Madelyn Ball - President

Maddie is an Assistant Professor at West Virginia University in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering. Her research interests are in the area of heterogeneous catalysis, focusing on design of well controlled nanoparticle materials, spectroscopic characterization, and reaction kinetics. These fundamental approaches to heterogeneous catalysis are applied to carbon dioxide and natural gas conversion reactions to facilitate sustainable chemical production. madelyn.ball at mail.wvu.edu

Ashraf Abedin - Treasurer

Ashraf is a Research Scientist working with the Reaction Engineering team at the U.S. Department of Energy - NETL Morgantown site. He completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana State University in 2021. His expertise include research in the field of energy and catalysis. Ashraf is currently working at NETL to develop a microwave system for catalytic plastic gasification to produce clean energy. His other research projects include natural gas utilization, carbon dioxide reduction and capture, critical minerals extraction, polymer waste pyrolysis, etc. mdashraful.abedin at netl.doe.gov

Umit Ozkan - Delegate to NACS

Umit is a Distinguished Professor and the Chair of the Chemical Engineering department at The Ohio State University. Her research touches most heterogeneous catalysis processes, including hydrogen production, carbon dioxide and water reduction, ammonia synthesis, and hydrocarbon oxidation and coupling. ozkan.1 at osu.edu