January 2019

Professor Monnier obtained his PhD in Physical Chemistry in 1978from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He had a distinguished technical career with Eastman Kodak Company, retiring as a Technology Fellow in 2004. He then joined the University of South Carolina and has continued his career in research and graduate student advising. His research group focuses on heterogeneous catalysis, ranging from rational catalyst design and synthesis to characterization and evaluation. Current interests are in the design and synthesis of novel bimetallic catalysts for the selective transformation...Read more

Bingjun Xu is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Delaware. Dr. Xu received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, advised by Profs. Friend and Madix, from Harvard University in 2011. His thesis established a mechanistic framework for oxidative coupling reactions on the Au surface through surface science studies. Dr. Xu worked with Prof. Davis at Caltech on the development of a low temperature, manganese oxide based thermochemical cycle for water splitting. Upon finishing his postdoc, he joined the Department of Chemical...Read more

Raul F. Lobo is the Claire D. LeClaire professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the|University of Delaware and Director of the Center for Catalytic Science and Technology. His|research interests span the development of novel porous materials for catalysis and separations, the chemistry of zeolites, catalysis for energy and the environment, and the scientific aspects of catalyst synthesis. He has published over one hundred sixty refereed reports and he is co-inventor in four US patents. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Costa Rica...Read more