Principle Investigator

Jochen Lauterbach

Free University of Berlin & Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck-Society, Berlin, Germany, Physical Chemistry Department, 1992 – 1994; Degree: Dr. rer. nat. with Summa Cum Laude; Thesis Advisor: G. Ertl (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2006)
University of Bayreuth, Germany, Physics Department, Bayreuth, Germany, 1992; Five-year Diploma in Technical Physics; Thesis Advisor: J. Küppers.

Professor and Smartstate Endowed Chair, Chemical Engineering Department, University of South Carolina, 2010 – current.
Visiting Professor, ICAT, Hokkaido University, 2017.
Director, SC Smartstate Center for Strategic Approaches to the Generation of Electricity, University of South Carolina, 2010 – current.
Professor, Chemical Engineering Department, University of Delaware, 2006 – 2010.
Associate Professor, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, 2002 – 2006.
Associate Director, Center for Catalytic Science and Technology (CCST), 2002 – 2010.
Associate Professor, School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 2000 – 2002.
Assistant Professor, School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 1996 – 2000.
Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of California at Santa Barbara, Chemical Engineering Department, 1994 – 1996.

Full Member, Sigma Xi, 2019 – present.
Russel Research Award in Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina, 2016.
Member, National Innovation Network, 2015 (NSF & VentureWell)
Member, Board of Trustees, SC Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics, 2012 – 2017.
Finalist, UD Excellence in Teaching Award, 2008.
Marquis Who’s Who in America, 2006.
Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 2003.
Union Carbide Innovation Recognition Award, 2000.
Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from National Science Foundation, 1998.
Feodor-Lynen-Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation Bonn, Germany, 1994.