Chae Jeong-Potter

Assistant Professor

Biomedical and Chemical Engineering

cjeongpo@syr.edu

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Areas of Expertise:

  • Carbon management
  • Carbon capture (direct air capture, point source capture) and utilization
  • Heterogeneous catalysis
  • Catalyst synthesis and characterization
  • Electrified processes (induction, plasma, joule-heating) for fuel and chemical production

The Applied Catalytic Technologies (ACT) Lab seeks to reimagine our carbon economy by making efficient use of abundant waste carbon streams. Using both applied and fundamental approaches, we aim to understand and leverage dynamic interactions between materials and reaction driving forces. Our main objectives are to: (1) apply traditional thermal catalysis and emergent electrified catalytic technologies (i.e., plasma and induction catalysis) to the upgrading of waste gases (CO2, biogas, acid gases), (2) contextualize material characterization to overall performance, understanding not only structure-function relations but also elucidating material-process synergies and material responses to process stimuli, and (3) achieve statistically robust process optimization through design of experiments, while addressing bottlenecks and technology barriers identified by technoeconomic and life cycle analyses through collaboration.

Honors and Awards:

  • Director’s Award, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (2024)
  • Key Contributor Award, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (2022, 2024)
  • Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (2022-2024)
  • Co-chair, CCUS Gordon Research Seminar (2023)
  • Cohn Memorial Scholarship, Columbia University (2018-2021)
  • Henry Ender’s Fellowship, Cooper Union (2016)

Selected Publications:

Jeong-Potter, C., Arellano-Treviño, M.A., McNeary, W., Hill, A., Ruddy, D., & To, A. “Modified Cu-Zn-Al mixed oxide dual function materials enable reactive carbon capture to methanol.” Energy and Environmental Science – Catalysis, 2 (2024), 253.

Jeong-Potter, C., Porta, A., Lietti, L., & Farrauto, R. “Aging of low Ru content Dual Function Materials for combined CO2 capture and methanation for point source applications.” Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 310 (2022) 121294.

Jeong-Potter, C., Abdallah, M.J., Cory Sanderson, Mark Goldman, Raghubir Gupta, & Farrauto, R. “Dual function materials (Ru+Na2O/Al2O3) for direct air capture of CO2 and in situ catalytic methanation: the impact of realistic ambient conditions.” Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 307 (2022) 120990.

Professor Jeong-Potter’s full list of publications can be found on Google Scholar.

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