Alumni

Karoline Kvande
Current Employment: Miljørådgivere

Nicholas R. Jaegers
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico

Fang Wan Tsinghua University
Current Employment: PhD Student

Wenshuo Hu Texas Tech University
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University

Emanuel Virgilio

Zhongyao Zhang Project: MCH Dehydrogenation
Current Employment: Shenzhen university

Gregory Tate Project: Catalysis
Current Employment: Applied Catalysts

Felix Herter Project: Ethanol to Butadiene
Current Employment: RWTH Aachen

Jorge Quesada Project: Alkene Metathesis
Current Employment: University of Oviedo

Divya Prasad Project: Reverse Water-gas Shift
Current Employment: Cornell University

Vardan Danghyan Project: Propane Dehydrogenation
Current Employment: BASF

Sai Chen Tianjin University
Project: MCH Dehydrogenation
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Tianjin University

Sang Jae Park Project: Coupling Strategies for Water-Gas Shift Reaction
Current Employment: Research Engineer, Applied Materials

Samuel Leung Project: Exploiting Diffusional Constraints in Small Pore Zeolites for C1-C2 Reactions
Current Employment: Research Engineer, Braskem

Unai De La Torre Project: Coupling Strategies for Water-Gas Shift Reaction
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, University of the Basque Country, Spain

Junnan Shangguan Project: Non-oxidative Dehydrogenation on Dispersed Metal Oxides
Current Employment: Research Scientist, Origin Materials, Toronto, Canada

Ari Fischer Project: Understanding Support Effects in Hydrogen Spillover-Mediated Catalysis
Current Employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, Nanyan Technological University, Singapore

Haefa Mansour Project: Dehydrogenation of Light Alkanes
Current Employment: Bain & Company

Haiyan Wang

Taeyong Kim Project: Prediction of O2 activation and Oxidation Catalysis by Metal Oxides

Biswanath Dutta Project: Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Catalytic Materials for Oxidation Catalysis and Non-Oxidative Dehydrogenation Processes
Current Employment: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Sol Ahn

Shashikant Kadam

Steffen Laumen

Xiaoyu Zhou Project: Studies Towards the Direct Propylene Epoxidation on Encapsulated Gold-Nanoparticles Within the Titanium Silicalite-1 Framework
Current Employment: PhD Student, ETH Zurich

Stephanie Kwon Project: Composition-Function Relations for Oxidation Catalysis on Polyoxometalate Clusters
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines

Teng Fu Project: Transient Kinetic and Spectroscopic Study of Catalytic Non-oxidative Dehydrogenation of Light Alkanes on Dispersed Oxide Nanostructures
Current Employment: Research Scientist, BASF Advanced Chemicals Co., Ltd., Shanghai

Trenton Otto Project: Encapsulation of Bimetallic Clusters in Zeolites
Current Employment: Research Scientist, Chevron Energy Technology Company

Klito Petallidou Project: The Effect of Water on the Mechanism and Kinetics of Fischer-Tropsch over Bimetallic Co-based Catalysts
Current Employment: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chemistry Department, University of Cyprus

Xueqiang (Alex) Zhang Project: N2O Decomposition on Co3O4
Current Employment: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Advanced Light Source, LBNL

Jiahan Xie Project: Dehydrocyclodimerization of Light Alkanes on Bifunctional Metal-Acid Catalysts
Current Employment: Research Scientist Specialist, Braskem USA

Iria Rodriguez Project: Catalytic Properties of Very Monodisperse Naked Atomic Quantum Clusters (AQCs) Synthesized by Wet Chemical Techniques
Current Employment: Ph.D. Candidate, Unversity of Santiago de Compostela

Jayeon Baek Project: Prins Condensation
Current Employment: Staff Scientist, Korea Institue of Industrial Technology (KITECH)

David Kuss Current Employment: Graduate Student, RWTH Aachen University

Maurice Vennewald Current Employment: Graduate Student, RWTH Aachen University

Edison Zuluaga Project: Use of transition metal catalysts for the abatement of NOx emission
Current Employment: PhD Student, National University of Colombia

Gina Noh Project: Understanding Consequences of Diffusion in Bifunctional Catalysis
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Penn State University

Jane Shi Project: Assessment of diffusion timescales in zeolites using transient sorption method
Current Employment: Graduate Student, University of Minnesota

Mina Alyani Project: Kinetic Assessment of Alkanol Dehydrogenation on Metal Catalysts
Current Employment: Process Designer, ExxonMobil Canada

Dilek Varisli Project: The synthesis, characterization and mechanistic evaluation of microporous materials for catalytic applications
Current Employment: Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Gazi University, Turkey

Alexander Thebelt Project: DFT Simulation of N2O decomposition on a Co3O4 catalyst
Current Employment: Graduate Student Chemical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Iker Aguirrezabal Project: Coupling Dimerization and Metathesis Reactions
Current Employment: Postdoctoral position, Chemical and Environmental Engineering Department, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain

Hale Ay Project: CO reactions with H2 on Supported Co clusters: Kinetic Measurements Combined with Spectroscopic Studies

Shuai Wang Project: Development of Novel Catalysts and Processes for the Selective Removal of Oxygen from Organic Molecules
Current Employment: Professor, Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University, China

Hannes Simboeck Project: Kinetic studies on Co-based mixed oxides for NO oxidation
Current Employment: PhD Candidate, RWTH Aachen University

Lara Milakovic Project: Mechanistic studies of MTH chemistry on zeolitic Brønsted acids

Stanley Herrmann Project: Oxygen Removal and Condensation Reactions of Oxygenates on Solid Acid Catalysts
Current Employment: Staff Scientist, Rennovia

Allie Landry Project: Characterization and Reactivity of Uniform Bimetallic Clusters
Current Employment: Food Chemist, JUST, Inc.

Michele Sarazen Project: Acid and Bifunctional Catalysts for Chain Growth Reactions of Alkenes and Alkanes
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Princeton University

Lei Ma Project: Preparation of Metal-Clusters Supported Zeolite Catalysts and Their Application in Methane Dehydroaromatization
Current Employment: Associate Professor, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Will Knaeble Project: Catalytic Consequences of Composition for Acid and Oxidation Chemistry on Keggin Polyoxometalate Clusters
Current Employment: Exxon-Mobil

Prashant Deshlahra Project: Spectroscopic Characterization and Catalytic Consequences of Redox Properties of Polyoxometalate Clusters
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Tufts University

Edwin Yik Project: Pathways for Selective Ring Opening Catalysis: Structural Requirements, Mechanism and Effects of S and N Heteroatoms
Current Employment: W.R. Grace Co., Columbia, MD

Jianwei Liu Project: CO reactions with H2 and H2O on noble metal clusters: site requirements and reaction mechanism.
Current Employment: Graduate Student, China University of Petroleum

Weiting Yu Project: Investigation of Hydrogenolysis Reactions of Alkanes and Oxygenates over Supported Metal Clusters

Sarika Goel Project: Synthesis and Catalytic Consequences of Metal Encapsulated Zeolites
Current Employment: UOP

Xueyi Zhang Project: Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

David Hibbitts Project: CO Activation and Chain Growth in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida

Xiaoqin Zou Project: Preparation of Metal-Clusters Supported Zeolite Catalysts and Their Application in Methane Dehydroaromatization
Current Employment: Professor, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

Kasia Kornecki Project: Methane dehydroaromatization
Current Employment: Vigor Tech USA

Elif Gurbuz Project: Investigation of Hydrogenolysis Reactions of Alkanes and Oxygenates over Supported Metal Clusters
Current Employment: Staff Scientist, Rennovia

Andrew Jones Project: Understanding Condsequences of Solvation and Acid Strength in Solid Acid Catalysis
Current Employment: J.-K. Co.

Fabio Toniolo Project: CO reactions with H2 and H2O on noble metal clusters: site requirements and reaction mechanism.
Current Employment: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Douglas Rodriguez Project: Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
Current Employment: Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidad de Zulia, Venezuela

Hannes Simboeck Project: Nitric Oxide Reduction by H2 on Noble Metal Catalysts
Current Employment: Ph.D. Candidate, RWTH Aachen University

Despina Tzoulaki Project: Investigation of the Diffusional Properties of Microporous Solids by means of Transient Experimental Method
Current Employment: Staff Scientist, Haldor Topsøe A/S

Shengping Wang Current Employment: Professor, Tianjin University, China

Masaoki Iwasaki Current Employment: Researcher, Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc, Japan

Mónica García Diéguez Project: Catalytic Activation of Hydrocarbons on Supported Metal Clusters
Current Employment: Staff Scientist, Johnson-Matthey, UK

Ana Arévalo Project: Functional characterization of metal surfaces and porous catalytic solids at high temperatures and by using frequency response techniques.
Current Employment: Development Specialist, Adsorption Materials R&D, Praxair Inc.

Dave Flaherty Project: Investigation of the Effects of Molecular Substrate and Catalyst Structure on Bond Activation Selectivities in Hydrogenolysis
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois

Brett Loveless Project: CO Adsorption, Activation, and C-C Bond Formation in Synthesis Gas Conversion
Current Employment: Exxon-Mobil

Robert Carr Project: Catalytic Consequences of Composition for Acid and Oxidation Chemistry on Keggin Polyoxometalate Clusters
Current Employment: Exxon-Mobil

Sebastian Kunz Project: Catalytic Properties of Bimetallic Clusters
Current Employment: Deputy Head of Department of Catalysis & Carbohydrate Chemistry, Offstein, Germany

Wei Qi Project: Polyoxometalate Clusters as Acid and Oxidation Catalysts

Yingna Sun Project: Kinetic Study of CO Hydrogenation Reaction on Supported Metal Clusters

Nancy Artioli Project: Catalytic Nitric Oxide Oxidation on Micro and Mesoporous Zeolites
Current Employment: Postdoctoral Scholar, Laboratoire Catalyse & Spectrochimie Caen, Caen, France

Rajamani Gounder Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University

Romel Jimenez Project: Nitric Oxide Removal via Reduction by H2 and Decomposition on Pt Catalysts
Current Employment: Professor, Universidad de Concepción - Chile

Diana Rodriguez-Ortiz Project: Modeling reduction and oxidation of Keggin H3PMo12O40 supported on SiO2 during methanol ODH
Current Employment: VERSA Engineering and Technology

Jungkyu Choi Project: Characterization of Diffusion and Isotopic Exchange Rates of Molecules using a Transient Flow System
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Korea University

Huamin Wang Project: Mechanistic and Kinetic Studies of Hydrodesulfurization over Supported Ruthenium Catalysts
Current Employment: Research Engineer, Chemical & Biological Process Development Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA

Zhijie Wu Project: Synthesis and Catalytic Studies of Metals Encapsulated within Zeolite Materials
Current Employment: Professor, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing, China

Cathy Chin Project: Catalytic Activation of Methane on Supported Metal Clusters
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto

Alex Yip Project: Selective Homologation Routes to High-valued Hydrocarbons over Solid Acid Catalysts
Current Employment: Lecturer, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Jarred Ghilarducci Project: The Design and Synthesis of Immobilized Calixarenes for the Specific Adsorption and Catalysis of Organic Molecules (with A. Katz
Current Employment: Petroleum Engineer, Berry Petroleum

Masayuki Yoshimura Project: Structural Requirements and Reaction Pathways for NH3 and N2O Formation
Current Employment: Research Scientist, Showa Denko K. K.

Margrethe Nergaard Project: Synthesis and Characterization of Metal-Encapsulated Zeolites
Current Employment: Graduate Student, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Tatiana Luts Project: NOx Storage and Reduction over New Designed Catalysts(with A. Katz)

Brian Weiss Project: Durable, Low-Cost, Atomically Layered Lean-NOx Traps
Current Employment: Exxon-Mobil

Minkee Choi Project: Synthesis and Catalytic Applications of Metal-Encapsulated Zeolite Materials
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Dept. Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-701, Republic of Korea

Dante Simonetti Project: Homologation of Light Oxygenates and Alkanes over Solid Acid Catalysts
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles

Song-Hai Chai Project: Early Transition Metal Oxides as Catalysts: Crossing Scales from Clusters to Single Crystals to Functioning Materials
Current Employment: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Nanomaterials Chemistry Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6201

Alper Uzun Project: Mechanistic and Kinetic Studies of Ring Opening Reactions on Supported Metal Clusters
Current Employment: Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Koc University, Istanbul

De Chen Project: Selective Removal of Oxygen from Biomass-Derived Oxygenates
Current Employment: Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Jun Zhu Project: Selective Removal of Oxygen from Biomass-Derived Oxygenates
Current Employment: Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Anja Rumplecker Project: Synthesis and Application of Zeolites and Zeolite-like Materials (with Stacey Zones)
Current Employment: Scientist at Siluria Technologies, San Francisco

Gustavo A. Fuentes Project: NOx Selective Catalytic Reduction; Catalytic upgrading of bio-based feedstocks
Current Employment: Professor, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico

Kazuyuki Kiriyama Project: Mechanistic Studies of Hydrodesulfurization Reactions on Ruthenium Supported Catalysts

Alexander Büchner Project: Chemisorption and Oxidation of Transition Metals
Current Employment: Research Associate, Department of Plant and Process, Technical University of Munich

Juan Bravo Suarez Project: Mechanistic Studies of Hydrodesulfurization and Hydrodeoxygenation Reactions on Ruthenium Supported Catalysts
Current Employment: Research Associate, Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Maria Eugenia Sad Project: Selective Removal of Oxygen from Biomass by Carbon Monoxide
Current Employment: Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santiago del Estero 2654, 3000, Santa Fe, Argentina

Xinyu Xia Project: Fundamental Studies of Hydrogen Management in the Catalytic Conversion of Petroleum to Transportation Fuel
Current Employment: Power, Environment and Energy Research Institute, Covina, CA

Michael Zboray Project: Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Light Alkanes over Bilayered Metal Oxides (with A. Bell)
Current Employment: Software Developer, Oslsoft, San Leandro, CA.

Russell Morris Project: In Search of Chiral Zeolites - Chiral Induction using Enantiomerically Pure Ionic Liquids (with Stacey Zones)
Current Employment: Professor of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland, UK

Carlo Visconti Project: The Mechanism of the Initial Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation in the Higher Alcohols Synthesis on Rh-based Catalysts
Current Employment: Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

Xiaodong Wu Project: Structural Requirements and Reaction Pathways for NH3 and N2O Formation
Current Employment: Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing

Stefan Hollak Project: Catalytic Effect of Metal Encapsulation in Different Zeolite Materials via Hydrothermal Crystallization

Eva Diaz Project: Gas Phase Partial Oxidation of Glycerol
Current Employment: Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Oviedo, Spain

Salvador Ordonez Project: Mechanistic Studies of Hydrodeoxygenation Reactions on Ruthenium Supported Catalysts
Current Employment: Professor, Dept. of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Oviedo, Spain

Josef Macht Project: Oxidation and Acid Catalysis on Polyoxometalate Clusters
Current Employment: Research scientist in catalysis research, BASF SE, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany

Beata Kilos Project: Ethanol Oxidation Over Supported V/Cr/Mo Oxides (with A. Bell)
Current Employment: The Dow Chemical Company, Chemistry & Catalysis, Core R&D, 1776 Building, Office B16-C, Midland, MI 48674, Phone: 989-638-8290, Fax: 989-638-6225

Benedikt Westermaier Project: Synthesis and Characterization of Delaminated Microporous Catalysts

John Ahn Project: Methanol and Dimethyl Ether Conversion with Solid Acid Catalysts
Current Employment: Monsanto

Arne Dinse Project: Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Light Alkanes on Different Supported Vanadia Catalysts
Current Employment: Staff Scientist, BP

Burcin Temel Project: Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Methanol and Dimethyl Ether Conversion on Solid Acid Catalysts
Current Employment: Haldor Topsøe A/S, Nymøllevej 55, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, Phone: +45 22754467

Manuel Ojeda Project: Design, Synthesis, and Mechanistic Evaluation of Iron-Based Catalysis for Synthesis Gas Conversion to Fuels and Chemicals
Current Employment: BP, p.l.c.

Do Kyoung Kim Project: Methane Reforming, Partial Oxidation, and Carbon Formation by Bimetallic Catalysts
Current Employment: Principal Scientist, SK Innovation, Catalyst Lab, Korea

Kazuhiro Takanabe Project: An Exploratory Study of Combining Oxidative Methane Coupling with Oxidation or Homologation Reactions of its C2 Products
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical & Life Science & Engineering, KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC), 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Calvin daRosa Project: Reactive Coatings on Silicon Microstructures: Synthesis Mechanism, Structure, and Catalytic Function (with R. Maboudian)
Current Employment: Demo/Characterization Manager, Wafer Inspection Division, KLA-Tencor, M/S 5-2017, One Technology Drive, Milpitas, CA

Ayman Allian Project: CO Oxidation over Noble metal-based Catalysts
Current Employment: Senior Research Engineer, Global Pharmaceutical R&D, Abbott Laboratories, Dept. R45R, Bldg. R8-4, 1401 Sheridan Road, North Chicago, IL

Nan Yao Project: Selective Oxidation of Alkanes to Acids on Dispersed Metal Oxide Domains
Current Employment: Professor, Research Institute for Industrial Chemistry (Resources and Environment Catalysis) Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou, 310014 China

Xuebing Li Project: Structural Requirements and Reaction Pathways in the Selective Oxidation of Alkanes to Acids on Dispersed Metal Oxide Domains
Current Employment: Professor, Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Qingdao University, Address: No. 189 Sonling Road, Qingdao, Shangdong, P.R.China 266101, Tel: +86 532 80662757

Haichao Liu Current Employment: Professor, Peking University, Beijing, China, Tel: + 86 10 62754031

Aditya Bhan Project: Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Carbonylation Mechanisms on Solid Acid Catalysts
Current Employment: Associate Professor Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science University of Minnesota 410 Amundson Hall 421 Washington Avenue SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 Phone:1-612-626-3981 Fax: 1-612-626-7246

Akio Ishikawa Project: Novel Catalytic Materials for the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
Current Employment: H.C. Starck GmbH, Applied Technology Manager CLEVIOS, HCS Leverkusen, Chempark B 202, 51368 Leverkusen

Aritomo Yamaguchi Project: Reforming, Partial Oxidation, and Carbon Formation by Pd and Co based Catalysts
Current Employment: Research Center for Compact Chemical Process, Advanced Inductrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan

Bi-Zeng Zhan Ph.D. Chemistry (1998) The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Project: Zeolite-Catalyzed Selective Oxidation of Hydrocarbons
Current Employment: Research Scientist, Chevron Energy Technology Company, Catalysis Unit, 100 Chevron Way, Building 10-1412, Richmond, CA 94802 (phone:510-242-3471) (fax:510-242-2823)

Justin Notestein Project: The Design and Synthesis of Immobilized Calixarenes for the Specific Adsorption and Catalysis of Organic Molecules (with A. Katz)
Current Employment: Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Rd, Tech E136, Evanston, IL 60208

Janine Lichtenberger Ph.D. Chemical Engineering (2004) University of South Carolina
Project: Reaction of Methane over Catalysts Exhibiting Redox and Base Properties
Current Employment: UOP

Feng Wang Ph.D. Physical Chemistry (2005) Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China
Project: NO/NO2 gas trap in functionalized materials
Current Employment: Professor, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China

Ana Valera Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
Project: Kinetic Studies of Carbon Nanotube Growth
Current Employment: Doctoral Student, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain

Xing (Cindy) Yin Project: Oxidation and Acid Catalysis on Polyoxometalate Clusters
Current Employment: Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada

Patricia Cheung Project: Natural Gas Conversion: Novel Reactors and Catalysis for Synthesis Gas Generation and Oxygenate Synthesis
Current Employment: Research Scientist, Dupont

Howard Lacheen Project: Synthesis, Characterization and Catalysis of Single-Site, Isolated Materials Consisting of High-Valent Cations within Constrained Geometries
Current Employment: Senior Research Engineer, Chevron

Bjorn Moden Current Employment: PQ Corporation

Shuwu Yang Project: Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Hydrocarbons
Current Employment: Chevron, Technology Marketing 100 Chevron Way, Room 10-2210 Richmond, CA

Mingshi Li Project: Methane Conversion Cooperative
Current Employment: Professor of Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Polytechnic University, Changzhou, China

Marianne Kox Project: In-situ UV/Vis Study of Supported PdO/Pd Clusters During Selective Oxidation of Methanol
Current Employment: Doctoral Student, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Tatiana Stuchinskaia Project: Early Transition Metal Oxides
Current Employment: Project Scientist, Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes CentNorwich Research Park, Norwich, UK

Jeffrey Zalc Project: Simulation Methods for Complex Reacting Systems
Current Employment: Technology Leader, New Technology, BP Refining Technology 150 W. Warrenville Road Mail Code 603-3E Naperville, IL 60563 USA mobile: US +1 630.881.5478 fax: +1.630.420.5367

Cristina Pedrero Project: Selective CO Oxidation in H2-rich Gas
Current Employment: Dual-language teacher, Evanston IL

Takashi Umeki Project: Novel Catalytic Materials for the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
Current Employment: Research Associate, Central Research Laboratories, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.

Rafael Roldán Mesa Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Cordoba, Spain
Project: Kinetic Study of Isobutane Reaction over Y-Zeolites

Doohwan Lee Current Employment: Materials and Devices Lab, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Yongin-Si, South Korea

Junmei Wei Current Employment: BASF Catalysts, LLC, 25 Middlesex/Essex Turnpike, Iselin, NJ 08830

Antonio Chica Current Employment: Tenured Scientist of Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Cientifico Titular del CSIC, Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica (CSIC-UPV), Avda. De los Naranjos S/N, 46022, Tf: 963877000 ext 78508, Fax: 963877809

Hongxing Dai Current Employment: Head of Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory for Green Catalysis and Separation, Key Laboratory of Beijing on Regional Air Pollution, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China

Morris Argyle Project: Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Light Alkanes on Metal Oxide Catalysts
Current Employment: Professor of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University

Toshio Waku Current Employment: Deputy General Manager, Hydrogen Business Promotion Dept.; JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

Jacky Au-Yeung Project: Low Temperature Catalytic Methane Combustion (with A. T. Bell)
Current Employment: Process Development at Associate Valentis Corp.

Sara Yu Choung Project: Coupling Alkane Dehydrogenation Reactions with Hydrogenation Reactions on Cation-Modified H-ZSM5
Current Employment: Professor, Department of Chemistry, Point Loma Nazarene University

June Yang Project: Selective Conversion of Light Alkanes (with A.T. Bell)
Current Employment: Senior Director, VMWARE

Mingting Xu Current Employment: Chevron ETC, Richmond CA, 94802, Office Phone # 510-242-1529

Boqing Xu Current Employment: Chief Professor and Deputy Director State Key Lab of C1 Chemistry and Technology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing

Shuibo Xie Current Employment: Managing gas-to-liquids wax/condensate upgrading and biofuels projects in Chevron's Downstream Technology.

Ryan Wilson Project: Tungsten Oxide Species as Strong Solid Acid Catalysts
Current Employment: UCR College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT)

Mai Tu

Peter Szedlacsek Current Employment: Hungarian Academy of Science, Institute of Isotopes, Budapest, Hungary

Brandy L. Stephens Project: Methanol and Isobutanol Synthesis from Syngas
Current Employment: Device Engineer; Motorola CISD, Phoenix, AZ

Shekar Sonwane Current Employment: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD

Dario Pinna Current Employment: Sasol Italy, Milano

Laetitia Oliviero Current Employment: Ensicaen, Caen, France

Chelsey Baertsch Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, Purdue University

Hyung-Seuk (John) Oh Current Employment: Team Leader on Environment Strategy Planning Team of the Business Strategy Planning Group, Hyundai Motor Company (Tel:82-2-3464-2010) (MP:82-10-4243-1881)

Michael Nutt Project: Design and Synthesis of Catalytic Membranes based on Thin Films

Joon-Seok Min Current Employment: Executive Director, ECOPRO, Korea

Jonathan Male Current Employment: Biomass Laboratory Relationship Manager, Energy & Efficiency Division / Energy & Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, MSIN P8-60, Richland, WA 99352

Eric Lu Project: Design and Synthesis of Catalytic Membranes based on Thin Films
Current Employment: Senior Manager, ENVIRON, www.environcorp.com, 18100 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 600, Irvine, CA 92612

Zheng Liu

Wei Li Current Employment: Research and Development Center, General Motors Corporation, Warren, MI

Lin Li Current Employment: Chevron Energy Technology Company, 100 Chevron Way, Richmond, CA 94802, 510-242-3166

Anwu Li Current Employment: Membrane Reactor Technologies, Vancouver, BC

Senzi Li Current Employment: Senior Staff Engineer, Light Blue Optics, San Jose, CA

Sundaram Krishnamoorthy Current Employment: W.R. Grace Co., Columbia, MD

Deuk Ki Lee Current Employment: Professor of Chemical Engineering, Kwangju University, Korea

Young Ho Kim (deceased)

Hae-Won Kim Current Employment: Professor of Industrial Chemistry, Kyungil University, Kyungsangbuk-do, South Korea

Andrei Khodakov Current Employment: Professor, Unité de catalyse et de chimie du solide, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Bât. C3, Cité Scientifique, 59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France

Stefan Kerscher Technical University of Munich, Germany
Project: Selective Oxidation of Hydrocarbons within Shape-Selective Environments
Current Employment: BMW Group, Munich, Germany

Anne-Mette Hilmen Current Employment: Department of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Norway, Trondheim, Norway

Satoshi Hamakawa Current Employment: Senior Researcher, Planning Officer National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan

Marcelo Gines Current Employment: Senior Researcher at REDE-AR (TenarisSiderca), Campana, Argentina

Benjamin Fonfe Technical University of Munich, Germany
Current Employment: Research Manager at Evonik Industries AG (phone: d+49 6181 59-3659) (fax: +49 6181 59-73659) (mobile: +49-15112592076) Rodenbacher Chaussee 4, 63457 Hanau-Wolfgang, Germany (www.evonik.com)

Weiping Ding Current Employment: Professor, Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University, China

Patrick DaCosta Current Employment: Professor, Laboratoire de Réactivité de Surface (UMR 7609 CNRS), UPMC, Tour 54-E2(Case courrier 178), 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05. Tél. : 01 44 27 36 30 , fax : 01 44 27 60 33

Kim Cheung Project: New Materials and Processes for High Temperature Microreactors
Current Employment: KLA-Tencor WIN Division, Milipitas, CA

Kaidong Chen Current Employment: Chevron, Richmond, CA

Ken-ichiro Fujimoto Project: Reaction Pathways and Structural Requirements in the Catalytic Oxidation of Methane at Low Temperatures
Current Employment: Director, Head of Sustainability Solution Unit, Nippon Steel Research Institute Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

Richard W. Borry III Project: Conversion of Methane into Higher Hydrocarbons using Membrane Reactors
Current Employment: CTO, Principal Solar [www.principalsolar.com]; cofounder, Webvent [www.webvent.tv] (www.linkedin.com/in/rickborry)

Joseph A. Biscardi Project: Structure and Function of Metal Cations in Light Alkane Reactions on Zeolites
Current Employment: Vice President, Supply Chain Optimization, PBF Energy New York, NY

David G. Barton Project: Tungsten Oxide Species as Strong Solid Acid Catalysts
Current Employment: Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI