{"id":8,"date":"2015-04-15T07:55:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T15:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2022-01-17T23:23:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T07:23:29","slug":"professor-gates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/professor-gates\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Gates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-54 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/04\/gates.new_.small_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/04\/gates.new_.small_.png 123w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/04\/gates.new_.small_-107x150.png 107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px\" \/><br \/>\nEmail: bcgates at ucdavis.edu<br \/>\nPhone: (530)-752-3953<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #bf9900;font-size: medium\">Professional Experience<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>University of California, Davis, Department of Chemical Engineering: Professor, 1992-2003; Distinguished Professor, 2003-present.<\/li>\n<li>University of Delaware, Department of Chemical Engineering: Assistant Professor, 1969-1973; Associate Professor, 1973-1977; Professor, 1977-1985; H. Rodney Sharp Professor, 1985-1992; Center for Catalytic Science and Technology, Associate Director, 1977-1981, 1988-1992, Director, 1981-1988; Department of Chemistry, Professor, 1987-1992.<\/li>\n<li>Chevron Research Co., Richmond, CA, Research Engineer, 1967- 1969.<\/li>\n<li>Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Post-doctoral Fellow, 1966-1967; Visiting Professor, 1975-1976; 1983-1984; 1990-91; 1998-99.<\/li>\n<li>Hokkaido University, Visiting Professor, 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #bf9900;font-size: medium\">Professional Activities<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Editor, Advances in Catalysis, 1995-2014.<\/li>\n<li>Catalysis Society of North America, member of Board of Directors (at large), 1997-present.<\/li>\n<li>Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, 2003-2017.<\/li>\n<li>Co-chair, North American Meeting of the Catalysis Society, San Francisco, June 7\u201312, 2009.<\/li>\n<li>Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Stanford Synchotron Radiation Lightsource.<\/li>\n<li>Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, National Synchrotron Light Source II.<\/li>\n<li>Chair, Technical Advisory Committee, National Advanced Biofuels Consortium, 2009-2013.<\/li>\n<li>Co-chair, Department of Energy Workshop, Basic Research Needs: Catalysis for Energy.<\/li>\n<li>Sasol Technology, Board of Directors, 2009-2012.<\/li>\n<li>International Advisory Board, Shenhua, 2015-2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #bf9900;font-size: medium\">Honors<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>National Academy of Inventors, Fellow, 2021<\/li>\n<li>Michel Boudart Award, North American Catalysis Society and European Federation of Catalysis Societies, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Catalysis Society of South Africa, Eminent Visitor to South Africa Award, 2010.<\/li>\n<li>Robert L. Burwell Lectureship, North American Catalysis Society, 2009.<\/li>\n<li>National Academy of Engineering, 2007.<\/li>\n<li>Council for Chemical Research, Malcolm E. Pruitt Award, 2006.<\/li>\n<li>R. W. Moulton Medal (Distinguished Alumnus Award, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington), 2005.<\/li>\n<li>Michigan Catalysis Society Guiseppe Parravano Memorial Award, 2005.<\/li>\n<li>American Chemical Society Gabor A. Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis, 2004.<\/li>\n<li>University of California, Distinguished Professor, 2003\u2013present.<\/li>\n<li>AIChE, Northern California Section Award for Chemical Engineering Excellence for Professional Development, 2002\/2003.<\/li>\n<li>AIChE, R. H. Wilhelm Award in Chemical Reaction Engineering, 2002.<\/li>\n<li>Senior Alexander von Humboldt Prize, University of Munich, 1998-99; 2002.<\/li>\n<li>AIChE, William H. Walker Award for Excellence in Contributions to Chemical Engineering Literature, 1995.<\/li>\n<li>American Chemical Society Award in Petroleum Chemistry, 1993.<\/li>\n<li>Fulbright Professorship, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Visiting Professorship, University of Munich, 1990-91.<\/li>\n<li>AIChE, Alpha Chi Sigma Award for Chemical Engineering Research, 1989.<\/li>\n<li>Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York Award for Excellence in Catalysis, 1989.<\/li>\n<li>Center for Advanced Study Fellowship, University of Delaware, 1988\u201189.<\/li>\n<li>Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship, 1987.<\/li>\n<li>Catalysis Club of Philadelphia Award, 1986.<\/li>\n<li>American Chemical Society, Delaware Section Award, 1985.<\/li>\n<li>Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Visiting Professorship; Fulbright Professorship, University of Munich, 1983-84.<\/li>\n<li>Distinguished Scientist Award, University of Delaware Chapter of Sigma Xi, 1979.<\/li>\n<li>Fulbright Professorship, University of Munich, 1975-76.<\/li>\n<li>Fulbright grant for postdoctoral research, University of Munich, 1966-67.<\/li>\n<li>NSF Graduate fellowships, University of Washington, 1963-64, 1965\u201166.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #bf9900;font-size: medium\">Lectureships<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fulbright Lectureships: Technion, University of the Negev (Beersheba), 1975; Universities of Liege, Porto, Bath, Leeds, and Ankara, 1984.<\/li>\n<li>Frontiers in Chemistry Lectures, Case Western Reserve University, 1986.<\/li>\n<li>Union Carbide Lecture, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1988.<\/li>\n<li>Donald Katz Lectures, University of Michigan, 1989.<\/li>\n<li>McCabe Lecture, North Carolina State University, 1989.<\/li>\n<li>Caterpillar Lecture, University of Iowa, 1997.<\/li>\n<li>Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Distinguished Catalysis Science Lecture, 2004.<\/li>\n<li>Advance Lecture, Kansas State University, 2007.<\/li>\n<li>Doraiswamy Lecture, Iowa State University, 2007, and National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India, 2008.<\/li>\n<li>Hunter Henry Lecture, Mississippi State University, 2008.<\/li>\n<li>Ashton Cary Lecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008.<\/li>\n<li>Presidential Symposium, American Chemical Society Meeting, New Orleans, 2008.<\/li>\n<li>Distinguished Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, University of California, Riverside, 2009.<\/li>\n<li>W.N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 2010.<\/li>\n<li>Distinguished Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, 2012.<\/li>\n<li>Vladimir Haensel Invitational Lecturer in Catalysis, UOP LLC, 2014.<\/li>\n<li>Eastman Chemical Company Distinguished Lecturer in Catalysis, University of California, Berkeley, 2014.<\/li>\n<li>Ensor Lectureship, Washington State University, 2016.<\/li>\n<li>Rutgers University Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Lectureship, 2016.<\/li>\n<li>Botsaris Lectureship, Tufts University, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Friedlander Lectureship, UCLA, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>ExxonMobil Lectureship, University of Massachusetts, 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-54 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/04\/gates.new_.small_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/04\/gates.new_.small_.png 123w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/04\/gates.new_.small_-107x150.png 107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px\" \/><br \/> Email: bcgates at ucdavis.edu<br \/> Phone: (530)-752-3953<\/p>\n<p><strong>Professional Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>University of California, Davis, Department of Chemical Engineering: Professor, 1992-2003; Distinguished Professor, 2003-present.<\/li>\n<li>University of Delaware, Department of Chemical  \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/professor-gates\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><br \/>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":537,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}