Energy and Environment
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Reaction Mechanisms, Kinetics, and Transport
Theory and Computation
Artificial Intelligence
Our group strives to develop accurate analytical methods and rational design strategies for catalytic processes and materials that are essential for achieving carbon neutrality, energy sustainability, and emissions control.
November 2025
Our new paper "Mechanistic Descriptions and Kinetic Trends in CO2 Hydrogenation on Ru, Co, and Ni Nanoparticles" has been published in ACS Catal.
Our new paper "Experimental and kinetic treatments of reaction rates influenced by deactivation during alkane dehydrogenation on dispersed metal nanoparticles" (invited perspective) has been accepted for publication in Mol. Catal.
October 2025
The Hu group welcomes Paulo Morgado, joining the group as a graduate student researcher.
August 2025
The Hu group welcomes Xinyu Li, joining the group as a graduate student researcher, and Jorge Contreras, Lawrence Diles, and Mia Vasquez, joining the group as undergraduate student researchers.
Wenshuo began teaching CHE 4391/5391 Chemical Engineering Application in Energy Science.
A Mechanism-Based Strategy for Controlling CH4 and CO Selectivities in CO2–H2 Reactions on Dispersed Ru, Co, and Ni Nanoparticles. W. Hu, G. Tate, E. Iglesia, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 147 (2025) 19185−19199.
Dynamics of Elementary Steps on Metal Surfaces at High Coverages: The Prevalence and Kinetic Competence of Contiguous Bare-Atom Ensembles. W. Hu, E. Iglesia, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146 (2024) 22064−22076.
Consequences of metal-acid site proximity for alkane isomerization and β-scission mediated by bifunctional catalytic cascades. W. Hu, G. Noh, E. Iglesia, J. Catal. 425 (2023) 125–142.
Dynamic Binuclear CuII Sites in the Reduction Half-Cycle of Low-Temperature NH3–SCR over Cu-CHA Catalysts. W. Hu, F. Gramigni, ND. Nasello, N. Usberti, U. Iacobone, S. Liu, I. Nova, X. Gao, E. Tronconi, ACS Catal. 12 (2022) 5263-5274.
On the Redox Mechanism of Low‐Temperature NH3‐SCR over Cu‐CHA: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Reduction Half Cycle. W. Hu, T. Selleri, F. Gramigni, E. Fenes, KR. Rout, S. Liu, I. Nova, D. Chen, X. Gao, E. Tronconi, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 60 (2021) 7197-7204. (Hot Paper)