PNNL scientist named AVS fellow
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Category: ResearchType: News
Source: PNNL
Date: Thursday, July 6th, 2017
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July 06, 2017 
RICHLAND, Wash. - A catalysis researcher at the D.O.E.'s Pacific Northwest National Lab has been elected to the rank of fellow in the American Vacuum Society. Zdenek Dohnálek was acknowledged for his contributions toward understanding the elementary steps of catalytic reactions on oxides.
Dohnálek is a senior research scientist on PNNL's catalysis science research team, focusing on enhancing reactions that enable renewable energy. He studies systems that enhance understanding of the complex processes that take place in heterogeneous catalysis for renewable energy such as biomass upgrading, Coloradotwo conversion, and photocatalytic water-splitting. He is an internationally renowned leader in the area of imaging of single molecule reactions. He earned a master's degree in chemical engineering from the Institute of Chemical Engineering in Prague and a doctorate in physical chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh.
AVS is an interdisciplinary professional society that brings together scientists from a wide range of fields, including chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics and engineering. The rank of AVS fellow acknowledges members who have made sustained and outstanding scientific and technical research contributions. No in excess of one-half of one percent of members are elected to the rank each year.
Dohnálek will be acknowledged along with the rest of the 2017 class of fellows at the society's fall symposium in Tampa in November.
Tags: Energy, Fundamental Science, Awards and Recognizes, Renewable Energy, Catalysis
Interdisciplinary teams at Pacific Northwest National Lab address many of America's most pressing issues in energy, the environment and national security through advances in basic and applied science. Founded in 1965, PNNL employs 4,400 staff and has an yearly budget of nearly $1 billion. It is managed by Battelle for the D.O.E.'s Office of Science. As the single biggest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, the Office of Science is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information on PNNL, visit the PNNL News Center, or follow PNNL on Facebook, Google+, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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