Supervising Professor
Post-Doctorates
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students
Past and Present Student Visitors:
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 |
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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 |