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We are an experimental heterogeneous catalysis research group at the University of Virginia. We use materials synthesis, quantitative surface characterization, and kinetic and mechanistic studies to uncover how catalysts work.
We are an experimental heterogeneous catalysis research group at the University of Virginia. We use materials synthesis, quantitative surface characterization, and kinetic and mechanistic studies to uncover how catalysts work.
News
News
May 2026: Welcome to Cale Ayers as a Master's student researcher in the group!
May 2026: Welcome to Cameron Spears as a new undergraduate researcher in the group!
April 2026: Congratulations to Satoshi Fukuda for winning the Gregory J. Canty Research Award from the UVA ChE department to support his research!
April 2026: Congratulations to Kayla Wozny for her co-authored paper with the Harris group on Fe-N-C and zeolite-hosted FePc catalysts being accepted in Journal of Catalysis!
April 2026: Welcome to Rishi Upadhyay as a new undergraduate researcher in the group!
March 2026: Welcome to Phillip Cheng as a new undergraduate researcher in the group!
Recent Publications
Recent Publications
[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
Group Meetings
Group Meetings
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