mexico, boratory and Singfoong Cheah from “Trapping Platinum on Ceria: Role 2015 Symposium the National Renewable Energy La- of Surface Facets” boratory, had a difficult assignment,  3rd/Honorable Mention: Chen but collectively chose the following he Rocky Mountain Catalysis Socie- Zhang, University of Wyoming, students to receive awards: ty held its first annual symposium “Aqueous Phase Hydrodeoxygena- T st on March 26th in Denver, CO at the Hy-  1 Sam Gage, Colorado School of tion of Glycerol with Bimetallic att Regency Hotel, which will be the site Mines, “Development of Nickel Overlayer Catalysts” of the 25th NAM in 2017. Approximate- Nitride Catalysts” A grant of $1000 from the NACS nd ly 35 engineers and scientists were in  2 Shuai Tan, University of Wyo- paid the registration fees for 13 gradu- attendance to present their research ming, “From Micro- to Nano- ate and undergraduate students who and to hear the keynote speaker, Dr. scale: a Novel Synthesis Approach presented their research at the Paul T. Barger, the current Ciapetta Lec- of Lanthanide Oxysulfide Cata- meeting. turer. Dr. Barger gave an excellent lysts and Their Application in Sul- The Society’s directors spent the presentation on“ UOP Advanced MTO fur-free and Sulfur-laden Water morning in discussions and facilities Technology – A New Route for the Pro- Gas Shift Reaction tours in preparation for hosting the duction of Light Olefins.” Special thanks  3rd/Honorable Mention: Sarah 25th North American Meeting (NAM), to Professor Will Medlin for organizing Shulda, Colorado School of which is scheduled for June 4-9, 2017 the symposium. Mines, “Preparation and Charac- in Denver, CO at the Hyatt Regency Other speakers represented terization of Magnesium Oxide Hotel. Brigham Young University; Colorado and Nickel Oxide Nanostructures School of Mines; the National Renewa- with Polar Surfaces” ble Energy Laboratory; the University of  3rd/Honorable Mention: Lucas Colorado, Boulder; the University of Ellis, University of Colorado, Boul- New Mexico; and the University of Wyo- der, “Controlling the selectivity of ming. metal oxide catalysts using silanes Seven graduate students were rec- and phosphonates for polyol de- ognized with awards for their presenta- hydration” Back to Cover NACS Newsletter

Professor Michael Wong receiving the 2015 SWCS Excellence in Applied Cataly- ProfessorSpeakers: Michael Back row Wong left receivingto right: Ye the Xu, 2015 Jingguang SWCS Excellence Chen, Robert in Applied Weber, Cataly- Mark sis award from Daniel Shantz. Bussell, Front Row leftsis awardto right: from Suljo Daniel Linic, Shantz.Mike Wong, Bill Schneider .

Southwest Catalysis  Professor Suljo Linic (Michigan) winner was Professor Michael Wong We hope to se everyone next year! Society  Professor William Schneider (Rice University). Mike gave a moving (Notre Dame) tribute to Professor Joe Hightower, Symposium Summary  Professor Jingguang Chen who was one of the founding mem- (Columbia) bers of the SWCS who passed away in he 2015 SWCS Symposium was  Professor Mark Bussell (Western the last year. held April 24, 2015 on the Univer- T Washington) The SWCS continues to benefit sity of Houston campus. Over one from an outstanding base of academic  Professor Ye Xu (Louisiana State) hundred students, faculty, and indus- and industrial scientists in the South- The student poster session had trial scientists attended the meeting. west Region. For anyone wishing to 24 entries, five of which were recog- The speakers included learn more about the SWCS please nized with awards. The 2015 SWCS  Dr. Robert Weber (PNNL) email Professor Dan Shantz at Excellence in Applied Catalysis Award [email protected]. Back to Cover Club Directory

CANADIAN CATALYSIS DIVISION Member-at-Large Director (Through Sept. 2017) Arrangements Chair Website: http://catalysisdivision.ca/ Hui Wang Dr. Adriaan Sachtler Eyas Mahmoud University of Saskatchewan UOP LLC University of Delaware Chair [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Josephine M. Hill University of Calgary Representative to NACS Representative to NACS Director Membership [email protected] Josephine M. Hill Dr. Christopher L. Marshall Pranit Metkar University of Calgary Argonne National Laboratory DuPont Past Chair [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Garry Rempel, FCIC University of Waterloo CATALYSIS CLUB OF CHICAGO CATALYSIS CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA Director Poster Session Website: http://catalysisclubchicago.org Website: http://catalysisclubphilly.org Bingjun Xu [email protected] University of Delaware

President Chair [email protected] Vice-Chair Dr. Paul Dietrich Vladimiros Nikolakis Tom Baker, MCIC BP Products North America University of Delaware Director Sponsorship University of Ottawa [email protected] [email protected] Alejandra Rivas-Cardona [email protected] Johnson Matthey

Vice President/Program Chair Chair-Elect [email protected] Secretary/Treasurer Dr. D.Y. Jan Torren Carlson Ying Zheng UOP LLC DuPont Webmaster University of New Brunswick [email protected] [email protected] Tyler Josephson [email protected] University of Delaware

Secretary Past Chair [email protected] Member-at-Large Dr. Dave Childers Carl Menning Ya-Huei (Cathy) Chin Northwestern University DuPont Representative to NACS University of Toronto [email protected] [email protected] Anne Gaffney [email protected] [email protected]

Treasurer Treasurer Member-at-Large Dr. Wolfgang A. Spieker Stephen Harris Serge Kaliaguine UOP LLC Renmatix Université Laval [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Director-Past President (Through Sept. 2016) Secretary Member-at-Large Dr. Christopher Nicholas Anton Petushkov Natalia Semagina UOP LLC Zeolyst International University of Alberta [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Director (Through Sept. 2016) Program Chair Member-at-Large Dr. James F. Brazdil Dan Slanac Cecile Siewe INEOS Corporation DuPont Shell [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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CATALYSIS SOCIETY OF METROPOLITAN NEW Webmaster Director NEW ENGLAND CATALYSIS SOCIETY YORK Roel Sanchez Dr. Javier Rivera de la Rosa President Web site: http://nycsweb.org BASF Corporation UANL N. Aaron Deskins [email protected] Worcester Polytechnic Institute Chair Representative to NACS [email protected] Xiaoming Wang Student Representative Dr. José A. de los Reyes Heredia BASF Corporation Ke Xiong Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Vice-President [email protected] University of Delaware Iztapalapa Yuriy Román [email protected] [email protected] MIT Past-Chair [email protected] Lucas Dorazio NACS Representative MICHIGAN CATALYSIS SOCIETY BASF Corporation Israel Wachs President Treasurer [email protected] Lehigh University E.M. (Ted) Calverley Wei Fan [email protected] The Dow Chemical Company University of Massachusetts Amherst Chair-Elect [email protected] [email protected] Zhong He MEXICAN ACADEMY OF CATALYSIS Primus Green Energy Website: http://www.acat.org.mx Vice President Secretary [email protected] Hongfei Jia Xiaowei Teng President Toyota Research Institute of North America University of New Hampshire Secretary Dr. Luis Cedeño Caero [email protected] [email protected] Fuat E. Celik Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Rutgers University [email protected] Secretary-Treasurer Representative to NACS [email protected] Vladimir V. Pushkarev William Curtis Conner Vice-President Dow Corning Corporation University of Massachusetts Amherst Treasurer Dr. Julia Aguilar Pliego [email protected] [email protected] John Brody UAM-A ExxonMobil Director [email protected] Secretary Eranda Nikolla Dr. Martha Leticia Hernández Pichardo Wayne State University Director - Membership IPN [email protected] Taejin Kim Stony Brook University Treasurer Director [email protected] Dr. Aída Gutiérrez Alejandre Wei Li Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico General Motors Director [email protected] John Byrne Director BASF Corporation Dr. Sergio Gómez Torres Director [email protected] UAM-I Suljo Linic University of Michigan Director Director [email protected] Marco Castaldi Dr. Raúl Pérez Hernández The City College of New York ININ Representative to NACS [email protected] Eric Stangland The Dow Chemical Company [email protected]

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ORGANIC REACTIONS CATALYSIS SOCIETY Director PACIFIC COAST CATALYSIS SOCIETY PITTSBURGH–CLEVELAND CATALYSIS SOCIETY Website: http://www.orcs.org Sourav Sengupta Chair Website: http://www.pitt.edu/~gveser/PCCS/ DuPont Chuck Peden index.html Chair [email protected] Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Will Medlin [email protected] President University of Colorado Non-North American Director Rob Rioux [email protected] Dan Ostgard Vice-Chair Pennsylvania State University Evonik Corporation Susannah Scott [email protected] Past Chair [email protected] University of California, Santa Barbara Susannah Scott Director to 2016 [email protected] President-Elect University of California Santa Barbara Zhenmeng Peng [email protected] Representative to NACS Treasurer University of Akron Christopher W. Jones Kaidong Chen [email protected] Chair-Elect Georgia Institute of Technology Chevron Technology and Marketing Charles Orella [email protected] [email protected] Secretary Merck Jacob Boes [email protected] Secretary Carnegie Mellon University Yong Wang [email protected] Secretary-Treasurer Washington State University Karl Albrecht [email protected] Treasurer Pacific Northwest National Lab. Michael Janik [email protected] Representative to NACS Pennsylvania State University Alex Katz [email protected] Director University of California, Berkeley Jaime Blanton [email protected] Director/Representative to NACS Evonik Corporation Götz Veser [email protected] University of Pittsburgh [email protected] Director Janette Villalobos Procter & Gamble [email protected]

Director Bala Subramaniam University of Kansas [email protected]

Director Bert Chandler Trinity University [email protected]

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN CATALYSIS SOCIETY SOUTHEASTERN CATALYSIS SOCIETY SOUTHWEST CATALYSIS SOCIETY TRI-STATE CATALYSIS SOCIETY President President/Chairman http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~wonglab/ President Morris D. Argyle Carsten Sievers southwest.html Uschi M. Graham Brigham Young University Georgia Institute of Technology Topasol LLC [email protected] [email protected] Chair [email protected] Dan Shantz Secretary-Treasurer Vice-President/President-Elect Tulane University President-Elect Joseph H. Holles John Kuhn [email protected] Gary Jacobs University of Wyoming University of South Florida University of Kentucky [email protected] [email protected] Chair-Elect Teng Xu Secretary Representative to NACS Past President/Chairman ExxonMobil Chemical Wayne Turbeville Ryan Richards David Mullins [email protected] Clariant Colorado School of Mines Oak Ridge National Laboratory [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Past-Chair Bert Chandler Treasurer Secretary Trinity University Mahendra Sunkara Siris O. Laursen [email protected] University of Louisville University of Tennessee [email protected] Secretary Representative to NACS Jeffrey Rimer Umit S. Ozkan Treasurer University of Houston The Ohio State University Todd J. Toops [email protected] [email protected] Oak Ridge National Laboratory [email protected] Treasurer Victor Johnston Director Celanese Steven H. Overbury [email protected] Oak Ridge National Laboratory [email protected] Director Lars Grabow University of Houston [email protected]

Director John W. Novak, Jr. Pacific Industrial Development Corp. [email protected]

Director Lin Luo The Dow Chemical Company [email protected]

NACS Representative Mike Reynolds Shell International Exploration and Production [email protected]