News - Sustainable Catalysis and Materials Group

December 2022 - Congratulations to Dr. Soham Shah for a successful dissertation defense. Soham will be moving into his new role as Packaging Engineer at Intel, Inc. Soham was the first student to join the Sustainable Lab and we will miss him dearly!
October 2022 - Congratulations to Prof. Gilliard-AbdulAziz for being selected by Popular Magazine as one the "10 brilliant scientists" for 2022!
June 2022 - Congratulations to Dr. Mark Gale and Dr. Luz Cruz for a successful dissertation defense. Mark will be moving onto his new role of visiting professor at Harvey Mudd College. Luz will be moving onto her new role as Module and Integration engineer at Intel, Inc. We will miss you!
December 2021 - The Sustainable Catalysis and Materials group would like to especially think DTRA, NSF and UCOP for funding projects this year. This year we have forged new collaborations, published articles, expanded our research focus and community outreach. We are looking forward to 2022! Happy New Year.
November 2021 - Congrats to Tu Nguyen for completing your ATC examination!
October 2021 - Prof. Abdul-Aziz was invited to present a seminar at the newly formed department of Chemical Engineering at the University of California, Irvine
September 2021 - Prof. Abdul-Aziz was invited to present a seminar at the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Southern California
August 2021 - Prof. Abdul-Aziz shares her STEM experience and research on carbon capture and utilization on the CBS syndicated TV show, Mission Unstoppable (Airing August 14th) and available on Hulu.
August 2021 - Congrats to Soham Shah for his recent publication on using smart perovskite oxide systems to develop trimetallic Ni-Fe-Co nanoparticles for Dry reforming of methane.
May 2021 - Congrats to Soham Shah for his award on stellar teaching for Winter 2021 and Mark Gale for passing the ATC examination!
April 2021 - Happy Earth Day! Prof. Abdul-Aziz gives a talk on earth day to her undergrad alma mater Temple University on "Creating Value from Waste and Pollution: The Development of Sustainable Chemical Processes to Promote A Circular Economy."
April 2021 - Congratulations to Mark Gale, Tu Nguyen and Marissa Moreno on their recent publication on elucidating the relevance of the process conditions to optimize the properties of biochar and activated carbon from corn stover in ACS Omega!
March 2021 - Prof. Abdul-Aziz participates in the EntrepreneurA Summit for female founders and entrepreneurs hosted by Blackstone Launchpad at UC Riverside.
October 2020 - Prof. Abdul-Aziz gave a talk on the Thanos sustainability concept combined with carbon circularity and catalyst design to UCLA, UCI and UCSD MSE combined seminar series and to the USC Mork Engineering department.
September 2020 - 4th year Ph.D. student Soham Shah article on defect manipulation of smart catalyst nanoparticles has been accepted to AIChE Journal. It will be highlighted in the 3rd Futures special edition. .
July 2020 - Prof. Abdul-Aziz election as a 2020 Hellman Fellow has been highlighted in the following articles here and here.
July 2020 - Prof. Abdul-Aziz talks about innovative chemical and environmental engineering on the podcast "Beyond the Bench", Season 2 Episode 7. Click here to listen.
June 2020 - Prof. Abdul-Aziz awarded the Hellman Fellowship for support on the development of catalytic strategies to convert plastic waste into commodity chemicals.
June 2020 - Prof. Abdul-Aziz gave a talk on recent findings of how bulk defects can manipulate properties of bimetallic smart catalysts at the UCSB Catalysis seminar.
June 2020 - We would like to congratulate our recent graduates Jenna Ynzunza and Ryan Pan. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors!
March 2020 - Prof. Abdul-Aziz featured in a recent ACS article on Women in Catalysis.
Jan 2020 - Review article on "Heterogeneous Catalyst Design Principles for the Conversion of Lignin into High Value Commodity Fuels and Chemical" has recently been accepted by ChemSusChem. Congratulations Mark Gale!
Nov 2019 - Prof. Abdul-Aziz and Soham Shah presented research at AIChE 2019 on the rational design of exsolution catalysts for methane dry reforming.
July 2019 - We have been awarded a grant by the Frank G. and Janice B. Delfino Agricultural Technology Research Initiative in the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at UCR to develop sustainably sourced biopesticides with the Rivera group in the Entomology department.
June 2019 - Congratulations to Soham Shah for passing the Ph.D. candidacy exam. We also welcome REU student researcher Marissa Moreno.
April 2019 - The Sustainable Catalysis and Materials Group welcomes Ph.D student Fulbright scholar Somchate Wasantwisut and undergraduate researchers Jenna Ynzunza and Ryan Pan.
March 2019 - Our very own Soham Shah has been selected to attend the ACS Summer School on Green Chemistry and Sustainable Energy in Golden, Colorado. Congrats Soham!
Jan 2019 - The Sustainable Catalysis and Materials Group welcomes undergraduate researchers Mariyah Bandukwala and Monica Fajardo

Nov 2018 - The Sustainable Catalysis and Materials Group welcomes Ph.D student Tu Nguyen
Nov 2018 - The Sustainable Catalysis and Materials Group welcomes PhD student Mark Gale and exchange undergraduate student Zhaoxi Yang
Oct 2018 - Prof. Gilliard-AbdulAziz presents research in the Material Science and Engineering Department at UCR on how elucidating the basic properties of material properties can help with the design of new heterogeneous catalysts
July 2018 - The Sustainable Catalysis and Materials Group welcomes MatSE undergraduate Samuel Sayono
June 2018 - Group Member, Soham Shah, presents a poster presentation at the AAAS annual meeting at Cal Poly Pomona
Mar 2018 - The UC Riverside Chemical Engineering program has been ranked 43 among 126 graduate programs by US News and World Report
Mar 2018 - Gilliard-AbdulAziz officially assigned space in B238 - westside Bourns College
Feb 2018 - Professor Gilliard-AbdulAziz featured in UCR Magazine article