Organizing Committee Member
Umit S. Ozkan
Professor
The Ohio State University
USA
Biography
Umit S. Ozkan is a Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at The Ohio State University. She received her Ph.D from Iowa State University in 1984 and joined the faculty of The Ohio State University in 1985. Between 2000 and 2005, she also served as the Associate Dean for Research in the College of Engineering. She has edited five books, has written over 200 refereed publications and book chapters, given over 300 conference presentations and over 125 invited lectures. She has six patents. Professor Ozkan has held and continues to hold many leadership positions in several professional organizations. She is on the Editorial Boards of Catalysis Today, Journal of Molecular Catalysis, Catalysis Letters, Topics in Catalysis, Applied Catalysis B, Catalysis Reviews and ACS Catalysis. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and American Chemical Society. Professor Ozkan is the recipient of many honors and awards among which are ACS Henry H. Storch Award (2017), ACS Energy and Fuels Distinguished Researcher Award (2012), John van Geuns Lectureship Award at the Van't Hoff Institute at the University of Amsterdam (2010). In December 2013, a special volume of Topics in Catalysis was published in her honor. In her research group, Dr. Ozkan has advised and mentored over 100 graduate students, post-doctoral researchers and honors students.
Research Area
Her current research interests are in the areas of heterogeneous catalysis and electrocatalysis