Event

Catalysis researcher to present Doraiswamy Honor Lecture

 

Thursday, November 15
11 a.m.
171 Durham Hall

Dr. Bruce C. Gates, Catalysis Research Group principal investigator and distinguished professor of chemical engineering at the University of California, Davis, will present the lecture “Molecular Catalysis on Surfaces” as part of the L. K. Doraiswamy Honor Lectureship at Iowa State University. This free lecture will be held Thursday, November 15, at 11 a.m. in 171 Durham Hall.

The Doraiswamy lecture series is named in honor of L. K. Doraiswamy, Anson Marston Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Iowa State University and a former director of India’s National Chemical Laboratory. The lecture series brings internationally recognized scientists and engineers to present lectures at both Iowa State and the National Chemical Laboratory in Pune, India. Gates is the eighth speaker in the series.

Gates, internationally known for his work in catalysis, nanomaterials, and chemical reaction engineering, will present the research he has collected through the Catalysis Research Group. His focus will be the combination of solid and molecular catalysts by synthesizing nearly uniform catalytic sites on solid surfaces. The results determine catalyst structures, including bonding of the metals to the supports and identification of reaction intermediates.

In January, Gates will present a companion lecture at the National Chemical Laboratory.

Gates earned his BS in chemical engineering from U.C. Berkeley in 1961 and his PhD from the University of Washington in Seattle in 1966. He joined the chemical engineering faculty at the University of California, Davis in 1992.
 
Recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering, Gates has been recognized with the Malcolm E. Pruitt Award, the Alexander Von Humboldt Prize, and the R. H. Wilhelm, William H. Walker, and Alpha Chi Sigma awards of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Gates also serves on the board of directors for the Catalysis Society of North America.

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