Alan Goldman Selected for Inaugural ACS Catalysis Lectureship

Prof. Alan Goldman.
Photograph by Leo Goldman.

CENTC investigator Alan Goldman has been selected as the inaugural winner of the ACS Catalysis Lectureship for the Advancement of Catalytic Science. This new annual lectureship honors contributions of groundbreaking research that strengthens connections between catalysis subdisciplines and has a profound impact on catalysis as a whole. The award is co-sponsored by the American Chemical Society journal, ACS Catalysis, and the Division of Catalysis Science and Technology of ACS.

The inaugural ACS Catalysis Lectureship for the Advancement of Catalytic Science will be presented at the Fall 2012 ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Division of Catalysis Science and Technology will organize a symposium at this meeting to honor Alan.

The Catalysis Lectureship will be awarded to Prof. Goldman in recognition of his work on the activation of hydrocarbons and other small molecules, and contributions to mechanistic understanding of oxidative addition and reductive elimination processes at late metal centers. In particular, Alan’s recent research on catalytic dehydrogenation and aromatization using Ir pincer catalysts has provided both novel catalytic methodologies for C-H activation as well as new insights into the elementary steps involved in such processes.

Alan Goldman is Professor of Chemistry at Rutgers University. Visit his group's website to learn more about their research.