gounder research group
Heterogeneous Catalysis · Kinetics and Mechanisms · Zeolite Synthesis
Fuels and Chemicals Production · Automotive Pollution Abatement
RECENT NEWS
Jan. 2025: Congratulations to Brandon Bolton for his paper on reaction hysteresis during NH3 oxidation on Pt catalysts being accepted in ACS Catalysis!
Jan. 2025: Congratulations to Tania Class Martinez for receiving an oral presentation award at the Chicago Catalysis Club Symposium!
Jan. 2025: Congratulations to Bryan Cruz Delgado, Diamarys Salome Rivera, Andrew Norfleet, and Angel Santiago Colon receiving poster awards at the Chicago Catalysis Club Symposium!
Jan. 2025: Welcome to Sarah Mollan as a new undergraduate researcher, and Victor Baldovino Medrano as a new visiting scholar, in the group!
Jan. 2025: Raj Gounder receives the PECASE Award.
Jan. 2025: Raj Gounder joins the Editorial Committee of the Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
Dec. 2024: Congratulations to Jason Bates for his perspective on experimental research methods to measure chemical kinetics on solid catalysts being accepted in Catalysis Reviews!
Dec. 2024: Congratulations to group alumnus Jamie Harris for receiving the NSF Career Award!
Nov. 2024: Welcome to Caleb Lavallee, Nishant Kahane, Wei-Ting Chung, and Reagan Huckabee as new graduate students in the group!
Oct. 2024: Congratulations to John Di Iorio, Claire Nimlos, and Casey Jones and our BASF co-inventors on being awarded a U. S. patent on synthesis of CHA zeolites with unique morphologies!
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
[111] Mechanistic Insights into NH3 Oxidation Rate and Selectivity Hysteresis on Pt/Al2O3 Catalysts, Bolton et al., ACS Catalysis, 15 (2025) 3350-3362
[110] Chemical Kinetics of Heterogeneous Catalysis: Experimental Research Methodologies and Case Studies of Site-Isolated Materials, Bates et al., Catalysis Reviews, (2025) in press
[107] Advances and Challenges in Designing Active Site Environments in Zeolites for Brønsted Acid Catalysis, Ezenwa et al., ChemComm, 60 (2024) 12118-12143
[106] Assessing the Influences of Kinetics and Intrazeolite Diffusion on Propene Oligomerization Product Selectivity in MFI Zeolites, Bickel Rogers et al., Journal of Catalysis, 438 (2024) 115721
[104] Influence of Aluminum Zoning Toward External Surfaces in MFI Zeolites on Propene Oligomerization Catalysis, Diaz Arroyo, Hur et al., Dalton Transactions, 53 (2024) 12057-12063
[100] Synthetic Placement of Active Sites in Zeolites for Selective Toluene Methylation to Para-Xylene, Ezenwa et al., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146 (2024) 10666-10678