INVITED SPEAKERS
The workshop speakers will include plenary lectures, with 60 minute talks followed by approximately 15 minutes of discussion time. Invited lectures will make up the bulk of the workshop, with 30 minute talks followed by 15 minute discussion periods.
Plenary Lecturers:
Lanny Schmidt
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
University of Minnesota
Talk Title: Biofuels and Chemicals from Biomass by Catalytic Reforming.
Flemming Besenbacher
Head of Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO)
Aarhus University
Talk Title: Catalytic Model Systems and Surface Reactivity Studied at the Atomic Scale by High-Resolution, Fastscanning STM.
Uzi Landman
Professor and Director, Center for Computational Materials Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
Talk Title: Materials by Numbers: Structure and Catalytic Activity of Nanostructure.
Hans-Joachim Freund
Professor, Director of the Chemical Physics Department
Fritz-Haber-Institute, Berlin
Talk Title: From Supported Atoms to Nanoclusters: Surface Chemistry at the Nanoscale.
Jens Norskov
Director, Center for Atomic-scale Materials Design
Technical University of Denmark
Talk Title: From Descriptive to Predictive Models of Heterogeneous Catalysis.
Manos Mavrikakis
Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Talk Title: Core-Shell Nanoparticles for Improved Heterogeneous Catalysis at Low Temperatures.
Jeffrey T. Miller
Senior Research Scientist
Argonne National Laboratory
Talk Title: WTEC Study: International Assessment of Catalysis.
Bert Weckhuysen
Professor, Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis
University of Utrecht
Talk Title: In-Situ Spectroscopy and Heterogeneous Catalysis:
Recent Strides Towards Rational Catalyst Design.
Matthias Scheffler
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Computational Materials Science and Engineering, UCSB
Director of the Theory Department, Fritz-Haber-Institute, Berlin
Talk Title: The Steady State of Catalysis.
Invited Lecturers:
Mike Henderson
Interfacial Chemistry and Engineering
Laboratory Fellow
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Talk Title: Photochemical Activities of N-doped Rutile and Anatase Surfaces.
Perla Balbuena
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Texas A&M University
Talk Title: Challenges in the Design of Active and Durable Nano-Catalysts.
Jonathan Hanson
Chemist
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Talk Title: In Situ XRD and XAFS Studies of Water Gas Shift Catalysts.
Andreas Heyden
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
University of South Carolina
Talk Title: Novel Multilevel and Mixed Resolution Techniques for the Efficient Simulation of Environmental Effects in Catalytic Systems.
Stefan Vajda
Staff Scientist
Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division & Center for Nanoscale Materials
Argonne National Laboratory
Talk Title: Nanocatalysis on Size-Selected Clusters under Realistic Reaction Conditions: Towards the Understanding of the Size/Shape & Function Relationship in Catalysis.
Baron Peters
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
UC Santa Barbara
Talk Title: From Reaction Network to pH-dependent Rate Law with DFT: Acid-Base Catalysis in Protein Deamidation.
Jeroen van Bokhoven
SNF Professor in Heterogeneous Catalysis
ETH Zurich
Talk Title: Using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy to Determine the Structure of Catalytically Active Sites.
Sandeep Dhingra
Senior Technical Leader
Dow Chemical Company
Talk Title: Catalysis as an Enabling Technology for Redefining Feedstocks for the Chemical Industry.
Rutger van Santen
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Catalysis
Eindhoven University of Technology
Talk Title: Positron Emission Profiling in Catalysis Research.
John Kitchin
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Talk Title: Similarity in Coverage and Configurational Dependent Atomic Adsorbate Behaviors on Late Transition Metal Surfaces.
William Schneider
Associate Professor
University of Notre Dame
Talk Title: Incorporating Environmental Effects in Computational Catalytic Models.
Chris Harding
Technical University of Munich
Talk Title: Nanocatalysis: Supporting Cluster Science.
Hans Niemantsverdriet
Professor, Physical Chemistry of Surfaces
Eindhoven University of Technology
Talk Title: Surface Science of Olefin Polymerization Catalysts.
Wayne Goodman
Distinguished Professor/Co-Director, Center for Catalysis and Surface Chemistry
Texas A&M University
Talk Title: CO oxidation over noble metals from UHV to atmospheric pressures.
Horia Metiu
Professor of Chemistry
UC Santa Barbara
Talk Title:Size-Selected Gold and Vanadium Oxide Nanoclusters on Rutile
TiO2(110) Surfaces Probed by UHV-STM.
Peter Stair
Professor, Director of Center for Catalysis and Surface Science
Northwestern University
Talk Title: Resonance Raman Spectroscopy Techniques for Detection, Quantification, and Characterization of Supported Vanadium Oxide Catalytic Species.
Johannes Lercher
Professor, Chair of Chemical Technology
Technical University of Munich
Talk Title: Activation of Alkanes through Multifunctional Catalysts.
Anders Nilsson
SSRL Faculty
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
Talk Title: Surface Science Experiments of Fuel Cell Catalysis.
Simon Bare
Senior Principal Scientist
UOP, LLC
Talk Title: Unraveling the Complexity of Industrial Catalysts Using In Situ XAFS.
Nicholas Delgass
Maxine Spencer Nichols Professor of Chemical Engineering
Purdue University
Talk Title: The Design of Single Site Olefin Polymerization Catalysts.
Marc Koper
Professor of Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
Leiden University
Talk Title: Electrocatalysis at Well-Defined Surfaces.
Susannah Scott
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry/Biochemistry
UC Santa Barbara
Talk Title: Probing Active (and Inactive) Sites in Supported Organometallic Catalysts.
Feng-Shou Xiao
Professor, State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry
Jilin University
Talk Title: Microporous and Mesoporous Materials and their Excellent Catalytic Properties.
Wei-Xue Li
Professor and Group Leader
State Key Laboratory of Catalysis
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Talk Title: TBA
Alec Wodtke
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
UC Santa Barbara
Talk Title: Molecule-Surface Interactions: Where is the Limit to Theoretical Simulations of Catalytic Model?
Brad Chmelka
Professor of Chemical Engineering
UC Santa Barbara
Talk Title: Understanding and Controlling Surface Compositions, Structures, and Reaction Properties of Mesoporous Catalysts.
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Workshop Schedule
Travel & Lodging
Organizers and Contacts
Local Information
Dates to Remember
- March 1, 2008: Deadline for international applicants to apply for travel support
- March 30, 2008: Deadline for U.S. applicants to apply for travel aid
- August 10, 2008: Check-In Day
Funding and Support
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