Leadership and Principal Investigators

CCEI | Leadership and Principal Investigators

This is the archived website for the Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI), an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. CCEI operated from 2009 to 2024 at the University of Delaware.

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

Dion Vlachos

Director, CCEI (2009-2024)

Unidel Dan Rich Chair in Energy Professor
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Delaware

Paul Dauenhauer

Paul Dauenhauer

Co-Director, CCEI (2014-2024)

Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
University of Minnesota

Jingguang Chen

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

Omar Abdelrahman
UMass – Amherst

Scott Auerbach<br />
UMass – Amherst

Scott Auerbach
UMass – Amherst

Mark A. Barteau*
Texas A&M

Aditya Bhan<br />
University of Minnesota

Aditya Bhan
University of Minnesota

Eric Bloch<br />
University of Delaware

Eric Bloch
University of Delaware

Anibal Boscoboinik<br />
Stony Brook University

Anibal Boscoboinik
Stony Brook University

Douglas Buttrey<br />
University of Delaware

Douglas Buttrey
University of Delaware

Stavros Caratzoulas<br />
University of Delaware

Stavros Caratzoulas
University of Delaware

Jingguang Chen

Jingguang Chen
Columbia University

Phillip Christopher<br />
UC – Santa Barbara

Phillip Christopher
UC – Santa Barbara

Prodromos Daoutidis<br />
University of Minnesota

Prodromos Daoutidis
University of Minnesota

Mark Davis<br />
Caltech

Mark Davis
Caltech

Douglas Doren<br />
University of Delaware

Douglas Doren
University of Delaware

Wei Fan<br />
UMass – Amherst

Wei Fan
UMass – Amherst

Anatoly Frenkel<br />
Stony Brook University

Anatoly Frenkel
Stony Brook University

Raymond Gorte<br />
UPenn

Raymond Gorte
UPenn

Song-I Han<br />
UC – Santa Barbara

Song-I Han
UC – Santa Barbara

George Huber<br />
UMass – Amherst

George Huber
UMass – Amherst

Marianthi Ierapetritou<br />
Rutgers / UD

Marianthi Ierapetritou
Rutgers / UD

Friederike Jentoft<br />
UMass – Amherst

Friederike Jentoft
UMass – Amherst

Feng Jiao University of Delaware

Feng Jiao
University of Delaware

Yan Jin<br />
University of Delaware

Yan Jin
University of Delaware

Christopher Jones<br />
Georgia Tech

Christopher Jones
Georgia Tech

Michael Klein<br />
University of Delaware

Michael Klein
University of Delaware

Bruce Koel<br />
Princeton University

Bruce Koel
Princeton University

Dongxia Liu<br />
University of Maryland

Dongxia Liu
University of Maryland

Raul Lobo<br />
University of Delaware

Raul Lobo
University of Delaware

Giannis Mpourmpakis<br />
University of Delaware

Giannis Mpourmpakis
University of Delaware

Christopher Murray<br />
UPenn

Christopher Murray
UPenn

Vladimiros Nikolakis<br />
University of Delaware

Vladimiros Nikolakis
University of Delaware

Marat Orazov<br />
University of Delaware

Marat Orazov
University of Delaware

Basudeb Saha<br />
University of Delaware

Basudeb Saha
University of Delaware

Stanley Sandler<br />
University of Delaware

Stanley Sandler
University of Delaware

Susannah Scott<br />
UC – Santa Barbara

Susannah Scott
UC – Santa Barbara

Ilja Siepmann<br />
University of Minnesota

Ilja Siepmann
University of Minnesota

Mark Synder<br />
Lehigh University

Mark Synder
Lehigh University

Klaus Theopold<br />
University of Delaware

Klaus Theopold
University of Delaware

Michael Tsapatsis<br />
Johns Hopkins University

Michael Tsapatsis
Johns Hopkins University

Ioulia Valla<br />
University of Connecticut

Ioulia Valla
University of Connecticut

John Vohs<br />
UPenn

John Vohs
UPenn

Lynn Walker<br />
Carnegie Mellon

Lynn Walker
Carnegie Mellon

Donald Watson<br />
University of Delaware

Donald Watson
University of Delaware

Bingjun Xu<br />
University of Delaware

Bingjun Xu
University of Delaware

Yushan Yan<br />
University of Delaware

Yushan Yan
University of Delaware

Weiqing Zheng<br />
University of Delaware

Weiqing Zheng
University of Delaware