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PodCAT
One stop shop for academic heterogeneous catalysis. Guidance through the faculty application package and early career stages.
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PodCATProf. John Kitchin
Prof. John Kitchin completed his B.S. in Chemistry at North Carolina State University. He completed a M.S. in Materials Science and a PhD in Chemical…
PodCATProf. Ya-Huei (Cathy) Chin
Prof. Ya-Huei (Cathy) Chin is Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Advanced Catalysis for Sustainable Chemistry at the University of Toronto. She…
PodCATDr. Javier Guzman
Dr. Javier Guzman is the Executive Vice President for Research at the Tecnológico de Monterrey Education Group in Mexico. He oversees the research enterprise…
PodCATProf. Juliana Carneiro
Prof. Juliana Carneiro is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Columbia University, where she leads the Carneiro Research Group. Her research…
PodCATProf. Raffaella Buonsanti
Raffaella is a Full Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Head of the Laboratory of Nanochemistry for Energy (LNCE) at the École Polytechnique…
PodCATProf. Cathleen Crudden (Pt. 2)
We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Cathleen Crudden back to PodCAT for our 60th episode! Dr. Crudden is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair, a Distinguished Professor…
PodCATProf. Karthish Manthiram
Karthish Manthiram is the Bren Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, and the Exeuctive Officer for Chemical Engineering at Caltech. The Manthiram…
PodCATProf. Michael Wong
Prof. Michael S. Wong, Ph.D, is the Tina and Sunit Patel Chair in Molecular Nanotechnology and professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular…
PodCATProf. Steven Chavez
Prof. Steven Chavez is an Assistant Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at UCLA. His long-term career goal is to develop tools and model systems…
PodCATProf. Christopher Jones
Professor Christopher W. Jones is the John F. Brock III School Chair and Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at Georgia Tech. Dr. Jones leads a…
PodCATProf. Lars Grabow
Prof. Lars Grabow is the Dan Luss Professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Houston. He…
PodCATProf. Brandon Bukowski
Prof. Brandon Bukowski is an Assistant Professor in the department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. He holds BS and PhD…
PodCATProf. Madelyn Ball
Prof. Madelyn Ball is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Michigan State University. Prof. Ball received her B.S. from…
PodCATProf. Christopher Paolucci
Prof. Christopher Paolucci is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Virginia. He is a "Double Domer" having…
PodCATProf. Tibor Szilvási
Prof. Tibor Szilvási ( seal-vase-she) studied chemical engineering, chemistry, and physics at the Budapest University of Technology, Hungary, where he…
PodCATProf. Jingguang Chen
Prof. Jingguang Chen is the Thayer Lindsley Professor of Chemical Engineering at Columbia University, with a joint appointment at Brookhaven National…
PodCATProf. Carlos Morales-Guio
Prof. Carlos Morales-Guio is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at UCLA. His group develops reactor-centric…
PodCATProf. Linsey Seitz
Prof. Linsey Seitz is an Associate Professor in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at Northwestern University. She received her B.S. (2010) in…
PodCATProf. Marcel Schreier
Prof. Marcel Schreier received his B.S. degree in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from EPFL and his M.S. degree in Chemical and Bioengineering from ETH…
PodCATProf. Ariel Furst
Prof. Ariel L. Furst is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT. Her lab combines biological, chemical, and materials engineering to solve…
PodCATProf. David Flaherty
David Flaherty is the Thomas C. DeLoach Jr. Endowed Professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology…
PodCATProf. Omar Abdelrahman
Originally from Egypt, Prof. Omar Abdelrahman grew up in the United Arab Emirates, where he developed his passion for chemical engineering and went on to…
PodCATProf. Raj Gounder
Prof. Rajamani (Raj) Gounder received his BS in Chemical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin in 2006, where his interest in catalysis was sparked while…
PodCATProf. Michele Sarazen
Prof. Michele L. Sarazen is an Assistant Professor at Princeton University in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and an associated faculty…
PodCATProf. Carsten Sievers
Prof. Carsten Sievers is a professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Georgia Tech. Prof. Sievers' expertise spans heterogeneous…
PodCATDr. Bob McCabe
Dr. Bob McCabe is the former Program Director of the NSF CBET-Catalysis program after retiring in February 2025. Bob's interest in catalysis began as an…
PodCATProf. Aditya Bhan
Prof. Aditya Bhan received his Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.) in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kanpur in 2000 and his PhD in Chemical Engineering from…
PodCATProf. Friederike Jentoft
Prof. Friederike C. Jentoft studied Chemistry at Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen and at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, where she earned her Dr…
PodCATProf. Mark Barteau
Prof. Mark A. Barteau holds the Charles D. Holland Chair at Texas A&M University, with appointments in the Departments of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry…
PodCATProf. John Keith
Prof. John Keith is an R. K. Mellon Faculty Fellow in Energy and associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh in the Department of Chemical and…
PodCATDr. Tracy Lohr
Dr. Tracy L. Lohr is Senior Researcher at Shell. She obtained her Ph.D in organometallic catalysis at the University of Calgary. She then pursued a 2-year…
PodCATProf. Joaquin Resasco
Prof. Joaquin Resasco was born in Mar del Plata, Argentina. He completed his B.S. at the University of Oklahoma, and his Ph.D. at the University of California…
PodCATProf. Jason Adams
Prof. Jason Adams completed his B.S. at Georgia Tech in 2015, where he studied the fundamentals of gas adsorption and diffusion on nanoporous carbon materials…
PodCATProf. Eranda Nikolla
Prof. Eranda Nikolla is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, MI. Prior to this, she was a Professor of Chemical…
PodCATProf. Susannah Scott
Prof. Susannah Scott is a Distinguished Professor in both Chemical Engineering and in Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of California, Santa Barbara…
PodCATProf. Charles T. Campbell
For our 30th episode it is a pleasure to welcome Prof. Charles (Charlie) T. Campbell! Prof. Campbell is Professor Emeritus in Chemistry at the University of…
PodCATDr. Chris Bradley
Dr. Chris Bradley is a Program Manager in Catalysis Science at the U.S. Department of Energy. He earned B.S. degrees in Chemistry and Biology at the University…
PodCATProf. Suljo Linic
Prof. Suljo Linic was born in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he completed his elementary and high school education. His family were forcefully…
PodCATProf. Phillip Christopher
Prof. Phillip Christopher earned his B.S. in chemical engineering from University of California, Santa Barbara in 2006 and his M.S and Ph.D. in chemical…
PodCATDr. Simon Bare
Dr. Simon R. Bare is a distinguished scientist at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. He earned his B.Sc. in Chemistry and Ph.D. in Surface Chemistry from…
PodCATDr. Sean Hunt
Dr. Sean Hunt is the co-founder and CTO of Solugen. He focuses on utilizing novel metal catalysts, scaling up proprietary chemienzymatic process technologies…
PodCATDr. Stafford (Staff) Sheehan
Dr. Stafford (Staff) Sheehan leads Air Company as President and Chief Technology Officer. Staff is a scientist and entrepreneur who has developed several…
PodCATDr. Cathy Tway
On this episode of PodCAT we welcome Cathy Tway, bp's Senior Director for Chemistry and Catalysis. Cathy designs and directs development programs to deliver…
PodCATDr. Randall Meyer
Dr. Randall Meyer received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Rice University, his master's degree in environmental engineering from UCLA…
PodCATProf. Darren Lipomi
Darren Lipomi is a professor of nanoengineering, chemical engineering, and materials Science at UC San Diego. He is also the Associate Dean for Students and…
PodCATProf. Julie Rorrer
Prof. Julie Rorrer is an assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of Washington. She obtained her doctoral degree from the University of…
PodCATProf. Ian McCrum
Electrocatalysis guru Prof. Ian McCrum did his undergraduate studies at Clarkson University, graduating in 2012. From there he went on to Penn State for his…
PodCATProf. William Schneider
Prof. William Schneider earned his PhD studying Inorganic Chemistry at The Ohio State University. Following his PhD he spent over a decade working at the Ford…
PodCATProf. Lea Winter
Prof. Lea Winter is an Assistant Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Yale University. Lea earned her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Yale…
PodCATProf. Michael Janik
On this episode of PodCAT we welcome the distinguished Prof. Michael Janik from the Department of Chemical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University…
PodCATProf. Yuriy Román
On this episode of PodCAT we welcome Prof. Yuriy Román from MIT. Yuriy Román is the Robert T. Haslam Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT. Yuriy earned his…
PodCATProf. Sheima J. Khatib
On this episode of PodCAT we welcome Prof. Sheima Khatib from Virginia Tech. Sheima exemplifies the complete professor: successful research, top-notch…
PodCATProf. Alexis T. Bell
On this episode of PodCAT we welcome Prof. Alexis T. Bell. We discuss how Prof. Bell entered the field of catalysis and went out on a limb to secure a faculty…
PodCATThe First Proposal
Welcome to the new season of PodCAT! Our first episode of 2023-24 is a deep dive into submitting your first proposal. Where should you apply? What are…
PodCATProf. Cathleen Crudden
On this episode of PodCAT we welcome a very special guest, Prof. Cathleen Crudden. We discuss how Prof. Crudden entered the field of catalysis and rose to…
PodCATThe Negotiation
What do you need to be successful? Estimating start-up costs and negotiating an offer is no sweat with PodCAT in your corner. Tune in for the last installment…
PodCATProf. Paul Dauenhauer
On this episode we welcome a very special guest, Prof. Paul Dauenhauer. We discuss details of how Prof. Dauenhauer became interested and excited about…
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Seminar and Chalk Talk
In this episode of PodCAT with Tom, Ezra and Marc we discuss tips and strategies for approaching the research seminar and chalk talk.
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On Campus Interviews
In this episode of PodCAT with Tom, Ezra and Marc we discuss tips and strategies for approaching the on campus interview. Good luck!
PodCATProf. Jesse Bond
We are honored to have our very first guest, Prof. Jesse Bond. We discuss details of the faculty application process and getting involved with AIChE. Jesse…