Iowa State University’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering welcomes Dr. Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos of Tufts University as this year’s L.K. Doraiswamy Honor Lectureship speaker. She will present “Heterogeneous Catalyst Design at the Single Atom Limit: A Diverse Reaction Landscape” December 10 at 11 a.m. in 2061 Sweeney Hall.
The L. K. Doraiswamy Honor Lectureship in Chemical Engineering was established in 1998. Each year an internationally renowned scientist or engineer is selected to present a lecture both at Iowa State University and the National Chemical Laboratory in Pune, India.
Her presentation will discuss the subject of identifying the active catalytic site and design of catalysts with 100% atomic efficiency; and the need for high performance and stable catalysts that comprise only trace amounts of precious metals. It will be presented from the viewpoint of catalytic materials that can be used to optimize fuel processing and hydrogen production, and the production of value-added chemicals from feedstocks.
Flytzani-Stephanopoulos is a Distinguished Professor and the Robert and Marcy Haber Endowed Professor in Energy Sustainability in the School of Engineering at Tufts University. Pioneering work from her lab has demonstrated the use of single-atom catalysts for key reactions of interest to fuel and chemicals processing, aimed at the development of more efficient and sustainable processes for hydrogen and chemicals production. She has published more than 150 technical papers, and holds 10 U.S. patents and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. At Tufts, she directs the Nanocatalysis and Energy Laboratory.
This free lecture is open to all Iowa State University students, faculty and staff. Refreshments will be served afterward. View a detailed flyer here.
The lectureship honors L. K. Doraiswamy, a former Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in the Iowa State University chemical engineering program (1989-2001) and director of India’s National Chemical Laboratory (1978-89). Doraiswamy was a global leader in chemical reaction engineering, having written six highly acclaimed textbooks and published over 170 articles. He received many top awards and honors, including election to the National Academy of Engineering in 2010 and the Padma Bhushan – the Republic Day Award of the government of India, in 1990. Doraiswamy died in 2012 at age 85.