Faculty

Marc D. Porosoff
- Assistant Professor
PhD, Columbia University, 2015
4305 Wegmans Hall
(585) 276-7401
Fax: (585) 273-1348
marc.porosoff@rochester.edu
Selected Honors & Awards
NRC Postdoctoral Fellowship, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (2015-2017)
Robert L. Pigford Teaching Assistant Award, University of Delaware (2012)
Courses
CHE 150 - Green Energy
CHE 461 - Advanced Kinetics and Reactors Design
Research Interests
CO2 Reduction; Heterogeneous Catalysis; Catalyst Structure-Property Relationships; C1 Chemistry; Upgrading Light Alkanes.
Recent Publications
Liu, R.; Ma, Z.; Sears, J.D.; Juneau, M.; Neidig, M.L.; Porosoff, M.D., "Identifying Correlations in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis and CO2 hydrogenation over Fe-based ZSM-5 Catalysts," Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2020, 41, 101290. DOI:
Juneau, M.; Liu, R.; Peng, Y.; Malge, A.; Ma, Z.; Porosoff, M.D., " Characterization of Metal-elite Composite Catalysts: Determining the Environment of the Active Phase," ChemCatChem, 2020, 12, 1-28. DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201902146
Morse, J.R.; Juneau, M.; Baldwin, J.W.; Porosoff, M.D.; Willauer, H.D., "Alkali Promoted Tungsten Carbide as a Selective Catalyst for the Reverse Water Gas Shift Reaction," Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2019, 35, 38-46. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2019.08.024
Ma, Z.; Porosoff, M.D., "Development of Tandem Catalysts for CO2 Hydrogenation of Olefins," ACS Catalysis, 2019, 9, 3, 2639-2656.
Dixit, M.; Peng, X.; Porosoff, M.D.; Wilauer, H.D.; Mpourmpakis, G., "Elucidating the Role of Oxygen Coverage in CO2 Reduction on Mo2C," Catalysis Science & Technology, 2017, 7, 23, 5521-5529.
Porosoff, M.D.; Baldwin, J.W.; Peng, X.; Mpourmpakis, G.; Willauer, H.D., "Potassium-Promoted Molybdenum Carbide as a Highly Active and Selective Catalyst for CO2 Conversion to CO," Chemsuschem, 2017, 11, 2408-2415.
Porosoff, M.D.; Yan, B.; Chen, J.G.G., "Catalytic Reduction of CO2 by H2 for Synthesis of CO, Methanol and Hydrocarbons: Challenges and Opportunities," Energy and Environmental Science, 2016, 9, 1-62-73.
Research Overview
New catalysts for upgrading C1 and C2 resources (CO2, CO, CH4, C2H6) represent significant opportunities for efficient energy storage and low-cost production of plastics, chemicals and fuels. Understanding the relationships between chemical reactivity and catalyst electronic/structure properties are extremely important for developing catalysts that exploit particular reaction pathways. This approach requires controlled synthesis of catalysts combined with in situ techniques and theoretical calculations. In particular, target areas of research are three types of catalytic reactions for improved shale gas utilization and lowering CO2 emissions: (I) Catalyst development for CO2 hydrogenation, (II) Selective synthesis of light olefins from CO and H2 and (III) Catalytic dehydrogenation of light alkanes to olefins by CO2. Experimental work combines an mix of catalyst synthesis and characterization, reactor studies and in situ spectroscopy.