Program Theme: A History of Innovation: From Discovery to Application
Catalysis – An Indispensable Tool
Sourav Sengupta, DuPont — 2015 CCP Award Winner
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Prof. Matthew Neurock, University of Minnesota — Twin Cities
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Jingguang Chen, Columbia University
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Susannah Scott, UCSB
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Main Speaker: Prof. Alan S. Goldman, Rutgers — The State University of New Jersey,
Catalysis by Pincer-Iridium Complexes. Breaking C-H Bonds, Making C-C Bonds, and Various Combinations Thereof
Student Speaker Dr. Ozgen Yalcin
Bridging the Gap between Heterogeneous Catalysts and Bioinorganic Enzymes
Main Talk: Ultra-Deep Diesel Hydrodesulfurization Catalysis and Process: A Tale of Two Sites
Teh C. Ho, Exxon-Mobil ret. Ciapetta Award winner
Student Speaker: Pt-WOx/C: An Intriguing Catalyst for Selective Conversions of Furfurals and Cresols
Cong Wang
Main Talk: How can the modern scanning transmission electron microscope aid catalysis science? by Prof. Eric Stach, University of Pennsylvania
Graduate Student Poster Competition:
CCP-Award lecture: Dr. C. Pereira; Post-Doc Speaker: Dr. Hilal Ezgi Toraman
Bingjun Xu, University of Delaware