Elec\u00adtions for the 2006\u20132007 Club Offi\u00adcers will be held on Thurs\u00adday, April 20 dur\u00ading din\u00adner. The can\u00addi\u00addates are:
\n
\nNation\u00adal Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive
\nAnne Gaffney
\nFrank Herkes
\n
\nChair-Elect
\nHai-Ying Chen
\nEdrick Morales
\n
\nTrea\u00adsur\u00ader
\nSteve Har\u00adris
\nMark Kamin\u00adsky
\n
\nDirec\u00adtors
\nXiao Chen
\nManoj Koranne
\nHaim\u00ading Liu
\nMike Smith
\n
\nTheir biogra\u00adphies are list\u00aded below.<\/p>\n
Anne Gaffney<\/strong> \u2014 Anne has been a mem\u00adber of the Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club of Philadel\u00adphia since 1982. She has held most of the orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion\u00adal roles of the Club, includ\u00ading Chair (1986\u201387), Direc\u00adtor (1989\u201395) and NACS rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive (1996\u20132006). Anne was the recip\u00adi\u00adent of the Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club of Philadel\u00adphia Award in 1999. She has also received ser\u00advice awards from the ACS Petro\u00adle\u00adum Chem\u00adistry Divi\u00adsion and the ACS Catal\u00ady\u00adsis and Sur\u00adface Sci\u00adence Sec\u00adre\u00adtari\u00adat. She was the 19th North Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Soci\u00adety Meet\u00ading Chair in 2005. This con\u00adfer\u00adence, held in Philadel\u00adphia, was the pre\u00admier catal\u00ady\u00adsis meet\u00ading of the Amer\u00adi\u00adc\u00adas in 2005, as fea\u00adtured in the June 27, 2005 issue of Chem\u00adi\u00adcal &<\/span> Engi\u00adneer\u00ading News. Anne has been work\u00ading in indus\u00adtri\u00adal chem\u00adistry and chem\u00adi\u00adcal engi\u00adneer\u00ading since 1981 and is cur\u00adrent\u00adly the VP of Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy Devel\u00adop\u00adment at ABB Lum\u00admus Glob\u00adal. She looks for\u00adward to mak\u00ading con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adal con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions to CCP as the NACS rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive in the future.<\/p>\n Frank Herkes<\/strong> \u2014 Edu\u00adca\u00adtion: 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, 1966\u20131968. 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 Edrick Morales<\/strong> \u2014 Edrick is a Research Sci\u00aden\u00adtist at Lyon\u00addell Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Com\u00adpa\u00adny, where he has been employed for sev\u00aden\u00adteen years and cur\u00adrent\u00adly work\u00ading in the field of oxi\u00adda\u00adtion catal\u00ady\u00adsis and cat\u00ada\u00adlysts development\/manufacturing. Edrick received his Ph.D. in Phys\u00adi\u00adcal Chem\u00adistry from Texas A&<\/span>M Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty in 1988. He served as past Com\u00adpa\u00adny Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive, Arrange\u00adment Chair and Secretary\/Treasurer of the Club. Edrick was the Sec\u00adre\u00adtary and Pro\u00adgram Book edi\u00adtor for the 19th<\/sup> NAM and is serv\u00ading as Mem\u00adber\u00adship Direc\u00adtor for the Club and the Com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtions Direc\u00adtor for the North Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Soci\u00adety.<\/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 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 7 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. Mark received his Ph.D in inor\u00adgan\u00adic chem\u00adistry from Penn State in 1985. Mark has been a mem\u00adber of the Philadel\u00adphia Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club for the past 3 years and has served as the spon\u00adsor\u00adship direc\u00adtor and also as the pro\u00adgram chair.<\/p>\n Xiao Chen<\/strong> \u2014 He has worked as the Cor\u00adpo\u00adrate Spon\u00adsor\u00adship Direc\u00adtor for the Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club of Philadel\u00adphia in the cur\u00adrent ses\u00adsion and achieved 13 Cor\u00adpo\u00adrate Spon\u00adsor\u00adship so far. He has been an active mem\u00adber of CCP for about 6 years.<\/p>\n Dr. Chen is a Staff Sci\u00aden\u00adtist at John\u00adson Matthey Fuel Cells of JM\u2019s Cat\u00ada\u00adlysts Divi\u00adsion. He is a key researcher in the efforts to upgrade JM\u2019s com\u00admer\u00adcial fuel cell cat\u00ada\u00adlyst range and pro\u00advide high per\u00adfor\u00admance fuel cell cat\u00ada\u00adlysts for both inter\u00adnal and exter\u00adnal fuel cell pro\u00adgrams. His work includes the design and improve\u00adment of new fuel cell cat\u00ada\u00adlysts, their char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adi\u00adsa\u00adtion and pro\u00adduc\u00adtion process\u00ades.<\/p>\n Dr. Chen has a Ph.D. degree in Chem\u00adistry from the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Con\u00adnecti\u00adcut with a dis\u00adser\u00adta\u00adtion about the syn\u00adthe\u00adsis and cat\u00adalyt\u00adic appli\u00adca\u00adtion of man\u00adganese oxide octa\u00adhe\u00addral mol\u00ade\u00adc\u00adu\u00adlar sieve mate\u00adri\u00adals. He received his BS and MS Degree in Chem\u00adistry from Tsinghua Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty in Chi\u00adna with his research in the area of Fis\u00adch\u00ader-Trop\u00adsch catal\u00ady\u00adsis. He achieved five years\u2019 diverse research and teach\u00ading, includ\u00ading super\u00advi\u00adsion and train\u00ading, expe\u00adri\u00adence by work\u00ading as an Instruc\u00adtor in a chem\u00adi\u00adcal reac\u00adtion engi\u00adneer\u00ading lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry at the Depart\u00adment of Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading, Cheng\u00addu Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Sci\u00adence and Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy, Cheng\u00addu, Chi\u00adna.<\/p>\n In sum\u00adma\u00adry, Dr. Chen has gained more than 15 years\u2019 exten\u00adsive research expe\u00adri\u00adence in catal\u00ady\u00adsis, mate\u00adri\u00adals sci\u00adence, and ana\u00adlyt\u00adi\u00adcal chem\u00adistry. Over the years, he has been author and co-author of 13 pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtions in peer reviewed jour\u00adnals and 6 con\u00adfer\u00adence pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtions.<\/p>\n Manoj Koranne<\/strong> \u2014 Manoj received his BS in Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading from U. of Bom\u00adbay, India in 1988, and Ph.D. in Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading from U. of Pitts\u00adburgh in the area of Catal\u00ady\u00adsis (methane acti\u00adva\u00adtion). He did a post-doc\u00adtor\u00adal fel\u00adlow\u00adship in Auto\u00admo\u00adtive Catal\u00ady\u00adsis with Prof. Wayne Good\u00adman at Texas A&<\/span>M before join\u00ading W.R. Grace and Co. in 1995. At Grace, he has worked in the area of Emis\u00adsion Con\u00adtrol and Auto\u00admo\u00adtive Catal\u00ady\u00adsis for 10 years. He was respon\u00adsi\u00adble for the devel\u00adop\u00adment of Alu\u00admi\u00adna and Ceria-Zir\u00adco\u00adnia based mate\u00adri\u00adals for W.R.Grace. Start\u00ading this year (2006) Manoj assumed a new respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty as a Pro\u00adgram Man\u00adag\u00ader for Grace\u2019s Gas-to-Liq\u00aduids effort. He has been a mem\u00adber of the Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club of Philadel\u00adphia since 1995, served as Sec\u00adre\u00adtary of the Club in 2002-03 and as a mem\u00adber of the Fund Rais\u00ading Com\u00admit\u00adtee for the 19th<\/sup> NAM meet\u00ading in Philadel\u00adphia.<\/p>\n Haim\u00ading Liu<\/strong> \u2014 Haim\u00ading is cur\u00adrent\u00adly a sci\u00aden\u00adtist at Arke\u00adma Inc. His research is in 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 cat\u00ada\u00adlysts, pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly using Nuclear Mag\u00adnet\u00adic Res\u00ado\u00adnance Spec\u00adtroscopy. He received his B. S. in chem\u00adistry from Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Sci\u00adence and Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy of Chi\u00adna and Ph. D. in chem\u00adistry from State Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of New York at Stony Brook in 2001. He worked as a post-doc at Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Penn\u00adsyl\u00adva\u00adnia for a year pri\u00ador to join\u00ading Arke\u00adma in 2002. He has been a mem\u00adber of the Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club of Philadel\u00adphia since 2001, and is the cur\u00adrent Arrange\u00adment Chair.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Elec\u00adtions for the 2006\u20132007 Club Offi\u00adcers will be held on Thurs\u00adday, April 20 dur\u00ading din\u00adner. The can\u00addi\u00addates are: Nation\u00adal Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive Anne Gaffney Frank Herkes Chair-Elect Hai-Ying Chen Edrick Morales Trea\u00adsur\u00ader Steve Har\u00adris Mark Kamin\u00adsky Direc\u00adtors Xiao Chen Manoj Koranne Haim\u00ading Liu Mike Smith Their biogra\u00adphies are list\u00aded below. 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\nPro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal Expe\u00adri\u00adence: 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\u00adsiv\u00adel 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 31 US patents and 19 pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtions, and has edit\u00aded 1 book.<\/p>\nChair-Elect<\/h4>\n
Treasurer<\/h4>\n
Directors<\/h4>\n