My Fulbright will focus on developing hybrid materials for selective carbon capture and photo-thermal processing. Photo-thermal materials generally refer to nanoscale particles that rapidly heat when exposed to light and represent an exciting frontier in potential energetically efficient driving forces for chemical processes.
Ryan is a professor of chemistry at the Colorado School of Mines with a joint appointment at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, both in Golden, Colorado. He has made a broad range of contributions in the areas of nanoparticle synthesis (metal and metal oxides), in-situ spectroscopy, porous materials and catalysis. These systems have been applied in renewable energy technologies (such as water splitting and biomass upgrading) and environmental remediation (such as PFAS destruction, CO2 capture, re-mining). He has received numerous awards throughout his career including being selected as a Fellow of the American Chemical Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Ryan’s Fulbright will focus on developing hybrid materials for selective carbon capture and photo-thermal processing. Photo-thermal materials generally refer to nanoscale particles that rapidly heat when exposed to light and represent an exciting frontier in potential energetically efficient driving forces for chemical processes.