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Apr 21, 2021: Unni and Abdullah receive Ragatz Teaching Assistant laboratory award
Congratulations to Unni and Abdullah for winning first and second place in the Ragatz Teaching Assistant laboratory award in Chemical & Biological Engineering (CBE).
Apr. 21, 2021: Will defended PhD
Congratulations to Dr. William McDermott for successfully defending his PhD thesis "Development of Boron-based Catalysts for the Oxidation of Light Alkanes to Olefins"!
Mar 27, 2021: Edgard receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Aug. 27, 2020: Melissa presents supported boron studies at CCC virtual symposium
Melissa will present supported her work "Controlled Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Activity of Supported Boron Catalysts" at Chicago Catalysis Club (CCC) virtual symposium.
July. 16, 2020: Juan’s paper is now a hot article with ACIE
"Why Boron Nitride is such a Selective Catalyst for the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane" is now a hot paper with Angewandte Chemie.
Jun. 26, 2020: Lifeng defended PhD
Lifeng successfully defended his PhD thesis "Heterogeneous Catalyst Design and Synthesis with Controlled and Well-defined Strategies". Congratulations Dr. Zhang!
Apr. 24, 2020: Melissa receives DOE SCGSR award
Congratulations to Melissa Cendejas for receiving 2020 DOE SCGSR (Department of Energy, Science Graduate Student Research) award!
Apr. 8, 2020: Natalie’s paper is highlighted in ChemistryViews
Apr. 8, 2020: "B‐MWW Zeolite: The Case Against Single‐Site Catalysis" is highlighted in ChemistryViews.
Sep. 23, 2019: Prof. Hermans was honored at the 2019 Blavatnik National Awards in NYC
Sep. 23, 2019: Prof. Hermans was honored at the 2019 Blavatnik National Awards in NYC
