Román, Yuriy - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Department of Chemical Engineering

个人简介

Professor Yuriy Román is from Mexico City, Mexico. He earned his B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 2002. After working in industry for a year, Prof. Román moved to Madison, WI to pursue graduate studies. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2008, working under the supervision of Professor James A. Dumesic. His thesis work involved the catalytic conversion of carbohydrates obtained from lignocellulosic biomass into chemical intermediates used for the production of biofuels and biomaterials. He then moved to the California Institute of Technology to do postdoctoral research in the synthesis and characterization of microporous and mesoporous materials in the group of Professor Mark E. Davis. There, he investigated the synthesis and implementation of microporous Lewis and Brønsted solid acids for the isomerization of carbohydrates and production of acetic acid from methanol.

研究领域

Our research focuses on the design of “reactive microenvironments” within heterogeneous catalysis to address critical challenges in sustainable energy and materials. By exploiting structure, surface, and substrate effects, we work to engineer both the active site and the region surrounding it to enable tunable activity and selectivity. In parallel, we investigate unconventional pathways to promote catalytic events by influencing species at catalytic interfaces via confinement, second-sphere interactions, and electric fields. We also investigate the catalytic valorization of complex, sustainable feedstocks. Studying both well-defined models and industrially-relevant substrates, we employ a combination of kinetic measurements, synthetic tools, and reaction engineering to probe relationships between catalyst structure and function, ultimately developing improved routes towards sustainable chemical and materials production.

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G. Drake, Y. Román-Leshkov Rational process design aids biomolecule-derived ethylene polyamine synthesis Chem Catalysis (2023) T.Z.H. Gani, Z.J. Berkson, R. Zhu, J.H. Kang, J.R. Di Iorio, K.W. Chan, D.F. Consoli, S.K. Shaikh, C. Coperet, Y. Román-Leshkov Promoting active site renewal in heterogeneous olefin metathesis catalysts Nature (2023) A.A. Khechfe, T.B.M. Matha, Y. Román-Leshkov Solvent Polarity and Framework Hydrophobicityof Hf-BEA Zeolites Influence Aldol Addition Rates in Organic Media ACS Catalysis (2023) J.H. Jang, A.R.C. Morais, M. Browning, D.G. Brandner, J.K. Kenny, L.M. Stanley, R.M. Happs, A.S. Kovvali, J.I. Cutler, Y. Román-Leshkov, J.R. Bielenberg, G.T. Beckham Feedstock-agnostic reductive catalytic fractionation in alcohol and alcohol-water mixtures Green Chemistry (2023) G.G. Facas, D.G. Brandner, J.R. Bussard, Y. Román-Leshkov, G.T. Beckham Interdependence of Solvent and Catalyst Selection on Low Pressure Hydrogen-Free Reductive Catalytic Fractionation ACS Sus Chem Eng (2023) D. Gohl, P. Paciok, Z. Wang, J.S. Kang, M. Heggen, K.J.J. Mayrhofer, Y. Román-Leshkov, M. Ledendecker Core-passivation: A concept for stable core-shell nanoparticles in aqueous electrocatalysis Nano Select (2023) J. Peng, J.J. Giner-Sanz, L. Giordano, W.P. Mounfield III, G.M. Leveri, Y. Yu, Y. Román-Leshkov, Y. Shao-Horn Design principles for transition metal nitride stability and ammonia generation in acid Joule (2023) J.E. Rorrer, A.M. Ebrahim, Y. Questell-Santiago, J. Zhu, C. Troyano-Valls, A.S. Asundi, A.E. Brenner, S.R. Bare, C.J. Tassone, G.T. Beckham, Y. Román-Leshkov Role of Bifunctional Ru/Acid Catalysts in the Selective Hydrocracking of Polyethylene and Polypropylene Waste to Liquid Hydrocarbons ACS Catalysis (2022) K.P. Sullivan, A.Z. Werner, K.J. Ramirez, L.D. Ellis, J.R. Bussard, B.A. Black, D.G. Brandner, F. Bratti, B.L. Buss, X. Dong, S.J. Haugen, M.A. Ingraham, M.O. Konev, W.E. Michener, J. Miscall, I. Pardo, S.P. Woodworth, A.M. Guss, Y. Román-Leshkov, S.S. Stahl, G.T. Beckham Mixed plastics waste valorization through tandem chemical oxidation and biological funneling Science, 378(6616): 207-211 (2022) G. Zichittella, A.M. Ebrahim, J. Zhu, A.E. Brenner, G. Drake, G.T. Beckham, S.R. Bare, J.E. Rorrer, Y. Román-Leshkov. Hydrogenolysis of Polyethylene and Polypropylene into Propane over Cobalt-Based Catalysts JACS Au, 2(10): 2259-2268 (2022) M.L. Stone, M.S. Webber, W.P. Mounfield III, D.C. Bell, E. Christensen, A.R.C. Morais, Y. Li, E.M. Anderson, J.S. Heyne, G.T. Beckham, Y. Román-Leshkov. Continuous hydrodeoxygenation of lignin to jet-range aromatic hydrocarbons Joule, 6(10): 2324-2337 (2022) J.K. Kenny, D.G Brandner, S.R. Neefe, W.E. Michener, Y. Román-Leshkov, G.T. Beckham, J.W. Medlin. Catalyst choice impacts aromatic monomer yields and selectivity in hydrogen-free reductive catalytic fractionation Reaction Chemistry & Engineering (2022) M.B. Stevens, M. Anand, M.E. Kreider, E.K. Price, J.Z. Zeledon, L. Wang, J. Peng, J.M. Gregoire, J. Hummelshoj, T.F. Jaramillo, H. Jia, J.K. Norskov, Y. Román-Leshkov, Y. Shao-Horn, B.D. Storey, S.K. Suram, S.B. Torrisi, J.H. Montoya. New challenges in oxygen reduction catalysis: a consortium retrospective to inform future research Energy & Environmental Science, 15: 3775-3794 (2022) J.H. Jang, D.G Brandner, R.J. Dreiling, A.J. Ringsby, J.R. Bussard, L.M. Stanley, R.M. Happs, A.S. Kovvali, J.I. Cutler, T. Renders, J.R. Bielenberg, Y. Román-Leshkov, G.T. Beckham. Multi-pass flow-through reductive catalytic fractionation Joule, 6: 1-17 (2022) C. Duan, A. Nandy, H. Adamji, Y. Román-Leshkov, H.J. Kulik Machine Learning Models Predict Calculation Outcomes with the Transferability Necessary for Computational Catalysis J. Chem. Theory Comput., 18(7): 4282-4292 (2022) D. Schwalbe-Koda, O.A. Santiago-Reyes, A. Corma, Y. Román-Leshkov, M. Moliner, R. Gomez-Bombarelli. Repurposing Templates for Zeolite Synthesis from Simulations and Data Mining Chem. Mater., 32(12): 5366-5376 (2022) S. Yuan, J.Peng, Y. Zhang, D.J. Zheng, S. Bagi, T. Wang, Y. Román-Leshkov, Y. Shao-Horn. Tuning the Catalytic Activity of Fe-Phthalocyanine-Based Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction by Ligand Functionalization ACS Catal., 12(12): 7278-7287 (2022) E. Bello-Jurado, D. Schwalbe-Koda, M. Nero, C. Paris, T. Uusimaki, Y. Román-Leshkov, A. Corma, T. Willhammar, R. Gomez-Bombarelli, M. Moliner Tunable CHA/AEI Zeolite Intergrowths with A Priori Biselective Organic Structure-Directing Agents: Controlling Enrichment and Implications for Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 61: e202201837 (2022) S.R. Nicholson, J.E. Rorrer, A. Singh, M.O. Konev, N.A. Rorrer, A.C. Carpenter, A.J. Jacobsen, Y. Román-Leshkov, G.T. Beckham The Critical Role of Process Analysis in Chemical Recycling and Upcycling of Waste Plastics Annu. Rev. of Chem. and Biomol. Engr., 13: 301-324 (2022) S. Yuan, J. Peng, B. Cai, Z. Huang, A.T. Garcia-Esparza, D. Sokaras, Y. Zhang, L. Giordano, K. Akkiraju, Y.G. Zhu, R. Hubner, X. Zou, Y. Román-Leshkov, Y. Shao-Horn. Tunable metal hydroxide-organic frameworks for catalysing oxygen evolution Nature Materials, 21:673-680 (2022) LR. Lynd, G.T. Beckham, A.M. Guss, L.N. Jayakody, E.M. Karp, C. Maranas, R.L. McCormick, D. Amador-Noguez, Y.J. Bomble, B.H. Davison, C. Foster, M.E. Himmel, E.K. Holwerda, M.S. Laser, C.Y. Ng, D.G. Olson, Y. Román-Leshkov, C.T. Trinh, G.A. Tuskan, V. Upadhayay, D.R. Vardon, L. Wang, C.E. Wyman. Toward low-cost biological and hybrid biological/catalytic conversion of cellulosic biomass to fuels Energy Environ. Sci., 15: 938-990 (2022) A.A. Khechfe, M.M. Sullivan, D. Zagoraios, A. Katsaounis, C.G. Vayenas, Y. Román-Leshkov Non-Faradaic Electrochemical Promotion of Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Dehydration Reactions over Molybdenum Oxide ACS Catal., 12: 906-912 (2022) B. Yan, C. Shi, G.T. Beckham, E.Y.X. Chen, Y. Román-Leshkov Electrochemical Activation of C-C Bonds via Mediated Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactions ChemSusChem, 15: e202102317 (2022) J.J. Oppenheim, S. Bagi, T. Chen, C. Sun, L. Yang, P. Muller, S. Yuan, Y. Román-Leshkov, M. Dinca. Isolation of a Side-On V(III)-(η2‑O2) through the Intermediacy of a Low-Valent V(II) in a Metal-Organic Framework Inorganic Chem., 60: 18205-18210 (2021) S. Bagi, S. Yuan, S. Rojas-Buzo, Y. Shao-Horn, Y. Román-Leshkov. A continuous flow chemistry approach for the ultrafast and low-cost synthesis of MOF-808 Green Chem., 23: 9982-9991 (2021) D. Schwalbe-Koda, A. Corma, Y. Román-Leshkov, M. Moliner, R. Gomez-Bombarelli Data Driven Design of Biselective Templates for Intergrowth Zeolites J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 12: 10689-10694 (2021) B.A. Johnson, J.R. Di Iorio, Y. Román-Leshkov Identification and quantification of distinct active sites in Hf-Beta zeolites for transfer hydrogenation catalysis J. Cat., 404: 607-619 (2021) B.A. Johnson, J.R. Di Iorio, Y. Román-Leshkov Tailoring Distinct Reactive Environments in Lewis Acid Zeolites for Liquid Phase Catalysis Acc. Mater. Res., 2: 1033-1046 (2021) S.D. Bagi, A.S. Myerson, Y. Román-Leshkov Solvothermal Crystallization Kinetics and Control of Crystal Size Distribution of MOF-808 in a Continuous Flow Reactor Cryst. Growth & Des., 21: 6529-6536 (2021) D. Schwalbe-Koda, S. Kwon, C. Paris, E. Bello-Jurado, Z. Jensen, E. Olivetti, T. Willhammar, A. Corma, Y. Román-Leshkov, M. Moliner, R. Gomez-Bombarelli A priori control of zeolite phase competition and inter-growth with high-throughput simulations Science., 374: 308-315 (2021) J.E. Rorrer, C. Troyano-Valls, G.T. Beckham, Y. Román-Leshkov Hydrogenolysis of Polypropylene and Mixed Polyolefin Plastic Waste over Ru/C to Produce Liquid Alkanes ACS Sus. Chem. Eng., 9: 11661-11666 (2021) L.D. Ellis, N.A. Rorrer, K.P. Sullivan, M. Otto, J.E. McGeehan, Y. Román-Leshkov, N. Wierckx, G.T. Beckham Chemical and biological catalysis for plastics recycling and upcycling Nature Catal., 4: 539-556 (2021) K.T. Dinh, M.M. Sullivan, P. Serna, R.J. Meyer, Y. Román-Leshkov Breaking the Selectivity-Conversion Limit of Partial Methane Oxidation with Tandem Heterogenous Catalysts ACS Catal., 11: 9262-9270 (2021) A. Bartling, M.L. Stone, R.J. Hanes, A. Bhatt, Y. Zhang, M.J. Biddy, R. Davis, J.S. Kruger, N.E. Thornburg, J. Luterbacher, R. Rinaldi, J. Samec, B. Sels, Y. Román-Leshkov, G.T. Beckham Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment of a biorefinery utilizing reductive catalytic fractionation Energy Environ Sci, 14: 4147-4168 (2021) D. Brandner, J.S. Kruger, N.E. Thornburg, G.G. Facas, J.K. Kenny, R.J. Dreiling, A.R.C. Morais, T. Renders, N.S. Cleveland, R.M. Happs, R. Katahira, T. Vinzant, D.G. Wilcox, Y. Román-Leshkov, G.T. Beckham Flow-through solvolysis enables production of native-like lignin from biomass Green Chem, 23: 5437-5441 (2021) T.S. Wesley, Y. Román-Leshkov, Y. Surendranath Spontaneous Electric Fields Play a Key Role in Thermochemical Catalysis at Metal-Liquid Interfaces ACS Cent Sci, 7: 1045-1055 (2021) M.J. Orella, M.E. Leonard, Y. Román-Leshkov, F.R. Brushett High-throughput analysis of contact angle goniometry data using DropPy Software X, 14: 1000665 (2021) Z. Jensen, S. Kwon, D. Schwalbe-Koda, C. Paris, R. Gomez-Bombarelli, Y. Román-Leshkov, A. Corma, M. Moliner, E.A. Olivetti Discovering Relationships between OSDAs and Zeolites through Data Mining and Generative Neural Networks ACS Cent. Sci., 7: 858-867 (2021) S. Bagi, A.M. Wright, J. Oppenheim, M. Dincă, Y. Román-Leshkov Accelerated Synthesis of a Ni2Cl2(BTDD) Metal-Organic Framework in a Continuous Flow Reactor for Atmospheric Water Capture ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 9: 3996-4003 (2021) C.R.F. Lund, B. Tatarchuk, N. Cardona-Martinez, J.M. Hill, M.A. Sanchez-Castillo, G.W. Huber, Y. Román-Leshkov, D. Simonetti, Y. Pagan-Torres, T.J. Schwartz, A.H. Motagamwala A Career in Catalysis: James A. Dumesic ACS Catal., 11: 2310-2339 (2021) L.D. Ellis, S.V. Orski, G.A. Kenlaw, A.G. Norman, K.L Beers, Y. Román-Leshkov, G.T. Beckham. Tandem Heterogenous Catalysis for Polyethylene Depolymerization via an Olefin-Intermediate Process ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 9: 623-628 (2021) J. E. Rorrer, G.T. Beckham, Y. Román-Leshkov. Conversion of Polyolefin Waste to Liquid Alkanes with Ru-Based Catalysts under Mild Conditions JACS Au, 1: 8-12 (2020) W. Gao, M. J. Orella, T. J. Carney, Y. Román-Leshkov, J. Drake, F. R. Brushett. Understanding the Impact of Convective Transport on Intercalation Batteries Through Dimensional Analysis J. Electrochem. Soc., 167: 140551 (2020) J.R. Di Iorio, B. A. Johnson, Y. Román-Leshkov. Ordered Hydrogen-Bonded Alcohol Networks Confined in Lewis Acid Zeolites Accelerate Transfer Hydrogenation Turnover Rates J. Am. Chem. Soc., 142: 19379-19392 (2020) M.M. Abu-Omar, K. Barta, G.T. Beckham, J.S. Luterbacher, J. Ralph, R. Rinaldi, Y. Román-Leshkov, J.S.M. Samec, B.F. Sels, F. Wang. Guidelines for performing lignin-first biorefining Energy Environ. Sci., 14: 262-292 (2021) S. Yuan, Y. Li, J. Peng, Y. M. Questell-Santiago, K. Akkiraju, L. Giordano, D. J. Zheng, S. Bagi, Y. Román-Leshkov, Y. Shao-Horn. Conversion of Methane into Liquid Fuels—Bridging Thermal Catalysis with Electrocatalysis Adv. Energy Mater., 10: 2002154 (2020) A. Rodríguez-Fernández, J. Di Iorio, C. Paris, N. Y. Román-Leshkov, M. Moliner. Selective Active Site Placement in Lewis Acid Zeolites and Implications for Catalysis of Oxygenated Compounds Chem. Sci., 11: 10225-10235 (2020) M.E. Leonard, M. Orella, N. Aiello, Y. Román-Leshkov, A. Forner-Cuenca, F. Brushett Flooded by Success: On the Role of Electrode Wettability in CO2 Electrolyzers that Generate Liquid Products J. Electrochem. Soc., 167: 124521 (2020) X. He, B. G. Looker, K. T. Dinh, A. W. Stubbs, T. Chen, R. J. Meyer, P. Serna, Y. Román-Leshkov, K. M. Lancaster, M. Dincă Cerium (IV) Enhances the Catalytic Oxidation Activity of Single-Site Cu Active Sites in MOFs ACS Catal., 10: 7820-7825 (2020) Z. Wang, A. Garg, L. Wang, H. He, A. Dasgupta, D. Zanchet, M. J. Janik, R. M. Rioux, Y. Román-Leshkov Enhancement of Alkyne Semi-Hydrogenation Selectivity by Electronic Modification of Platinum ACS Catal., 10: 6763-6770 (2020) N. E. Thornburg, D. G. Brandner, M. L. Reed, J. V. Vermaas, W. E. Michener, R. Katahira, T. B. Vinzant, T. D. Foust, B. S. Donohoe, Y. Roman-Leshkov, P. N. Ciesielski, G. T. Beckham Mesoscale Reaction‐Diffusion Phenomena Governing Lignin‐First Biomass Fractionation ChemSusChem, 13: 4495-4509 (2020) D. Göhl, H. Rueß, S. Schlicht, A. Vogel, M. Rohwerder, K. J.J. Mayrhofer, J. Bachmann, Y. Román-Leshkov, J. M. Schneider, M. Ledendecker Stable and Active Oxygen Reduction Catalysts with Reduced Noble Metal Loadings through Potential Triggered Support Passivation ChemElectroChem, 7: 2404-2409 (2020) H. D. Park, R. J. Comito, Z. Wu, G. Zhang, N. D. Ricke, C. Sun, T. Van Voorhis, J. T. Miller, Y. Román-Leshkov, M. Dinca Gas Phase Ethylene Polymerization by Single-Site Cr Centers in a Metal−Organic Framework ACS Catal., 10: 3864-3870 D. A. Kuznetsov, J. Peng, L. Giordano, Y. Román-Leshkov, Y. Shao-Horn Bismuth Substituted Strontium Cobalt Perovskites for Catalyzing Oxygen Evolution J. Phys. Chem. C, 124: 6562-6570 D. Göhl, A. Garg, P. Paciok, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, M. Heggen, Y. Shao-Horn, R. E. Dunin-Borkowski, Y. Román-Leshkov, M. Ledendecker Engineering Stable Electrocatalysts by Synergistic Stabilization between Carbide Cores and Pt Shells Nat. Mater., 19: 287-291 (2020) M. J. Orella, S. M. Brown, M. E. Leonard, Y. Román-Leshkov, F. R. Brushett A General Techno-Economic Model for Evaluating Emerging Electrocatalytic Processes Energy Technol., 8: 1900994 (2020) W. P. Mounfield III, B. Huang, B. Cai, Y. Shao-Horn, Y. Román-Leshkov Synthesis of Unsupported Two-Dimensional Molybdenum Carbide Nanosheets for Hydrogen Evolution Mater. Lett., 261: 126987 (2020) B. Cai, K. Akkiraju, W. P. Mounfield III, Z. Wang, X. Li, B. Huang, S. Yuan, D. Su, Y. Román-Leshkov, Y. Shao-Horn Solid-State Gelation for Nanostructured Perovskite Oxide Aerogels Chem. Mater., 31: 9422-9429 (2019) M. Moliner, Y. Román-Leshkov, A. Corma Machine Learning Applied to Zeolite Synthesis: The Missing Link for Realizing High-Throughput Discovery Acc. Chem. Res., 52: 2971-2980 (2019) M. J. Orella, T. Z. H. Gani, J. V. Vermaas, M. L. Stone, E. M. Anderson, G. T. Beckham, F. R. Brushett, Y. Román-Leshkov Lignin-KMC: A Toolkit for Simulating Lignin Biosynthesis ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 7: 18313-18322 (2019) A. Rodríguez-Fernández, P. Atienzar, C. Martínez, Y. Román-Leshkov, M. Moliner Ge-based Hybrid Composites from Ge-rich Zeolites as Highly Conductive and Stable Electronic Materials Chem. Mater., 31: 7723-7731 (2019) M. Shetty, E. M. Anderson, W. H. Green, Y. Román-Leshkov Kinetic Analysis and Reaction Mechanism for Anisole Conversion over Zirconia-Supported Molybdenum Oxide J. Catal., 376: 249-257 (2019) T. Z. H. Gani, M. J. Orella, E. M. Anderson, M. L. Stone, F. R. Brushett, G. T. Beckham, Y. Román-Leshkov Computational Evidence for Kinetically Controlled Radical Coupling During Lignification ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 7: 13270-13277 (2019) A. Garg, D. S. Gonçalves, Y. Liu, Z. Wang, L. Wang, J. S. Yoo, A. M. Kolpak, R. M. Rioux, D. Zanchet, Y. Román-Leshkov Impact of Transition Metal Carbide and Nitride Supports on the Electronic Structure of Thin Platinum Overlayers ACS Catal., 9: 7090-7098 (2019) K. T. Dinh, M. M. Sullivan, K. Narsimhan, P. Serna, R. J. Meyer, M. Dincǎ, Y. Román-Leshkov Continuous Partial Oxidation of Methane to Methanol Catalyzed by Diffusion-Paired Cu Dimers in Copper-Exchanged Zeolites J. Am. Chem. Soc., 141: 11641-11650 (2019) W. P. Mounfield III, A. X. Harale, Y. Román-Leshkov Impact of Morphological Effects on the Activity and Stability of Tungsten Carbide Catalysts for Dry Methane Reforming Energy Fuels, 33: 5544-5550 (2019) E. M. Anderson, M. L. Stone, R. Katahira, M. Reed, W. Muchero, K. J. Ramirez, G. T. Beckham, Y. Román-Leshkov Differences in S/G Ratio in Natural Poplar Variants Do Not Predict Catalytic Depolymerization Monomer Yields Nat. Commun., 10: 2033 (2019) S. Zhang, D. F. Consoli, S. Shaikh, Y. Román-Leshkov Effects of WO3 Nanoparticle Size on Ethylene-Butene Metathesis Activity Appl. Catal., A, 580: 52-58 (2019) Z. Jensen, E. Kim, S. Kwon, T. Z. H. Gani, Y. Román-Leshkov, M. Moliner, A. Corma, and E. Olivetti A Machine Learning Approach to Zeolite Synthesis Enabled by Automatic Data Extraction ACS Cent. Sci., 5: 892-899 (2019) M. Shetty, D. Zanchet, W. H. Green, and Y. Román-Leshkov Cooperative Co(0)/Co(II) Sites Stabilized by a Perovskite Matrix Enable Selective C-O and C-C Bond Hydrogenolysis of Oxygenated Arenes ChemSusChem, 12: 2171-2175 (2019) D. Consoli, S. Zhang, S. Shaikh, and Y. Román-Leshkov Influence of Framework Atoms on Olefin Metathesis Activity using MoO3-MFI Catalysts Org. Process Res. Dev., 22: 1683-1686 (2018) K. Murugappan, E. M. Anderson, D. Teschner, T. E. Jones, K. Skorupska, and Y. Román-Leshkov Operando NAP-XPS unveils differences in MoO3 and Mo2C during hydrodeoxygenation Nat. Catal., 1: 960-967 (2018) M. L. Stone, E. M. Anderson, K. M. Meek, M. Reed, R. Katahira, F. Chen, R. A. Dixon, G. T. Beckham, and Y. Román-Leshkov Reductive Catalytic Fractionation of C-Lignin ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 6: 11211-11218 (2018) H. D. Park, M. Dinca, and Y. Román-Leshkov Continuous-flow Production of Succinic Anhydrides via Catalytic β-Lactone Carbonylation by Co(CO)4⊂Cr-MIL-101 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 140: 10669-10672 (2018) K. T. Dinh, M. M. Sullivan, P. Serna, R. J. Meyer, M. Dinca, and Y. Román-Leshkov Viewpoint on the Partial Oxidation of Methane to Methanol Using Cu- and Fe-Exchanged Zeolites ACS Catal., 8: 8306-8313 (2018) W. Schutyser, J. S. Kruger, A. M. Robinson, R. Katahira, D. G. Brandner, N. S. Cleveland, A. Mittal, D. J. Peterson, R. Meilan, Y. Román-Leshkov, and G. T. Beckham Revisiting alkaline aerobic lignin oxidation Green Chem., 20: 3828-3844 (2018) M. J. Orella, Y. Román-Leshkov, and F. R. Brushett Emerging opportunities for electrochemical processing to enable sustainable chemical manufacturing Curr. Opin. Chem. Eng., 20: 159-167 (2018) M. D. Korzynski, D. F. Consoli, S. Zhang, Y. Román-Leshkov, and M. Dinca Activation of Methyltrioxorhenium for Olefin Metathesis in a Zirconium-Based Metal-Organic Framework J. Am. Chem. Soc., 140: 6956-6960 (2018) E. M. Anderson, M. L. Stone, M. J. Hülsey, G. T. Beckham, and Y. Román-Leshkov Kinetic Studies of Lignin Solvolysis and Reduction by Reductive Catalytic Fractionation Decoupled in Flow-Through Reactors ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 6: 7951-7959 (2018) (Editor's Choice) T. Iida, D. Zanchet, K. Ohara, T. Wakihara, and Y. Román-Leshkov Concerted bimetallic nanocluster synthesis and encapsulation via induced zeolite framework demetallation for shape and substrate selective heterogeneous catalysis Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 57: 6454-6458 (2018) S. T. Hunt, and Y. Román-Leshkov Principles and Methods for the Rational Design of Core-Shell Nanoparticle Catalysts with Ultralow Noble Metal Loadings Acc. Chem. Res., 51: 1054-1062 (2018) (selected for cover) T. Iida, Koji Ohara, Y. Román-Leshkov, and T. Wakihara Zeolites with Isolated Framework and Oligomeric Extraframework Hafnium Species Characterized with Pair Distribution Function Analysis Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 20: 7914-7919 (2018) J. D. Lewis, M. Ha, H. Luo, A. Faucher, V. K. Michaelis, and Y. Román-Leshkov Distinguishing Active Site Identity in Sn-Beta Zeolites using 31P MAS NMR of Adsorbed Trimethylphosphine Oxide ACS Catal., 8: 3076-3086 (2018) D. S. A. Simakov, and Y. Román-Leshkov Highly Efficient Methane Reforming over a Low-loading Ru/γ-Al2O3 Catalyst in a Pd-Ag Membrane Reactor AIChE J., 64: 3101-3108 (2018) W. P. Mounfield, A. Garg, Y. Shao-Horn, and Y. Román-Leshkov Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction for the Production of Hydrogen Peroxide Chem, 4: 18-19 (2018) A. W. Stubbs, L. Braglia, E. Borfecchia, R. J. Meyer, Y. Román-Leshkov, C. Lamberti, and M. Dinca Selective Catalytic Olefin Epoxidation with Mn(II)-Exchanged MOF-5 ACS Catal., 8: 596-601 (2018)