NAM29 Plenary Lectures
The plenary sessions will consist of lectures by the recipients of the Houdry Award, the Boudart Award, and the Emmett Award. The award winners are summarized below, with full biographical details following.
- José G. Santiesteban is the recipient of the Houdry Award. Read more at NACS.
- Phillip Christopher and David Flaherty are the 2025-2026 recipients of the Emmett Award. Read more at NACS.
- Bert Weckhuysen is the 2025 recipient of the Michel Boudart Award.
2025 Paul H. Emmett Award Winner
Phillip Christopher
University of California - Santa Barbara
Tentative title of plenary lecture:
"Atomically Dispersed Pt-Group Metal Catalysts: Active Site Structure, Function and Design"
I will highlight efforts focused on: (1) the synthesis and characterization of uniform atomically dispersed Pt active sites, (2) the development of structure-function relationships, (3) the local restructuring of these active sites due to changes in environmental conditions and (4) atomically dispersed Rh based catalysts for alkene hydroformylation.
2026 Paul H. Emmett Award Winner
David Flaherty
Georgia Institute of Technology
2025 Eugene J. Houdry Award Winner
José G. Santiesteban
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
Tentative title of plenary lecture:
"Zeolite-Based Catalyst Technologies at the Forefront; Tackling the pressing challenges in the energy and chemical industries today and in the future."
2025 Michel Boudart Award Winner
Bert Weckhuysen
Utrecht University
