Atomically Dispersed Supported Metal Catalysts: Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Catalyst Performance

Bruce Gates is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, UC Davis, having joined in 1992. Prior to his appointment at UC Davis, he held a number of positions, having been a research engineer at Chevron and the H. Rodney Sharp Professor at the University of Delaware, where he was also a director (and co-founder) of the Center for Catalytic Science and Technology. He received his BSc Degree from UC Berkeley, PhD from University of Washington (both in Chemical Engineering), followed by a Fulbright postdoctoral appointment at Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich. His research interests are in catalysis and materials, emphasizing fundamental investigations, motivated by technologically important problems and close interactions with industry. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and has received awards from the ACS, AIChE, the North American Catalysis Society, and the European Federation of Catalysis Societies. He has served on a number of editorial boards and was a member of DOE BESAC and serves on the SSRL SAC and NSLS-II SAC. He is the author of two catalysis textbooks.