Conference Program
 
CATALYSIS

June 25-30, 2000
Colby-Sawyer College
New London, NH

Chair:
Robert S. Weber

Vice Chair:
Jingguang G. Chen

Sunday, June 25

Monday, June 26

  • Prof. Clare Grey - "Understanding Catalysis at a Molecular Level: New NMR and Diffraction Approaches"
  • Prof. Israel Wachs - "Characterization of Metal Oxide Catalysts with Methanol: A 'Smart' Chemical Probe Molecule"
  • Prof. Eric Stuve - "Methanol Oxidation in Fuel Cells: A Catalytic Viewpoint"

Tuesday, June 27

  • Dr. Tamas Mallat - "Enantioselective hydrogenation of ketones and olefins: nature of reactant-modifier interactions on Pt and Pd"
  • Dr. Rasmita Raval - "Cooperative Effects in Creating Asymmetric Catalytic Environments at Metal Surfaces"
  • Prof. Scott Gilbertson - "Rational" and Parallel Approaches to Asymmetric Catalysts"

Wednesday, June 28

  • Prof. Manfred Baerns - "High-throughput synthesis and testing of potential catalytic materials - A fundamental and combinatorial approach"
  • Prof. Thomas Tsakalakos and Mamoun Muhammed - "Nanostructured Metal Oxides in Environmental Catalysis"
  • Prof. Paul Weiss - "Atomic-Scale Insights into Hydrodesulfurization"
  • Dr. Carole Read - "Techno-Economic Analysis of Gas to Liquid Processes"

Thursday, June 29

  • Dr. Peter Tsao - "New Prospects for Clean Fuels of the Future"
  • Prof. Charles Campbell - "Model Oxide-Supported Metal Catalysts: Energetic factors controlling particle size, sintering rates, chemisorption and catalytic properties "
  • Prof. Gerhard Ertl - "Catalysis on the atomic scale"

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