Randall J. Meyer
Associate Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Chemical Engineering

University of Texas at Austin, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering 2001
Fritz Haber Institut Der Max Planck Gesellschaft, Germany, Post-doc Fellow 2001-2004
University of Virginia, Post-doc Researcher, 2004-2005

Lab:
CEB 108
Email:
rjm@uic.edu
Phone(O):
(312) 996-4607
Fax: (312) 996-0808
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL, 60607

 

Graduate Students:

Payoli Aich
dchild2@uic.edu

Undergraduate Institution:

West Bengal University of Technology

 

Hometown: Kolkata, India

 

David Childers
dchild2@uic.edu

Undergraduate Institution: University of Michigan

Hometown: Fort Wayne, IN

Reactivity Studies of Neopentane Hydrogenolysis over Alloy Catalysts w/ Jeff Miller, Argonne National Lab

Carolina Gomez
cgomez21@uic.edu

Undergraduate Institution: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Manizales, Colombia

Hometown: Manizales, Colombia

Alloying p-electron metals with d-transition metals w/ Jeff Miller, Argonne National Lab

Jingjing Liu
jliu55@uic.edu

Undergraduate Institution: Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Hometown: Chongqing, China

STEM-EELS Studies of Promoters for Selective Alcohol Synthesis from Syn-Gas w/ Robert Klie (UIC, Physics)

Zhenjuan Ni
zni2@uic.edu

Undergraduate Institution: Nankai University, Tianjin, China

Hometown: Shaoxing, China

Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations of NOx reduction Chemistry over Pd catalysts

RuzicaTodorovic
rdjord2@uic.edu

Undergraduate Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Hometown: Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Understanding the Relationship between Electronic Structure and X-ray Absorption Near Edge Spectroscopy in Supported Catalysts w/ Jeff Miller, Argonne National Lab

Haojuan Wei
hwei3@uic.edu

Undergraduate Institution: Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Hometown: Nanjing, China

Size effects in Selective hydrogenation of Acrolein w/ Chris Marshall, Argonne National Lab
     

 

Undergraduate Students:

Student Project
Alex Rinella DFT Studies of Nitrogen/Hydrocarbon interactions on Pt(111)

 

Alumni:

PhD Students
Date graduated
Thesis Title
Current Position
Jun Yin August 2011 Fundamental Studies of Nitrogen and Hydrocarbons on Metal Surfaces (co-advisor: Michael Trenary) Postdoc at University of Colorado at Boulder w/ Steven George
Chiun-Teh (David) Ho
December 2010 Synthesis and Charaterization of Tantalum (oxy)Nitride Nanoparticles (Co-advisor: Preston Snee) Intel Corporation
Theresa Feltes August 2010 The Selective Adsorption of a Manganese Promoter Over Supported CO Hydrogenation Catalysts (Primary Advisor: John Regalbuto) Postdoc at University of Cape Town w/Michael Claeys
Yu Lei
May 2010 Experimental Studies of Model Catalysts: Linking Structure and Reactivity Postdoc at Argonne National Lab w/Jeff Elam
Jelena Jelic December 2009 Density Functional Theory Studies of NOx Storage Reduction Catalysts Postdoc at Technical University of Munich w/ Karsten Reuter
Masters Students
Date graduated
Project Title
Position after graduation
 

Ruzica Todorovic
December 2011 Understanding the Relationship between Electronic Structure and X-ray Absorption Near Edge Spectroscopy in Supported Catalysts w/ Jeff Miller, Argonne National Lab

Undergraduate Students
Date graduated
Project Title
Position after graduation
Shrikant Shah May 2010 Synthesis of Mn promoted Rh/SiO2 using SEA University of Illinois at Chicago
Ruzica Todorovic May 2010 DFT studies of direct synthesis of H2O2 University of Illinois at Chicago
Chithra Asokan May 2010 DFT studies of propylene epoxidation over Ag surfaces UOP
Catalina Mogollon May 2009 Synthesis of PdZn/SiO2 alloys usings  
Max Chmara May 2009 Synthesis of PtFe alloys using SEA University of South Carolina
Pavithra Tiruppathi May 2009 DFT studies of C2H2 hydrogenation over Pd surfaces University of Notre Dame
Joe Gomes
May 2008 DFT studies of CO adsorption on p-d alloy catalysts
University of California at Berkeley

 

 

 

 

 
 
Updated August 2011