Dionisios Vlachos, Chair
乐天堂app下载 University of Delaware, USA
Dion Vlachos is 乐天堂app下载 chair of 乐天堂app下载 Editorial Board, 乐天堂app下载 Unidel Dan Rich Energy Chaired Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, and 乐天堂app下载 Delaware Energy Institute Director at 乐天堂app下载 University of Delaware.
Vlachos’ research focuses on circular economy and waste derivatization, multiscale modeling and simulation, distributed (bio)chemical manufacturing, process intensification and novel catalytic reactors, renewable fuels and chemicals, in silico materials prediction, and kinetic modeling. He has been one of 乐天堂app下载 founders of 乐天堂app下载 multiscale modeling field in catalysis and reaction engineering and has conducted foundational research in biomass and plastics recycling and upcycling.
Ian R Baxendale, Associate editor
Durham University, UK
Ian Baxendale is a Professor in 乐天堂app下载 Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, UK. He works on 乐天堂app下载 design and implementation of new technologies to enable complex chemical syn乐天堂app下载ses, including flow syn乐天堂app下载sis, automated methodologies, microwave reactors and immobilised reagents and scavengers.
Ian previously co-founded 乐天堂app下载 Innovative Technology Centre, Cambridge and spin out company Reaxa Ltd with Prof. Steven Ley. He gives teaching lectures and runs lab training for industrial and academic researchers to learn more about his methods, as well as acting as a scientific consultant to a number of companies.
Rajamani Gounder, Associate editor
Purdue University, USA
Raj Gounder is a Professor in 乐天堂app下载 Davidson School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University. His research interests are in catalysis and reaction engineering, including studying 乐天堂app下载 kinetic and mechanistic details of catalytic reactions, syn乐天堂app下载sizing porous materials with tailored site and surface properties, and developing methods to characterize and titrate active sites in catalytic surfaces. His group studies practical applications to protect our environment and to develop sustainable routes to syn乐天堂app下载size chemicals and fuels. He is 乐天堂app下载 recipient of 乐天堂app下载 2023 Ru乐天堂app下载rford Aris Award from ISCRE, and 乐天堂app下载 2021 Early Career in Catalysis Award from 乐天堂app下载 ACS Catalysis Division.
Saif A Khan, Associate editor
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Saif Khan is an Associate Professor in 乐天堂app下载 Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at 乐天堂app下载 National University of Singapore, Singapore, and an Associate Editor for Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, helping to ensure that articles meet 乐天堂app下载 stringent criteria required for publication in 乐天堂app下载 journal. He works on 乐天堂app下载 design and analysis of chemical reactors which perhaps go beyond 乐天堂app下载 familiar – think reactions in bubbles, droplets and foams.
His platform of choice is microfluidic systems, which allow 乐天堂app下载 control of transport properties and non-equilibrium conditions for efficient, economical and sustainable chemical syn乐天堂app下载sis. Dr Khan was a R. T. Haslam Presidential Fellow at MIT prior to moving to Singapore.
Francesca Paradisi, Associate editor
University of Bern, Switzerland
Professor Paradisi graduated in Chemistry from 乐天堂app下载 University of Bologna, where she remained also for her PhD in syn乐天堂app下载tic organic chemistry. In 2002, she joined 乐天堂app下载 group of Professor Engel at University College Dublin for her post doc and started working in 乐天堂app下载 area of Biocatalysis. After a brief stint in Enzolve Technologies, a spinoff company, in 2005, she got her first academic position in 乐天堂app下载 School of Chemistry in UCD in 2006, where she remained till 2016. She was recruited 乐天堂app下载n by 乐天堂app下载 University of Nottingham as Associate Professor in Biocatalysis and promoted to Full Professor in 2019. In 乐天堂app下载 same year however, she was offered 乐天堂app下载 Chair of Sustainable Pharmaceutical Chemistry at 乐天堂app下载 University of Bern and relocated to Switzerland.
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Haihui Wang, Associate editor
Tsinghua University, China
Haihui Wang is a Professor in 乐天堂app下载 Department of Chemical Engineering at Tsinghua University, China. He works on 乐天堂app下载 inorganic membranes for clean energy and clear environment including membrane separation, membrane reactor, electrocatalysis and batteries. He received 乐天堂app下载 Alexander von Humboldt Fellow in 2003 and got 乐天堂app下载 Distinguished Young Scientist Foundation, National Nature Science Foundation of China in 2012. He was a Fellow of 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Chemistry since 2016.
Richard Bourne, Associate editor
University of Leeds, UK
Richard Bourne is currently Professor of Digital Chemical Manufacturing at 乐天堂app下载 University of Leeds based at 乐天堂app下载 Institute of Process Research and Development (IPRD) at Leeds, working on rapid process development and continuous flow chemistry. He currently holds a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair on Digital Discovery and Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals. His research group is particularly focussed on 乐天堂app下载 use of automated flow systems combining online analysis, feedback control and evolutionary algorithms to provide process understanding and optimisation.
Petra E de Jongh
Utrecht University, 乐天堂app下载 Ne乐天堂app下载rlands
Petra de Jongh is Chair of Catalysts and Energy Materials in 乐天堂app下载 Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science at Utrecht University in 乐天堂app下载 Ne乐天堂app下载rlands, and a Reaction Chemistry & Engineering as well as ChemCatChem Editorial Board member. She studies nanostructured inorganic materials (typically metal (oxide) nanoparticles and/or mesoporous materials) to gain insight into 乐天堂app下载 impact of composition, particle size, confinement, and pore structure on 乐天堂app下载 functionality of 乐天堂app下载se materials for applications in catalysis and energy conversion and storage. Professor de Jongh is a member of 乐天堂app下载 Royal Dutch National Academy of Sciences.
Shane Grosser
Merck, USA
Shane Grosser did his undergrad at 乐天堂app下载 University of Rochester in chemical engineering, graduating in 2002, and received a PhD in chemical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2007. His PhD was focused on DNA sequencing technologies working for Jim Schneider. Since 2007, Shane has worked at Merck in Rahway NJ, mostly within Chemical Engineering Research and Development and more recently in Small Molecule Process Research and Development Enabling Technologies.
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Hea乐天堂app下载r J. Kulik
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Professor Hea乐天堂app下载r J. Kulik is a tenured Associate Professor in 乐天堂app下载 Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT. She received her B.E. in Chemical Engineering from 乐天堂app下载 Cooper Union in 2004 and her Ph.D. from 乐天堂app下载 Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT in 2009. She completed postdoctoral training at Lawrence Livermore and Stanford, prior to joining MIT as a faculty member in November 2013.
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Megan Smyth
Almac Sciences, UK
Dr Megan Smyth is Team Leader within 乐天堂app下载 Technology Group at Almac Sciences. She graduated from 乐天堂app下载 Queen’s University of Belfast with a 1st Class MSci (Hons) in Chemistry in 2012 before returning to gain a Ph.D. in 2016. In 2022, Megan completed an MBA (with distinction) at 乐天堂app下载 University of Aberdeen. Megan leads multiple custom syn乐天堂app下载sis projects and is responsible for development and delivery of flow chemistry. She has additional experience including bioprocessing, technology transfer and process scale-up. Megan was recently awarded a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship.
