Prof. Paul Dauenhauer

On this episode we welcome a very special guest, Prof. Paul Dauenhauer. We discuss details of how Prof. Dauenhauer became interested and excited about catalysis with some tips and strategies for early career researchers.

Prof. Dauenhauer received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His PhD was under the guidance of Lanny Schmidt at University of Minnesota in Chemical Engineering. He is currently the Lanny & Charlotte Schmidt Professor at University of Minnesota in the Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Department. His research group focuses on developing and understanding catalysts for biomass conversion, and more recently we've heard him pioneer topics of dynamic catalysis and catalytic condensers.