Leadership
The Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI) thrived under the guidance and vision of its dedicated leaders. CCEI’s Directors collaborated closely to drive innovation, cultivate partnerships, and advance scientific discovery, ensuring the center’s lasting impact on sustainable energy research. Director’s affiliations were current as of December 2024.
Dion Vlachos
Director, CCEI (2009-2024)
Unidel Dan Rich Chair in Energy Professor
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Delaware
Paul Dauenhauer
Co-Director, CCEI (2014-2024)
Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
University of Minnesota
Jingguang Chen
Co-Director, CCEI (2009-2014)
Thayer Lindsley Professor of Chemical Engineering
Columbia University
Advisory Board Members
CCEI’s success was strengthened by an esteemed Advisory Board whose foresight and guidance helped shape the center’s accomplishments. Below is a comprehensive list of members who served on the board. Affiliations listed reflect the individual’s institution at the time of their collaboration with CCEI.
Mark A. Barteau*
Texas A&M
Nazeer Bhore
ExxonMobil
William G. Borghard
Rutgers
Juben Chheda
Shell International
Avelino Corma Canós
Instituto de Tecnología Química
Robert Davis
University of Virginia
James Dumesic*
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Robert Farrauto
BASF Corporation
Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos*
Tufts University
Bruce Gates*
University of California at Davis
Javier Guzman
ExxonMobil
Prasanna Joshi
ExxonMobil
Chung K. Law*
Princeton University
Angeliki Lemonidou
Univ. of Thessaloniki
Charles H.F. Peden
PNNL
Carmo Pereira
DuPont
Daniel Resasco
University of Oklahoma
Jose Rodriguez
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Lanny Schmidt*
University of Minnesota
Susannah Scott
University of Calif. – Santa Barbara
Shekar Shetty
Air Liquide
Jeffrey Siirola*
Carnegie Mellon University
Paris Tsobanakis
Cargill, Inc.
Kurt VandenBussche
UOP-A Honeywell
Principal Investigators
CCEI’s research success was driven by its principal investigators, a group of experts dedicated to advancing sustainable energy solutions. Listed below are the principal investigators who contributed to CCEI’s mission. Affiliations listed reflect the individual’s institution at the time of their collaboration with CCEI.
Omar Abdelrahman
UMass – Amherst
Scott Auerbach
UMass – Amherst
Mark A. Barteau*
Texas A&M
Aditya Bhan
University of Minnesota
Eric Bloch
University of Delaware
Anibal Boscoboinik
Stony Brook University
Douglas Buttrey
University of Delaware
Stavros Caratzoulas
University of Delaware
Jingguang Chen
Columbia University
Phillip Christopher
UC – Santa Barbara
Prodromos Daoutidis
University of Minnesota
Mark Davis
Caltech
Douglas Doren
University of Delaware
Wei Fan
UMass – Amherst
Anatoly Frenkel
Stony Brook University
Raymond Gorte
UPenn
Song-I Han
UC – Santa Barbara
George Huber
UMass – Amherst
Marianthi Ierapetritou
Rutgers / UD
Friederike Jentoft
UMass – Amherst
Feng Jiao
University of Delaware
Yan Jin
University of Delaware
Christopher Jones
Georgia Tech
Michael Klein
University of Delaware
Bruce Koel
Princeton University
Dongxia Liu
University of Maryland
Raul Lobo
University of Delaware
Giannis Mpourmpakis
University of Delaware
Christopher Murray
UPenn
Vladimiros Nikolakis
University of Delaware
Marat Orazov
University of Delaware
Basudeb Saha
University of Delaware
Stanley Sandler
University of Delaware
Susannah Scott
UC – Santa Barbara
Ilja Siepmann
University of Minnesota
Mark Synder
Lehigh University
Klaus Theopold
University of Delaware
Michael Tsapatsis
Johns Hopkins University
Ioulia Valla
University of Connecticut
John Vohs
UPenn
Lynn Walker
Carnegie Mellon
Donald Watson
University of Delaware
Bingjun Xu
University of Delaware
Yushan Yan
University of Delaware
Weiqing Zheng
University of Delaware