Madelyn Ball
Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (ChEMS), College of Engineering
Engineering Building, 428 S Shaw Ln
Biography
Ball's research interests are in the area of heterogeneous catalysis, focusing on design of well controlled nanoparticle materials. We take fundamental approaches to heterogeneous catalysis and apply them to CO2 and natural gas conversion reactions to facilitate sustainable chemical production. Using both catalysis and synthetic materials chemistry, we employ operando spectroscopic techniques and well-controlled ... catalyst synthesis methods in order to elucidate active site structures under reactive environments in order to design and develop improved catalysts.
Read MoreEducation
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2019
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of New Hampshire, 2014
Publications
Abir, M.A.; Phillips, R.E.; Harrah, J.Z.M.; Ball, M.R.; Investigation of titania and ceria support effects in nickel catalyzed CO2 methanation. Catal. Sci. Tech. (2024).
Kulkarni, M.; Roy, D.; Khuu, N.H.; Sanyal, O; Ball, M.R.; Expanding the toolbox for development of metal-based dual-functional catalytic membranes. AIChE Journal. 69, 11, e18238 (2023). *Featured on issue cover*
Ball, M.R.; Proano, L;, Nezam, I.; Lee, D.C.; Alamgir, F.; Jones, C.W.; Citral Hydrogenation over Dilute Alloy Catalysts. ChemCatChem. e202201396 (2023).
Ball, M.R.; Rivera-Dones, K.R.; Gilcher, E.B.; Ausman, S.F.; Hullfish, C.W.; Lebron, E.A.; Dumesic, J.A.; AgPd and CuPd Catalysts for Selective Hydrogenation of Acetylene. ACS Catal., 10, 8567-8581. (2020).