Senior Research Scientist
Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, University of Southern California
Alain Goeppert was born in 1974 in Strasbourg, France. After obtaining his diploma in chemistry from the University Robert Schuman in Strasbourg, he received his engineering degree from the Fachhochschule Aalen, Germany. He then returned to Strasbourg to study the reactivity of alkanes in strong acid systems under the direction of Prof Jean Sommer at the Université Louis Pasteur, earning his PhD in 2002. He then joined the groups of Professors George A. Olah and G. K. Surya Prakash at the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute where he is currently a Senior Research Scientist. Dr. Goeppert's research is focused on the transformation of methane and CO2 into more valuable products and CO2 capture technologies.