• August 2025: Welcome to John Gramza and Satoshi Fukuda as new undergraduate researchers in the group!

• May 2025: Welcome to Maxwell Reece as a new undergraduate researcher in the group!

• April 2025: Jason's perspective article is highlighted in a press release from the UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science.

• 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.

More News

• [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

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