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.

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Director, CCEI

Unidel Dan Rich Chair in Energy Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Delaware
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Co-director, CCEI

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

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.

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Mark A. Barteau*
Texas A&M
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Nazeer Bhore
ExxonMobil
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William G. Borghard
Rutgers
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Juben Chheda
Shell International
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Avelino Corma Canós
Instituto de Tecnología Química
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Robert Davis
University of Virginia
dumesic
James Dumesic*
University of Wisconsin-Madison
farrauto
Robert Farrauto
BASF Corporation
Flytzani
Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos*
Tufts University
gates
Bruce Gates*
University of California at Davis
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Javier Guzman
ExxonMobil
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Prasanna Joshi
ExxonMobil
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Chung K. Law*
Princeton University
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Angeliki Lemonidou
Univ. of Thessaloniki
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Charles H.F. Peden
PNNL
Pereira
Carmo Pereira
DuPont
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Daniel Resasco
University of Oklahoma
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Jose Rodriguez
Brookhaven National Laboratory
schmidt
Lanny Schmidt*
University of Minnesota
scott
Susannah Scott
University of Calif. – Santa Barbara
shetty
Shekar Shetty
Air Liquide
Siirola
Jeffrey Siirola*
Carnegie Mellon University
Tsobanakis
Paris Tsobanakis
Cargill, Inc.
VandenBussche
Kurt VandenBussche
UOP-A Honeywell

*National Academy of Engineers Member

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 noted reflect each individual’s institution at the time of their collaboration with CCEI.

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Omar Abdelrahman
UMass – Amherst
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Scott Auerbach
UMass – Amherst
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Mark Barteau
University of Delaware
Aditya Bhan
Aditya Bhan
University of Minnesota
bloch
Eric Bloch
University of Delaware
bosco
Anibal Boscoboinik
Stony Brook University
Speakers at the October 21st Nobel Symposium (from left): Doug Buttrey, professor of chemical engineering, Catherine Grimes, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and Jeanne Walker, professor of English.
Douglas Buttrey
University of Delaware
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Stavros Caratzoulas
University of Delaware
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Jingguang Chen
Columbia University
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Phillip Christopher
UC – Santa Barbara
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Prodromos Daoutidis
University of Minnesota
davis
Mark Davis
Caltech
doren
Douglas Doren
University of Delaware
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Wei Fan
UMass – Amherst
frenkel
Anatoly Frenkel
Stony Brook University
gorte
Raymond Gorte
UPenn
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Song-I Han
UC – Santa Barbara
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George Huber
UMass – Amherst
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Marianthi Ierapetritou
Rutgers / UD
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Friederike Jentoft
UMass – Amherst
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Feng Jiao
University of Delaware
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Yan Jin
University of Delaware
jones
Christopher Jones
Georgia Tech
Klein
Michael Klein
University of Delaware
koel
Bruce Koel
Princeton University
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Dongxia Liu
University of Maryland
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Raul Lobo
University of Delaware
Mpourmpakis
Giannis Mpourmpakis
University of Delaware
murray
Christopher Murray
UPenn
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Vladimiros Nikolakis
University of Delaware
orazov
Marat Orazov
University of Delaware
saha
Basudeb Saha
University of Delaware
sandler
Stanley Sandler
University of Delaware
scott
Susannah Scott
UC – Santa Barbara
siepmann
Ilja Siepmann
University of Minnesota
snyder
Mark Synder
Lehigh University
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Klaus Theopold
University of Delaware
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Michael Tsapatsis
Johns Hopkins University
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Ioulia Valla
University of Connecticut
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John Vohs
UPenn
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Lynn Walker
Carnegie Mellon
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Donald Watson
University of Delaware
Publicity photo of Bingjun Xu, assistant professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
Bingjun Xu
University of Delaware
Yushan Yan, Engineering.
Yushan Yan
University of Delaware
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Weiqing Zheng
University of Delaware