The Catalysis Club of Chicago is
soliciting nominations for the Herman Pines Award for outstanding research
in the field of catalysis. Herman Pines was an outstanding research scientist,
and his work revolutionized the general understanding of organic chemistry,
particularly the chemistry of hydrocarbons interacting with strong acids. The
Award in his honor is co-sponsored by UOP, where Herman Pines began his
industrial career in 1930 and amassed 145 US patents, and by the Catalysis
Club of Chicago of which Herman Pines was a founding member.
The Award will be presented at the 2010 Catalysis Club of Chicago Spring Symposium and consists of a plaque, a cash award of $1,000 and reimbursement for travel and lodging as a plenary speaker at the Spring Symposium.
The nominee must meet the following criteria:
· Great achievements of catalysis research in the past five years.
· An industrial catalysis researcher. The winner of this award alternates between industrial and academic/national lab members annually. For year 2010, the award will be given to an industrial member.
· Active member in catalysis community
· A resident of North America.
Deadline for nomination is February 22, 2010. Nomination should describe the specific work for which the nominee should be recognized. A complete curriculum vitae with letters of support for the nominee must be included in the nomination, together with the description of work.
Letters of nomination and supporting documentation must be sent by February 22, 2010 as a single PDF document to:
Guanghui Zhu
President Catalysis Club of Chicago
UOP
50 E Algonquin Rd.
Des Plaines, IL 60017
847-391-2516
Guanghui.zhu@uop.com
List of past award recipients of the Herman Pines Award
1999 Prof. Harold Kung Northwestern University
2000 Dr. John Monnier Eastman Chemical Company
2001 Prof. Lanny Schmidt University of Minnesota
2002 Dr. James Brazdil BP
2003 Prof. James Dumesic University of Wisconsin2004 Dr. Alak Bhattacharyya BP
2005 Prof. Israel Wachs Lehigh University
2006 Dr. Jeffrey Miller BP
2007 Prof. Chunshan Song Pennsylvania State University
2008 Dr. Aleksey Yezerets Cummins Inc.2009 Prof. Tobin Marks Northwestern University