synthesis and characterization of new inorganic and organic materials for applications in small molecule transformations (e.g. CO2 and O2 reduction, and natural gas conversion), energy conversion and storage, sensing, gas separation, and biotechnology
Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 2008
B.A., Princeton University, 2003
electrocatalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, CO2 utilization, reaction mechanisms, interfacial engineering
Miller Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley, 2011-2013
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011
B.S., University of Virginia, 2006
Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education, American Chemical Society, 2020
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists & Engineers, 2019
E. Bright Wilson Prize, Harvard University, 2019
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar, 2018
Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow, Kavli Foundation, 2018
Cottrell Scholar Award, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, 2017
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 2016
Toyota Young Investigator Award, The Electrochemical Society, 2015
DOE Young Investigator Award, 2015
AFOSR Young Investigator Award, 2015
NSF CAREER Award, 2015
block copolymers, soft condensed matter physics, protein-based materials, bioelectronics
Ph.D., University of California Berkeley, 2007
S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003
American Physical Society (APS) Fellow, 2023
Fulbright Amazonia Scholar, 2023
Alexander and I. Michael (1960) Kasser Chair in Chemical Engineering, 2021
ACS Macro Letters/Biomacromolecules/Macromolecules Young Investigator Award, 2021
MIT OGE’s Committed to Caring Honor, 2019
AIChE Owens Corning Early Career Award, 2019
American Physical Society, Dillon Medal, 2018
Kavli Foundation Emerging Leader in Chemistry, 2017
ACS Polymer Division Fellow, 2016
AIChE – Allan P. Colburn Award, 2015
DuPont Young Professor Award, 2015
Camille Dreyfus-Teacher Scholar, 2015
ACS Herman F. Mark Young Scholar, 2015
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Chemistry, 2014
NSF Career Grant, 2013
AFOSR award, 2012
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2009
Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2009
Hertz Fellow, 2003-2007
Tau Beta Pi Fellow, 2003-2004
Sigma Xi, 2003
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, 2002
heterogeneous catalysis, energy: biomass conversion, biofuels, CO2 utilization, design of catalytic materials, porous materials
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin – Madison
B.S.E., University of Pennsylvania, Chemical Engineering
Postdoc, California Institute of Technology
IACS – International Catalysis Award, 2024
Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis, 2024
The Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists – finalist, 2022
Robert T. Haslam (1911) Chair of Chemical Engineering, 2021
ACS Early Career in Catalysis Award, 2019
Rutherford Aris Award, 2019
Bose Research Grant Award, 2018
AIChE Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Young Investigator Award, 2018
Robert Augustine Award, 2018
NSF Career Award, 2015
Young Investigator Award, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, 2013
BP Postdoctoral Fellow
nano-based drugs, personalized medicine, cancer immunology
Ph.D., University of California at Davis
B.A., University of California at Santa Cruz
applied mathematics and control theory, data analytics and machine learning, (bio)pharmaceutical manufacturing, materials processing
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1993
M.S., California Institute of Technology, 1991
B.S., Oregon State University, 1988
John R. Ragazzini Education Award, 2023
Elected to the National Academy of Engineering, 2019
AIChE Separation Division Innovation Award, 2019
Elected AIChE Fellow, 2018
Automatica Paper Prize, 2017
Excellence In Education Award, Int’l Society of Automation, 2015
AIChE Computing in Chemical Engineering Award, 2014
AIChE PD2M Award for Outstanding Contribution to QbD for Drug Substance, 2013
Technical Innovation Award, Int’l Society of Automation, 2013
Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Control Systems Society, 2013
IEEE Control Systems Society Transition to Practice Award, 2011
Research Collaboration Award, Council for Chemical Research, 2009
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2008
Journal of Process Control Prize Paper Award (for theory/ methodology), 2008
Journal of Process Control Prize Paper Award (for a survey), 2008
Fellow, Int’l Federation of Automatic Control, 2008
Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2007
AIChE Excellence in Process Development Research Award, 2006
Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize, 2005
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award, 2005
CAST Outstanding Young Researcher Award, AIChE, 2005
Curtis W. McGraw Research Award, Engineering Research Council, 2004
CAST Directors’ Award, AIChE, 2003
Ernest W. Thiele Lectureship, University of Notre Dame, 2001
Donald P. Eckman Award, American Automatic Control Council, 2000
crystallization from solution with an emphasis on nucleation, polymorphism, and industrial applications of crystallization
Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1977
M.S., University of Virginia, 1975
B.S., Columbia University, 1973
AICHE Process Development Division Excellence in Process Development Research Award, 2015
Clarence G. Gerhold Award, AIChE Separations Division, 2015
American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Fellow Award, 2010
American Chemical Society (ACS) Award in Separation Science and Technology, 2008
Virginia Engineering Foundation Engineering Achievement Award, 2000
renewable energy, nanotechnology, energy transport in nanomaterials, nonlinear spectroscopy, spectroscopic imaging
Postdoc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010-2011
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2010
B.S., University of Delaware, 2005
Warren K. Lewis Professorship of Chemical Engineering, 2023
C. Michael Mohr Outstanding Faculty Award, MIT ChemE, 2023
Bose Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2023
AIChE NSEF Young Investigator Award, 2017
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 2017
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Chemistry, 2016
Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering, 2016
NSF CAREER Award, 2015
Everett Moore Baker Memorial Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 2014
3M Nontenured Faculty Award, 2014
DOE Early Career Award, 2013
NSF IGERT Fellowship, Univ. of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Alexander J. Taylor Award, 2005
Tau Beta Pi Undergraduate Scholarship, 2004
electrochemical energy conversion and storage, microfluidics, interfacial phenomena, catalyst synthesis, and tomography
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010
M.S.E., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009
B.S.E., University of Pennsylvania, 2006
AIChE’s Allan P. Colburn Award for Excellence in Publications by a Young Member of the Institute, 2022
ECS’s Charles W. Tobias Young Investigator Award, 2022
NOBCChE – Lloyd N. Ferguson Young Scientist Award for Excellence in Research, 2020
Electrochemical Society – Energy Technology Division Supramaniam Srinivasan Young Investigator Award, 2019
Cecil and Ida Green Career Development Chair, MIT, 2018
I&ECR, Class of 2017 Influential Researcher, 2017
C&EN, Talented Twelve, 2017
Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, Argonne National Laboratory, 2010-2012
Harry G. Drickamer Research Fellowship, 2009-2010
GEM PhD Engineering Fellowship, 2006-2010
SURGE Fellowship, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006-2010
American Chemical Society Scholar, 2002-2006
catalysis, transition-metal chemistry, electronic structure methods, atomistic simulations, enzyme catalysis
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009
B.E., The Cooper Union, 2004
AIChE CoMSEF Impact Award, 2023
Hans-Fischer Senior Fellowship, 2023
MSDE Outstanding Early-Career Paper Award, 2021
Sloan Research Fellow in Chemistry, 2021
DARPA Director’s Fellowship Award, 2020
Journal of Physical Chemistry and PHYS Division Lectureship Award, 2019
NSF CAREER Award, 2019
Marion Milligan Mason Award, 2019
DARPA Young Faculty Award, 2018
ONR Young Investigator Award, 2018
ACS OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, 2018
I&ECR, Class of 2017 Influential Researcher, 2017
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface, 2012-2017
National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Fellow, 2004-2008
William C. and Esther Hoffman Beller Prize for Excellence in Chemical Engineering, 2004
United States Presidential Scholar, 2000