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Be sure to also catch presentations from our collaborators: Mohan Shankar, Maria Victoria Zuniga, Eddie Macgill, and Abir Podder!

We're excited to announce our lineup for the Southeastern Catalysis Society. We have great talks from @hustonlocht and Geoffrey Hopping, and many great posters to check out. We hope to see you at Virginia Tech this week!

Our new paper in @ACSCatalysis by @hustonlocht, Dr. @DP0TTSY07, and Zhara Rangoonwala investigates the effects of alcohol chain length in Lewis and Brønsted acid zeolites. Check it out here: ⛓️doi.org/10.1002/anie.2…⛓️

Be sure to also see collaborative efforts by Conor Waldt and Dongyue Liang on Nov. 6th and 8th, respectively.

Tomorrow begins the #AIChE2025 annual meeting hosted by @ChEnected in Boston, MA. We are excited to release our schedule of wonderful presentations and posters, including Catalysis Travel Award Winner @hustonlocht, on heterogenous catalysis, electrocatalysis, and zeolites!

🥳We are excited Diogo, Genevieve, and Brian recently joined our team!! They join us from @GeorgiaSouthern, @UofC, and @UWMadison respectively. We are excited to have you!🥳

What's the deal with cation solvation microenvironments? @its_mattyj53 and @hustonlocht explore this effect within zeolite pores in our new paper! Check it out here: 🤗 doi.org/10.1021/acscat…🤗

Bridging the gap between thermocatalysis and electrocatalysis, @chung_minju and @W_Broomhead utilize electrocatalytic measurements to garner new insight into the complex thermocatalytic reaction chemistry for glucose oxidation. Check it out here: 🫲doi.org/10.1021/acscat…🫱

Third times the charm! We are happy to announce that Eric Sarbacker has passed his thesis proposal, marking the third PhD candidate of the year.

Be sure to also visit Maria Zuniga and Rajeev Kumar, who are presenting posters on our collaborative efforts from 6:00-8:00 pm on Monday, June 9 and Wednesday, June 11 respectively.

🚨#NAM29 is coming to our hometown of Atlanta! We are proud to have 2026 Paul H. Emmett Award winner Dr. Dave Flaherty and Kokes travel award recipient @RchaGhosh , but be sure to also see our many other presentations on electrochemistry, zeolites, and heterogenous catalysis.

This work was done in collaboration with @curious_grad from the Neurock Group. They provided DFT calculations describing the influence of mediator chemical structure on H2O2 formation.

Dr. Jason Adams, Haoyu Chen, @SuchiVijay, and Dr. Tomas Ricciardulli put some incredible effort into this paper, and that is reflected in being featured on the cover of @J_A_C_S! Congrats!

The slime is sublime! In our newest @J_A_C_S paper we bind quinones to Pd nanoparticles, simultaneously improving paths for direct H2O2 synthesis and enhancing proton-electron transfer using redox mediators. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4…

The 2025 Spring Symposium is just under two weeks away. We have a fantastic program planned! Register at swcatsoc.org/events

Congratulations to our second, and coolest, PhD candidate of the year - Adam Senko - who passed his thesis proposal early this week!

Aldol condensation + zeolite topography = ??? See our new @JCatal_J paper by Dr. Zhongyao Zhang and @its_mattyj53 that demonstrates how pore structure changes both product distributions and reaction networks in alcohol valorization. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat…

As an addendum to our previous post, Dr. Dave Flaherty will be presenting a second talk. Please see the details below!

Spring has sprung, so come watch our lab spring into action at the latest @amerchemsociety conference #ACSSpring2025! We are pleased to have ACS CATL-ChemCatBio Travel Award Winner @RchaGhosh and our very own PI Dr. Dave Flaherty as presenters.

Last week we parted ways with one of our esteemed PostDocs, Dr. Yongwoo Kim, who is moving on to Gachon University in Seongnam, South Korea. We wish you the best in your endeavors!