B.S., Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University, 1986 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, 1992

Research Areas Applied & Computational Mathematics Catalysis, Separations & Reaction Engineering Electrochemical Materials & Devices Energy Materials Theory Nanomaterials & Nanotechnology

D. Hibbitts, Q. Tan, and M. Neurock, “Acidity of Hydroxides on Alloys of Noble Metals and Oxophilic Oxide Promoters such as Rh-ReOx”, J. Catal., 315, 48-58, 2014. Q. Zhu, S. L. Wegener, C. Xie, O. Uuche, M. Neurock, and T. J. Marks, “Sulfur as a Soft Oxidation for the Catalytic Conversion of Methane”, Nature Chemistry, 5, 2, 104, 2013. F. Calaza, M. Mahapatra, M. Garvey, M. Neurock, and W.T. Tysoe, “Disentangling Ensemble, Electronic and Coverage Effects on Alloy Catalysts: Vinyl Acetate Synthesis on Au/Pd(111)”, J. Catal., 312, 37-45, 2014. Chin, Y.H., C. Buda, M. Neurock, and E. Iglesia, “Consequences of Metal-Oxide Interconversion for C-H Bond Activation during CH4 Reactions on Pd Catalysts”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135 (41), 15425â€"15442, 2013. D. Hibbitts, B.T. Loveless, M. Neurock and E. Iglesia, “Mechanistic Role of Water on the Rate and Selectivity of Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis on Ruthenium Catalysts”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 52, 47, 12273, 2013. I. X. Green, W. Tang, M. Neurock, and J. T. Yates, Jr., “Mechanistic Insights into the Partial Oxidation of Acetic Acid by O2 at the Dual Perimeter Sites of a Au/TiO2 Catalyst”, Faraday Disc., 162, 247-265, 2013. N. Partha, S. Hwang, W. Tang, M. Neurock, and A. Katz, “Catalytic Consequences of Open and Closed Grafted Al(III)-Calix[4]arene Complexes: Hydride and Oxo Transfer Reactions”, Proc. of the National Academy, 110, 7, 2484-2489, 2013. B. Braunchweig, D. Hibbitts, M. Neurock, and A. Wieckowski, “Electrocatalysis: A Fuel Cell”, Catal. Today, 202, 197-209, 2013. M. Chia, M. A. Haider, M. Neurock, and J. A. Dumesic, “Mechanistic Insights into Ring Opening and Decarboxylation of 2-Pyrones in Liquid Water and Tetrahydrofuran Solvents”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135, 15, 5699-5708, 2013. I. X. Green, W. Tang, M. Neurock, and J.T. Yates, Jr., “Spectroscopic Observation of Dual Catalytic Sites During Oxidation of CO on a Au/TiO2 Catalyst”, Science, 333, 6043, 736-739, 2011. B. N. Zope, D. Hibbitts, M. Neurock, R. J. Davis, “Reactivity of the Gold/Water Interface During Selective Oxidation Catalysis”, Science, 330, 6000, 74-78, 2010. M. Ide, B. Hao, M. Neurock, and R.J. Davis, “Mechanistic Insights on the Hydrogenation of a, b unsaturated Ketones and Aldehydes to Unsaturated Alcohols over Metal Catalysts”, ACS Catal.,2, 4, 671-683, 2012. M. Neurock, "Engineering Molecular Transformations for Sustainable Energy Conversion." M. Neurock. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 49, 10183, 2010. Rutger A. van Santen and Matthew Neurock, Molecular Heterogeneous Catalysis: A Mechanistic and Computational Approach, VCH-Wiley, Inc. 2006.