2025 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Pioneers of Catalysis and Reaction Engineering (Invited Talks)

The Pioneers of Catalysis and Reaction Engineering session recognizes 5 early career professionals from academia, industry, and/or government who bring new research ideas to the fields of catalysis and reaction engineering and who have interest in engaging with the Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division.

Chair

Co-Chair

Nicholas Brunelli, Ohio State University

Presentations

08:00 AM

(56a) How a Molecular View of Dynamic Events at Liquid-Solid Interfaces Enables Deliberate Modulation of Reaction Kinetics and Catalyst Stability in Liquid-Phase Process
Theodore Walker

09:00 AM

(56c) Probing the Role of Calcium Carbonate on Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Polyethylene in the Presence of Supercritical Water
Kalsoom Jan, Daniel Lachos Perez, Rodrigo Almeida Luciano, Débora Miranda, Grace Chen

09:30 AM

(56d) Controlling Electrocatalytic Performance Beyond the Active Site
Joaquin Resasco

10:00 AM

(56e) Catalysis of Flare Gas to High Octane Gasoline
Paul Lewandowski, Amit Gokhale, Hong Lu