Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York
A local chapter of the North American Catalysis Society (NACS)
We are excited to welcome the new semester and our in-person program!
Dr. Stu Soled
Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 6 PM
103 Maeder Hall
86 Olden St, Princeton, NJ 08544
Stu Soled has spent over 40 years at Exxon's Corporate Research Labs and currently holds the position of Distinguished Research Associate. His research interests lie in the synthesis, characterization and evaluation of novel catalytic materials. He has worked extensively on Fischer-Tropsch chemistry, solid acids, metal catalysis, and hydrotreating. He attended City College of New York where he received a BS degree in chemistry and following that he pursued his Ph.D in chemistry from Brown University in 1973, with an emphasis on single crystal structure determination. He then did 4 years of post-doctoral work in solid state chemistry both at Brown University and in France, focusing on the synthesis and characterization of novel oxide and sulfide materials. He is the coauthor of more than 70 publications and over 100 U.S. patents. He is credited with the discovery of two new types hydroprocessing catalysts, Nebula® and Celestia®, which since 2002 and 2017 respectively, have been loaded into more than 100 refinery process units worldwide to help produce low sulfur diesel fuels. Stu is the recipient of the New York Catalysis Society Excellence in Catalysis Award, the North American Catalysis Society Frank Ciapetta Lectureship Award, the ACS Heroes in Chemistry Award, the Herman Pines Award in Catalysis, the Distinguished Researcher Award in Petroleum Chemistry from the Division of Energy and Fuels of the American Chemical Society, the NACS service award, and in 2014 he became a member of the National Academy of Engineering in recognition of his contribution in discoveries in hydroprocessing catalysts.
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In memoriam
John Byrne
John Byrne, a long serving director and treasurer for the NYCS, sadly passed away on August 10, 2022. John’s wife, Susan, suggested that because of John’s dedication and love for NYCS, that it would be fitting that if friends and colleagues wanted to make a donation in John’s name, one favorite cause of John’s would be to support the NYCS work.
Who we are
The Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York (CSNY) is a non-profit organization founded in 1958 to promote and encourage the growth and development of the science of catalysis in the New Jersey and Metro New York areas. CSNY is a local chapter of the North American Catalysis Society (NACS).
We organize 7 monthly professional dinner seminar meetings of scientists - to report, discuss, and exchange information and viewpoints in the field of catalysis. We also organize an all-day Annual Symposium in the spring which features lectures from distinguished researchers and a poster session presented by university students working in the catalysis area.
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