• April 2025: Jason's perspective article is highlighted in a press release from the UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science.

• March 2025: Congratulations to Izzy Teinfalt for receiving the Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship to support summer research in our group!

• February 2025: Our perspective on the molecular design of heterogeneous catalysts is published in Nature Chemistry!

• February 2025: Bates group had a productive visit to Clemson, SC for the Southeastern Catalysis Society Annual Symposium! Kayla Wozny, Ethan Fortuna, and Isaac Boateng presented posters. Jason Bates was elected secretary of the SECS.

• January 2025: Jason Bates is selected to serve on the Early Career Advisory Board of Materials Today Catalysis.

• January 2025: Welcome to Izzy Teinfalt and Lilli Ugalde as new undergraduate researchers in the group!

More News

• [19] Progress and Pitfalls in Designing Heterogeneous Catalysts with Molecular Precision, Nat. Chem. 2025, 17, 318–324

• [18] Chemical Kinetics of Heterogeneous Catalysis: Experimental Research Methodologies and Case Studies of Site-Isolated Materials, Catal. Rev. 2025

• [16] Chemical Kinetic Method for Active-Site Quantification in Fe-N-C Catalysts and Correlation with Molecular Probe and Spectroscopic Site-Counting Methods, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 26222–26237 

• [14] Molecular Catalyst Synthesis Strategies to Prepare Atomically Dispersed Fe-N-C Heterogeneous Catalysts, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 18797–18802

• [13] Chemical and Electrochemical O2 Reduction on Earth-Abundant M-N-C Catalysts and Implications for Mediated Electrolysis, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 922–927

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