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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Kinetics and Catalysis,Spectroscopy |
| Keywords | heterogeneous catalysis, spectroscopy, surface chemistry, kinetics, structure-activity relationships |
| Honours and awards | 2023: Highly Ranked Scholar – Lifetime: #9 in catalysis in the world (ScholarGPS) 2019: Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (USA) 2019: Google Scholar ISI 100 Golden 2018: Fulbright Senior Scholar Fellowship, Israel - Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board 2018: Research Leadership Award, Rossin College of Engineering & Appl. Sciences, Lehigh University 2016: R.H. Wilhelm Award in Chemical Reaction Engineering, American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2015: Lee Hsun Research Award in Mat. Sci., Institute Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2012: Alexander von Humboldt Award, AvH Foundation 2012: Vanadis Award, International Vanadium Chemistry 2008: G. Olah Award in Petroleum or Hydrocarbon Chemistry, American Chemical Society 2001: Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Excellence Award |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | Bethlehem |
| Institution | Lehigh University |
| Institute | Department of Chemical Engineering |
| Homepage | www.lehigh.edu/operando |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Robert Schlögl | Abteilung Anorganische Chemie, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/06/2012 |
Programme(s)
| 2012 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Wachs is one of the leading figures in American catalysis science. During his dual career in industry and academia he has continuously worked on the conceptual challenges of catalysis. In this capacity he pioneered the use of RAMAN spectroscopy as an in-situ tool investigating working catalysts. During his stay in Germany he will complement results from this technique with corresponding experiments performed at the Fritz-Haber-Institute using in-situ methods. |