ACS CATL Election Results and Award Nominations

Dear CATL Division members,

I am writing on behalf of the Executive Committee of the CATL Division to thank you and all nominated candidates for their participation as well as to welcome the newly elected officers:

Prof. Eranda Nikolla, Wayne State University as Chair-Elect

Prof. Bin Wang, University of Oklahoma, Secretary

Prof. Alan Allgeier, University of Kansas, Treasurer

Prof. Kelsey Stoerzinger, Oregon State University, Member-at-Large

Prof. Omar Abdelrahman, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Member-at-Large

Dr. Anne Gaffney, Idaho National Laboratory, will continue in her role as Councilor

Prof. Nirala Singh, University of Michigan, Alternate Councilor

Please also join me in thanking Prof. Daniel Resasco, University of Oklahoma, Prof. David Flaherty, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Dr. Karthi Ramasamy at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Prof. Friederike Jentoft, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and Prof. Ya-Huei (Cathy) Chin, University of Toronto for their distinguished service to the CATL Division.

I will take this opportunity to remind you of the upcoming 1 November 2021 deadline for nominations for the ACS Catalysis Lectureship and 30 November 2021 deadlines for nominating a colleague for the 2022 CATL Division Early Career and Exceptional Achievements Awards.

Aditya Bhan, CATL Division Chair

ACS CATL Division Awards Solicitation 2022

Dear CATL Division Members,

The Catalysis Science and Technology Division of the American Chemical Society is pleased to invite its members to nominate candidates for two awards with descriptions that follow:

ACS Catalysis Science & Technology Division – Early Career in Catalysis

This award will recognize and encourage accomplishments and innovation of unusual merit by an individual in early stages of their career. A nominee must have received their Ph.D. in the past 10 years and must also have been a member of the ACS Catalysis Science and Technology division for a two-year period preceding their nomination. Independence and creativity of the researcher in the early stages of their career will be the primary criterion for the award. The award will be granted regardless of race, gender, age, religion, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, presence of disabilities, and educational background.

Nominations for the award are due 30 November 2021. The nomination should include:

· A nomination letter emphasizing the nominee’s achievements relevant to the nomination [1000 words]

· Two letters seconding the nomination [500 words]

· The nominee’s CV [5 pages]

· A complete list of scholarly work relevant to the nomination

· At least one letter writer must be a member of the ACS Division of Catalysis Science and Technology (CATL)

The award will be presented annually at the Fall meeting of the ACS at a special session of the ACS Division of Catalysis Science and Technology. The awardee will receive $1,000 as honorarium and up to $1,500 in travel support.

All nomination packages (collated in a single PDF file) should be sent by email to Prof. Aditya Bhan (abhan@umn.edu), Chair, ACS Catalysis Science and Technology Division.

ACS Catalysis Science & Technology Division – Exceptional Achievements in Catalysis

This award will recognize excellence and scientific leadership in catalysis science and technology by an individual. The nomination should emphasize the impact of a researcher’s work in the broad field of catalysis science and technology, including advances in creation, understanding, and application of heterogeneous, homogeneous, and/or enzymatic catalytic systems. Nominations that highlight work for which the nominee has not received recognition in the past are strongly encouraged. The nominee must also have been a member of the ACS Catalysis Science and Technology division for a two-year period preceding their nomination. The award will be granted regardless of race, gender, age, religion, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, presence of disabilities, and educational background.

Nominations for the award are due 30 November 2021. The nomination should include:

· A nomination letter emphasizing the nominee’s achievements relevant to the nomination [1000 words]

· Two letters seconding the nomination [500 words]

· The nominee’s CV [5 pages]

· A complete list of scholarly work relevant to the nomination

· At least one letter writer must be a member of the ACS Division of Catalysis Science and Technology (CATL)

The award will be presented annually at the Fall meeting of the ACS at a special session of the ACS Division of Catalysis Science and Technology. The awardee will receive $1,000 as honorarium and up to $1,500 in travel support.

All nomination packages (collated in a single PDF file) should be sent by email to Prof. Aditya Bhan (abhan@umn.edu), Chair, ACS Catalysis Science and Technology Division.

Aditya Bhan, CATL Division Chair

CATL online educational seminar series (fall 2021)

As a new benefit to its members, the ACS CATL Division continues our online educational seminar series (2021). This continues our previous series last year.

The series will consist of lectures and panel discussions with the objective to promote catalysis science. Content will include concepts and research approaches in catalysis science, latest innovations in industrial catalytic processes, and potential career paths from both the academic and industrial perspectives. The ACS CATL Educational Seminar Series intends to bridge the gap between Chemical Engineering/Chemistry textbooks and original research articles, and the series is particularly addressing junior members of the Division, especially graduate students and post-doctoral degree candidates, and experienced researchers entering a new sub-field of catalysis.

Event Info:

* Registration is open for CATL Division members.

* When registering the meeting, please use the email address associated with your ACS Account. This should be the email address where you receive ACS and Division email announcements. If you are unsure, you may check here.

* If you are not a member, we encourage you to click the link to join the Division.

* After registration to the event using the following links, you will receive registration confirmation and meeting link information via an email from the Zoom system with sender "Adelyn Hernandez" and a subject line containing "ACS CATL Division Educational Series". Please also check SPAM/junk folder.

Tuesday, Oct. 12, 12 PM Eastern

Laura Gagliardi

Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor in the Department of Chemistry, the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, and the James Franck Institute. Director of the Chicago Center for Theoretical Chemistry

"Theoretical and Computational Challenges in Modeling MOF-Based Catalysis "

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Wednesday, Dec. 1, 11 AM Eastern

Matthias Thommes

Chair of Separation Science & Technology and Head of Institute,Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg "Insights into the Adsorption and Phase Behaviour of Fluids in Nanoporous Materials with Hierarchical Pore Structure: Towards an Advanced Textural Characterization"

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Wednesday, Dec. 15, 11 AM Eastern

Hans-Joachim Freund

Professor Emeritus, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin "Model Catalysts for Heterogeneous Catalysts at the Atomic Level"

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