Welcome to the Bates Research Group at the University of Virginia!
News
March 2025: Congratulations to Izzy Teinfalt for receiving the Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship to support summer research in our group!
February 2025: Our perspective on the molecular design of heterogeneous catalysts is published in Nature Chemistry!
February 2025: Bates group had a productive visit to Clemson, SC for the Southeastern Catalysis Society Annual Symposium! Kayla Wozny, Ethan Fortuna, and Isaac Boateng presented posters. Jason Bates was elected secretary of the SECS.
January 2025: Jason Bates is selected to serve on the Early Career Advisory Board of Materials Today Catalysis.
January 2025: Welcome to Izzy Teinfalt and Lilli Ugalde as new undergraduate researchers in the group!
December 2024: Our review article on experimental research methods to measure chemical kinetics on solid catalysts is accepted in Catalysis Reviews!
Selected Publications
[19] Progress and Pitfalls in Designing Heterogeneous Catalysts with Molecular Precision, Nat. Chem. 2025, 17, 318–324
[18] Chemical Kinetics of Heterogeneous Catalysis: Experimental Research Methodologies and Case Studies of Site-Isolated Materials, Catal. Rev. 2025
[16] Chemical Kinetic Method for Active-Site Quantification in Fe-N-C Catalysts and Correlation with Molecular Probe and Spectroscopic Site-Counting Methods, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 26222–26237
[14] Molecular Catalyst Synthesis Strategies to Prepare Atomically Dispersed Fe-N-C Heterogeneous Catalysts, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 18797–18802
[13] Chemical and Electrochemical O2 Reduction on Earth-Abundant M-N-C Catalysts and Implications for Mediated Electrolysis, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 922–927