The win­ner of the 2009 Catal­y­sis Club of Philadel­phia Award is Pro­fes­sor Ted Oya­ma from Vir­ginia Poly­tech­nic Insti­tute. Pro­fes­sor Oya­ma is rec­og­nized for his out­stand­ing con­tri­bu­tions and lead­er­ship in catal­y­sis research. In his ear­ly work, he made sig­nif­i­cant con­tri­bu­tions to our under­stand­ing of cat­alyt­ic reac­tions on met­al car­bides, nitrides and oxides. Pro­fes­sor Oya­ma uses state-of-the-art spec­troscopy meth­ods to obtain infor­ma­tion about catal­y­sis in the work­ing sate. He cur­rent­ly works in three areas: the oxida­tive trans­for­ma­tion of hydro­car­bons to high-val­ue prod­ucts, the devel­op­ment of nov­el cat­a­lysts for the upgrad­ing of petro­le­um resources and the devel­op­ment of mem­branes and mem­brane reac­tors for the selec­tive sep­a­ra­tion of gas­es. The award announce­ment was made at the 2009 Spring Sym­po­sium. Pro­fes­sor Oya­ma will be hon­ored dur­ing his award lec­ture, sched­uled for Sep­tem­ber, with a plaque and a $1000 cash award.