REACT - Personnel

REACT Operations Director

Neil Schweitzer is a Research Assistant Professor in Chemical and Biological Engineering. He obtained his B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Toledo in 2004, then went on to receive his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan in 2010. He was co-advised by Levi Thompson and Suljo Linic. Next, Neil spent two years as a post-doc at Argonne National Lab working with Jeff Miller and Chris Marshall. He started as the REACT lab manager in January of 2013.  Contact   //   GOOGLE SCHOLAR PROFILE

REACT Core Scientist

Selim Alayoglu is our new Core Scientist. He received his B.S. in Chemistry from the BilkentUniversity, Ankara, Turkey in 2003, and graduated with a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Maryland, College Park, in Jan 2009. He worked as a post-doc at the University of California, Berkeley, from April 2009 to May 2014, and as a scientist at the Berkeley Lab from June 2014 to Sep 2017. GOOGLE SCHOLAR PROFILE

REACT Faculty Director

Kenneth R. Poeppelmeier is the Charles E. & Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Center for Catalysis and Surface Science. Professor Poeppelmeier meets regularly with the Operations Director to provide oversight, guidance, and direction to the core facility.

REACT Business Administrator

James Puricelli was hired as the Catalysis Center’s Business Administrator in August of 2011. He received his Master’s in Healthcare Administration from Washington University in Saint Louis in 1999 and has more than 24 year of experience in operations and research administration in various healthcare and academic institutions.

Northwestern Faculty Advisory Committee

• Prof. Tobin Marks – Chemistry
• Prof. Justin Notestein – Chemical and Biological Engineering
• Prof. Michael Bedzyk – Materials Science and Engineering