2014 news

JAK gave oral presentations in the Computational Catalysis IV and Applications of DFT+X in Catalysis sessions at the AIChE meeting in Atlanta, GA.

JAK was named by Pittsburgh Business Times’ List for Who’s Who in Energy for 2014.

JAK gave an invited oral presentation at the 2014 ACS Central Regional Meeting.

Our paper using AIMD/NEB methods to model aqueous phase NaBH4 hydrolysis was published in J. Phys. Chem. C. Hooray!

Yinan Kang, Pitt undergrad, joins the group to work on global optimizations of conformers. Welcome!

JAK gave invited oral presentations at the PHYS and ENFL sessions of the 248th ACS National Meeting in San Francisco, CA.

Victor Oyeyemi starts working in the group. Welcome Victor!

Our review on oxygen transport in perovskite-type solid oxide fuel cell materials is published in Acc. Chem. Res. Hooray!

The Keith Group welcomes its newest member, William Gordon Keith, 7.0 lbs and 20 inches. Everyone is well!

Aude Marjolin was a last-minute substitute for JAK, giving an oral presentation in his place at the Pittsburgh-Cleveland Catalysis Society meeting. Thanks Aude!

Gina Wagner, a summer REU student from Trine University, starts working in the group studying how radionuclides bind in minerals for water remediation. Welcome Gina!

JAK gave three lectures at a PITT workshop for Quantum Chemistry, sponsored by the Center for Simulation and Modeling.

Karthi Saravanan was selected to attend the 2014 Open Science Grid summer school at UW-Madison in July 2014! Way to go Karthi!

Eric Gottlieb (CMU chemistry student co-advised by Profs. Tomek Kowalewski and David Yaron) starts working in the group to study nanocarbon catalysis. Welcome Eric!

Jeff Carr was selected for PITT’s study abroad program in Singapore in fall 2014. Way to go Jeff!

Roy Amruthur was selected for a summer 2014 co-op with ChemADVISOR, Inc. Way to go Roy!

PITT CHE had a banner recruiting season for its PhD program! 13 students accepted aid packages and will join the department in the fall. Most are from underrepresented demographics in engineering. Welcome to PITT!

JAK gave an invited oral presentation at the 247th ACS National Meeting in Dallas, TX.

Karthikeyan Saravanan joined the group in January 2014. His research will be focused on developing reactive forcefield potentials for non-stoichiometric semiconductor nanomaterials. Welcome!

Il est une nouvelle député de la ville. Aude Marjolin rejoint le groupe en Janvier que la première postdoc. Elle aidera à gérer le groupe et étudiera les potentiels rédox de l'état excité en utilisant la théorie des premiers principes. Bienvenue!