EDUCATION B. S. with Distinction in Chemistry, Stanford University, 1972 Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 1977 with Gabor A. Somorjai EMPLOYMENT Chair, Department of Chemistry, 2012- Director, Northwestern University Center for Catalysis and Surface Science, 1997-2012 Director, Northwestern University Institute for Catalysis in Energy Processes, 2006- Director, Northwestern University Institute for Environmental Catalysis, 1998-2006 Deputy Director, Institute for Atom-efficient Chemical Transformations, 2009- Senior Scientist, Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 2003- Professor, Northwestern University, 1987- Associate Professor, Northwestern University, 1983-1987 Assistant Professor, Northwestern University, 1977-1983

1. In-situ Studies of Catalytic Systems by Raman Spectroscopy 2. New methods of Catalyst Synthesis 3. Photocatalysis 4. Structure-Function Relationships in Heterogeneous Catalysis

Lee, E., Park, J.S., Wu, T., Sun, C.J., Kim, H., P.C. Stair, Lu, J., Zhou, D., Johnson, C.S. Role of Cr3+/Cr6+ Rdox in Chromium-Substituted Li2MnO3 LiNi1/2Mn1/2O2 Layered Composite Cathodes: Electrochemistry and Voltage Fade. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015: 3(18): p. 9915-9924. http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/ta/c5ta01214g Baktash, E., Littlewood, P., Schomacker, R., Thomas, A., P.C. Stair Alumina Coated Nickel Nanoparticles as a Highly Active Catalyst for Dry Reforming of Methane. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2015: 179: p. 122-127. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926337315002635 McBriarty, M.E., Campbell, G.P., Drake, T.L., Elam, J.W., P.C. Stair, Ellis, D.E., Bedzyk, M.J. Atomic-scale View of VOx-WOx Coreduction on the a-Al2O3 (0001) Surface. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2015: 119(28): p. 16179-16187. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b04802 Camacho-Bunquin, J., Aich, P., Beaulieu, D.R., Klotzsch, H., Bachman, S., Marshall, C.L., Hock, A., P.C. Stair. Catalyst Synthesis and Evaluation Using an Integrated Atomic Layer Deposition Synthesis-catalysis Testing Tool. Review of Scientific Instruments, 2015: 86(8). http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/rsi/86/8/10.1063/1.4928614 Ding, K., Corma, A., Macia-Agullo, J.A., Hu, J.G., Kramer, S., P.C. Stair, Stucky, G.D. Constructing Hierarchical Porous Zeolites via Kinetic Regulation. JACS, 2015: 137(35): p. 11238-11241. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.5b06791 O'Neill, B.J., Jackson, D.H.K., Lee, J., Canlas, C., P.C. Stair, Marshall, C.L., Elam, J.W., Kuech, T.F., Dumesic, J.A., Huber, G.W. Catalyst Design with Atomic Layer Deposition. ACS Catalysis, 2015: 5(3): p. 1804-1825. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cs501862h Feng, Z., McBriarty, M.E., Mane, A.U., Lu, J., P.C. Stair, Elam, J.W., Bedzyk, M.J. Redox-driven Atomic-scale Changes in Mixed Catalysts: VOx/WOx/a-TiO2 (110). RSC Advances, 2014: 4(110): p. 64608-64616. http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2014/ra/c4ra14140g Kim, T., Assary, R.S., Pauls, R.E., Marshall, C.L., Curtiss, L.A., P.C. Stair. Thermodynamics and Reaction Pathways of Furfuryl Alcohol Oligomer Formation. Catalysis Communications, 2014: 46: p. 66-70. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1566736713004597 Johnson, A.M., Quezada, B.R., Marks, L.D., P.C. Stair. Influence of the Metal Oxide Substrate Structure on Vanadium Oxide Monomer Formation. Topics in Catalysis Catalysis, 2014: 57(1-4): p. 177-187. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11244-013-0174-3 Tuci, G., Giambastiani, G., Kwon, S., P.C. Stair, Snurr, R.Q., Rossin, A. Chiral Co(II) Metal-organic Framework in the Heterogeneous Catalytic Oxidation of Alkenes Under Aerobic and Anaerobic Conditions. ACS Catalysis, 2014: 4(3): p. 1032-1039. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cs401003d Schweitzer, N.M., Hu, B., Das, U., Kim, H., Greeley, J., Curtiss, L.A., P.C. Stair, Miller, J.T., Hock, A.S. Propylene Hydrogenation and Propane Dehydrogenation by a Single-site Zn2+ on Silica Catalyst. ACS Catalysis, 2014: 4(4): p. 1091-1098. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cs401116p Giang, H., Nguyen, T., Schweitzer, Chang, C.Y., Drake, T.L., So, M.C., P.C. Stair, Farha, O.K., Hupp, J.T., Nguyen, S.T. Vanadium-node-functionalized UiO-66: A Thermally Stable MOF-supported Catalyst for the Gas-Phase Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Cyclohexene. ACS Catalysis, 2014: 4(8): p. 2496-2500. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cs5001448 Masango, S.S., Peng, L., Marks, L.D., Van Duyne, R.P., P.C. Stair. Nucleation and Growth of Silver Nanoparticles by AB and ABC-type Atomic Layer Deposition. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2014: 118(31): p. 17655-17661. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp504067c Zhang, H., Gu, X.K., Canlas, C., Kropf, J.A., Aich, P., Greeley, J.P., Elam, J.W., Meyers, R.J., Dumesic, J.A., P.C. Stair, et al. Atomic Layer Deposition Overcoating: Tuning Catalyst Selectivity for Biomass Conversion. Angewandte Chemie (International Ed.), 2014: 53(45): p. 12132-12136. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201407236 Lu, J., Liu, B., Guisinger, N.P., P.C. Stair, Greeley, J.P., Elam, J.W. First-principles Predictions and in-situ Experimental Validation of Alumina Atomic Layer Deposition on Metal Surfaces. Chemistry of Materials, 2014: 26(23): p. 6752-6761. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cm503178j Johnson, A.M., P.C. Stair Alternative Low-pressure Surface Chemistry of Titanium Tetraisopropoxide on Oxidized Molybdenum. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2014: 118(50): p. 29361-29369. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp505653u Hu, B., Getsoian, A., Schweitzer, N.M., Das, U., Kim, H., Niklas, J., Poluektov, O., Curtiss, L.A., P.C. Stair, Miller, J.T., et al. Selective Propane Dehydrogenation with Single-site Co(II) on SiO2 by a non-redox Mechanism. Journal of Catalysis, 2014: 322: p. 24-37. Fu, B., Lu, J., P.C. Stair, Xiao, G., Kung, M.C., Kung, H.H. Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane Over Alumina-supported Pd Catalysts. Effect of Alumina Overlayer. Journal of Catalysis, 2013: 297: p. 289-295. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021951712003363 Feng, Z., Lu, J., Feng, H., P.C. Stair, Elam, J.W., Bedzyk, M.J. Catalysts Tranform While Molecules React: An Atomic-scale View. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2013: 4(2): p. 285-291. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jz301859k Kim, T., Assary, R.S., Kim, H., Marshall, C.L., Gosztola, D.J., Curtiss, L.A., P.C. Stair Effects of Solvent on the Furfuryl Alcohol Polymerization Reaction: UV Raman Spectroscopy Study. Catalysis Today, 2013: 205: p. 60-66. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0920586112006980