Prof. Dr. S. Ted Oyama

Profile

Academic positionEmeritus
Research fieldsChemical and Thermal Process Engineering
KeywordsHeterogeneous catalysis, Kinetics

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityBlacksburg
InstitutionVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
InstituteDepartment of Chemical Engineering

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim FreundAbteilung Chemische Physik, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Robert SchlöglAbteilung Chemische Physik, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim FreundFritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/2009

Programme(s)

2008Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Oyama is an international authority in heterogeneous catalysis. He brought novel in-situ techniques to catalysis and introduced transition metal phosphides based catalysts to desulphurization processes, a research direction with a great future. In Germany, he will focus on the application of surface science studies to unravel processes on single crystal phosphides.