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Jones Group News

June 2008 - Dr. Chil-hung (Henry) Cheng departs for a faculty position in Chemical Engineering at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada.

June 2008 - Mr. Travis Hoskins successfully defends his MS thesis. He will remain at GT through July and then join Siemens Energy & Automation in Houston, TX.

May 2008 - Jones Group paper #48 on palladium catalysis is among Inorganic Chemistry's most cited papers of 2007.

April 2008 - Dr. Rebecca A. Hicks (nee Shiels) successfully defends her PhD thesis. She has joined Chevron in Houston.

March 2008 - Our first publication on novel materials for CO2 capture appears. The American Chemical Society highlights our research on adsorbnet materials for carbon capture. Publication number 57 in the Journal of the American Chemical Society describes a new, low cost, regenerable material for CO2 capture from power plant flue gas. This research has been covered by many news outlets in the broader media, including Scientific American, Discover Magazine, NBC News, Wired.com, Chemical & Engineering News, Chemcial Engineering Progress, Chemical Engineering Processing, IEEE Spectrum, and others.

January 2008 - Wei Long joins the research group, working on magnetic nanoparticle supported catalysts. She is working on a PhD in organic chemistry. She previously earned a BS degree in Materials Science from USTC in China.

January 2008 - Dr. John M. Richardson successfully defends his PhD thesis. He will join Shell's Criterion Catalysts and Technologies in Houston in February.

October 2007 - Jones Group paper #37 is the most cited paper published in 2006 of the 3449 papers published in the major catalysis journals (Advanced Synthesis Catalysis, Advances in Catalysis, Applied Catalysis A General, Applied Catalysis B Environmental, Catalysis Communications, Catalysis Letters, Catalysis Reviews Science and Engineering, Catalysis Today, Journal of Catalysis, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical, Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic, Topics in Catalysis) according to ISI Web of Science.  This article, entitled “On the Nature of the Catalytic Species in Palladium Catalyzed Heck and Suzuki Couplings – Homogeneous or Heterogeneous Catalysis, a Critical Review.” N. T. S. Phan, M. Van Der Sluys, C. W. Jones Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 2006, 348, 609-679, appeared as the cover article in Spring 2006, and has been cited 68 times since then.

Similarly, Jones Group paper #24 is the 5th most cited paper published in 2005 of the 3339 papers published in the major catalysis journals (3rd most cited original research paper), with 42 citations since publication: “Evidence that SCS Pincer Pd(II) Complexes are only Precatalysts in Heck Catalysis and the Implications for Recycle and Reuse.” K. Yu, W. Sommer, J. Richardson, M. Weck and C. W. Jones, Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 2005, 347, 161-171.

August 2007 - Dr. Jason C. Hicks successfully defends his PhD thesis.  He will stay in the group through October and then join Chevron in Houston, working in their Catalysis Group.

March 2007 - Mariefel Valenzuela was honored with a Sigma Xi Outstanding MS Thesis Award for her thesis entitled "Batch aqueous-phase reforming of lignocellulosic biomass for hydrogen production."  After graduation last July, Mariefel took 3 months off and is now back at GT working on her PhD in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering on biomass conversion into fuels.

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