CATL Division Awards and Call for Symposium Proposals

The Catalysis Science and Technology Division (CATL) of the American Chemical Society (ACS) proudly announces the winners of the Division Awards. These awards distinguish individuals who have demonstrated pioneering research accomplishments in the design or synthesis of catalysts and/or chemical or mechanistic characterization of catalysts leading to recognized advancements in our understanding and application of catalysis.

Congratulations to Prof. Rajamani Gounder, from Purdue University, for receiving the Early Career Award in Catalysis. This award recognizes and encourages accomplishments and innovation of unusual merit by an individual in early stages of their career, emphasizing independence and creativity.

Congratulations to Prof. Dionisios Vlachos, from the University of Delaware, for the award recognizing Exceptional Achievements in Catalysis. This award acknowledges excellence and scientific leadership in catalysis science and technology by an individual, emphasizing the impact of a researcher's work in the broad field of catalytic chemistry and catalytic materials or molecules.

Congratulations to Prof. Thomas Ward, from the University of Basel, for being recognized with the ACS Catalysis Lectureship for the Advancement of Catalytic Science recognizing groundbreaking research that enables better understanding of the links among the various subdisciplines of catalysis and also advances the field of catalysis as a whole. The lectureship is co-sponsored by the ACS Division of Catalysis Science & Technology and the ACS Publications journal ACS Catalysis.

We are now accepting proposals for symposia to be held at the Fall 2021 ACS National Meeting (August 22-26). Creative proposals on topics in catalysis broadly defined (heterogeneous, homogeneous, bio-, photo- and electrochemical catalysis) are welcome. If you are interested in organizing a symposium, please send a symposium title to the Fall Program Chair: Jesse Bond at jqbond@syr.edu, and he will then provide you with a symposium proposal template. We will consider any symposia proposals received by February 22, 2021. We are uncertain as to whether the meeting will be held in-person or in online format and we propose to give you an update as we receive more information on the Fall 2021 meeting.

Aditya Bhan

Division Chair

ACS CATL Division Educational Seminar Series: From Basics to Applications of Catalysis

As a new benefit to its members, the ACS CATL Division introduces an online educational seminar series this fall (2020). 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.

Sept. 23, 2020, Wednesday, 11 AM ET/8 AM PT

Michael J. Janik

Professor of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

Topic: Electronic structure modeling of electrocatalysis at the electrode-electrolyte interface (Abstract)

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Oct. 7, 2020, Wednesday, 11 AM ET/8 AM PT

Linda J. Broadbelt

Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Associate Dean for Research of Engineering, Northwestern University

Topic: Unraveling complex catalytic chemistries through microkinetic modeling (Abstract)

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Oct. 21, 2020, Wednesday, 11 AM ET/8 AM PT

John R. Regalbuto

Professor, Chemical Engineering and CoEE, Endowed Chair in Renewable Fuels, University of South Carolina

Topic: A simple, generalizable synthesis of highly dispersed single metal and bimetallic supported catalysts (Abstract)

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Slides available here.

Please note slide decks on this site are made available with permission from the speaker(s). Authorship resides with the speaker, and credit for the content should be attributed to the speaker and not the CATL Division of the ACS.

ACS CATL Educational Committee

Cathy Chin – cathy.chin@utoronto.co

Anne Gaffney – anne.gaffney@inl.gov

Friederike Jentoft – fcjentoft@umass.edu

ChemistsLive, a one day event

Dear ACS CATL Division members,

We are pleased to host #ChemistsLive, a one day event featuring nearly 100 high-quality scientific presentations across two divisions (ACS BIOL & ACS CATL) with live talks and live Q&A on 25th September 2020.  This all day event will feature six sessions for each division and aims to garner 1000+ attendees!

Registration is free for division members, and registration is $10 for non-members.  Registration is required and will be open Sept 5th – Sept 14th. Save your spot now!

Please go to www.chemistslive.comto register. The full program for each of the two divisions can be found on the website at http://program.chemistslive.com

We encourage non-members to join the division and to benefit from the free event.

Help us advertise the event by re-tweeting our announcement tweet:  http://tweet.chemistslive.com

Aditya Bhan, CATL Division Chair

Anne-Frances Miller, BIOL Division Chair

Aditya “Ashi” Savara, #ChemistsLive co-Director

Omar Abdelrahman, #ChemistsLive co-Director

Mark Distefano, BIOL Fall Program Chair

Steven Crossley, CATL Fall Program Chair