Curriculum Vitae SUSANNAH L. SCOTT - UC Santa Barbara

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Curriculum VitaeSUSANNAH L. SCOTTupdated 8/25/2020Duncan and Suzanne Mellichamp Chair in Sustainable Catalytic ProcessingDistinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, and of Chemistry & BiochemistryAssociate Editor, ACS Catalysis; Board of Reviewing Editors, ScienceDirector, Center for Sustainable Manufacturing and Product Design, UC Santa BarbaraDirector, Enhancing Success in Transfer Education for Engineering Majors (ESTEEM)University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5080, USAPhone: (805) 893-5606; email: sscott@ucsb.eduAreas of Expertise Design of new heterogeneous and supported catalysts for olefin polymerization, metathesis and oxidation, and alkaneactivation; Applications of surface organometallic chemistry to active site characterization in heterogeneous catalysis andchemical vapor deposition of atomically-precise thin films; Catalytic transformations of renewable energy feedstocks to fuels and chemical feedstocks; Inorganic reaction mechanisms, especially related to the activation of small molecules; New kinetic and spectroscopic methods for catalyst GREEPh.D.B.Sc.DISCIPLINEInorganic ChemistryChemistryINSTITUTIONIowa State University of Science and TechnologyUniversity of AlbertaAcademic or Professional 1992-199419922020-2022TITLEChair, Academic SenateChang Jiang International VisitingProfessorDuncan & Suzanne MellichampAcademic Initiative ProfessorDistinguished ProfessorProfessor of Chemical EngineeringProfessor of Chemistry &BiochemistryAssociate Professor of ChemistryAssistant Professor of ChemistryNATO Postdoctoral FellowPostdoctoral FellowChair, Academic SenateINSTITUTIONUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraDalian University of TechnologyUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraUniversity of California, Santa Barbara, USAUniversity of California, Santa Barbara, USAUniversity of Ottawa, CanadaUniversity of Ottawa, CanadaInstitut de recherches sur la catalyse, Lyon, FranceAmes Laboratory, Ames IA, USAUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraProfessional OrganizationsMemberMemberFellowAmerican Institute of Chemical EngineersAmerican Chemical SocietyAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceAwards and Honors:19871987-1991198919911992-1994Gold Medal in Chemistry, University of Alberta1967 Centennial Post-graduate Scholarship, NSERCTeaching Excellence Award, Iowa State UniversityResearch Excellence Award, Iowa State UniversityNATO Postdoctoral FellowshipPage 1 of 34

19941994-199919971998, 019201620172017201820192018-2021201920192020John Charles Polanyi Prize in ChemistryNSERC Women’s Faculty AwardCottrell Scholar of Research CorporationUnion Carbide Innovation Recognition AwardUniversity of Ottawa Young Researcher of the Year AwardPremier's Research Excellence Award (Ontario)YWCA Women of Distinction Award (Information Technology and Science)Canada Research Chair in Surface Organometallic Catalyst DesignMiller Visiting Research Professorship, University of California – BerkeleyPrize for Best Poster, Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Divison, AIChE meeting, San Francisco CAPinnacle Award (Science and Technology), South Coast Business TimesElected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceVisiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists, Chinese Academy of SciencesMike and Jean Steffenson Lecturer, Iowa State UniversityMellichamp Academic Initiative Professorship in Sustainability, UC Santa BarbaraVisiting International Professorship, Université de Lille 1 – Sciences et TechnologiesVladimir N. Ipatieff Lectureship, Northwestern UniversityGrace Hopper Distinguished Lecturer, University of PennsylvaniaJohn van Geuns Lecturer, University of AmsterdamBoulder Scientific Lecturer, Colorado State UniversityChangJiang International Scholar Visiting Professor, Dalian University of TechnologyKurt Wohl Memorial Lecturer, University of DelawareEastman Lecturer, University of California, BerkeleyChair, Gordon Research Conference on CatalysisGraduate Thesis Projects Directed:NAMEGordon RiceJamila Nait Ajjou1Abdillahi BouhLisa Van Loon1Marcel BeaudoinAnqiu FuTagenine AlladinValbona Celo2Ziyad TahaFuad AbabnehHeather LeifesteEric Deguns3Anthony Moses5Cori DemmelmaierMiyako HisamotoBrian Peoples4Robert SavinelliTHESIS TITLEStructure and reactivity of silica-supported vanadium andvanadium/titanium single-site catalystsStructure and reactivity of silica-supported chromium(IV) complexesPreparation, characterization and reactivity of mono- and dinuclearsilica-supported titanium(IV) complexesKinetic study of the stabilization and reduction of the aqueous mercuricion by sulfite: Implications for atmospheric depositionStructure and reactivity of silica-supported titanium andmolybdenum(IV) amido complexesEffect of the silica support on the reactivity and polymerization activityof organochromium complexesGrafting and thermolysis of tetraneopentylzirconium on silicaAbiotic pathways of mercury methylation in the aquatic environmentSilica-supported vanadium complexes: Structure, characterization andreactivity, especially towards olefinsApplication of chemical kinetics to mercury cycling in the aquaticenvironment: Photoreduction of Hg(II) and binding of Hg(II) and MeHg to natural ligandsKinetic studies of metathesis reactions catalyzed by supportedmethyltrioxorheniumAn XAS investigation of the structure of silica-supported titanium,vanadium and gallium catalystsEffects of support-substrate interactions for rhenium-basedheterogeneous olefin metathesis catalystsActivation of heterogeneous catalysts for the production ofpolyethyleneInteraction of Dimethylacetylacetonatogold(III) with Oxide SupportsClay-polyolefin nanocomposites by in situ polymerizationMetal carbide catalysts for the water-gas shift reactionPage 2 of 34ADVISOR/COADVISORAdvisorDEGREE,YEARPhD 1999AdvisorAdvisorPhD 2000PhD 2001AdvisorMSc 2001AdvisorPhD 2002AdvisorMSc 2002AdvisorCo-advisorAdvisorMSc 2003PhD 2003PhD 2004Co-advisorPhD 2005AdvisorMSc 2005AdvisorPhD 2006AdvisorPhD 2007AdvisorPhD 2008AdvisorAdvisorAdvisorPhD 2009PhD 2008PhD 2010

Brian VicenteA comparison of homogeneous and heterogeneous alkane metathesiscatalystsSamuel Fleischman Spectroscopic Investigation of Grafting Sites in Oxide Supports ofHeterogeneous CatalystsKim-Lien DinhSpectroscopic Investigation of the Reaction of Dimethylzinc on SilicaSurfacesTrenton TovarInteraction of ZnCl2 with Supported Methyltrioxorhenium to PromoteOlefin MetathesisBryanna KunkelInvestigation of Thermal Stability and Flammability of PolyolefinCompositesJoseph SirianniElucidation of the Molecular Structure of an Alkane DehydrogenationComponent of the Tandem Alkane Metathesis CycleXiaoying OuyangPalladium-Substituted Perovskite Catalysts for Automotive ExhaustEmission ControlYing-Jen WangleeStructure and Reactivity of Grafted Organochromium and OrganoboraneComplexes on SilicaAnthony CrisciAcid-Functionalized Mesoporous Ordered Materials for the Production of5-Hydroxymethyfurfural from CarbohydratesRyan Davis6Operando Spectroscopic Investigation of Supported Pd and Low-surfaceArea Mixed Metal Oxide Catalysts for Automotive Emissions AftertreatmentTaeho Hwang7Kinetic Analysis of Organometallic Catalyst Precursors in Solution and onSurfacesBethany Wigington8 Redox Reactions of Silica-Supported Complexes and their MolecularAnalogsDaniel Coller7Complex oxides as hosts for noble metal catalystsZachary JonesPorous metal oxide catalysts for lignin hydrogenolysisYouhong Wang9Surface organochromium models for the Phillips catalystAbigail Serrano10Tethered catalysts for alcohol oxidationAli Chamas11Catalysts for disassembly of ligninTarnumaMagnetic resonance investigations of supported catalystsTabassum12Hyunjin MoonMobility and adsorption in mesoporous catalysts with tunablehydrophilicitySalman KhanModeling amorphous catalytic materialsLi LiSupported olefin metathesis catalystsMichael SpearsKinetics of complex redox reactionsJiakai SunCatalytic depolymerization of polyethyleneJacqueline RohrerSelective lignin hydrogenolysisGarrett StrongPolyolefin upcyclingAdvisorPhD 2010AdvisorPhD 2011AdvisorMSc 2011Co-advisor MSc 2011AdvisorPhD 2011AdvisorMSc 2012AdvisorPhD 2012AdvisorPhD 2012AdvisorPhD 2013AdvisorPhD 2013AdvisorPhD 2014AdvisorPhD 2015AdvisorPhD 2016AdvisorPhD, 2018AdvisorPhD 2017AdvisorPhD 2019Advisor In progressCo-advisor In progressAdvisorIn gressprogress1. NSERC Postgraduate Fellowship. 2. Ontario Graduate Scholarship. 3. Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory Annual Users’Meeting Prize: Best Graduate Student Poster. 4. Annual University of California Surface Science and Its Application Symposium,Second prize (Poster competition). 5. Mitsubishi Chemical Distinguished Graduate Fellowship. 6. Phi Lambda Upsilon Award foracademic achievement by first-year graduate student in Chemistry. 7. Air Products Fellowship. 8. Best Poster Award, 25th OrganicReactions Catalysis Society meeting, 2014. 9. Best Poster Prize, Asian Polyolefins 2013 meeting. 10. Fulbright Fellowship. 11.Department of Energy Science Graduate Student Research Award, 2018. 10Chateaubriand Fellowship, Embassy of France in theUnited States, 2019.Postdoctoral Scholars and Visiting Scientists Supervised:NAMECarmen RovedaFengfu LiJinhua ZhangOlusola WomilojuXinsheng LiMukut BajpaiDao Hinh NguyenLudmila 002CURRENT EMPLOYMENTExxon-MobilCanada National Research CouncilHealth CanadaPage 3 of 34

Elena EmelianovaAzfar HassanLeonard MacAdamsGhazar AharonianNazafarin LahoutifardUdayshankar SinghSwarup ChattopadhyayNaseem RamsahyeZiyad TahaCathleen YungRosemary WhiteRyan NelsonMabel CaipaMing-Yung LeeJennifer McCahillPhillip ManiaJing HuangTonosaki e PerrotinHaian XiaLei Zhong2009-20112009-20102010-2011Khaled Belkacemi2010-2011Safia Hamoudi2010-2011Junjiang ZhuSebastian Grundner20112011Julia RiebKwanyin (Gary) NgAlessandro GalloJinghong Zhou2011-20122012-20132012 2012-2013Xijin Song2012Stephanie GoubertRenaudinHaibo Yu20122012-2013Zhenhuan Zhou2013-2014Daniel RuizXin LiangYanning Zeng20132013-20142014Zi’ang NanXuejiao WuXinhe BaoDr. Domenick LetoWei XueQunxing LuoAnna Katharina BeineChristian HaidnYue YuDr. Long QiAnna 2014-20152014-20152014-present2015University of CalgaryKiON Corp.University of OttawaINERIS, ParisGrace-DavisonOhio UniversityUniversité MontpellierJordan University of Science & TechnologyExxon-MobilBoston UniversityArgonne National LaboratoryFormosa PlasticsDalhousie UniversityVisiting graduate student from ETH Zurich, Swiss Federal ScholarshipVisiting graduate student from Nanjing UniversityVisiting graduate student from Japan Advanced Institute of Science andTechnologyBoulder ScientificNow Faculty in Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry UniversityVisiting graduate student from East China University of Science andTechnologyFaculty, Dept of Soil Science and Agri-Food Engineering, Université Laval,CanadaFaculty, Dept of Soil Science and Agri-Food Engineering, Université Laval,CanadaVisiting researcher, Technical University of BerlinCo-supervised Master’s thesis (with Johannes Lercher), Technical Universityof MunichVisiting Fulbright Scholar, Technical University of MunichFreeslateSUNCATVisiting faculty from East China University of Science and Technology, ChinaScholarship Council State ScholarshipVisiting faculty from Zhejiang University, China Scholarship Council StateScholarshipLam Research CorporatioVisiting researcher from SINOPEC, Department of Ethylene Technology,BeijingVisiting researcher from SINOPEC, Research Institute of PetroleumProcessingVisiting graduate student from Universidad de GuanajuatoVisiting researcher from Beijing University of Chemical Technology, BeijingVisiting graduate student from Japan Advanced Institute for Science andTechnologyVisiting iCHEM exchange student from Xiamen UniversityVisiting iCHEM exchange student from Xiamen UniversityVisiting professor from Dalian Institute of Chemical PhysicsVisiting Professor from Hebei University of TechnologyVisiting graduate student from Dalian University of TechnologyVisiting graduate student from RWTH University, AachenVisiting graduate student from Technical University of MunichVisiting graduate student from University of NaplesAmes LaboratoryVisiting graduate student from RWTH University, AachenPage 4 of 34

Ximeng ChenMarvin BachmannFan ZhangAkash AryalJia Ru201520162015-20162015-20162016Hiyoshi HayashibaraJan WiesenthalDr. Praveen KumarJulia WohlandDr. Dong Won Hwang201620162016-201820172017-2018Fangwen ChengRyuki BabaProf. Xiantai ZhouSophia BrauksiepeTimon LazaridisNina SackersSonja MürtzXinde WangGuido SchroerNico ThanheuserProf. Tao ZhengYang WangDr. Xiaoling DongProf. Wanling ShenProf. Xin LiDr. Xiangcheng SunDr. Lijun GaoQiuchen 1-2022Visiting graduate student from RWTH University, AachenVisiting graduate student from RWTH University, AachenCSC/iCHEM Postdoctoral ScholarVisiting graduate student from RWTH University, AachenVisiting Professor from Bureau of Major R&D Programs, Chinese Academy ofSciencesVisiting graduate student from Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityVisiting graduate student from RWTH University, AachenPostdoctoral Scholar with SERB Indo-US Postdoctoral FellowshipVisiting graduate student from RWTH University, AachenVisiting faculty from Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology,Daejeon, South KoreaVisiting CSC exchange student from Xiamen University, ChinaVisiting graduate student from Japan Advanced Institute for Science &Technology (JAIST)Visiting faculty from Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, ChinaVisiting graduate student from RWTH University, AachenVisiting graduate student from RWTH University, Aachen, GermanyVisiting graduate student from RWTH University, Aachen, GermanyVisiting graduate student from RWTH University, Aachen, GermanyVisiting graduate student from RWTH University, Aachen, GermanyVisiting graduate student from RWTH University, Aachen, GermanyVisiting graduate student from RWTH University, AachenVisiting faculty from Nanjing Univ. of Science and TechnologyVisiting graduate student from Dalian Univ. of TechnologyVisiting postdoctoral scholar from Dalian Univ. of TechnologyVisiting faculty from Henan Univ. of TechnologyVisiting faculty from Henan Univ. of TechnologyPostdoctoral ScholarPostdoctoral ScholarVisiting graduate student from Beijing Institute of TechnologyUndergraduate Projects oxane models1995Proctor & GambleHazel HunterFe3(CO)12/alumina1996Grad school, St. Andrews Univ.Craig Crippen1995Pharmacy, Univ. of Ottawa1995Grad school, UBCCatherine JohnstonReactivity of rhodium-phosphine complexes on silicaand alumina (BSc Honors Thesis)Caractérisation du chromocène sur silice (BScHonors Thesis)Surface chemistry of Rh(allyl)31995Elizabeth HearnGrafting of VR4 on silica1995City of Ottawa WaterTreatment FacilityGrad school, Univ. of AlbertaKatia DoumitChromocene/silica Interactions1996Allison Millsa,bElementary reactions of oxide-supported rhodiumfragments (BSc Honors Thesis)Supported OsO4 (DEA Thesis)19961996Exchange student ESCIL(Lyon, France)1997Grad school, Univ. of AlbertaEmily HollinkEvaluation of in vacuo IR reflection-absorptionspectroscopy in probing adsorption at gas-metalinterfaces (BSc Honors Thesis)Grafting of Al(TMS)31997Grad school, Univ. of WindsorMikolaj SpakowiczMeRh(PMe3)3/silica1998Medical school, Univ. of OttawaSTUDENTPROJECTHelen ParryLydie L. Yu HingLaurent SavaryAnne-Marie HearnPage 5 of 34Medical school, Université deMontréalGrad school, Univ. of Alberta

Cory Peel1998Ghislaine BaileyInterconversion of multiply-bonded ligands insurface organometallic complexes (BSc HonorsThesis)Study of silica-supported rhodium fragments bysolid state 31P NMR (BSc Honors Thesis)Ship-in-a-bottle Ni catalysts in zeolites1998Grad school, MITNoor LadhaniSupported epoxidation catalysts1998Exchange student, U. TorontoKirsty MaunderRéduction hétérogène de l’oxyde de mercure pardes agent réducteurs pertinents à l’atmosphère(BSc Honors Thesis)Caractérisation des espèces formés par le greffagedu CrtBu4 sur la silice (BSc Honors Thesis)Kinetic and mechanistic study of the reduction ofmercuric ion in the atmosphere (BSc Honors Thesis)Synthesis and reactivity of CrtBu41999Exchange student, Univ. ofReading (UK)19992000Grad school, Université deMontréalGrad school, The Ohio StateUniversityMedical schoolSynthesis of [(C22H22N4)Ti(SiO2)] macrocycliccomplex on silica and zeolite surfaces (BScHonors Thesis)Reactions of AlMe3 and Ti(OSiMe3)4 with silica(BSc Honors Thesis)Grafting of Cp*TiMe32000I-Stat2001Grad school, Cornell Univ.2002Grad school, Univ. of OttawaPartial hydrolysis of AlMe3- modified silica (BScHonors Thesis)Artifact methylmercury2002Grad school, Univ. ofWashington - Seattle2003Grad school, Univ. of VictoriaJordan FromholzEvidence for mercury-sulfur complexes (BSc HonorsThesis)Adsorption of VOCl3 in ZSM-52006ChevronJustin ButlerWC water-gas shift catalysts2007Grad school, MITSara ThoiTandem alkane metathesis2007Laurel WixsonSupported metathesis catalysts2008Proctor & GambleKuang Po LinSupported Ziegler catalysts2008Grad school,Stanford UniversityAlina WarnerSelective transformations of carbohydratesChhor ChaoValérie PaquetLisa Van LooncNicola GambarottaCharles BarabéTamara ChurchbJoseph MoranElizabeth Maderb,dRam AnathdHuda YusufJodi HongRicardo Alamilloe,fMarissa JaffeMedical school, University ofCalgary199819992003Phillips polymerization catalysts2009Heterogeneous alkane metathesis2009aPeel TechnologiesStructure of silica-supported SnCl4Michele SarazenAlkane metathesis2010Grad school, UC BerkeleyJason Fendi2014SORAADorothy OwenseIn situ IR spectroscopy of supported Pd catalystsfor CO oxidationNanoporous catalyst synthesisJoshua SimmonsHeterogeneous non-isothermal kinetics2015Christian PerezAldehyde-shift catalysts2015Gbogo Adebayo-IgeCatalytic lignin disassembly2015Ryan MacDonaldNanoparticle assembly kinetics2016Rishana UbahVanadium-catalyzed oxidation of alcohols2016Quentin KimSupported vanadium ROMP catalystsAnthony PirounakisVanadium-catalyzed oxidation of alcohols2017Samira ZamanEPR study of supported vanadium sites2018eefaPrize:20142016-19 Graduate school, UDelawareBest undergraduate thesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa. bRecipient of NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship.cPrize: Undergraduate research, Ontario Ministry of the Environment. dRecipient of Faculty of Science Undergraduate ResearchPage 6 of 34

Scholarship. eCENTC Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship. fTirrell Award for Undergraduate research. f Academic ResearchConsortium (ARC) Scholar, visiting from Bloomfield College.PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIESInvited lectures:No. 6/01UNIVERSITY/COMPANY/CONFERENCEColloque sur les nouveaux matériaux en catalyse, Congrès de l'Association canadienne-française pourl'avancement des sciences, Montréal QCUniversity of Guelph/University of Waterloo, Departments of ChemistryGordon Research Conference on Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms, Ventura CAUniversity of Delaware, Department of Chemistry, Newark DEUniversity of Maryland, Department of Chemistry, College Park MD7th Ottawa-Carleton Chemistry Institute Spring Symposium, Ottawa ONUniversité de Rennes, Laboratoire de spectroscopie de surface, Rennes, FranceCNRS, Laboratoire de chimie de coordination, Toulouse, FranceCPE-Lyon, Laboratorie de chimie organométallique de surface, Lyon, FrancePurdue University, Department of Chemistry, West Lafayette INUniversity of California - Los Angeles, Department of ChemistryUniversity of California - Irvine, Department of Chemistry, Irvine CANOVA Research and Technology Centre, Calgary ABUniversity of Alberta, Department of Chemistry, Edmonton ABUniversité de Montréal, Département de chimie, Montréal QCCatalyst Skills Center, Union Carbide Corporation, Charleston WVSymposium on Catalysis: Surfaces and in Solution, Canadian Society for Chemistry National meeting,Whistler BCGordon Research Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Newport RISigma Xi Society, Ottawa Section, Ottawa ONUniversity of Manitoba, Department of Chemistry, Winnipeg MBUniversity of Winnipeg, Department of Chemistry, Winnipeg, MBCatalyst Skills Center, Union Carbide Corporation, Charleston WVSymposium on Surface Chemistry Perspectives on the Design of Materials Properties, Canadian Societyfor Chemistry National Meeting, Toronto ONUnion Carbide Corporation, Bound Brook NJGordon Research Conference on Catalysis, Colby-Sawyer College, NHResearch Corporation Cottrell Scholars Conference, Tucson AZIowa State University, Department of Chemistry, Ames IAUniversity of California - Berkeley, Department of Chemistry, Berkeley CADOW Chemical Technical Advisory Board meeting, Detroit MIYale University, Department of Chemistry, Hartford CTUniversité Laval, Département de chimie, Québec QCUniversity of Waterloo, Department of Chemical Engineering, Waterloo ONDow Chemical Company Corporate R&D, Midland MIUniversity of Toronto, Department of Chemistry, Toronto ONUniversity of Washington, Department of Chemistry, Seattle, WAKeynote Lecture: 16th Canadian Society for Catalysis Meeting, Banff AB1st European Conference on Reactor Engineering for Polymerization, Lyon, FranceSymposium on Advanced Catalytic Materials, Materials Research Society annual meeting, Boston MASymposium on Materials Chemistry on Oxide and Carbide Surfaces, Pacifichem 2000, Honolulu HIUniversity of California – Santa Barbara, Department of Chemical EngineeringUniversity of California – Berkeley, Department of Chemistry, Berkeley CAMiller Institute for Basic Research, University of California - Berkeley, CASymposium on Molecular Engineering for Phase Separable Catalysis, American Chemical Society NationalMeeting, San Diego CADistinguished Lecture Series, Catalysis Centre, University of California – Berkeley, CADistinguished Lecturer Series, University of Toronto, Department of Chemical Engineering, Toronto ONFlorida Catalysis Conference, Palm Coast FLPage 7 of 34

4/0609/13/0610/05/06Baytown Polymer Center, Exxon-Mobil Chemical Company, Baytown TXCalifornia Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Pasadena CAStanford University, Department of Chemistry, Palo Alto CA14th International Symposium on Olefin Metathesis, Boston MASymposium on The Chemistry of the Metal-Nitrogen Bond, 222nd American Chemical Society NationalMeeting, Chicago ILUniversity of Western Ontario, Department of Chemistry, London ONYork University, Department of Chemistry, Toronto ONUniversity of British Columbia, Department of Chemistry, Vancouver BCUniversity of Victoria, Department of Chemistry, Victoria BCSimon Fraser University, Department of Chemistry, Vancouver BCFrontiers in Catalysis Seminar Series, University of Wisconsin, Department of Chemistry, Madison WIGeorgia Tech, Department of Chemistry, Atlanta GABaytown Polymer Center, Exxon-Mobil Chemical Company, Baytown TXSymposium on Frontiers of Transition-Metal Organometallic Chemistry, Canadian Society for ChemistryNational Meeting, Vancouver BCGordon Research Conference on Inorganic Chemistry, Newport RIFlorida State University, Department of Chemistry, Tallahassee FLMaterials Research Outreach Symposium, UCSBNova Chemicals Research and Technology Centre, Calgary ABBaytown Polymer Center, Exxon-Mobil Chemical Company, Baytown TXUniversity of California–Santa Barbara, Department of Chemistry, Santa BarbaraNSF workshop on Nanotechnology and Catalysis, Washington DC11th International Symposium on Relations between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis,Northwestern University, Evanston ILGE Global Research Center, Niskayuna NYTutorial: “Nanostructured Catalysts,” 11th Annual Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology,San Francisco CA11th Annual Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology, San Francisco CAMaterials Research Outreach Symposium, UCSBPennsylvania State University, Department of Chemistry, State College PANSF Workshop on Catalysis for Biorenewables, Washington DCWorkshop on Atmospheric Redox Chemistry of Mercury, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto CADepartment of Energy Basic Energy Sciences Catalysis Contractors’ Meeting, Rockville MDGrace-Davison, Columbia MD14th International Symposium on Homogeneous Catalysis, Munich, GermanyGordon Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Newport RIMaterials Research Laboratory Summer Seminar Series, UCSB, Santa Barbara CAXXIst International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Vancouver BCAIChE Annual Meeting, Wilhelm Award Symposium honoring Enrique IglesiaMaterials Research Outreach Program Annual Symposium, UCSBACS National Meeting, Olah Award Symposium honoring Enrique IglesiaDepartment of Energy Basic Energy Sciences Catalysis Contractors’ Meeting, Rockville MDUniversity of California - Santa Barbara, Materials Department ColloquiumMitsubishi Chemical Research Center, Yokohama, JapanLawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryUniversity of Colorado-Boulder, Department of Chemical EngineeringPIRE-ECCI Inaugural Workshop, UCSBUniversity of California Surface Science Symposium, Berkeley, CAUniversity of California - Berkeley, Department of Chemical EngineeringNSLS Annual Users’ Meeting Workshop (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Synchrotron CatalysisConsortium: New Opportunities for in-situ XAFS Studies of NanocatalysisGordon Conference, Catalysis, Colby-Sawyer College, NHPlastics R&D Center, The Dow Chemical Company, Freeport TXPIRE-ECCI Summer School “Techniques of Catalysis and Surface Science”, UCSB1st Int’l Symposium on Sunflower Industrial Applications, University of Udine, ItalyNanostructures Interfaces and Surfaces Center of Excellence Colloquium: Olefin polymerization byheterogeneous and homogeneous catalysts: Structure-activity-selectivity relationships, University ofPage 8 of 34

0/22/1011/22/10133 06/1102/10/11139 02/15/11140 /1106/22/1108/07/1008/27/1109/12/11Torino, ItalyChicago Catalysis ClubNorthwestern University Catalysis CenterWorkshop on Catalysis and Surface Science, Santa BarbaraMaterials Research Outreach Program Annual symposium, UCSBUniversity of California - Los Angeles, Department of ChemistryGordon Conference, Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms, Ventura CAInt’l Center for Materials Research Workshop on Materials, Gramado, BrazilDepartment of Energy Basic Energy Sciences Catalysis Contractors’ Meeting, Wintergreen VA (lecturedelivered by B. Chmelka due to illness)Borealis Polymers Oy, Porvoo, FinlandMitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Yokkaichi, JapanTexas A&M, Department of Chemistry, College Station, TXUCSB-PNNL Catalysis Workshop, Santa Barbara CAPurdue University, Department of Chemical EngineeringUCSB-MPG Workshop on Inorganic Materials for Energy Conversion, Storage and Conservation, UCLA LakeArrowhead Conference CenterInaugural Keynote Lecture, EnergyForum UCSBGordon Conference, Inorganic ChemistryCENTC Summer School on Organometallic CatalysisPIRE-ECCI Workshop: “Grand Challenges for Catalysis”2008 Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Catalysis Society, Richmond, CaliforniaMitsubishi Chemical Company, Yokkaichi, JapanArgonne National Laboratory, Chicago, IllinoisSymposium on the Chemistry of Catalyst Synthesis, ACS National Meeting, Salt Lake CityLos Alamos National Laboratory, Chemistry Division Colloquium, Los Alamos, New MexicoKeynote Lecture, Symposium on Materials and Nanotechnology, Fifth Sino-US Joint Chemical EngineeringConference, Beijing, ChinaSession on Rational Catalyst Design, AIChE National Meeting, Nashville TNPolyolefins Research, The Dow Chemical CompanyMaterials Research Outreach Symposium, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CaliforniaSymposium on Supported Molecular Catalysts, ACS National Meeting, San FranciscoUniversity of Wisconsin, Department of Chemistry, Madison, WisconsinIowa State University, Department of Chemistry, Ames, IowaPlastics R&D, The Dow Chemical CompanyGordon Research Conference, Organometallic Chemistry, Newport, Rhode IslandDepartment of Chemical Engineering, MIT, Boston MASymposium on New Directions in Ca

Anna Katharina Beine 2014 Visiting graduate student from RWTH University, Aachen Christian Haidn 2014-2015 Visiting graduate student from Technical University of Munich . Hiyoshi Hayashibara 2016 Visiting graduate student from Tokyo Metropolitan University Jan Wiesenthal 2016 Visiting graduate student from RWTH University, Aachen