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Congratulations to Emily for receiving 1st Place for her Oral Presentation at the 2025 RMCS Symposium Congratulations to Emily for receiving 1st Place for her Oral Presentation at the 2025 RMCS Symposium! Her talk titled “Electrochemical Activation of NiFe Oxides for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Media”. Emily’s research offers important insights into improving the efficiency of elect…

Congratulations to Kay for receiving the Kokes Award Kay was selected as a recipient of the prestigious Kokes Award from the North American Catalysis Society to attend the 29th North American Meeting (NAM), held in Atlanta. The Kokes Awards, sponsored by the North American Catalysis Society and administered by the NAM organization, recognize outstanding graduate students in catalysis and support …

Sean Brooks Named 2025/2026 Astronaut Scholar Congratulations, Sean Brooks! A huge congratulations to Sean Brooks on receiving the prestigious Astronaut Scholarship! Recognized for his ingenuity and research excellence, Sean will represent our institution this August at the Innovators Gala in Houston, Texas. We are incredibly proud to see his hard work recognized on such a grand stage.

Congratulations to Emily and Michelle for being nominated for the prestigious Rath Research Award Congratulations to Emily and Michelle for being nominated for the prestigious Rath Research Award, two of only six candidates selected across the entire campus! Each year, at Commencement, the Colorado School of Mines Office of Research and Technology Transfer presents this award to a doctoral gradua…

Good Luck, Marwan! ✈️🌍 Congratulations to Marwan Laqdiem on his new role in Europe! During his time with our group, Marwan contributed to our DOE-funded research in solar-driven methane reforming catalysis. We are grateful for his hard work and the energy he brought to the team. Safe travels and much success in your next chapter, Marwan!

Welcoming Dr. Rohit Punyapu to the Group We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Rohit Punyapu as a new member of our research team. Rohit joins us following the completion of his Ph.D. at Ohio State University under the mentorship of Prof. Rachel Getman. An expert in computational catalysis and Density Functional Theory (DFT), Rohit will lead our efforts on a key NSF-funded project. His work focuses on i…

Welcoming Carlos Fragoso Uriarte We are excited to announce that Carlos Fragoso Uriarte has joined the group to pursue his Ph.D. Carlos’s research will focus on the fundamental mechanisms of ethylene dimerization and oligomerization using zeolite-based materials. In addition to his work in catalysis, he will lead our efforts in designing electrified reactor systems. By integrating electrification…

Welcome Joel! Welcome, Joel Orozco! We are excited to welcome Joel Orozco to the research group! Joel is currently a Master’s student at Colorado School of Mines. His research will focus on characterizing Lewis acid-base properties in metal-oxide catalysts and investigating their impact on alkanol dehydration and dehydrogenation pathways. We look forward to seeing the contributions he will make t…

Welcome Maddie! Welcome, Maddie Hicks! We are pleased to announce that Maddie Hicks has joined the group. Currently a Master’s student at Colorado School of Mines, Maddie’s research will focus on developing bottom-up synthetic processes to design tailored microporous environments. Her work aims to precisely engineer active sites to induce confinement effects, pushing the boundaries of catalytic c…

Farewell and Congratulations, Kayly! We would like to extend a warm congratulations to Kayly on graduating with her Master’s degree! During her year with the group, Kayly was instrumental in a Department of Energy (DOE) funded project focused on developing catalysts for solar-driven methane reforming. We truly appreciate her dedication and hard work in the lab over the past year. While we will mi…