These are the short biogra\u00adphies of those nom\u00adi\u00adnat\u00aded for office of
\nthe Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club of Philadel\u00adphia for the 2007\u20132208 sea\u00adson. Elec\u00adtions will be held on Thurs\u00adday, April 19, 2007.<\/p>\n
Mark Kamin\u00adsky<\/strong> \u2014 Mark is a Research Sci\u00aden\u00adtist with Lyon\u00addell Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Com\u00adpa\u00adny where he has worked for the past 8 years in the field of het\u00adero\u00adge\u00adneous catal\u00ady\u00adsis. Pri\u00ador to Lyon\u00addell Mark worked at BP-Amo\u00adco for 14 years, also in het\u00adero\u00adge\u00adneous cat\u00ada\u00adlysts. He is a co-inven\u00adtor on 29 US patents in catal\u00ady\u00adsis and has been award\u00aded sev\u00ader\u00adal tech\u00adni\u00adcal achieve\u00adment awards while work\u00ading in indus\u00adtry. Mark received his Ph.D in Inor\u00adgan\u00adic chem\u00adistry from Penn State in 1985 and has been a mem\u00adber of the Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club of Philadel\u00adphia for the past 4 years dur\u00ading which he has served as the pro\u00adgram chair and the spon\u00adsor\u00adship direc\u00adtor.<\/p>\n Hai-Ying Chen<\/strong> \u2014 Hai-Ying is Prod\u00aduct Devel\u00adop\u00adment Manger at John\u00adson Matthey Inc., Envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal Cat\u00ada\u00adlysts and Tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies, Wayne, Penn\u00adsyl\u00adva\u00adnia. He is respon\u00adsi\u00adble for devel\u00adop\u00ading advanced emis\u00adsion con\u00adtrol cat\u00ada\u00adlysts for mobile source and sta\u00adtion\u00adary source appli\u00adca\u00adtions. Hai-Ying Chen received his Ph. D. degree in Chem\u00adistry from Fudan Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, Shang\u00adhai, Chi\u00adna. He has been a mem\u00adber of the Philadel\u00adphia Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club for 6 years, and served the club as Sec\u00adtary, Pro\u00adgram Chair, and Direc\u00adtor.<\/p>\n Steve Har\u00adris<\/strong> \u2014 Steve received his BS in chem\u00adistry from Muh\u00adlen\u00adberg Col\u00adlege in 1975 and his Ph.D. in Phys\u00adi\u00adcal Organ\u00adic Chem\u00adistry from the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Rochester in 1979 con\u00adcen\u00adtrat\u00ading on homo\u00adge\u00adneous cat\u00adalyt\u00adic mech\u00ada\u00adnisms. His career start\u00aded at ARCO Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Com\u00adpa\u00adny where his respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties ranged from devel\u00adop\u00adment of cat\u00adalyt\u00adic process\u00ades and new oxy\u00adgenat\u00aded prod\u00aducts to Propy\u00adlene Oxide and Propy\u00adlene Gly\u00adcols Tech\u00adni\u00adcal Ser\u00advice and Appli\u00adca\u00adtions Super\u00advi\u00adsor. Cur\u00adrent\u00adly he devel\u00adop\u00ading new process\u00ades and plant opti\u00admiza\u00adtions for the Per\u00adfor\u00admance Chem\u00adi\u00adcals busi\u00adness group with\u00adin Lyon\u00addell Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Com\u00adpa\u00adny.<\/p>\n Jing\u00adguan Chen<\/strong> \u2014 Jing\u00adguang Chen is cur\u00adrent\u00adly a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading and the direc\u00adtor of the Cen\u00adter for Cat\u00adalyt\u00adic Sci\u00adence and Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy (CCST) at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Delaware. He serves on sev\u00ader\u00adal nation\u00adal catal\u00ady\u00adsis orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions, includ\u00ading the board of direc\u00adtors for the North Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Soci\u00adety, the Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Sec\u00adre\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adal-Gen\u00ader\u00adal of the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Soci\u00adety, and the team leader for the Syn\u00adchro\u00adtron Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Con\u00adsor\u00adtium at Brookhaven Nation\u00adal Lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry. He is a long time mem\u00adber of the Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club of Philadel\u00adphia and served as chair of the Club in 2004.<\/p>\n Frank Herkes<\/strong> \u2014 EDUCATION: DePaul Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, Chica\u00adgo, BS 1962; Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, PhD. Phys\u00adi\u00adcal Organ\u00adic Chem\u00adistry, 1966; Har\u00advard Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, Cam\u00adbridge, MA NSF Post\u00addoc\u00adtor\u00adal with Prof. Paul Bartlett, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Has 30 years of catal\u00ady\u00adsis and process devel\u00adop\u00adment expe\u00adri\u00adence in the man\u00adu\u00adfac\u00adture, TSCA reg\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion and com\u00admer\u00adcial\u00adiza\u00adtion of amines, alco\u00adhols and esters while employed in DuPont Spe\u00adcial\u00adty prod\u00aducts. Het\u00adero\u00adge\u00adneous cat\u00ada\u00adlyst back\u00adground includes cat\u00ada\u00adlyst syn\u00adthe\u00adsis on car\u00adbon and met\u00adal oxide sup\u00adports, dehy\u00addro\u00adgena\u00adtions, sil\u00adi\u00adca zeo\u00adlites, alco\u00adhol ami\u00adna\u00adtion and reduc\u00adtive ami\u00adna\u00adtion and alky\u00adla\u00adtion, azo reduc\u00adtions, ring, car\u00adbonyl, olefinic and ester reduc\u00adtions. Has exten\u00adsive expe\u00adri\u00adence with pre\u00adcious met\u00adals on car\u00adbon and met\u00adal oxides, and Raney\u00ae cat\u00ada\u00adlysts in nitrile hydro\u00adgena\u00adtion for com\u00admer\u00adcial\u00adiza\u00adtion of many aliphat\u00adic diamines. He is the author of 32 US patents and 19 pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtions, and has edit\u00aded 1 book.<\/p>\n Mike Smith<\/strong> \u2014 Michael received his Ph.D. from the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Delaware in 2004, and since has held posi\u00adtions as research sci\u00aden\u00adtist where he con\u00adduct\u00aded research on syn\u00adthe\u00adsis and char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adi\u00adza\u00adtion of acti\u00advat\u00aded car\u00adbons. Mike is cur\u00adrent\u00adly a Vis\u00adit\u00ading Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor in Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading at Vil\u00adlano\u00adva Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty. His research inter\u00adests focus on devel\u00adop\u00adment of nanos\u00adtruc\u00adtured mate\u00adri\u00adals for catal\u00ady\u00adsis, adsorp\u00adtion, and sep\u00ada\u00adra\u00adtion; mate\u00adri\u00adals char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adi\u00adza\u00adtion (elec\u00adtron microscopy, dif\u00adfrac\u00adtion, adsorp\u00adtion); het\u00adero\u00adge\u00adneous catal\u00ady\u00adsis and chem\u00adi\u00adcal kinet\u00adics. Pri\u00ador to obtain\u00ading his PhD, Mike held a vari\u00adety of posi\u00adtions in the DuPont\u2019s tita\u00adni\u00adum diox\u00adide pig\u00adment busi\u00adness, and he is a mem\u00adber of the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Insti\u00adtute for Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneers and the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Soci\u00adety. He has been a mem\u00adber of the Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club of Philadel\u00adphia since 1999, and served as Direc\u00adtor since 2005.<\/p>\n Qi Sun<\/strong> \u2014 Qi Sun is a sci\u00aden\u00adtist researcher at Lyon\u00addell Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Com\u00adpa\u00adny, New\u00adtown Square, Penn\u00adsyl\u00adva\u00adnia, work\u00ading on research and devel\u00adop\u00adment of process and cat\u00ada\u00adlyst. Pri\u00ador to Lyon\u00addell, Qi Sun worked for Sud-Chemie Inc. for four years and was in charge of the research group of olefins cat\u00ada\u00adlyst devel\u00adop\u00adment. Qi Sun received his Ph.D. degree on Sur\u00adface Chem\u00adistry and Catal\u00ady\u00adsis from Fudan Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, Shang\u00adhai and worked as a post-doc\u00adtor\u00adal researcher at Cal\u00adtech and North\u00adwest\u00adern Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty before his indus\u00adtri\u00adal career. His research in het\u00adero\u00adge\u00adneous catal\u00ady\u00adsis includes sol\u00adid acid, met\u00adal oxide, sup\u00adport\u00aded met\u00adal and mem\u00adbrane catalysis\/separation in the appli\u00adca\u00adtion of iso\u00admer\u00adiza\u00adtion, desul\u00adfu\u00adr\u00adiza\u00adtion, metathe\u00adsis, emis\u00adsion control(DeNOx), F-T syn\u00adthe\u00adsis, methanol syn\u00adthe\u00adsis, syn\u00adgas, reform\u00ading, par\u00adtial oxi\u00adda\u00adtion, selec\u00adtive hydro\u00adgena\u00adtion et al. He is a mem\u00adber of Philadel\u00adphia catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club.<\/p>\n Bill Pryz<\/strong> \u2014 William is a third year grad\u00adu\u00adate stu\u00addent at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Delaware work\u00ading for Prof. Dou\u00adglas J. But\u00adtrey and Prof. Raul F. Lobo. He his cur\u00adrent research is the char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adi\u00adza\u00adtion of monometal\u00adlic and bimetal\u00adlic cat\u00adalyt\u00adic mate\u00adri\u00adals using elec\u00adtron microscopy. Spe\u00adcif\u00adic sys\u00adtems stud\u00adied include Pt and Au par\u00adti\u00adcles encap\u00adsu\u00adlat\u00aded in den\u00addrimers (DENs), alka\u00adli-pro\u00admot\u00aded Ru cat\u00ada\u00adlysts for hydro\u00adgen pro\u00adduc\u00adtion, and Pt-Re bimetal\u00adlic cat\u00ada\u00adlysts sup\u00adport\u00aded on car\u00adbon. He is a grad\u00adu\u00adate of Lafayette Col\u00adlege in 2004 with a BS in chem\u00adi\u00adcal engi\u00adneer\u00ading. Bill has been a mem\u00adber of the AICHE since 2002, and a mem\u00adber of the Philadel\u00adphia Cat\u00ada\u00adlyst Club start\u00ading in 2005.<\/p>\n Haim\u00ading Liu<\/strong> \u2014 Ham\u00adming Liu is cur\u00adrent\u00adly a Research Sci\u00aden\u00adtist at Arke\u00adma Inc. For the past five years he works on char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adi\u00adza\u00adtion of organ\u00adic and inor\u00adgan\u00adic mate\u00adri\u00adals includ\u00ading poly\u00admers, small mol\u00ade\u00adcules, and These are the short biogra\u00adphies of those nom\u00adi\u00adnat\u00aded for office of the Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club of Philadel\u00adphia for the 2007\u20132208 sea\u00adson. Elec\u00adtions will be held on Thurs\u00adday, April 19, 2007. Chair-Elect Mark Kamin\u00adsky \u2014 Mark is a Research Sci\u00aden\u00adtist with Lyon\u00addell Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Com\u00adpa\u00adny where he has worked for the past 8 years in the field of het\u00adero\u00adge\u00adneous [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ccp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2208,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526\/revisions\/2208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Treasurer<\/h4>\n
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\ncat\u00ada\u00adlysts, using pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly Nuclear Mag\u00adnet\u00adic Res\u00ado\u00adnance Spec\u00adtroscopy and expand\u00ading new instru\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion capa\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty. He received his Ph. D. in chem\u00adistry from State Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of New York at Stony Brook, and worked as a post-doc at Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Penn\u00adsyl\u00adva\u00adnia on syn\u00adthe\u00adsis, catal\u00ady\u00adsis, and gas sorption\/separation appli\u00adca\u00adtions of mol\u00ade\u00adc\u00adu\u00adlar sieves includ\u00ading zeo\u00adlites and porous met\u00adal-organ\u00adic frame\u00adworks. He has been a mem\u00adber of the Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club of Philadel\u00adphia for sev\u00aden years, served as Arrange\u00adments Chair, and is the cur\u00adrent Mem\u00adber\u00adship Direc\u00adtor as well as com\u00adpa\u00adny rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive. He is also a mem\u00adber of North East Cor\u00adri\u00addor Zeo\u00adlite Asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion, served as Poster Chair, and will co-chair NECZA 2007 meet\u00ading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"