Welcome to the Bates Research Group at the University of Virginia!
News
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!
December 2024: Our perspective on the molecular design of heterogeneous catalysts is accepted in Nature Chemistry!
October 2024: Welcome to Daniel Sabbah as a new first-year graduate student in our group! Daniel received his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
October 2024: Welcome to Jaxon Boudreau as a new first-year graduate student in our group! Jaxon received his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire.
October 2024: Welcome to Zayan Akmal as a new first-year graduate student in our group! Zayan received his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University.
Selected Publications
[19] Progress and Pitfalls in Designing Heterogeneous Catalysts with Molecular Precision, Nat. Chem. 2025
[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