December 2025: Stanley and Brundhaa joined the group as PhD students. Welcome!
June 2025: Maria Victoria, Kelsey, Sugandha, Asanka, Jason, Kanika, and Mohan attended the 2025 NAM conference and presented their research. Congratulations to Sugandha and Kanika for winning the Kokes Awards!
February 2025: Maria Victoria, Kelsey, Arigaa, Jason, and Mohan attended the 2025 Southeastern Catalysis Society conference and presented their research. Congratulations to Mohan and Arigaa for winning Poster Awards!
October 2024: Sugandha Verma, Kelsey Levine, and Asanka Wijerathne attended the 2024 AIChE conference and presented their research. Congratulations to Sugandha Verma for winning the 2024 CRE Travel Award!
October 2024: Jason Lu joins the group as a PhD student. Welcome Jason!
June 2024: Sugandha Verma and Asanka Wijerathne presented their research (titled "Combined Experimental and Microkinetic Analysis for the Low-Temperature Formation of Nitrous Oxide on Pt/Al2O3" and "Effects of Treatment Conditions and Support Properties on the Sintering Kinetics of Palladium Nanoparticles") at the Gordon Research Conference. Congratulations to both for their excellent presentations!
June 2024: Mohan Shankar joins the group as a research assistant. Welcome Mohan!
June 2024: Congratulations to Christopher Paolucci on being promoted to Associate Professor!
April 2024: Congratulations to Anukriti Shrestha, Anna Sviripa and Asanka Wijerathne on successfully defending their PhD!
February 2024: Congratulations to group member Sugandha Verma for winning an oral presentation award and group member Kelsey Levine for winning a poster award Southeastern Catalysis Society Symposium!
D. Sonawat, M.J. Shankar, A. Wijerathne, M.D. Edgar, C. Paolucci, and S.H Krishna. "Intraporous Liquid Water Stabilizes PdCu/Zeolite Catalysts for Wacker Oxidation of Ethylene", ACS Catal, (2025) 16, 1, 792-805 DOI:10.1021/acscatal.5c07710
B.K. Bolton, A. Wijerathne, J.M. Rosenberger, S. Ahn, W.A. Swann, A.B. Getsoian,, et al. "Experimental Assessments and Kinetic Models of Palladium Nanoparticle Sintering Behavior on Alumina Supports", J. Phys. Chem. C, (2025) 129, 47, 21132–21144 DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c05313
R. Dziatko, M. Phister, Z. Wang, K. Westendorff, A. Conley, Y. Song, L. O'Connor, et al. "Singlet-Fission Dynamics Modified through Templated Organic Semiconductor Crystallization", ChemRxiv, (2025) DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-p7sc7-v2
P.N. Njoroge, B.G. Solemsi, A. Wijerathne, I.C. Berdiell, A. Seremak, M. Chiesa, et al. "Influence of Aluminum Distribution in Cu-MOR Systems on Methane-to-Methanol Conversion: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study", J. Phys. Chem. C, (2025) 129, 44, 20044–20056 DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c06045
R. Daya, M. Kim, L. Wei, U. Menon, H. An, and C. Paolucci. "Influence of Temperature, Water, and Dioxygen on the Interconversion of Monomeric and Dimeric Cu Configurations in Cu-SSZ-13", ACS Catalysis, (2025) 15, 13630-13644 DOI:10.1021/acscatal.5c02958
