Short CV
Professor Suljo Linic obtained his PhD degree, specializing in surface and colloidal chemistry and heterogeneous catalysis, at the University of Delaware in 2003 under the supervision of Professor Mark Barteau after receiving his BS degree in Physics with minors in Mathematics and Chemistry from West Chester University in West Chester (Pennsylvenia, USA). He was a Max Planck postdoctoral fellow with Professor Dr. Matthias Scheffler at the Fritz Haber Institute of Max Planck Society in Berlin (Germany), working on first principles studies of surface chemistry. He started his independent faculty career in 2004 at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where he is currently the Class of 1983 Faculty Scholar Professor of chemical engineering.
Selected Awards
- 2017, Paul H. Emmett Award, an international, flagship award of the North American Catalytic Society (NACS) awarded biannually to the most influential contributors to the field of chemical catalysis below age 45
- 2014, ACS (American Chemical Society) Catalysis Lectureship for the Advancement of Catalytic Science
- 2013, Thiel Lectureship, awarded by Department of Chemical Engineering at University of Notre Dame
- 2012, Monroe-Brown Foundation Research Excellence Award from the University of Michigan College of Engineering
- 2011, Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum Young Investigator Award, awarded annually by American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- 2010, 1938E Award, awarded annually by the College of Engineering at the University to Michigan
- 2009, ACS Unilever Award, awarded annually by Colloids and Surface Science Division of ACS
- 2009, Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
- 2008, DuPont Young Professor Award
- 2008, Frontiers in Chemistry Invitee (England, August 2008)
- 2007, Chemical Engineering Departmental Award
- 2005, NSF Career Award, awarded Nov 2005 for the 2006-2011 period
- 2003-2004, Max Planck postdoctoral fellowship
- 2004, Young Scientist Prize from the Council of the International Association of Catalysis Societies, Paris, France
- 2002, 2003, Gordon Research Conference Fellowships
- 2002, University of Delaware Competitive Fellowship Award 2002 Department of Chemical Engineering Teaching Fellowship
- 1995-1998, Soros Foundation Fellowship
- Robert L. Pigford Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award at the University of Delaware
Research Interests
The Linic Research Group applies first principles theoretical (electronic structure DFT calculations, ab initio kinetic and thermodynamic simulations) and various experimental tools (surface science, in-situ reactor studies, electron microscopy, et cetera) to study chemical transformations on surfaces.
The central objective of the group's work is the development of predictive theories of surface chemistry related to heterogeneous catalysis, electro-catalysis and photo-electro-catalysis.
Selected Publications
- M. Andiappan, S. Linic: Tuning selectivity in propylene epoxidation by plasmon mediated photo-switching of Cu oxidation state. Science 339, 2013, 1590.
- S. Linic, P. Christopher, H. Xin, A. Marimuthu: Catalytic and photocatalytic transformations on metal nanoparticles with targeted geometrie and plasmonic properties. Accounts of chemical research 46 (8), 2013, 1890-1899.
- P. Christopher. H. Xin. M. Andiappan, S. Linic: Singular characteristics and unique chemical bond activation mechanisms of photocatalytic reactions on plasmonic nanostructures. Nature materials 11, 2012, 1044-1050.
- P. Christopher. H. Xin, S. Linic: Visible light enhanced catalytic oxidation reactions on plasmonic silver nanostructures. Nature chemistry 3, 2011, 467.
- S. Linic, P. Christopher. D. B. Ingram: Plasmonic-metal nanostructures for efficient conversion of solar to chemical energy. Nature materials 10, 2011, 911.
Publications as TUM-IAS-Fellow