Frontiers of Energy-efficient, Benign Chemical and Material Transformations
Description: Research hub deploying thermal, electrochemical, and biological-based methods to produce chemicals and materials
Rationale: Leverages unique Center for Catalysis and Surface Science, REACT center, Center for Synthetic Biology, emerging leaders in electrochemistry towards holistic development of sustainable chemical transformations.
Landscape: Catalysis is an emphasis at several universities, but comprehensive, interdisciplinary efforts are rare, especially as relevant to the largest-scale sustainability challenges.
Vision: Northwestern is the global leader in commercializing technologies that drive the chemical and materials industry towards energy and material efficiency, benign products.