The North American Catalysis Society (NACS)

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3/7/2005
Fabio Ribeiro awarded NY Cat Soc Excellence in Catalysis Award

The Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York is pleased to announce that
Professor Fabio Ribeiro of Purdue University is the 2005 recipient of the
Society's Excellence in Catalysis Award, sponsored by ExxonMobil Research
and Engineering Company. Professor Ribeiro is being recognized for his
creativity and outstanding accomplishments in the field of heterogeneous
catalysis. His work is broadly recognized and characterized by complete
attention to detail, and careful experimental design to precisely answer
important questions in catalysis. This award recognizes Professor Ribeiro
for his use of the combination of structural characterization, chemical
kinetics, and ab initio calculations to understand catalytic systems at a
fundamental level. Professor Ribeiro's career is marked by success and
achievement at every stage including graduate and post graduate studies
with Michel Boudart and Gabor Somorjai, industrial research at Catalytica
Incorporated, and faculty appointments at Worcester Polytechnic and Purdue
University. In a relatively short period of time, Professor Ribeiro has
provided key insights into numerous important and diverse catalytic
systems, such as catalytic combustion, hydrodechlorination, hydrocarbon
rearrangement on alloy surfaces, and properties of oxygen-modified
transition metal carbides.


Bruce Cook
Chairman Elect
The Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York

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