Current LSAC Research Projects

RESEARCH DIRECTOR:

Enrique Iglesia, Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley and Faculty Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

1. Catalytic and Adsorption properties of Calixarenes Immobilized on Silica (with Alex Katz) (summary)
   Contact: Justin Notestein
   
   
2. Coupling Oxidative and Non-Oxidative Methane Reactions on Supported Metals (summary)
   Contact: Howard Lacheen, Junmei Wei
   
   
3. Oxidative Reactions of Dimethyl Ether to Oxygenates on Supported Metal Oxides (summary)
   Contact: Patricia Cheung, Haichao Liu
   
   
4. Novel Tungsten Oxide Materials as Strong Solid Acid Catalysts (summary)
   Contact: Nader Bayat
   
   
5. Hydrogen Transfer, Dehydrogenation, and Activation of Light Alkanes on Metal Oxides (summary)
   Contact: Toshio Waku
   
   
6. Experimental Techniques and Models for the Characterization and Design of Porous Solids for Separations and Catalysis (summary)
   Contact: E. Iglesia
   
   
7. Selective Oxidation and Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Alkanes on Oxide Clusters (with A.T. Bell) (summary)
   Contact: Morris Argyle, H.-X. Dai
   
   
8. Structural Requirements and Chain Growth Pathways in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Catalyzed by Fe and Co (summary)
   Contact: E. Iglesia
   
   
9. Methane Conversion to Higher Hydrocarbons and Synthesis Gas in Cyclic and Membrane Reactors (summary)
   Contact: Howard Lacheen
   
   
10. Sulfur Removal and Introduction Pathways in Zeolite-Catalyzed Cracking Reactions (summary)
    Contact: Antonio Chica
    
    
11. Design and Synthesis of Selective Alkane Oxidation Catalysts Based on Microporous Solids (summary)
    Contact: Bjorn Moden,
    
    
12. Microchannel Reactors for Chemical Synthesis and Energy Conversion (with Roya Maboudian) (summary)
    Contact: E. Iglesia
    
    
13. Surface and Gas Phase Transport within Radom Mesoporous Solids (summary)
    Contact: Christina Pedrero
    
    
14. Computational Studies of Surface Diffusion, Gas Phase Transport, and Sintering within Heterogeneous Catalysts (summary)
    Contact: Jeffrey Zalc
    

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