Bio
Dr. Aidan Josef Klemm received both his B.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. His research focus has been in the development of novel sorbent materials for CO2 capture from low-concentration feeds, such as spacecraft cabin air and atmospheric air. In 2023, he was awarded the DOE’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research Fellowship, which enabled him to complete part of his thesis research at ORNL, developing electromagnetically active CO2 sorbents for direct air capture. Returning to the Chemical Process Scale-Up Group in the Energy Science & Technology Directorate as a Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dr. Klemm is shifting focus to study catalysts for the conversion of CO2 to value-added materials, with an emphasis on engineering catalyst geometries for improved performance.
Awards
2024 – Co-Chair, 2026 Gordon Research Seminar: Ionic Liquids
2024 – Student Award, American Institute of Chemists
2024 – Outstanding Researcher Award, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, Case Western Reserve University
2023 – Office of Science Graduate Student Research Award, U.S. Department of Energy
2023 – Graduate Dean’s Instructional Excellence Award, Case Western Reserve University
2023 – Service and Leadership Award, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, Case Western Reserve University
2022 – ThinkEnergy Fellowship, Great Lakes Energy Institute
2020 – Callahan Fellowship, Case Western Reserve University
Education
2024 - Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
2020 - B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University