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Suljo Linic

Martin Lewis Perl Collegiate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Director, Energy Systems Engineering Program

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Curriculum Vitae

Google Scholar Profile

Contact Information

Email: linic@umich.edu
Phone: (734) 647-7984
Fax: (734) 764-7453
Office: B28-1046W NCRC

Education

PhD 2003
Chemical Engineering
University of Delaware, Newark, DE

BS 1998
Physics (Minors: Mathematics, Chemistry)
West Chester University, West Chester, PA

Professional Experience

Martin Lewis Perl Collegiate Professor, 2020-present
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Professor, 2014-present
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Director of Energy System Engineering Program, 2010-present
College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Hans-Fischer Fellow, 2015-present
Chemistry Department, Technical University, Munich, Germany

Associate Professor, 2010-2014
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Assistant Professor, 2004-2010
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2003-2004
Theory Department, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany

Biography of Suljo Linic

Suljo Linic was born in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. He completed his high school education in Bosnia. He was displaced from Bosnia during the Bosnian war of the 1990s. He moved to the USA in 1994 after he was awarded a faculty scholarship from West Chester University (West Chester, PA). He completed his BS degree in Physics with minors in Mathematics and Chemistry at West Chester University (PA) in the spring of 1998. In the fall of 1998, Suljo moved to the University of Delaware to study surface chemistry and catalysis under Prof. Mark Barteau in the Center for Catalytic Science and Technology. There he earned MS and PhD degrees in chemical engineering in 1999 and 2003, respectively. Early in 2003, Suljo was offered a faculty position at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Before moving to Ann Arbor to start his independent faculty career, Suljo relocated to Berlin (Germany) to work with Prof. Mathias Scheffler on ab initio simulations of chemical transformations on graphene and carbon nanotubes as a Max Planck postdoctoral fellow at the Fritz Haber Institute. Suljo started as an Assistant Professor at University of Michigan in September of 2004. He was promoted to Associate Professor in September 2010. In the September of 2014, he was promoted to Professor and was appointed the Class of 1938 Faculty Fellow. Since 2010, Suljo has also been leading Energy Systems Engineering program at Michigan. Since 2015 Suljo is also a Hans Fischer Fellows at chemistry department of Technical University in Munich.

Suljo directs a research program focused primarily on heterogeneous catalysis and surface chemistry in areas ranging from selective oxidation, to hydrocarbon reforming, to electrocatalysis and photocatalysis. His research has been recognized through multiple awards including the 2016 Parravano award by the Michigan Catalysis Society, the 2014 ACS Catalysis Lectureship awarded by the journal ACS Catalysis and the ACS Catalysis Division, the 2011 Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum Young Investigator Award, awarded by American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the 2009 ACS Unilever Award awarded by the Colloid and Surface Chemistry Division of ACS, the 2009 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award awarded by the Dreyfus Foundation, the 2008 DuPont Young Professor Award, and a 2006 NSF CAREER Award. Since 2015, Suljo has served as an associate editor of ACS Catalysis, a multi-disciplinary catalysis journal published by the American Chemical Society.

Honors & Awards

Invited and Keynote Lectures

  1. 4th International Congress of Chemists and Technologists of Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Electrochemistry on metal alloys,” Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 2020 (postponed for 2021).
  2. Bridging the Gap: Nano Meets Quantum workshop by the Munich-based Center for NanoScience (CeNS), “Hybrid plasmonic: what governs energy and charge movement” Venice International University (VIU), Venice, Italy, September 2020 (postponed for 2021).
  3. Politecnico di Milano and Boreskov Institute of Catalysis – International ChemReactor Conference, “Oxidative coupling of methane over membrane/catalysts reacting systems,” Milan, Italy, September 2020 (postponed for 2021).
  4. Gordon Research Conference on Catalysis, “Metal-insulator-semiconductor material platforms as water spiting photocatalysts,” Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH, June 2020 (postponed for 2022).
  5. American Institute of Chemical Engineers National Meeting, “Electronic Structure Engineering in Heterogeneous Catalysis: From Simple Analytical to Machine Learnt Models of Chemisorption on Alloys,” Orlando, FL, November 2019
  6. American Chemical Society Fall National Meeting, “Electronic Structure Engineering in Heterogeneous Catalysis: from Simple Analytical to Machine Learnt Models of Chemisorption on Alloys,” ACS Catalysis Lectureship for the Advancement of Catalytic Science: Symposium in Honor of Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos and Charles Sykes, San Diego, CA, August 2019
  7. American Chemical Society Spring National Meeting, “Direct Methane Conversion to Ethylene and Ethane by Oxidative Coupling in Membrane/Catalysts Reacting Systems,” Orlando, FL, April 2019
  8. American Chemical Society Spring National Meeting, “Maximizing Efficiencies of Photocatalytic Water Splitting by Engineering Interfaces in Multi-component Photocatalysts,” Orlando, FL, April 2019
  9. American Chemical Society Spring National Meeting, “Nanoscale Engineering of Efficient Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts by Tailoring the Local Chemical Environment to Pt Surface Sites,” Orlando, FL, March 2019
  10. Chemistry As Innovating Science (CHAINS) Conference, “Photocatalysis on plasmonic metal nanostructures,” Veldhoven, Netherlands, December 2018
  11. Materials Research Society Annual Meeting, “Controlling Energy Flow in Plasmonic Photocatalysis Through the Design of Hybrid Plasmonic Nanostructures for Selective Catalysis,” Boston, MA, November 2018
  12. American Institute of Chemical Engineers National Meeting, “Maximizing Efficiencies of Photocatalytic Water Splitting By Engineering Interfaces in Multi-Component Photocatalysts,” Pittsburgh, PA, October 2018
  13. American Chemical Society Fall National Meeting, “Controlling energy flow in plasmonic photocatalysis through the design of hybrid plasmonic nanostructures,” Boston, MA, August 2018
  14. American Chemical Society Fall National Meeting, “Nanoscale engineering of efficient oxygen reduction electrocatalysts by tailoring the local chemical environment of Pt surface sites,” Boston, MA, August 2018
  15. Electrochemical Society Spring National Meeting, “Nanoscale Engineering of Efficient Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts by Tailoring the Local Chemical Environment of Pt Sites,” Seattle, WA, May 2018
  16. Electrochemical Society Spring National Meeting, “Controlling Energy Flow in Plasmonic Photocatalysis through the Design of Hybrid Plasmonic Nanostructures,” Seattle, WA, May 2018
  17. Electrochemical Society Spring National Meeting, “Maximizing Efficiencies of Photocatalytic Water Splitting by Engineering Interfaces in Multi-Component Photocatalysts,” Seattle, WA, May 2018
  18. American Chemical Society Spring National Meeting, “Nanoscale engineering of Efficient Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts by Tailoring the Local Chemical Environment of Pt Surface Sites,” Finding Our Place at the Bottom: A Symposium in Memory of Richard Feynman, New Orleans, LA, March 2018
  19. American Chemical Society Spring National Meeting, “Controlling energy flow in plasmonic photocatalysis through the design of hybrid plasmonic nanostructures,” New Orleans, LA, March 2018
  20. MOLIM workshop – “Molecules in Motion: Multiscale Modelling – From Quantum Effects to Material Properties” at the Nanoscale Graz University of Technology, Institute of Experimental Physics, “Controlling Energy Flow in Plasmonic Catalysis,” Graz, Austria, February 2018
  21. Workshop on Fundamentals of Catalysis, “Analysis of the mechanism of electrochemical oxygen reduction and development of Ag- and Pt-alloy catalysts for low temperature fuel cells,” Munich, Germany, November 2017
  22. American Institute of Chemical Engineers National Meeting, celebrating Prof. Israel Wachs’ AIChE R. H. Wilhelm Award in Chemical Reaction Engineering, “Analysis of the mechanism of electrochemical oxygen reduction and development of Ag- and Pt-alloy catalysts for low temperature fuel cells,” Minneapolis, MN, November 2017
  23. CS3 Summit at Dalian (China), “The CO2 problem and potential catalytic solutions,” Dalian, China, September 2017
  24. American Chemical Society Fall National Meeting, “Analysis of the mechanism of electrochemical oxygen reduction and development of Ag- and Pt-alloy catalysts for low temperature fuel cells,” Washington, DC, August 2017
  25. Emmett Award Lecture, Biannual meeting North American Catalysis Society, “Catalysis on plasmonic nanostructures,” Denver, CO, July 2017
  26. Gordon Research Conference on Plasmon Energy Transfer, "Photocatalysis on plasmonic metal nanostructures", The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, scheduled 7/2017.
  27. Pittcon Conference of Analytical Chemistry NH, "Photocatalysis on plasmonic metal nanostructures", Chicago, IL, scheduled 3/2017.
  28. MRS Annual Meeting, "Analysis of the mechanism of electrochemical oxygen reduction and development of Ag- and Pt-alloy catalysts for low temperature fuel cells", Phoenix, AZ, scheduled 4/2017.
  29. 4th TYC - Toucon Energy Materials Workshop, "Analysis of the mechanism of electrochemical oxygen reduction and development of Ag- and Pt-alloy catalysts for low temperature fuel cells" at King's College London, scheduled 12/2016.
  30. DOE Conference on Scientific Opportunities for Ultrafast Hard X-rays at High Repetition Rate: An Energy Upgrade of LCLS-II "Catalysis on metals", SLAC at Stanford University, 9/2016
  31. Gordon Research Conference on Catalysis, "Analysis of the mechanism of electrochemical oxygen reduction and development of Ag- and Pt-alloy catalysts for low temperature fuel cells", Colby-Sawyer College, NH, 6/2016.
  32. DOE-BES Contractor's Meeting, "Analysis of the mechanism of electrochemical oxygen reduction and development of Ag- and Pt-alloy catalysts for low temperature fuel cells", Washington, DC, 6/2016.
  33. Michigan Catalysis Society Annual symposium, "Analysis of the mechanism of electrochemical oxygen reduction and development of Ag- and Pt-alloy catalysts for low temperature fuel cells", Midland, MI, 5/2016.
  34. ACS Annual Meeting, "Analysis of the mechanism of electrochemical oxygen reduction and development of Ag- and Pt-alloy catalysts for low temperature fuel cells", San Diego, CA, 3/2016.
  35. ACS Annual Meeting, "Photochemical reactions on plasmonic metal nanostructures"; San Diego, CA, 3/2016.
  36. ACS Pacific-Chem meeting, "Photochemical reactions on plasmonic metal nanostructures"; Honolulu, HI, 12/2015.
  37. ACS Pacific-Chem meeting, "Electrochemical ORR on metal alloys"; Honolulu, HI, 12/2015.
  38. Symposium on Photonics at Boston University, "Photochemical reactions on plasmonic metal nanostructures: known knowns and known unknowns about hot carrier distribution", Boston, MA, 12/2015.
  39. AVS annual meeting, "Photo-chemical reactions on plasmonic metal nanoparticles", San Jose, CA, 10/2015.
  40. North American Catalytic Society meeting, "Photochemical reaction on plasmonic metal nanoparticles", Pittsburgh, PA, 06/2015.
  41. Southwest Catalysis Society annual meeting, "Analysis of the Mechanism of Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction and Development of Ag- and Pt-alloy Catalysts for Low Temperature Fuel Cells", Houston, TX, 04/2015.
  42. MRS annual meeting, "Photo-chemical reactions on plasmonic metal nanoparticles", San Francisco, CA, 04/2015.
  43. ACS annual meeting, "Analysis of the Mechanism of Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction and Development of Ag- and Pt-alloy Catalysts for Low Temperature Fuel Cells", celebration of Prof. Jingguang Chen's ACS Olah award, Denver, CO, 03/2015.
  44. ACS annual meeting, "Conversion of solar into chemical energy on plasmonic metal nanostructures", Denver, CO, 03/2015.
  45. ACS annual meeting, "Microscopic mechanisms of plasmon-mediated charge transfer in adsorbates on metal nanoparticles and its chemical consequences", Denver, CO, 03/2015.
  46. Gordon Research Conference on Reactions on Surfaces, "Chemical reaction on plasmonic metal nanoparticles induced by energetic electrons", Ventura, CA, 02/2015.
  47. MRS annual meeting, "Plasmonic metal nanoparticles in the conversion of solar to chemical energy", Boston, MA, 11/2014.
  48. DIET 14: Dynamics, Interactions and Electronic Transitions at Surfaces "Chemical reaction on plasmonic metal nanoparticles induced by energetic electrons", San Jose, CA, 10/2014.
  49. ACS annual meeting, "Controlling electron- and phonon-driven chemical transformations on metals", award lecture celebrating Suljo Linic's ACS catalysis lectureship award, San Francisco, CA, 08/2014.
  50. ACS annual meeting, "Photo-chemical reactions on plasmonic metal nanostructures", San Francisco, CA, (award lecture celebrating Suljo Linic's ACS catalysis lectureship award), 08/2014.
  51. Gordon Research Conference on Plasmonics, "Chemical reaction on plasmonic metal nanoparticles induced by energetic electrons", New Hampshire, 07/2014.
  52. C1P Catalysis from first principles workshop, "Using molecular understanding of electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction to design novel alloy electro-catalysts", Ulm, Germany, 05/2014.
  53. Philadelphia Catalysis Society annual meeting, "Analysis of the Mechanism of Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction and Development of Ag- and Pt-alloy Catalysts for Low Temperature Fuel Cells", Philadelphia, PA, 05/2014.
  54. ACS annual meeting, "Molecular mechanism of electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction", Dallas, TX, 03/2014.
  55. ACS annual meeting, "Conversion of solar into chemical energy on plasmonic metal nanostructures", Dallas, TX, 03/2014.
  56. ACS annual meeting, "Modelling molecular processes taking place on optically excited plasmonic metal nanoparticles", Dallas, TX, 03/2014.
  57. APS annual meeting, "Conversion of solar into chemical energy on plasmonic metal nanostructures", Denver, CO, 03/2014.
  58. ACS annual meeting, "Developing molecular mechanism for oxygen reduction reaction and using it to design Pt-free electro-catalysts", Indianapolis, IN, 08/2013.
  59. ACS annual meeting, "Catalysis on optically excited plasmonic nano-particles of noble metals (Ag)", Indianapolis, IN, 08/2013.
  60. ACS annual meeting, "Theoretical models for molecular processes taking place on optically excited plasmonic metal nanoparticles", Indianapolis, IN, 08/2013.
  61. ACS annual meeting, "Designing catalysts based on their electronic structure fingerprints: Predictive structure-performance models for metal alloy catalysts", Indianapolis, IN, 08/2013.
  62. ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, "Photochemistry on metals", Riverside, CA 06/2013.
  63. Workshop on catalysis on plasmonic metals, "Catalysis on optically excited plasmonic nano-particles of noble metals (Ag)", Rice University, TX, 06/2013.
  64. DOE Contractors meeting, "Catalysis on optically excited plasmonic nano-particles of noble metals (Ag)", Annapolis, MD, 06/2013.
  65. IPAM workshop, "Design of targeted nanostructures for efficient and environmentally friendly catalysis and photo-catalysis", Los Angeles, CA, 05/2013.
  66. ACS annual meeting, "Developing molecular mechanism for oxygen reduction reaction and using it to design Pt-free electro-catalysts", New Orleans, 04/2013.
  67. ACS annual meeting, "Catalysis on optically excited plasmonic nano-particles of noble metals (Ag)", New Orleans, 04/2013.
  68. International Congress on Nano Meta Materials (NANOMETA) organized by European Physics Society, "Chemical transformation on optically excited plasmonic nanoparticles", Seefeld, Austria, 01/2013.
  69. Symposium celebrating 60th birthday of Prof. Jens. K. Norskov at Stanford University, "Photo-reaction on plasmonic metal nanostructures", Stanford University, 09/2012.
  70. The 2012 Summer School at Danish Technical University, "Computational Heterogeneous Catalysis: Surface Chemistry of Alloys", Lungby, Denmark, 08/2012.
  71. Workshop on Heterogeneous Catalysis, Surface Science and Energy Research, "Direct photo-catalysis on optically excited plasmonic metal nanostructures", Georg-August University of Gottingen in Gottingen, Germany. July, 2012.
  72. The 7th Chemical Engineering Conference for Collaborative Research in Eastern Mediterranean Countries (EMCC7), "Photo-catalysis on Plasmonic Metal/Semiconductor Composites: H2O splitting using visible light", Corfu, Greece, 04/2012.
  73. Catalysis Club of Chicago, "Designing catalysts based on their spectroscopic fingerprints: Relationships between measured local geometric and electronic structure of alloy catalysts and their chemical reactivity", Chicago, IL, 01/2012.
  74. Entretiens Jacques Cartier Colloquium on 21st Century Catalysis Science and Applications, "Design of Targeted Nanostructures for Efficient and Environmentally Friendly Catalysis and Photocatalysis", Ottawa, Canada, 11/2011.
  75. NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Grantee Conference, "Plasmonic nanostructures in photochemistry", Washington DC, 11/2011.
  76. AIChE annual meeting, "Design of energy efficient and environmentally friendly nanomaterials for catalysis and photo-catalytic solar fuel production", award lecture for nanoscience and engineering forum young investigator award, Minneapolis, MN, 10/ 2011.
  77. ACS annual meeting, "Photo-catalysis on plasmonic metallic nanostructures and plasmonic nanostructure/semiconductor composites", Denver, CO, 8/2011.
  78. ACS Annual Meeting, "Improving carbon tolerance of Ni heterogeneous (electro)catalysts by alloying: catalysts design guided by first principles calculations", Denver, CO, 8/2011.
  79. ACS Annual Meeting, "Designing catalysts based on their spectroscopic fingerprints: relationships between measured local geometric and electronic structure of alloy catalysts and their chemical reactivity", Denver, CO, 08/2011.
  80. C1P Network of Excellence in Computational Catalysis, "Development of predictive structure-performance relationships for rational design of multi-component catalytic materials", Copenhagen, Denmark, 05/2011.
  81. Workshop on New Trends of Computational Chemistry in Industry Applications), "Development of predictive structure-performance relationships for rational design of multi-component catalytic materials", Barcelona, Spain, 05/2011.
  82. Workshop on Materials Design in Chemical Compound Space, Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics at UCLA, "Using electronic structure descriptors to identify new catalysts", Los Angeles, CA, 05/2011
  83. Symposium on Catalysis Science at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century, "Exploiting Nanotechnology for Heterogeneous Catalysis: Shaped Metallic Nanostructures as Selective Catalysts and for Characterization of Surface Chemical Reactions", Lyon, France, 11/2010.
  84. Catalysis Society of New York (NYC), "Design of materials for energy conversion from first principles: metallic nanoparticles of targeted shapes as highly selective catalysts, photo-catalysts, and platforms for chemical characterization", Rutherford, NJ, 10/2010.
  85. ACS Annual Meeting, "Enhancing Photo-chemical activity of semiconductor nanoparticles with optically active metallic nano-structures: Photo-chemistry mediated by surface plasmons", Boston, MA, 08/2010
  86. University of Delaware, Department of Chemical Engineering, "Design of materials for energy conversion from first principles: metallic nanoparticles of targeted shapes as highly selective catalysts, photo-catalysts, and platforms for chemical characterization", Newark, DE, 05/2010.
  87. ACS annual meeting, "Well defined, highly uniform, targeted nano-structures as highly selective heterogeneous catalysts, photo-catalysts and characterization tools", Symposium organized in honor of the recipient of the 2010 Ipatieff Prize Prof. Christopher Jones, San Francisco, 03/2010
  88. AVS Annual meeting, "Catalysis on supported metal nano-clusters", San Jose, CA, 11/2009
  89. Philadelphia Catalysis Society Annual Symposium, "Targeted metallic nanostructures as heterogeneous catalysis, electro-catalysts, and platforms for chemical characterization", Newark, DE, 5/2009
  90. ACS Unilever Award Lecture, "Well defined, highly uniform, targeted nano-structures as highly selective heterogeneous catalysts, photo-catalysts and characterization tools", ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, New York, NY, 06/2009.
  91. ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, "Measuring the electronic structure of metal alloys and relating it to their performance", New York, NY, 06/2009.
  92. ACS Annual Meeting, "Measuring the electronic structure of metal alloys and relating it to their performance", symposium of the convergence between theory and experiment in surface chemistry and heterogeneous catalysis organized by Prof. John Yates in honor of Prof. Jens Norskov, the recipient of the 2009 Gabor Somorjai award for creative research in catalysis, ACS meeting, Salt Lake City, 04/2009.
  93. Gordon Research Conference on Catalysis, "Design of heterogeneous (Electro)catalysts guided by molecular insights", Colby-Sawyer, NH, 06/2008.
  94. International Symposium on Creation and Control of Advanced Selective Catalysis Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Catalysis Society of Japan, "(Electro)catalyst design guided by molecular insights: controlling carbon poisoning of Ni (electro)catalysts by alloying", Kyoto, Japan, 07/2008.
  95. Transatlantic Frontiers in Chemistry Symposium, "Catalysis at nano length scales", England, 08/2008.
  96. DOE NETL symposium, "Hybrid theoretical/experimental studies aimed at the development of carbon- and sulfur-tolerant reforming catalysts", Pittsburgh, PA, 04/2008.
  97. ACS annual meeting, "Controlling carbon chemistry on Ni surfaces by alloying: First principles approaches toward carbon-tolerant alloy catalysts and electrocatalysts", New Orleans, 04/2008
  98. ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium: "Surface chemistry of carbon on Ni and Ni-alloys: carbon-tolerant hydrocarbon reforming catalysts from molecular insights", Newark, DE, 06/2007.
  99. Phi-K network of excellence workshop on novel materials from first principles, "Selectivity in Heterogeneous Ethylene Epoxidation on Ag: From Fundamental Studies to Rational Catalyst Design", workshop organized by Jens K. Norskov, Matthias Scheffler and Juergen Hafner, Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark, 06/2004.
  100. ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, "Heterogeneous catalysis by gold: DFT and ab initio thermodynamic investigations of Au oxidation state and the role of oxide supports", Boulder, CO, 06/2006.
  101. ACS annual meeting, "Controlling carbon chemistry on Ni surfaces by the surface alloying: An ab-initio approach towards carbon-tolerant alloy catalysts for chemical energy conversion", Boston, 08/2007
  102. Ford Motor Company, "First principles approaches to hydrogen economy and sustainability", Dearborn, MI, 10/2004.
  103. Michigan Catalysis Society, "Ethylene epoxidation on Au: First-principles design of more selective catalysts", Livonia, MI, 11/2004
  104. Delphi Automotive Company, "Ethylene epoxidation on Au: First-principles design of more selective catalysts", Flint, MI, 4/2005
  105. Max Planck Society Meeting, "Ethylene epoxidation on Au: First-principles design of more selective catalysts", Straslund, Germany, 2/2004
  106. Fritz Haber Institute, "Ethylene epoxidation on Au: First-principles design of more selective catalysts", Berlin, Germany, 9/2003

Invited Lectures at Universities

  1. University of Oklahoma, Department of Chemical Engineering, “Electrochemical oxygen reduction: kinetic analysis and the development of Ag- and Pt-alloy catalysts for low temperature fuel cells,” Norman, OK, March 2020
  2. Princeton University, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, “Plasmonic chemistry and catalysis: opportunities for selective and sustainable chemical conversion,” Princeton, NJ, March 2020
  3. Pennsylvania State University, Department of Chemical Engineering, “Electrochemical oxygen reduction: kinetic analysis and the development of Ag- and Pt-alloy catalysts for low temperature fuel cells,” University Park, PA, February 2020
  4. University of Pennsylvania, Department of Chemistry, “Electrochemical oxygen reduction: kinetic analysis and the development of Ag- and Pt-alloy catalysts for low temperature fuel cells,” Philadelphia, PA, February 2020
  5. Boston College, Chemistry Department, “Electrochemical oxygen reduction: kinetic analysis and the development of Ag- and Pt-alloy catalysts for low temperature fuel cells,” Boston, MA, January 2020
  6. University of Pennsylvania, Department of Chemical Engineering, “Plasmonic catalysis,” Philadelphia, PA, October 2019
  7. XINGDA Lecture, Peking University, Chemistry Division, “Plasmonic chemistry and catalysis: opportunities for selective and sustainable chemical conversion,” September 2019
  8. Tufts University, Department of Chemistry, “Electrochemical oxygen reduction: kinetic analysis and the development of Ag- and Pt-alloy catalysts for low temperature fuel cells,” Boston, MA, February 2019
  9. University of South Carolina, Department of Chemical Engineering, “Engineering metal/insulator/co-catalysts systems for photocatalytic water splitting,” Columbia, SC, January 2019
  10. Dutch Institute for Renewable Energy Conversion (DIFFER), “Electrochemical oxygen reduction: kinetic analysis and the development of Ag- and Pt-alloy catalysts for low temperature fuel cells,” Eindhoven, Netherlands, December 2018
  11. University of Pennsylvania, Department of Chemical Engineering, “Selectivity in plasmonic catalysis: controlling the energy flow at molecular scales,” Philadelphia, PA, May 2018
  12. U.S. Congressional Hearing - Capitol Hill, “Energy challenges and solutions,” Washington, DC, August 2018
  13. Mason Lecture, Stanford University, Department of Chemical Engineering, “Selectivity in plasmonic catalysis: Controlling the energy flow at molecular scales,” Stanford, CA, May 2018
  14. Johns Hopkins University, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, “Catalysis on plasmonic metal nanoparticles: opportunities for highly selective chemical conversion,” Baltimore, MD, April 2018
  15. D.B. Robinson Lecture, University of Alberta, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, “Catalysis on plasmonic metal nanoparticles: opportunities for highly selective chemical conversion,” Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, April 2018
  16. Harvard University, Integrated Mesoscale Architecture for Sustainable Catalysis (IMASC), “Catalysis on plasmonic metal nanoparticles: opportunities for highly selective chemical conversion,” Cambridge, MA, February 2018
  17. University of Rochester, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Department of Chemical Engineering, “Catalysis on plasmonic metal nanoparticles: Opportunities for highly selective chemical conversion,” Rochester, NY, January 2018
  18. Tulane University, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, “Photo-chemical reactions on plasmonic metal nanostructures,” New Orleans, LA, December 2017
  19. Dumas Lecture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Chemical Engineering, “Photo-chemical reactions on plasmonic metal nanostructures,” Blacksburg, VA, November 2017
  20. Yale University, New Heaven, "Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction: Kinetic analysis and the development of Ag- and Pt-alloy catalysts for low temperature fuel cells", Chemistry Department, schedule 1/2017.
  21. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, "Photo-chemical reactions on plasmonic metal nanostructures", Chemistry Department, schedule 11/2016.
  22. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, "Photo-chemical reactions on plasmonic metal nanostructures", Chemical Engineering Department, 4/2016
  23. Iowa State University, Ames, "Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction: Kinetic analysis and the development of Ag- and Pt-alloy catalysts for low temperature fuel cells", Chemical Engineering Department, 11/2015.
  24. University of Washington, Seattle, "Photo-chemical reactions on plasmonic metal nanostructures", Nanoscience and Technology Institute 10/2015.
  25. University of California, Berkeley, "Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction: Kinetic analysis and the development of Ag- and Pt-alloy catalysts for low temperature fuel cells", Chemical Engineering Department, 03/2015.
  26. McGill University, Montreal (Canada), "Photo-chemical reactions on plasmonic metal nanostructures", Chemistry Department, 03/2015.
  27. Exxon Mobil, "Oxidative coupling of methane", Clinton, New Jersey, 12/2015
  28. Sabic corporation "Reactions on metals", Houston, TX, 4/2015
  29. Technical University, Munich (Germany), "Design of targeted nanostructures for efficient and environmentally friendly catalysis and photo-catalysis", Chemistry Department, Munich (Germany), 01/2015.
  30. University of California, Riverside, "Design of targeted nanostructures for efficient and environmentally friendly catalysis and photo-catalysis", Materials Science Department, 12/2014.
  31. University of Pittsburgh, "Design of targeted nanostructures for efficient and environmentally friendly catalysis and photo-catalysis", Chemistry Department, 11/2014.
  32. University of Toronto, "Design of targeted nanostructures for efficient and environmentally friendly catalysis and photo-catalysis", Department of Chemical Engineering, ON (Canada), 01/2014
  33. Bowling Green University, "Design of targeted nanostructures for efficient and environmentally friendly catalysis and photo-catalysis", Department of Chemistry 01/2014
  34. Exxon Mobil, "Relating Experimental to Theoretical Studies in Heterogeneous Catalysis", New Jersey, 12/2013
  35. Vanderbilt University, "Design of targeted nanostructures for efficient and environmentally friendly catalysis and photo-catalysis", Department of Chemical Engineering, TN, 12/2013
  36. Georgia Institute of Technology, "Design of targeted nanostructures for efficient and environmentally friendly catalysis and photo-catalysis", Department of Chemical Engineering, GA, 11/2013
  37. University of Notre Dame, Thiele Lectureship: "Design of targeted nanostructures for efficient and environmentally friendly catalysis and photo-catalysis", Department of Chemical Engineering, IN, 09/2013
  38. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, "Developing molecular mechanism for oxygen reduction reaction and using it to design Pt-free electro-catalysts", Golden, CO, 04/2013
  39. University of Colorado, "Catalysis on optically excited plasmonic nano-particles of noble metals (Ag)", Department of Chemical Engineering, Boulder, CO, 01/2013
  40. National Energy Technology Laboratory, "Catalysis of Fuel Cells", Pittsburgh, PA, 02/2013
  41. Columbia University, "Catalysis on optically excited plasmonic nano-particles of noble metals (Ag)", Department of Chemical Engineering, New York City, NY, 01/2013
  42. University of Pittsburgh, "Nano-scale solutions in catalysis and photo-catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering, 10/2012
  43. Renssaelaer Polytechnic Institute, "Nano-scale solutions in catalysis and photo-catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering, 10/2012
  44. University of Southern Florida, "Nano-scale solutions in catalysis and photo-catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering, 10/2012
  45. Wayne State University (Detroit, MI), "Nano-scale solutions in catalysis and photo-catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering, 11/2011.
  46. Duke University (NC), "Nano-scale solutions in catalysis and photo-catalysis, Department of Chemistry, 11/2011.
  47. Ohio State University (Columbus, OH), "Nano-scale solutions in catalysis and photo-catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering, April 2011.
  48. University of California (Santa Barbara), Department of Chemical Engineering, "Nano-scale solutions in catalysis and photo-catalysis: materials for efficient conversion of solar to chemical energy", March, 2011.
  49. Stanford University, Department of Chemical Engineering,"Nano-scale solutions in catalysis and photo-catalysis: materials for efficient conversion of solar to chemical energy", February, 2011.
  50. University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL), Nano-scale solutions in catalysis and photo-catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering, April 2011.
  51. University of Washington (Seattle), Center for Nanotechnology,"Nano-scale solutions in catalysis and photo-catalysis: materials for efficient conversion of solar to chemical energy", January, 2011.
  52. Washington University (St. Louis), Nano-scale solutions in catalysis and photo-catalysis, December 2010.
  53. University of Toledo, Department of Chemical Engineering,"Nano-scale solutions in catalysis and photo-catalysis: materials for efficient conversion of solar to chemical energy", October, 2010.
  54. Penn State University, Department of Chemical Engineering,"Nano-scale solutions in catalysis and photo-catalysis: materials for efficient conversion of solar to chemical energy", September, 2010.
  55. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, "Design of materials for energy conversion from first principles: metallic nanoparticles of targeted shapes as highly selective catalysis and photo-catalysts", March 2010
  56. Technical University of Denmark, Physics Department,"Design of materials for energy conversion from first principles: metallic nanoparticles of targeted shapes as highly selective catalysis and photo-catalysts", Lyngby (Denmark) January 2010.
  57. University of Colorado, "Design of heterogeneous (Electro)catalysts guided by molecular insights", Boulder, January 2008.
  58. Colorado School of Mines, "Design of heterogeneous (Electro)catalysts guided by molecular insights", Golden, January 2008.
  59. University of Wisconsin, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering,"Molecular approaches to heterogeneous catalysis", November, 2009
  60. Lindsay lectureship at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, "Design of heterogeneous (Electro)catalysts guided by molecular insights", College Station, November 2008.
  61. The City College of New York, Department of Chemical Engineering, "Design of heterogeneous (Electro)catalysts guided by molecular insights", New York City, February 2008.
  62. Purdue University,"Ab-initio approach to heterogeneous catalysis", Purdue University, Indiana, October, 2005
  63. Michigan Catalysis Society Annual Symposium,"From surface chemistry to novel heterogeneous catalysts", Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 2005.
  64. Case Western Reserve University, Ethylene epoxidation on Au: First-principles design of more selective catalysts, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cleveland, OH, 2003
  65. University of California Los Angeles, Ethylene epoxidation on Au: First-principles design of more selective catalysts, Department of Chemical Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, 2003
  66. University of Michigan, Ethylene epoxidation on Au: First-principles design of more selective catalysts, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, 2004