Nanoparticles, Nanospaces, and the Catalysis Toolbox
Featuring: Enrique Iglesia
Theodore Vermeulen Chair in Chemical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
Thursday, April 9, 2015
2:10–3 p.m., Wegner Hall G50
Enrique Iglesia is the Theodore Vermeulen Chair in Chemical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, a faculty senior scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and director of the Berkeley Catalysis Laboratory.
His group addresses the synthesis and the structural and functional characterization of solids used as catalysts for production of fuels and petrochemicals, for conversion of energy carriers, and for improving the energy and atom efficiency and the sustainability of chemical processes. His work combines synthetic, spectroscopic, theoretical, and mechanistic techniques to advance novel concepts and applications in heterogeneous catalysis. He has coauthored more than 300 publications and 40 U.S. patents.
About the Lanning Lectures
Washington State University civil engineering alumnus Jack Dillon (class of ’41) established the Lanning Lecture in 1988 in honor of his late wife, Frances Lanning Dillon. The fund supports lectures that broaden students’ knowledge of the profession beyond the academic dimension, i.e., societal, cultural, and economic impacts, professional and business ethics, and leadership.
Past speakers include Tom Mueller, co-founder of SpaceX, and James H. Clark, vice president of Black & Veatch Corporation.
