Steven Chavez

@catalysis_eth @ETH What textbook is your go-to?

No matter how many times I have done it before, precisely 16 years since I joined @ETH, I love teaching the fundamentals of heterogeneous reaction engineering. The interaction with every batch of students is distinctive and special❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩵

@dubose_jeff @VishalGovindRao @IITKanpur Congrats Vishal!

@VishalGovindRao @IITKanpur Congrats! Some well-deserved honors and promotions 😊

Promoted to Associate Professor, selected for the Class of 1973 Young Faculty Fellowship, and honored with the Director’s Letter for teaching CHM111 to 620+ B.Tech students. Grateful for these milestones, but the real joy is in the journey! 🚀🎓 @IITKanpur

@VPolshettiwar Thanks Vivek. I’ve been thinking about these for awhile and I’m glad I was finally able to put it out there! Hopefully will be helpful for the field.

@stchavez Very important article, thanks for detailed discussion

🚨 New paper alert 🚨 We examine frequently overlooked concepts when attempting to disentangle thermal and non-thermal effects in multicomponent plasmon-driven, gas-phase heterogeneous photocatalysts. 📊 Key insights:

Read more here: cell.com/chem-catalysis…

🚀 Implications for plasmonic catalysis: Distinguishing thermal from non-thermal effects is crucial to realizing the full potential of this field. We urge the field to consider these concepts when conducting and reviewing research in order to accurately guide future efforts.

✅ Catalyst-restructuring. Adsorbates and photons can restructure the catalyst surface, influencing the reaction even without non-thermal effects.

Merry Christmas @UclaCBE

Celebrating the end of the quarter at the annual ChemE holiday party! #festivevibes @UCLAengineering

We’re hiring! #apply

Having a blast at the UCLA cheme holiday party! @UclaCBE

Big things coming soon if you’re working in the field of gas-phase plasmonic photocatalysis. Stay tuned.

Demirer Lab @Caltech is looking for passionate graduate students to join us! Explore our exciting research for a sustainable future: demirerlab.com🌏🌱 Apply here to CCE or BBE applyweb.com/caltgapp/index… & mention your interest in our lab in your statement. Deadline: Dec 1

Please share broadly. My group @UclaCBE will be recruiting graduate students to begin in Fall 2025. Research topics include heterogeneous catalysis and reaction engineering. Deadline to apply Dec 31. See our website (stchavez2.wixsite.com) and attached document for details.

We are happy to share that FEWLS is receiving an NSF EPSCoR research grant to support our research on catalytic conversion of polyolefins. A big thank you to NSF EPSCoR! #NSF #recycling #EPSCoR Check out for more: wix.to/1ZuF8ly

@UclaCBE @aiche_cre

Come see how precise materials synthesis, advanced theory, and operando spectroscopy work together to understand dynamics in catalysis. This work was performed with @cargnellogroup in collaboration with @SUNCAT_Center.