Energy and Environment
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Digital Twins
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.
May 2026
Congratulations to Jaylin George, an undergraduate researcher in our group, on receiving the CHE Outstanding Researcher Award!
Wenshuo has been selected as a Most Influential Faculty Member in the Whitacre College of Engineering.
Wenshuo has been nominated for Full Membership in Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, in recognition of his scholarly achievements and contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the catalysis field.
Our new paper, in collaboration with Dr. Malmali, "Overcoming Kinetic Barriers via Continuous Absorption-Enhanced Methanol Synthesis in an Integrated Reactor-Absorber Process" has been published in Chem. Eng. J.
March 2026
Wenshuo co-presided the "Kinetic and Mechanistic Insights to Catalysis: From Complexity to Elegance: Thermodynamics and Kinetics Across Interfaces & Zeolites" session at the ACS Spring 2026 in Atlanta, GA.
He also presented recent work titled "Mechanistic insights and selectivity control in the hydrogenation of CO2 and CO on dispersed Ru, CO, and Ni nanoparticles" at the ACS Spring 2026.
February 2026
Congratulations to Spencer Murrell, an undergraduate researcher in our group, on receiving the Koh Family Scholarship! Spencer will continue his research with us as a PhD student beginning in Fall 2026.
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)