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Catalytic Team

Minds Behind the Molecules
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Arieh Warshel

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013
Member, National Academy of Sciences

Arieh Warshel
University of South California, Los Angeles, CA
Joseph Wang

Director of the Center for Wearable Sensors at UCSD
NAI, EASA, EAE Member

Joseph Wang
University of California
San Diego, CA
Richard Zare

Wolf Prize in Chemistry
Priestley Medal
Nichols Medal (ACS)

Richard Zare
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Judith P. Klinman

National Medal of Science (2012)
Fellow of Japanese Ministry of Science
Elected to NAS, RSC, ACS, AAAS

Judith P. Klinman
University of California
Berkeley, CA
William A Goddard III

NASA Space Sciences Award
Charles and Mary Ferkel Professor

William A Goddard III
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Tobin J. Marks

Priestley Medal (2017)
Vladimir N. Ipatieff Professor

Tobin J. Marks
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Debbie C. Crans

Vanadis Award (2004)
University Distinguished Professor

Debbie C. Crans
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO
Ru Chih Huang

McElroy Honorary Research Professor
Co-founder & Chief Scientific Advisor of Erimos Pharmacueticals

Ru Chih Huang
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Ruth Nussinov

Senior Investigator
National Academy of Sciences (2025)
Fellow of AIMBE and ISCB
EMBO Member

Ruth Nussinov
NIH
Bethesda, MD
Huw M. L. Davies

Director, Catalysis Innovation Consortium (CIC)
Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Chemistry

Huw M. L. Davies
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Yu Huang

Professor, Traugott and Dorothea Frederking Endowed Chair
Technology Review World Top 100 Young Innovators Award (2003)

Yu Huang
University of California
Los Angeles, CA
Marvin W. Makinen

Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada
Professor

Marvin W. Makinen
The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Craig Hill

Goodrich C. White Professor
Nominator for 1992-present Nobel Prizes in Chemistry

Craig Hill
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Sidney Hecht

Professor, Center Director, Biodesign Center for Bioenergetics

Sidney Hecht
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
Fudong Liu

Associate Professor
Senior Chemist, BASF Corporation

Fudong Liu
University of California
Riverside, CA
Arthur J. Nozik

Research Fellow Emeritus

Arthur J. Nozik
NREL
Golden, CO
Dan Meyerstein

Professor, President of Ariel University

Dan Meyerstein
Ariel University
Israel
Hyoyoung Lee

Professor
Associate Director of CINAP
Director of Creative Research Initiative

Hyoyoung Lee
Sungkyunkwan University
South Korea
George Tsao

Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering

George Tsao
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Debasish Kuila

Professor & Chair
Principal Investigator

Debasish Kuila
North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC
Mark Hofmann

Associate Dean for Research
Professor, Chemistry

Mark Hofmann
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND
Astrid M. Müller

Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
PhD, Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics & Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 2000

Astrid M. Müller
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Mannar R. Maurya

Professor
Dean of Faculty Affairs

Mannar R. Maurya
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
Elisabeth E. Jacobsen

Treasurer of the Board of European Society of Applied Biocatalysis (ESAB)
Associate Professor

Elisabeth E. Jacobsen
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norway
George A. O'Doherty

Full Professor

George A. O'Doherty
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
Stewart P. Lewis

Head Scientist

Stewart P. Lewis
Pyramid Polymers LLC
Zanesville, OH
Uwe Burghaus

Associate Professor

Uwe Burghaus
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
Meng Li

Research Scientist

Meng Li
Idaho National Laboratory
Idaho Falls, ID
Ricardo Jose Chimentao

Associate Professor

Ricardo Jose Chimentao
Universidad de Concepcion
Chile
Hiroyuki Miyamura

Associate Professor

Hiroyuki Miyamura
AIST
Japan
DOBA Takahiro

Assistant Professor

DOBA Takahiro
Kyoto University
Japan
Rajasekhar VSR Pullabhotla

Principal Investigator
Professor

Rajasekhar VSR Pullabhotla
University of Zululand
South Africa
Kei Ohkubo

Principal Investigator
Professor

Kei Ohkubo
Osaka University
Japan
Jong Wook Bae

Professor of Chemical Engineering

Jong Wook Bae
Sungkyunkwan University
South Korea
Masaki Fushimi

Head of Competence Center PP Catalyst

Masaki Fushimi
Clariant Corporation
Louisville, KY
Rafael Mendieta

Head of the team

Rafael Mendieta
Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic
Matthias Schwab

Head of New Business Development & Sustainability, BASF Process Catalysts

Matthias Schwab
BASF
Germany
Meric Arslan

Researcher Fellow

Meric Arslan
North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC
Mei-Yan Gao

PhD Candidate

Mei-Yan Gao
University of California, Berkeley, CA
Pooja Shandilya

Assistant Professor

Pooja Shandilya
Shoolini University
India
Su-Il In

Professor
DGIST Best Award for Academic Excellence 2022

Su-Il In
DGIST
South Korea
Nataša Novak Tušar

Professor
Head of the Laboratory for Catalysts at D09- National Institute of Chemistry

Nataša Novak Tušar
National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia
Mireille Kamariza

Assistant Professor

Mireille Kamariza
University of California
Los Angeles, CA
Rebeca Arevalo

Assistant Professor

Rebeca Arevalo
University of California
Merced, CA
Horia Metiu

Principal Investigator
Professor

Horia Metiu
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA
Shinobu Itoh

Professor

Shinobu Itoh
Osaka University
Japan
Loïc Assaud

Professor

Loïc Assaud
PSL University
France
Taejung Lim

Postdoctoral Researcher

Taejung Lim
RIKEN
Japan
Gursel Abbas

Research Assistant

Gursel Abbas
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Thabiso Kunene

Assistant Professor

Thabiso Kunene
Hampton University
Hampton, VA
David T. Wu

Professor

David T. Wu
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO
Kanchan Chauhan

Associate Investigator

Kanchan Chauhan
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Yani Guan

Ph.D. candidate

Yani Guan
University of California
Los Angeles, CA
Norbert O Reich

Professor

Norbert O Reich
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA
Robert Phillips

Professor

Robert Phillips
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
Shengxi Huang

2022 AFOSR Young Investigator Award
Associate Professor

Shengxi Huang
Rice University
Houston, TX
Miroslaw Szukiewicz

Professor

Miroslaw Szukiewicz
Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland
Piotr Skrzypacz

Assistant Professor

Piotr Skrzypacz
Nazarbayev University
Kazakhstan
Burcu Akata Kurc

Assistant Professor

Burcu Akata Kurc
Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Erika A. Taylor

Professor

Erika A. Taylor
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT
Irosha Nawarathne

Associate Professor

Irosha Nawarathne
Lyon College
Batesville, AR
María Rocío Alfaro Cruz

UANL 2023 Research Award

María Rocío Alfaro Cruz
UANL
Mexico
Hsin-Ya Tsai

Postdoctoral Fellow

Hsin-Ya Tsai
National Taiwan University
Taiwan
Asli Tiktas

Assistant Professor

Asli Tiktas
Ahi Evran University
Turkey
Albert Poater

Associate Professor

Albert Poater
Universitat de Girona
Spain
Mangaka C Matoetoe

Professor of Chemistry

Mangaka C Matoetoe
Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
Ionut Tranca

Professor

Ionut Tranca
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Belgium
Rui Zhang

Professor

Rui Zhang
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY
Martin Nielsen

Associate Professor

Martin Nielsen
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Junjun JIA

Professor

Junjun JIA
Waseda University
Japan
David Ferguson

Adjunct Professor

David Ferguson
Howard University
Washington, D.C
Anna Hehn

Junior Professor for Theoretical Chemistry

Anna Hehn
University of Kiel
Germany
Jane Ngozi Agwara

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Jane Ngozi Agwara
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
Mary Shultz

Professor, Fellow of ACS, AAAS

Mary Shultz
Tufts University
Medford, MA
Hideki Masuda

Professor Emeritus

Hideki Masuda
Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
Hideki Masuda

Researcher

Francesco Dalena
ENSICAEN
France
Hideki Masuda

Associate Professor

Po-Ya Abel Chuang
University of California Merced, CA
Hyun Jeong Song

Young Researcher

Hyun Jeong Song
Seoul National University
South Korea
Kyeongmin Baek

Young Researcher

Kyeongmin Baek
Seoul National University
South Korea
Eunkyung Cho

Senior Researcher

Eunkyung Cho
DGIST
South Korea
Stefan France

Professor and Associate Chair

Stefan France
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Mahapatra Mausumi

Assistant Professor

Mahapatra Mausumi
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL
Ufana Riaz

Assistant Professor

Ufana Riaz
North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
Alexis Wells Carpenter

Chief Innovation Officer

Alexis Wells Carpenter
AxNano
Greensboro, NC
Chae Un Kim

Associate Professor

Chae Un Kim
UNIST
South Korea
Mohammad Asadi

Associate Professor

Mohammad Asadi
Illinois Tech
Chicago, IL
Richard H. Fish

Senior Scientist

Richard H. Fish
LBNL
Berkeley, CA
Arjun Saha

Assistant Professor

Arjun Saha
University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Mike Zani

CEO

Mike Zani
Digibeam Corporation
Los Angeles, CA
Mark Wallace

CEO

Sarah Tamilarasan
SOTAOG
Houston, TX
Shangwei Zhou

PhD Researcher

Shangwei Zhou
University College London
UK
Nagababu Andraju

Research Engineer II

Nagababu Andraju
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND
Pokhraj Ghosh

Assistant Professor

Pokhraj Ghosh
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Elena A. Rozhkova

Scientist

Elena A. Rozhkova
Argonne National Laboratory
Lemont, IL
Ying-Chen Chen

Assistant Professor

Ying-Chen Chen
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
Ying-Chen Chen

Professor Emeritus

Alejandro Toro-Labbé
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile
Ying-Chen Chen

Research Scientist

Ali Abdelhafiz
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Ying-Chen Chen

Professor of Chemistry

Touradj Solouki
Baylor University
Waco, TX
Priyanka Sharma

Assistant Professor

Priyanka Sharma
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI
Jonathan M. Larson

Assistant Professor

Jonathan M. Larson
Baylor University
Waco, TX
David C. Lacy

Associate Professor

David C. Lacy
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
Kayla G. Sprenger

Assistant Professor
2023 RIO Outstanding Partner Award

Kayla G. Sprenger
University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
Haldrian Iriawan

PhD Candidate

Haldrian Iriawan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Peter Ciesielski

Principal Scientist & Distinguished Member of Research Staff

Peter Ciesielski
National Renewable Energy Lab, Golden, CO
Jinjia Xu

Assistant Professor

Jinjia Xu
University of Missouri
St. Louis, MO
Mahadeo Mahadik

Postdoctoral Researcher

Mahadeo Mahadik
Columbia University
New York, NY
Brooke Otten

Assistant Professor

Brooke Otten
Troy University
Troy, AL
Bindu Antil

Postdoctoral Scholar

Bindu Antil
Penn State University
University Park, PA
Duo Song

Computational Scientist

Duo Song
PNNL
Richland, WA
Xiaoyan Jin

Professor

Xiaoyan Jin
University of Seoul
South Korea
Armando Cordova

Professor

Armando Cordova
Mid Sweden University
Sweden
Soren B. Simonsen

Senior Researcher

Soren B. Simonsen
DTU Energy
Denmark
Mailde S. Ozorio

Postdoctoral Researcher

Mailde S. Ozorio
University of Copenhagen
Denmark
Beata Lesiak-Orłowska

Assistant Professor

Beata Lesiak-Orłowska
Polish Academy of Sciences
Poland
Signe Kjelstrup

Professor
Member Academia Europaea
Member NTNU

Signe Kjelstrup
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Harleen Kaur

Ph.D. Candidate

Harleen Kaur
University of California
Merced, CA
Kotono Babaguchi

Ph.D. Candidate

Kotono Babaguchi
University of California
Merced, CA
Gayani Pathiraja

Researcher

Gayani Pathiraja
University of North Carolina
Greensboro, NC
Geetanjali Yadav

Staff Scientist

Geetanjali Yadav
NREL
Golden, CO
Ivo Leito

Professor

Ivo Leito
University of Tartu
Estonia
Kevin Mao

Researcher

Kevin Mao
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Silas C. Blackstock

Professor

Silas C. Blackstock
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
Anne M. Gaffney

Director (Process Science & Technology)
Chief Science Officer

Anne M. Gaffney
Idaho National Laboratory
Idaho Falls, ID
Roie Yerushalmi

Associate Professor

Roie Yerushalmi
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Hiroshi Yukawa

Project Director

Hiroshi Yukawa
National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Japan
Shalini Dey

Research Assistant

Shalini Dey
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Lingping Kong

Assistant Professor

Lingping Kong
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
Tandabany Dinadayalane

Professor

Tandabany Dinadayalane
Clark Atlanta University
Atlanta, GA
Clyde Varner

Assistant Professor

Clyde Varner
Alabama A&M University
Huntsville, AL
Andranik Andrew Aprikyan

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Andranik Andrew Aprikyan
Stemgenics, Inc.
Seattle, WA
Kambiz Hamadani

Associate Professor

Kambiz Hamadani
California State University
San Marcos, CA
Rahat Javaid

Research Scientist

Rahat Javaid
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Patrick Kwon

Professor and Chair

Patrick Kwon
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
Pedro Arce

Professor

Pedro Arce
Tennessee Tech University
Cookeville, TN
Manar Alherech

Postdoctoral Researcher

Manar Alherech
NREL
Golden, CO
Shasha Guo

Postdoctoral Fellow

Shasha Guo
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Ramona Fayazfar

Director | ECAM Research Group

Ramona Fayazfar
Ontario Tech University
Canada
Ramona Fayazfar

Associate Professor

Yang Yang
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Ramona Fayazfar

Student

Candice Schlabach
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY
Ramona Fayazfar

Chief Scientist of Western Australia President (Science & Technology Australia)

Sharath Sriram
Science & Technology Australia, Australia
Yifan Dai

Assistant Professor

Yifan Dai
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Donna Post Guillen

Group Lead for Modeling and Simulation

Donna Post Guillen
Idaho National Laboratory
Idaho Falls, ID
Miriam Mathea

Global Scientific Discipline Lead Cheminformatics

Miriam Mathea
BASF
Germany
Guiyan Zang

Research Lead at MITei

Guiyan Zang
MIT Energy Initiative
Cambridge, MA
Franziska Gröhn

Professorship for Molecular Nanostructures

Franziska Gröhn
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Heli Jantunen

Professor, Member of the 6G Flagship

Heli Jantunen
University of Oulu
Finland
Leteng Lin

Associate Professor

Leteng Lin
Linnaeus University
Sweden
Andreas Larsson

Professor

Andreas Larsson
Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Taegon Oh

Senior Research Scientist

Taegon Oh
Korea Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
Silas Blessed

PhD Student

Silas Blessed
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
Chuck Coronella

Professor

Chuck Coronella
University of Nevada
Reno, NV
Joshua Young

Senior Application Scientist

Joshua Young
Matlantis, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
Alexandre A.S. Gonçalves

Senior Research Engineer II

Alexandre A.S. Gonçalves
Saint-Gobain NorPro
Stow, OH
Alexandre A.S. Gonçalves

Professor

Jik Chin
University of Toronto
Canada
Yangzhi-Zhus

Assistant Professor

Yangzhi Zhu
Terasaki Institute
Los Angeles, CA
Albert Ardevol

Team Leader

Albert Ardevol
CSIRO Manufacturing (MCM), Australia
Karla F. Andriani

Professor

Karla F. Andriani
UESC
Brazil
Barry Dunietz

Associate Professor

Barry Dunietz
Kent State University
Kent, OH
Darryl J. Bornhop

Professor Emeritus

Darryl J. Bornhop
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Julie P. Vanegas

Assistant Professor

Julie P. Vanegas
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX
Arjun Singh

Assistant Professor

Arjun Singh
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Utica, NY
Arjun Singh

Professor

Joseph Moran
University of Ottawa
Canada
Arjun Singh

Assistant Professor

Sirus Safaee
Nagasaki University
Japan
Arjun Singh

Assistant Professor

Daniel Ahmed
ETH Zürich
Switzerland
Arjun Singh

Assistant Professor

Deepti Gupta
Texas A&M University
Killeen, TX
Arjun Singh

Full Professor and Fulbright Canada Research Chair

John Pezacki
University of Ottawa
Canada
Arjun Singh

Assistant Professor

Joanna Drzezdzon
University of Gdańsk
Poland
Amgad Rezk

Associate Professor

Amgad Rezk
RMIT University
Australia
Gorka Salas

Assistant Research Prof

Gorka Salas
IMDEA Nanociencia
Spain
Cristina Satriano

Professor

Cristina Satriano
University of Catania
Italy
M. Rashed Khan

Assistant Professor

M. Rashed Khan
University of Nevada
Reno, NV
Md Mahbubur Rahman Masum

PhD Student

Md Mahbubur Rahman Masum
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
Muneyuki Matsuo

Associate Professor
Principal Investigator

Muneyuki Matsuo
Hiroshima University
Japan
Moshe Portnoy

Associate Professor
Principal Investigator

Moshe Portnoy
Tel Aviv University
Israel
Chao Ma

Associate Professor

Chao Ma
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
Suresh Nair

CEO & President

Suresh Nair
INA Solutions Inc
Tysons Corner, VA