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NACS Newsletter Letter form the Awards Presented by VOLUME LV, ISSUE 1 Club News Club Directory WWW.NACATSOC.ORG President NACS Cong-Yan Chen Enrique Iglesia Thomas Jaramillo Beatriz Roldan Deng-Yang Jan Manos Mavrikakis Graham Hutchings Ciapetta Award Service Award Emmett Award Emmett Award Houdry Award Burwell Award Boudart Award Back to Cover National Officers: President - Jingguang Chen, Columbia Letter form the President University & Brookhaven National Election for Directors-at-Large Laboratory; Vice-President - Christopher Jones, Georgia Insti- tute of Technology; Secretary - Javier Guzman, ExxonMobil; Treasurer - Beata Kilos, Dow Chemical Company; Lead Trus- tee - Thomas F. Degnan, Jr., University of Notre Dame; Com- he election for Directors-at-Large is will be selecting four candidates munications Director - Edrick NACS Board has approved Prof. Thomas Jaramillo Morales, Sasol (USA) Corporation. for selecting up to two and Prof. Beatriz Roldan- T scheduled to start on April 15, 2021. from academia and two candi- NACS will be using online balloting as the dates from Industry and National Club Representatives: Chicago winners for the Paul H. Cuenya: Paul H. Emmett (CCC) - Justin M. Notestein, only way to cast your vote. We have con- Labs for a total of six candidates Northwestern University; Canada Emmett Award. As Award in Fundamental Ca- tracted with a firm that is experienced in on for the office of Director-at-Large. (CCD) - Hui Wang, University of Saskatchewan; Philadelphia described in this newsletter, talysis -line voting to ensure the accuracy and Voters will need to log back (CCP) - Mike Smith, Villanova confidentiality of the process. in and complete the ballot from University; New York (CSNY) - the following researchers Please join me in con- Marco Castaldi, City University of You will be receiving two email mes- scratch if they log out or close the were selected by their gratulating them for the New York; Great Plains (GPCS) - browser window without submit- Daniel Resasco, University of sages before the start of the election with Oklahoma; Mexico (MAC) - peers as the award well-deserved honor! They the subject headline “NACS ELECTIONS FOR ting their ballot. Your password Javier Rivera de la Rosa, Univer- recipients for the 2019-2021 will be recognized in the will be deactivated after you rec- sidad Autónoma de Nuevo León; DIRECTORS-at-LARGE”. The first email will be Michigan (MCS) - Eric Stangland, award cycle: award banquet during the in your mail box the first week of April con- ord your vote. Dow Inc.; New England (NECS) - taining a link to download a special issue of Links to download the candi- Andrew Peterson, Brown Universi- Dr. Cong-Yan Chen: next NAM in New York City, ty; Organic Reactions Catalysis the newsletter with the biography of all the date biographies will be available Society (ORCS) - Karl O. Albrecht, F.G. Ciapetta Lectureship in scheduled to be held on Archer Daniels Midland Compa- candidates. The second email will be con- on the Home page of NACS web- ny; Pittsburgh-Cleveland (PCCS) - Catalysis May 22-27, 2022. taining your username, unique password site. Götz Veser, University of Pitts- burgh; Pacific Coast (PCCS) - Prof. Enrique Iglesia: and a link to a restricted voting webpage. The online balloting website Alexander Katz, University of Please don’t delete this email until you cast will close on April 29. California-Berkeley; Rocky Moun- would like to Award for Distinguished Ser- your vote. If you have a problem receiving tain (RMCS) - Ryan Richards, congratulate the winners vice in the Advancement of Colorado School of Mines; South- I this email, please contact Edrick Morales at eastern (SECS) - Carsten Sievers, of the six awards presented Catalysis Georgia Institute of Technology; [email protected]. Southwest (SWCS) - Bert Chandle, by the North American Dr. Deng-Yang Jan: Eu- Jingguang Chen The voting site's log in page will have Trinity University; Tri-State (TSCS) - Umit S. Ozkan, The Ohio State Catalysis Society. These gene J. Houdry Award in President, NACS instructions on how to cast your electronic University. ballot . prestigious awards Applied Catalysis You can cast your vote starting on April Directors–at–Large: Abhaya recognize the excellence of Prof. Graham Hutchings: Datye, University of New Mexico; 15. The voting webpage will be held open Jim Dumesic, University of Wis- researchers both in North Michel Boudart Award for consin; John Armor, GlobalCatal- for two weeks to those members of NACS ysis.com ; Bruce C. Gates, Univer- America and around the the Advancement of Catal- (including students) who reside within North sity of California at Davis; Fabio H. Ribeiro, Purdue University; globe. In order to ysis America. Background information for each Stuart L. Soled, ExxonMobil. candidate will be available on the ballot recognize the growing Prof. Manos Mavrikakis: site with a link associated to each candi- Copyright © 2021 North American number of excellent young Robert Burwell Lectureship date’s name. On the ballot website, you Catalysis Society. researchers in catalysis, the in Catalysis Back to Cover Cong-Yan Chen of Chevron is the recipient of the Enrique Iglesia is the recipient of the 2021 NACS Award 2020 F. G. Ciapetta Lectureship in Catalysis for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Ca- talysis at some of the local catalysis nign process more attractive than the closing banquet ceremonies has served NACS as Vice Presi- clubs during the two-year period complex combinations of other at the 2021 North American Meet- dent and President and as Meet- covered by this award. existing technologies. Dr. Chen’s ing of the Catalysis Society ing Co-Chair for its NAM21. In Dr. Cong-Yan Chen’s re- work has been pioneering in the (NAM27 in New York City). each role, as well as in his tenure search for over 25 years at Chev- development of borosilicate zeo- The NACS Award for Distin- as NAE Section 3 Chair and ron covers various areas in the lites in the area of aromatics crea- guished Service in the Advance- Search Committee Chair, he has field of fundamental and industrial tion and transformations in the ment of Catalysis recognizes an focused on broadening the mem- catalysis including synthesis and petrochemicals sector. In another individual who advanced catalyt- bership and on encouraging, characterization of microporous example, a novel renewable ic chemistry or engineering by mentoring, and recognizing the and mesoporous molecular sieves, base oil technology is translated significant service to the catalysis achievements of young scientists structure-property relationships of into commercial value via zeolite community in addition to tech- and engineers. Perhaps his most zeolites, adsorption, diffusion and catalysis, raising the lubricants’ nical accomplishments. lasting legacy comes from his thir- reaction mechanisms. The work performance to the next level Dedication to catalysis teen-year tenure as Editor-in-Chief has had an emphasis on invention with environmental benefits and through service and leadership of Journal of Catalysis. Anyone and development of catalytic resource sustainability. has been a hallmark throughout who interacted with him in that applications of zeolites and other the professional career of Enrique role, and in all others, knows his catalysts in refining and petro- Congratulations! Iglesia, from his Princeton student passion for excellence in the study am pleased to announce that chemistry. He and his group de- am pleased to announce that days as President of AIChE and and practice of catalysis. The I Dr. Cong-Yan Chen of Chevron veloped several catalytic process- Jingguang Chen I Professor Enrique Iglesia of the Tau Beta Pi local chapters, to Sec- award citation reads “For tireless is the recipient of the 2020 F. G. es of industrial importance. In one President, North American Cataly- University of California at Berkeley tion Head for Catalysis Science at dedication to the stewardship of Ciapetta Lectureship in Catalysis. example, alkane disproportiona- sis Society and Pacific Northwest National Exxon, and as the mentor of a catalysis and for encouraging, Dr. Chen is also an adjunct profes- tion is applied in upgrading or Laboratory is the recipient of the prolific group at Berkeley. Early on, mentoring, and recognizing its sor in the Department of Chemi- eliminating liquid petroleum gas 2021 NACS Award for Distin- he served ACS and AIChE in lead- practitioners”. cal Engineering at the University (LPG, consisting of propane and guished Service in the Advance- ership positions, in which he of California at Davis. The award butanes) at remote locations, with ment of Catalysis. This award is championed the coalescence of Jingguang Chen is administered by the North the target of integrating the result- jointly sponsored by Clariant and catalysis within the Catalysis Sec- President, North American Cataly- American Catalysis Society and ing ethane into natural gas and ExxonMobil Research and Engi- retariat (later a Division) at ACS sis Society sponsored by the W. R. Grace & blending the resulting C5+ liquid neering and is administered by and the Catalysis and Reaction Co. It is to be awarded biennially into crude oil while saving the the North American Catalysis So- Engineering Division at AIChE. He in even-numbered years. The transportation and storage facili- ciety. The award consists of a has served IACS as Program Co- award consists of a plaque and ties for LPG. It provides an eco- plaque and a prize of $5,000. The Chair of the 11th ICC, as Vice- an honorarium of $5,000. The re- nomic and environmentally be- plaque will be presented during President and President-Elect, and cipient may be invited to lecture as the 17th ICC Meeting Chair. He Back to Cover 2021–2022 Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis am pleased to announce the The NACS Board has recently and development of catalysts for tification and quantification of thermal and electro-catalytic re- ments.