Mark A. Barteau

Biography

  Education: Stanford University PhD Chemical Engineering ’81 MS Chemical Engineering ’77 Washington University BS Chemical Engineering ’76 Professional Experience: University of Michigan Professor of Chemical Engineering, 2012-present Director of the University of Michigan Energy Institute, 2012-present DTE Energy Professor of Advanced Energy Research, 2012-present University of Delaware Robert L. Pigford Chair Emeritus of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2012-present Senior Vice Provost for Research and Strategic Initiatives, 2008-2012 Founding Director, University of Delaware Energy Institute, 2007-2008 Robert L. Pigford Endowed Chair of Chemical Engineering, 2005-2012 Chairperson, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2000-2007 Director, Center for Catalytic Science and Technology, 1996-2000 Robert L. Pigford Professor of Chemical Engineering, 1994-2005 Professor of Chemical Engineering, 1990-1994 Professor of Chemistry, 1990-2012 Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, 1982-1996 Associate Director, Center for Catalytic Science and Technology, 2000-2012 Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, 1982-1987 Other Appointments Visiting Professor of Chemistry, University of Auckland, 1997 Visiting Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1991-1992 NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Institut für Festkörperphysik, Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 1981-1982

Research Interest

Design of catalysts and nanomaterials to improve efficiency and sustainability of chemicals and fuels production; strategies for utilization of renewable resources.