Education Ph.D, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007 B.S., Chemistry, Kentucky Wesleyan College, 2003 B.E., Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 2003 Biography Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame (2016-present) Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame (2010-2016) Lead Research Engineer, Chevron Energy Technology Company (2010) Research Engineer, Chevron Energy Technology Company (2007-2010)

Organic/inorganic hybrid catalysts Catalytic conversion of biomass to Fuels Synthesis and characterization of materials and catalysts

McNamara, N.D.; Kim, J.; Hicks, J.C.*, Controlling the Pyrolysis Conditions of Microporous/Mesoporous MIL-125 to Synthesize Porous, Carbon-Supported Ti Catalysts with Targeted Ti Phases for the Oxidation of Dibenzothiophene, Energy Fuels, 2015, in press. Kim, J.; McNamara, N.D.; Hicks, J.C.*, Stability and Catalytic Activity of Carbon Supported V Oxides and Carbides Synthesized via Pyrolysis of MIL-47 (V), 2015, submitted. Kim, J.; Oliver, A.; Hicks, J.C.*, “Enhanced CO2 Capture Capacities and Efficiencies with N-Doped Nanoporous Carbons Synthesized from Zn-MOFs Containing Pyridinedicarboxylate Linkers”, CrystEngComm, 2015, DOI: 10.1039/c5ce00828j. Kim, J.; Oliver, A.; Neumann, G.T.; Hicks, J.C.*, “Zn‐MOFs Containing Pyridine and Bipyridine Carboxylate Organic Linkers and Open Zn2+ Sites”, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2015, 3011–3018. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201500245 McNamara, N.D.; Hicks, J.C.*, “Chelating Agent-Free, Vapor-Assisted Crystallization Method to Synthesize Hierarchical Microporous/Mesoporous (Ti) MIL-125”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2015, 7, 5338–5346. DOI: 10.1021/am508799d Kim, J.; Neumann, G.T.; McNamara, N.D.; Hicks, J.C.*, “Exceptional Control of Catalytic Hierarchical Carbon Supported Transition Metal Nanoparticles using Metal-Organic Framework Templates”, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 14014-14027. DOI: 10.1039/C4TA03050H Neumann, G.T.; Pimentel, B.R.; Rensel, D.J.; Hicks, J.C.*, “Correlating lignin structure to value-added products in the catalytic fast pyrolysis of lignin model compounds containing β-O-4 linkages”, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2014, 4, 3953-3963. DOI: 10.1039/C4CY00569D McNamara, N.D.; Hicks, J.C.*, “CO2 Capture and Conversion with a Multifunctional Polyethyleneimine-Tethered Iminophosphine Iridium Catalyst/Adsorbent”, ChemSusChem, 2014, 7, 1114-1124. DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201301231 Kim, J.; McNamara, N.D.; Her, T.H.; Hicks, J.C.*, “Carbothermal Reduction of Ti-Modified IRMOF-3: An Adaptable Synthetic Method to Support Catalytic Nanoparticles on Carbon”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2013, 5, 11479-11487, DOI: 10.1021/am404089v Rensel, D.J.; Rouvimov, S.; Gin, M.E.; Hicks, J.C.*, Highly selective bimetallic FeMoP catalyst for C-O bond cleavage of aryl ethers, J. Catal., 2013, 305, 256-263. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2013.05.026 McNamara, N.D; Neumann, G.T.; Masko, E.T.; Urban, J.A.; Hicks, J.C.*, Catalytic Performance and Stability of (V) MIL-47 and (Ti) MIL-125 in the Oxidative Desulfurization of Heterocyclic Aromatic Sulfur Compounds, J. Catal., 2013, 305, 217-226. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2013.05.021 Neumann, G.T.; Hicks, J.C.*, Dual Roles of Steam in the Dry Gel Synthesis of Mesoporous ZSM-5, Cryst. Growth Des., 2013, 13, 1535–1542. DOI: 10.1021/cg301784m. Xu, Z.; McNamara, N. D.; Neumann, G. T.; Schneider, W. F.; Hicks, J. C.*, Catalytic Hydrogenation of CO2 to Formic Acid with Silica-Tethered Iridium Catalysts, ChemCatChem, 2013, 5, 1769–1771. DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201200839. Hicks, J.C.*, “Chemical and Biochemical Catalysis for Next Generation Biofuels, Blake A. Simmons (Ed.)”, Catal. Lett., 2012, 142, 655-656. DOI: 10.1007/s10562-012-0835-z. Neumann, G.T.; Hicks, J.C.*, Effects of Cerium and Aluminum in Cerium-Containing Hierarchical HZSM-5 Catalysts for Biomass Upgrading, Top. Catal., 2012, 55, 196–208. DOI: 10.1007/s11244-012-9788-0. Neumann, G.T.; Hicks, J.C.*, Novel Hierarchical Cerium-Incorporated MFI Zeolite Catalysts for the Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass, ACS Catal., 2012, 2, 642–646. DOI: 10.1021/cs200648q. Hicks, J.C.*, Advances in C-O Bond Transformations in Lignin and Lignin-Derived Compounds in Bio-oils for Biofuels Production, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2011, 2, 2280-2287. DOI: 10.1021/jz2007885.