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Professor, Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yuriy Román-Leshkov, PhD, is a professor of chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Email: yroman@mit.edu, Website: www.romangroup.mit.edu). His research focuses on heterogeneous catalysis, biomass conversion, CO2 utilization, and the design of catalytic materials. Román-Leshkov has a BS in chemical engineering from the Univ. of Pennsylvania and a PhD in chemical engineering from the Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison.