Area of Research by Staff

Heterogeneous Catalysis:

Acid-base catalysis, carbon supported catalysts, hyrogen storage in carbon materials

 
 

Contescu, C.

contescuci@ornl.gov

 

Applied catalysis, environmental cataysis, oxidation catalysis, fuel cell based catalysis, kinetic modeling and mechanisms

 

Toops, T.J.

toopstj@ornl.gov

 

Carbon materials in catalysis

 

Gallego, N.C.

gallegonc@ornl.gov

 

Catalysis by Au, surface chemistry, emissions catalysis, characterization of catalysts

 

Overbury, S.H.

ove@ornl.gov

 

Catalysis by design, synthesis of catalytic materials, catalytic testing, alternative feedstock, photocatalysis

 

Narula, C.K.

narulack@ornl.gov

 

Catalysis in organic transformations, silica and carbon materials

 

Buchanan, A.C.

buchananac@ornl.gov

 

Computational simulation of catalytic processes

 

Xu, Y.

xuy2@ornl.gov

 

Desulfurization, HDS and HDN,Au catalysis, S oxidation by C materials, EXAFS characterization of catalysts

 

Schwartz, V.

schwartzv@ornl.gov

 

Emissions catalysis, sulfur traps, urea SCR, catalytic chemistry

 

Storey, J.M.

storeyjm@ornl.gov

 

Emissions control, diagnostic tool building for reeactor diagnostics

 

Partridge, W.

partridgewp@ornl.gov

 

Gold catalysis, electrocatalysts, alloy catalysts

 

Veith, G.M.

veithgm@ornl.gov

 

Hydrocarbon activation, environmental catalysis, photocatalysis

 

Wu, Z.

wuz1@ornl.gov

 

Inorganic synthesis of catalysts, catalysis by Au, fuel cells catalysis

 

Dai, S.

dais@ornl.gov

 

Kinetics and mechanisms, kinetic models, applied catalysis, reforming catalysis

 

Choi, J.-S.

choijs@ornl.gov

 

Llean NOx, ethane ODH, inorganic chemsitry, synthesis of materials

 

Debusk, M.M.

mosesmj@ornl.gov

 

Modeling of catalytic processes and catalytic systems

 

Daw, C.S.

dawcs@ornl.gov

 

Oxides in catalysis

 

Dudney, N.J.

dudneynj@ornl.gov

 

Photo catalysis, photochemistry

 

Dabestani, R.

dabestanir@ornl.gov

 

Synthesis and characterization of porous materials

 

Liang, C.

liangcn@ornl.gov

 

 

Surface Science:

Catalysis by Au, surface chemistry, emissions catalysis, characterization of catalysts

 

Overbury, S.H.

ove@ornl.gov

 

Computational simulation of catalytic processes

 

Xu, Y.

xuy2@ornl.gov

 

Desulfurization, HDS and HDN,Au catalysis, S oxidation by C materials, EXAFS characterization of catalysts

 

Schwartz, V.

schwartzv@ornl.gov

 

Hydrocarbon activation, environmental catalysis, photocatalysis

 

Wu, Z.

wuz1@ornl.gov

 

Surface Chemistry, EXAFS and NEXAFS characterization of catalysts and surfaces, core-level photoemission using synchrotron radiation

 

Mullins, D.R.

mullinsdr@ornl.gov

 
 

Emissions Control:

Applied catalysis, environmental cataysis, oxidation catalysis, fuel cell based catalysis, kinetic modeling and mechanisms

 

Toops, T.J.

toopstj@ornl.gov

 

Catalysis by design, synthesis of catalytic materials, catalytic testing, alternative feedstock, photocatalysis

 

Narula, C.K.

narulack@ornl.gov

 

Emissions catalysis, sulfur traps, urea SCR, catalytic chemistry

 

Storey, J.H.

storeyjh@ornl.gov

 

Emissions control, diagnostic tool building for reactor diagnostics

 

Partridge, W.

partridgewp@ornl.gov

 

Kinetics and mechanisms, kinetic models, applied catalysis, reforming catalysis

 

Choi, J.-S.

choijs@ornl.gov

 

Llean NOx, ethane ODH, inorganic chemsitry, synthesis of materials

 

Debusk, M.M.

mosesmj@ornl.gov

 

Modeling of catalytic processes and catalytic systems

 

Daw, C.S.

dawcs@ornl.gov

 

NOx traps, diesel oxidation catalysis, (physicist), catalytic diagnostics, automotive reforming catalysis

 

Parks, J.

parksjeii@ornl.gov

 

 

Enzymatic Catalysis:

Computational studies of biocatalysis such ashydrogenase

 

Smith, J.

smithjc@ornl.gov

 

Quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM) approaches for understanding catalytic mechanisms of enzymes

 

Guo, H.

hguo1@utk.edu

 

 

Computation/Theory:

Computational simulation of catalytic processes

 

Xu, Y.

xuy2@ornl.gov

 

Computational studies

 

Beste, A.

bestea@ornl.gov

 

Computational studies of biocatalysis such ashydrogenase

 

Smith, J.

smithjc@ornl.gov

 

Modeling of catalytic processes and catalytic systems

 

Daw, C.S.

dawcs@ornl.gov

 

Multiscale and multiphysics algorithms for hierarchically modeling heterogeneous catalysis coupled with flow

 

Pannala, S.

pannalas@ornl.gov

 

Quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM) approaches for understanding catalytic mechanisms of enzymes

 

Guo, H.

hguo1@utk.edu

 

 

Characterization:

Analytical spectroscopy of surfaces

 

Meyer, H.M.

h65@ornl.gov

 

Microscopy, characterization of catalysts

 

Allard, L.F.

allardlfjr@ornl.gov

 

Microscopy, characterization of catalysts

 

Lupini, A.

arl1000@ornl.gov

 

Microscopy, characterization of catalysts

 

More, K.

morekl1@ornl.gov

 

Microscopy, characterization of catalysts

 

Pennycook, S.J.

pennycooks@ornl.gov

 

Raman and DRIFTS Characterization of Catalysts

 

Lance, M.J.

lancem@ornl.gov

 

X-ray for catalytic characterization, emission catalysis

 

Watkins, T.

watkinstr@ornl.gov

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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