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Staff

Group Leader

  Steve H. Overbury

Ph. D. 1976, Physical Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley. Surface chemistry and catalysis. Surface structure by ion scattering, surface chemical analysis by photoemission, photoabsorption, infra-red spectroscopy and temperature programmed desorption. Particular interest in emission control catalysis, uranium based catalysis and mesoporous materials
Phone: (865) 574-5040 
Fax: (865) 576-5235
MS 6201

Group Staff

   David R. Mullins
Ph. D. 1984, Physical Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin. Surface chemistry and catalysis. Surface chemical analysis by photoemission, photo absorption and temperature programmed desorption, surface structure by ion scattering. Particular interest in emission control catalysis and mesoporous materials. Spokesperson for the U12a Beam line at the National Synchrotron Light Source.
Phone: (865) 574-2796
Fax (865) 576-5235
MS: 6201

   Michelle Pawel
M.S. 1988, Inorganic Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. CNMS. Inorganic synthesis of catalytic supports. Mesoporous carbon materials, mesoporous oxide materials, sol-gel processing. Laboratory management, ES&H compliance, User interface.
Phone (865) 574-7094
Fax (865) 576-5235
MS: 6201

   Viviane Schwartz
Ph. D. 2000, Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Catalytic materials for oxidation chemistry, environmental catalysis, fuel processes, sulfur clean-up, highly active and selective gold nano-catalysts for CO oxidation, and synchrotron technique structure of nanomaterials.
Phone (865) 576-6749
Fax (865) 576-5235
MS: 6201

   Zili Wu

PhD, 2001, Physical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. In situ/operando spectroscopic characterization of catalytic materials; Catalysis on metal oxide nanoparticles/clusters for hydrocarbon activation and conversion; Environmental catalysis; Special interest in photo-catalysis for hydrogen production and environmentally benign processes.
Phone (865) 576-1080
Fax (865) 576-5235
MS: 6493

   Jun Xu
Ph. D. 1991, Physics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville. Positron Spectroscopy, porous materials, defects in nanoparticle and semiconductor materials, mass spectrometry of polyatomic molecules, miniaturization of analytical instruments, ion mobility spectrometry.
Phone (865) 574-8955
Fax (865) 576-5235
MS: 6201

   Ye Xu
Ph. D. 2004, Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison. First-principles electronic structure-based methods applied to molecular, surface, and bulk chemical reactivity and material properties; catalysis on metal and metal oxide clusters and surfaces; thermodynamics and kinetics of chemical processes from first principles.
Phone (865) 574-9761
Fax (865) 574-0680
MS: 6376

 

Secretary

Tracy Housewright

Phone (865) 574-5033
Fax (865) 576-5235
MS 6201


 

 

 

 

 

 


Post-Docs

Wesley Gordon
Phone: (865) 576-6690

Sanjaya Senanayake
Phone: (631) 344-5512

Surface Chemistry and Catalysis Group

Provided by Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Chemical Sciences Division
Rev:  June 2007