Abu-Omar, Mahdi - Purdue University - Department of Chemistry

个人简介

As a professor, Mahdi Abu-Omar directs a research program aimed at developing metal catalysts for renewable energy and environmental applications. He also studies folding dynamics of metalloproteins relating to disease. He is a teacher of graduate and undergraduate inorganic courses as well as general chemistry. Dr. Abu-Omar supervises graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. He has delivered numerous lectures and seminars (60 plus) describing his research group findings, acted as reviewer for numerous journals and several funding agencies, organized four symposia on catalysis and energy, and consulted for several chemical companies and law firms. Dr. Abu-Omar is the author or coauthor of 70 original research papers published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. He has delivered lectures on future U.S. energy supplies to energy directors and corporate executives, as well as public lectures on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and Islam. Prior to joining Purdue University in 2003, Dr. Abu-Omar spent one year as a National Institute of Health postdoctoral scholar in bioinorganic chemistry at California Institute of Technology before moving to the University of California, Los Angeles, as an Assistant Professor. There he launched his independent research career in transition-metal catalysis and ‘green’ chemistry. Dr. Abu-Omar has 10 years of experience in research and management. He mentored 20 Ph.D. students, 7 postdoctoral research associates, and 10 undergraduate students. In addition, he is a member of the executive advisory board of the Energy Center at Purdue University. Dr. Abu-Omar is the recipient of several awards including the College of Engineering Team Excellence Award from Purdue University, a Faculty Early Career Development Award from the U.S. National Science Foundation, and a Beckman Young Investigator Award from the Beckman Foundation. In 2008, Dr. Abu-Omar was named University Faculty Scholar by Purdue University. Born in Jerusalem, Dr. Abu-Omar received his elementary and secondary education in Israel and the United Kingdom. In the fall of 1988, Dr. Abu-Omar arrived in the U.S. to pursue higher education. He earned a bachelor’s of science degree (summa cum laude) in chemistry from Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia, and a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from Iowa State University.

研究领域

My research group and I are interested in understanding the reaction chemistry of transition element compounds with particular emphasis on their role in catalysis. Our investigations are aimed at building mechanistic understanding that can advance our knowledge of catalysts and improve their design. We determine reaction mechanisms by studying chemical kinetics, characterizing intermediates, employing state-of-the art spectroscopy under operando conditions, and developing structure-function correlations. One of my laboratory’s hallmarks is that we combine mechanistic/physical studies and synthetic chemistry. We are currently engaged in three projects that span fundamental atom and electron transfer reactions in porphyrin/heme systems, catalytic conversion of biomass, and kinetics of single-site olefin polymerization catalysts. Our research is funded by external grants from the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation. Highlighted below are our most recent accomplishments.

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Jing Yi, Jeffrey T. Miller, Dmitry Y. Zemlyanov, Ruihong Zhang, Paul J. Dietrich, Fabio H. Ribeiro, Sergey Suslov, and Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, “A Reusable Unsupported Rhenium Nanocrystalline Catalyst for Acceptorless Dehydrogenation of Alcohols through gamma-C–H Activation” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 833-836. Basudeb Saha and Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, “Advances in 5-hydroxymethylfurfural production from biomass in biphasic solvents” Green Chem. 2013, 16, 24-38. Basudeb Saha, Nathan S. Mosier, and Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, “Catalytic Dehydration of Lignocellulosic Derived Xylose to Furfural” in Plants and Bioenergy, Maureen C. McCann, Marcos S. Bukeridge, and Nichoas C. Carpita (eds.), Advances in Plant Biology 4, 2014, Springer, New York, pg. 267-276. Scott D. Hicks, Doyeon Kim, Silei Xiong, Grigori A, Medvedev, James Caruthers, Seungwoo Hong, Wonwoo Nam, and Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, “Non-Heme Manganese Catalysts for On-Demand Production of Chlorine Dioxide in Water and Under Mild Conditions” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 3680-3686. Silei Xiong, D. Keith Steelman, Grigori A. Medvedev, W. Nicholas Delgass, Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, and James M. Caruthers, “Selective Degenerative Benzyl Group Transfer in Olefin Polymerization” ACS Catal. 2014, 4, 1162-1170. Kothanda Rama Pichaandi, Michael G. Mozzotta, John S. Harwood, Phillip E. Fanwick, and Mahdi Abu-Omar, “Synthesis, Dynamics, and DFT Studies of Rhenium Dicarbonyl PNN Pincer Complexes in Three Different Oxidation States” Organometallics 2014, 33, 1672-1677. Hayley A. Brown, Silei Xiong, Grigori A. Medvedev, Young A. Chang, Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, James M. Caruthers, and Robert M. Waymouth, “Zwitterionic Ring-Opening Polymerization: Models for Kinetics of Cyclic Poly(Caprolaction) Synthesis” Macromolecules, 2014, published online 4/29/2014, DOI: 10.1021/ma500395j. Trenton Parsell, Benjamin Owen, Ian Klein, Tiffany Jarrell, Christopher Marcum, Laura Haupert, Lucas Amundson, Hilkka Kenttamaa, Fabio Ribeiro, Jeffrey T. Miller, and Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, “Cleavage and Hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of C-O Bonds Relevant to Lignin Conversion Using Pd/Zn Synergistic Catalysis” Chem. Sci.2013, 4, 806-813. Basudeb Saha, Dinesh Gupta, Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, Arindam Modak, and Asim Bhaumik, “Porphyrin based porous organic polymer supported iron(III) catalyst for efficient aerobic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural into 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid” J. Cat. 2013, 299, 316-320. Yu Yang, Changwei Hu, and Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, “The effect of hydrochloric acid on the conversion of glucose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in AlCl3-H2O/THF biphasic medium” J. Mol. Catal. A: Chemical 2013, 376, 98-102. D. Keith Steelman, Silei Xiong, Paul D. Pletcher, Erin Smith, Jeffrey M. Switzer, Grigori A. Medvedev, W. Nicholas Delgass, James M. Caruthers, and Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, “Effects of pendant ligand binding affinity on chain transfer for 1-hexene polymerization catalyzed by single-site zirconium amine bis-phenolate complexes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 6280-6288. Isaac R. Corn, Pablo D. Astudillo-Sánchez, Michael J. Zdilla, Phillip E. Fanwick, Michael J. Shaw, Jeffery T. Miller, Dennis H. Evans, and Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, “Synthesis and electrochemical reactivity of molybdenum dicarbonyl supported by redox active a-diimine ligand” Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 5457-5463. Shuo Liu, Aysegul Senocak, Jessica L. Smeltz, Linan Yang, Benjamin Wegenhart, Jing Yi, Hilkka I. Kentt?maa, Elon A. Ison, and Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, “Mechanism of MTO-catalyzed deoxydehydration (DODH) of diols to alkenes using sacrificial alcohols” Organometallics 2013, 32, 3210-3219. D. Keith Steelman, Paul D. Pletcher, Jeffrey M. Switzer, Silei Xiong, Grigori A. Medvedev, W. Nicholas Delgass, James M. Caruthers, and Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, “Comparison of Selected Zirconium and Hafnium Amine Bis(phenolate) Catalysts for 1-Hexene Polymerization” Organometallics 2013, 32, 4862?4867. Judith A. Ronau, Lake N. Paul, Julian E. Fuchs, Isaac R. Corn, Kyle T. Wagner, Klaus R. Liedl, Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, Chittaranjan Das, “An additional substrate binding site in a bacterial phenylalanine hydroxylase” Eur. Biophys. J. 2013, 42, 691-708. Basudeb Saha, Saikat Dutta, and Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, "Aerobic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural with homogeneous and nanoparticulate catalysts " Catal. Sci. Technol. 2012, 2, 79-81. Yu Yang , Chang-wei Hu, and Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, "Conversion of carbohydrates and lignocellulosic biomass into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural using AlCl3.6H2O catalyst in a biphasic solvent system " Green Chem. 2012,14, 509-513. Eurick S. Kim, Shuo Liu, Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, and Nathan S. Mosier, "Selective Conversion of Biomass Hemicellulose to Furfural Using Maleic Acid with Microwave Heating" Energy Fuels 2012, 26, 1298-1304. Laura J. Haupert, Benjamin C. Owen, Christopher L. Marcum, Tiffany M. Jarrell, Christopher J. Pulliam,Lucas M. Amundson, Padmaja Narra, Mohammad Sabir Aquell, Trenton Parsell, Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, and Hilkka I. Kenttamaa, "Characterization of model compounds of processed lignin and the lignome by using atmospheric pressure ionization tandem mass spectrometry" Fuel 2012, , 95, 634-641. Saikat Dutta, Sudipta De, Md. Imteyaz Alam, Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, Basudeb Saha, "Direct conversion of cellulose and lignocellulosic biomass into chemicals and biofuel with metal chloride catalysts" J. Cat. 2012, 288, 8-15 .