Raymond J. Gorte
Russell Pearce and Elizabeth Crimian Heuer Professor
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE)
Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)
Honors and Awards: National Academy of Engineering - 2018, Fellow of the Electrochemical Society - 2015, R. H. Wilhelm Award in Chemical Reaction Engineering - 2009, Penn Engineering Distinguished Research Award - 2001, Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis of the North American Catalysis Society - 1999, Philadelphia Catalysis Club Award - 1998, Giuseppe Parravano Memorial Award of the Michigan Catalysis Society - 1997
Research Expertise: Catalysis | Fuel Cells | Energy
Ray’s current research focuses on: 1) Synthesis of catalysts by Atomic Layer Deposition, where the primary goal is to prepare high-surface-area functional oxides on stable supports for catalysts that can operate at high temperatures; 2) Perform selective reactions on biomass via selective hydrogenation to produce useful chemicals; and 3) Fabrication of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrodes with unprecedented control over composition and nanostructure for achieving high fuel cell performance and for electrochemical synthesis of useful products.
Member of:
Education:
University of Wisconsin-Madison - BS Chemical Engineering - August 1976
University of Minnesota - Ph.D. Chemical Engineering - March 1981
Recent Publications 
- Probing direct carbon-carbon acylation of furans and long-chain acids over H-ZSM-5, Ji, Y. | Pan, J. | Dauenhauer, P. | Gorte, R.J., Applied Catalysis A: General, 2019
- A Study of Support Effects for CH
4 and CO Oxidation over Pd Catalysts on ALD-Modified Al2 O3 , Mao, X. | Foucher, A. | Stach, E.A. | Gorte, R.J., Catalysis Letters, 2019 - H-D Exchange of Simple Aromatics as a Measure of Brønsted-Acid Site Strengths in Solids, Wang, C. | Li, S. | Mao, X. | Caratzoulas, S. | Gorte, R.J., Catalysis Letters, 2018
- Mechanistic Study of the Direct Hydrodeoxygenation of m -Cresol over WO
x -Decorated Pt/C Catalysts, Wang, C. | Mironenko, A.V. | Raizada, A. | Chen, T. | Mao, X. | Padmanabhan, A. | Vlachos, D.G. | Gorte, R.J. | Vohs, J.M., ACS Catalysis, 2018 - Improved Coking Resistance of "intelligent" Ni Catalysts Prepared by Atomic Layer Deposition, Lin, C. | Jang, J.B. | Zhang, L. | Stach, E.A. | Gorte, R.J., ACS Catalysis, 2018