Ya-Huei (Cathy) Chin Professor, B.Sc. (Oklahoma), M.Sc. (Oklahoma), Ph.D. (UC Berkeley)
Associate Chair, Research
Canada Research Chair in Advanced Catalysis for Sustainable Chemistry
Applications of multidisciplinary research strategy (kinetic and isotopic techniques, spectroscopy, and theoretical modeling) to advance fundamental, molecular scale understanding of heterogeneous catalytic processes. Understand heterogeneous catalytic science, deciphering the structures and dynamics of catalyst surfaces and connecting these surface events at the atomic scale to their macroscopic catalytic behavior for fuel processing, chemical synthesis, and emission control technologies.
Room: WB12 | Tel: 416-978-8868 | Email: cathy.chin@utoronto.ca
New Projects Available
- industrial catalytic technology developing: understanding the effects of microenvironment in sustainable chemical and fuel synthesis
- bridging thermo- and electro-catalysis in the synthesis of sustainable liquid fuel
- connect the structure and reactivity of transition metal catalysts in C-H, C-O, C-C bond activation
Accepting graduate students? Yes
- PhD