The 2006 Catal­y­sis Club of Philadel­phia Award is giv­en to Pro­fes­sor James A. Dumesic of Depart­ment of Chem­i­cal Engi­neer­ing, Uni­ver­si­ty of Wis­con­sin, for his pio­neer­ing con­tri­bu­tions to the kinet­ics and mech­a­nisms of cat­alyt­ic reac­tions. Pro­fes­sor Dumesic is also rec­og­nized for the devel­op­ment of con­cepts and tools for elu­ci­dat­ing struc­ture-prop­er­ty rela­tion­ships for the dis­cov­ery of new cat­a­lysts. Pro­fes­sor Dumesic’s recent dis­cov­er­ies include the met­al-cat­alyzed reform­ing of bio­mass-derived oxy­genates in aque­ous media, and the use of oxide clus­ters as redox agents in fuel cells. Pro­fes­sor Dumesic has received many pre­vi­ous awards, includ­ing the Col­burn Award and the Wil­helm Award from the Amer­i­can Insti­tute of Chem­i­cal Engi­neers, the Emmett Award from the North Amer­i­can Catal­y­sis Soci­ety, the Somor­jai Award of the Amer­i­can Chem­i­cal Soci­ety, and the elec­tion to the Nation­al Acad­e­my of Engi­neer­ing.

Pro­fes­sor Dumesic award will be pre­sent­ed at the Club first meet­ing on Sep­tem­ber 28, 2006. The award lec­ture will be giv­en there­after.