Supervising Professor
Post-Doctorates
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students
Student Visitors
Past and Present Student Visitors:
Petter Tingelstad, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Ljubisa Gavrilovic, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Roberto Schimmenti, University of Palermo, Italy
Mathias Joergensen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Andres Godinez-Garcia, CINVESTAV-IPN
Juan Manuel Arce Ramos, Universidad Autonoma De San Luis Potosi
Rafael Julian Gonzales Hernandez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Past and Present Senior Visitors:
Prof. Maria C. Curet-Arana, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez
Prof. Jan Rossmeisl, University of Copenhagen
Prof. Jens K Nørskov (Hougen Visiting Professor), Technical University of Denmark
Alumni:
| Name | Degree from UW | Graduation from UW | Last Known Affiliation | Research Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shafiq Kassees | B.S. | January 2025 | UW-Madison | Catalysis by clusters |
| Lang Xu | Research Scientist | December 2024 | UW-Madison | Thermal and Heterogeneous Catalysis |
| Mengru Li | Post-Doc | August 2024 | University of Science and Technology | Activity and Stability of Catalytic Materials |
| Blake Dallmann | B.S. | May 2024 | Princeton University | Catalysis by bimetallics |
| Marc Figueras Valls | Post-Doc | February 2024 | Universitat de Barcelona | Shape-Selected Catalysis |
| Trent Wolter | Ph.D. | December 2023 | Bryan Research and Engineering | Catalysis and Chemoresponsive Systems |
| Michael Rebarchik | Ph.D. | August 2023 | Cummins | Single-Atom Electrocatalysis |
| Alvaro Posada-Borbón | Post-Doc | August 2023 | Chalmers University of Technology | Chemoresponsive Systems |
| Zhen Jiang | Post-Doc | August 2023 | Northwestern University | Polymers Upcycling |
| Konstantinos Papanikolaou | Post-Doc | April 2022 | Johnson Matthey | Polymers Upcycling |
| Jake Gold | Ph.D. | September 2021 | The Dow Chemical Company | First-principles design of Chemoresponsive Systems |
| Roberto Schimmenti | Post-Doc | August 2021 | Technical University of Denmark | Electrocatalysis and Thermal Catalysis |
| Lisa Je | M.S. | July 2021 | UW-Madison | Adsorbate-induced surface reconstructions |
| Ellen Murray | Ph.D. | Dec. 2020 | The Dow Chemical Company | AIMD for electrocatalytic reactions |
| Saurabh Bhandari | Ph.D. | Aug. 2020 | The Dow Chemical Company | Mechanistic Investigations and Search Directions for Catalyst Discovery |
| Ryan Bali | B.S. | May 2020 | UW-Madison | Zeolite Catalysis |
| Tibor Szilvasi | Post-Doc | Aug. 2020 | University of Alabama | Liquid Crystalline Chemoresponsive Systems |
| Florian Goeltl | Assistant Researcher | July 2020 | University of Arizona | Zeolite Catalysis; Graphene on Germanium |
| Sean Tacey | Ph.D. | Dec. 2019 | Abbvie | Elucidating the Effect of Photons and Aerosols on the Physical and Chemical Transformations of Atmospheric Mercury |
| Benjamin Chen | Ph.D. | Aug. 2019 | A*STAR Singapore | Catalyst and Material Design for Energy Storage and Conversion |
| Thomas Kropp | Post-Doc | Aug. 2019 | Fritz Haber Institute, Berlin, Germany | Single-Atom Catalysis |
| Ahmed Elnabawy | Ph.D. | Dec. 2018 | Covestro | Fundamental Studies of Heterogeneous Catalysis and Electrocatalysis on Shape-Selected Nanocrystals from First-Principles |
| Lang Xu | Ph.D. | Dec. 2018 | UW-Madison | Hydrodechlorination of Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Compounds over Transition-Metal Catalysts |
| Duygu Gerceker | Ph.D. | Aug. 2018 | AbbVie | Alkane Conversion on Pt-Based Catalysts |
| Andrew Gould | B.S. | Aug. 2018 | Boudouard reaction mechanism on transition-metal surfaces | |
| Coogan Thompson | M.S. | Dec. 2017 | Virginia Tech | Investigations into Formic Acid Decomposition: A DFT and KMC Approach |
| Joshua Lin | B.S. | Nov. 2017 | Covance | Reactivity of Cu and Au Surfaces |
| Daniel Vigil | B.S. | May 2017 | University of California, Santa Barbara | Coverage Effects on Surface Reactivity |
| Jonathan Glasgow | B.S. | Dec. 2019 | UW-Madison, CBE | Catalytic Decholorination Reactions |
| Anthony Plauck | Ph.D. | Dec. 2016 | The Dow Chemical Company | The Direct Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide on Pd-Based Catalysts |
| Srinivas Rangarajan | Post-Doc | Oct. 2016 | Lehigh University | Nitrogen inhibition of hydrodesulfurization, generic tools for microkinetic modeling |
| Demetrios Kirvassilis | B.S. | Aug. 2016 | UW-Madison, ISyE | Adsorption properties of monometallic surfaces |
| Luke Roling | Ph.D. | Aug. 2016 | Iowa State University | Design of Electrocatalytic and Chemoresponsive Materials |
| Sha Li | Ph.D. | Dec. 2015 | Chemistry and Fine Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory | Fundamental Mechanistic Studies of Formic Acid Decomposition on Transition Metals |
| Yunhai Bai | Ph.D. | Dec. 2015 | Afton Chemical | Catalytic reduction of NO on metals |
| Jeffrey Herron | Post-Doc | Aug. 2015 | The Dow Chemical Company | Optimization methods for microkinetic models |
| Brandon Foley | B.S. | Aug. 2015 | University of Minnesota | Reduction of NO on metals |
| Ronald Carrasquillo | Ph.D. | Aug. 2015 | BMS | HCOOH decomposition chemistry |
| Ana Alba-Rubio | Post-Doc | Aug. 2015 | Clemson University | TEM studies on TM catalysis |
| Guowen Peng | Assistant Scientist | July 2015 | Alkane Dehydrogenation | |
| Ahmad Khan | B.S. | May 2015 | Saudi Aramco | Catalytic Hydrodechlorination |
| Suyash Singh | Ph.D. | Oct. 2014 | Johnson & Johnson | Oxygenates reactivity on transition metals |
| Carrie Farberow | Ph.D. | Aug. 2014 | NREL | NO Reduction by H2 on Pt Catalysts |
| John Cayton | B.S. | May 2014 | UW-Madison | Adsorption on Metal Clusters |
| Jeffrey Herron | Ph.D. | Oct. 2013 | UW-Madison | Electro-Oxidation of Small Molecules from First Principles |
| Patricia Rubert-Nason | Ph.D. | Oct. 2013 | Optimization Methods for Microkinetic Models | |
| Jean Marcel Gallo | Post-Doc | Aug. 2013 | Federal University of São Carlos | Water Gas Shift Reaction on PtRe |
| Sara Karraker | B.S. | May 2013 | Ammonia Electro-Oxidation | |
| Jessica Scaranto | Post-Doc | Feb. 2013 | SABIC | HCOOH Decomposition |
| Winny Budiman | B.S. | Dec. 2012 | MIT | DME Electro-oxidation on Pt and Rh Surfaces |
| Fuat Celik | Post-Doc | Aug. 2012 | Rutgers University | Reactions of H2 and O2 on Ni-Au Alloys |
| Matthias Riegraf | Diploma | Aug. 2012 | German Aerospace Center | Reduction of NO on Pd Surfaces |
| Jan Scheffczyk | Diploma | Aug. 2012 | University of Aachen | Reactivity of H2 and O2 on Noble Metal Surfaces |
| Jeremias Bickel | Diploma | Aug. 2011 | University of Stuttgart | NO Reduction by H2 on Rh Surfaces |
| Scott Tonelli | B.S. | May 2011 | Atomic and Molecular Adsorption on Pd and Ru Surfaces | |
| Falk Eichhorn | M.S. | Sept. 2010 | Germany | Water-Gas-Shift on Alloy Catalysts |
| Henning Stotz | M.S. | Aug. 2010 | Karlsruhe Institute of Tehcnology | Adsorbate-induced Surface Segregation of Varioues Pt-Re/Pt3Re(111) Heterogeneous Binary Surface Alloys |
| Ingeborg-Helene Svenum | Post-Doc | July 2010 | NTNU Norway | CO Tolerant Membranes |
| Yin Jin Lee | B.S. | Dec. 2009 | MIT | Ethylene Epoxidation on Gold |
| Edward Kunkes | Ph.D. | Aug. 2009 | BASF | Reaction and Characterization Studies of the Conversion of Biomass-Derived Carbohydrates on Supported Metal Catalysts |
| Rahul Nabar | Ph.D. | Aug. 2009 | India | Application of Density Functional Theory Calculations to Selected Problems in Hydrocarbon Processing |
| Peter Ferrin | Ph.D. | Aug. 2009 | Hexcel Corporation | Hydrogen, Methanol, and Ethanol Catalytic Transformations on Transition Metals and Alloys |
| Jiao Jiao | M.S. | Aug. 2009 | Fluid-Quip, Inc. | Novel Transition Metal Alloys for Improved Oxygen Reduction Reaction |
| Ryan West | Ph.D. | June 2009 | Procter and Gamble | Renewable Fuels and Chemicals from Biomass Derived Carbohydrates |
| Lars Grabow | Ph.D. | Oct. 2008 | University of Houston | Water Gas Shift Reaction and Methanol Synthesis on Platinum and Copper-based Catalysts |
| Konstanze Hahn | Diploma | Aug. 2008 | University of Cagliari | Atomic and Molecular Adsorption on Re(0001) |
| Trunojoyo Anggara | B.S. | June 2008 | Notre Dame | Structure Sensitivity of ORR in Bimetallics |
| Anand Nilekar | Ph.D. | May 2008 | Shell | Rational Design of Transition Metal Alloys for Improved Catalysis and Electrocatalysis |
| Faisal Mehmood | Post-Doc | Jan. 2008 | US Air Force | NO Reduction on Transition Metals |
| Denise Ford | B.S. | Aug. 2007 | Northwestern University | Oxygen Reduction Reaction Surface Chemistry |
| Kathryn Bjorkman | B.S. | May 2007 | UOP | C=C Catalytic Hydrogenation |
| Jessica Nelson | B.S. | May 2007 | Medical School | Bimetallic Hydrogenation Catalysts |
| Shampa Kandoi | Ph.D. | Aug. 2006 | United Technologies | Catalytic Hydrogen Production |
| Marie Louise Dahl Thomsen | Exchange | May 2006 | Denmark | Low Temperature Hydrogenation Alloys |
| Shan Oh | B.S. | May 2006 | Oxford University | NH3 Chemistry on Alloys |
| Amit Gokhale | Ph.D. | July 2005 | BP | WGS Reaction and Fischer Tropsch Synthesis on Transition Metal Surfaces |
| Apple Unrean | B.S. | June 2005 | Thailand | Reactivity of Near Surface Alloys |
| Man-Seok Han | Post-Doc | May 2005 | Samsung | CH4 and NH3 Activation on Transition Metal Alloys |
| Ye Xu | Ph.D. | Sept. 2004 | LSU | First-principles Studies of Oxygen Reactivity on Transition Metals and Alloys |
| Jeff Greeley | Ph.D. | July 2004 | Purdue University | A First Principles Approach to Transition Metals and Alloys Catalysts Design |
| Audrey Salazar | B.S. | June 2004 | Northwestern University | Catalysis of N-containing Compounds |
| Bill Krekelberg | B.S. | Aug. 2003 | NIST | Reactivity of Ir and Ni Surfaces |
| Jane Rempel | B.S. | Aug. 2002 | Tiax LLC | Reactivity of Rh Surfaces |
| Jaco Shieke | M.S. | June 2002 | SASOL | A First-Principles Study of Surfactants on GaN Surfaces |