2024
Dec 2024: Dr. Luke Roling of the Iowa State University was awarded NSF CAREER Award for the project - Engineering Active Site Structure for Selective Nitrogen Catalysis. Congratulations Dr. Roling! Read details here.
Oct 2024: GPCS is accepting nominations for the President-elect and two Director positions on the Executive Committee. Please feel free to volunteer (self-nominate) or nominate a fellow GPCS member for these positions. For detailed information see Election 2024. Deadline for nominations: October 28, 2024. Nominations are closed!
May 2024: Prof. Bala Subramaniam of University of Kansas has been selected to receive the 2024 GPCS Award for making seminal contributions in catalysis that promote decarbonization & sustainability. Bala will present a plenary lecture at the GPCS Symposium on Aug 24, 2024, in Norman, OK. Read full award citation.
May 2024: Prof. Bin Wang receives the Bessel Research Award to promote his collaboration with Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials. Read the full press release. Many congratulations to Prof. Wang!
June 2024: GPCS is accepting abstracts for the 2024 Fall Symposium to be held on August 24, 2024, in Norman, OK. Abstracts should be submitted in word document format using this Google form. Deadline extended: Friday, July 12, 2024, 11:59 pm. Registrations are closed!
April 2024: Nominations for the 2024 Great Plains Catalysis Society Award are open! The award will be presented at the GPCS annual symposium to be held on August 24, 2024, in Norman, OK. More can be found here. Nominations are closed!
Feb 2024: Prof. Wenzhen Li of Iowa State University, and a member of the Great Plains Catalysis Society has been named as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Many congratulations to Prof. Li!
Feb 2024: Prof. Jean-Philippe Tessonnier, the serving President of GPCS, was selected to be named as a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors. He was also named as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Many congratulations to Prof. Tessonnier!