Baek

Congratulations, Dr. Baek!

Byeongjin Baek is the second student successfully graduating with a Ph.D. from our group. Congratulations! Byeongjin defended his thesis entitled “First-principles investigation of Bio-oil hydrodeoxygenation over Ru/TiO2” and is all set to continue his professional career at SABIC. We wish him all the best and a successful future.

Strong presence and poster award at the 2015 OChEGS Symposium

Our group shows a strong presence at the 2015 Symposium by the Organization of Chemical Engineering Graduate Students (OChEGS) at the University of Houston with a total of 6 presentations and two notable honors. Byeongjin Baek was selected to give the opening presentation on “Experimental and theoretical insights into the hydrogen-efficient direct hydrodeoxygenation mechanism of phenol over Ru/TiO2(110)”. …

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Why are Ru/TiO2 catalysts so selective for direct deoxygenation?

Graduate student Byeongjin Baek’s computational work on elucidating the mechanism of direct deoxygenation of phenolic compounds on Ru/TiO2 catalysts has resulted in a new understanding of the roles of the support and the ruthenium metal nanoparticle. We find that for the selective C-OH cleavage to occur, it is necessary that the support can provide a …

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Byeongjin Baek successfully defends his Master’s degree

Byeongjin successfully passed his M.S. defense and submitted his thesis titled “Hydrodeoxygenation mechanism of Acetaldehyde on Ru(0001), RuO2(110), and RuO2/TiO2(110) from first-principles investigations”. Congratulations Byeongjin!

Best Poster Award at the Helmholtz Research School Energy-Related Catalysis

Byeongjin Baek’s research presented on the poster “Comparative DFT Study of Acetaldehyde Hydrodeoxygenation Mechanisms on Ru and RuO2 Catalysts” convinced the judges of the Helmholtz Research School Energy-Related Catalysis, 528. Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Seminar in Bad Honnef, Germany, and recognized the poster with one out of three best poster awards.

Byeongjin Baek joins our Research Team

We welcome Byeongjin Baek as the newest graduate student in our team. Byeongjin’s project is the identification of the dominant reaction mechanism and active site for hydrodeoxygenation of aldehydes and ketones over Ru-based catalysts using density functional theory.