报告人：Prof. Ralph Thomas Baker

University of Ottawa

报告人单位：University of Ottawa

报告时间：2025年10月15日 15:00-16:00

报告地点：张江校区6号楼二楼宣讲厅

邀请人：肖玉兰 副教授

报告摘要

Prof. Ralph Tomas Baker’s current research interests are centered around application of base metal complexes for polyfluoroalkene conversion to important fluorinated organoccompounds and bifunctional base-metal catalyst mechanisms.

报告人简介

Prof. Baker obtained his B.Sc. (Honours) in Chemistry (1975) from the University of British Columbia, Canada and Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry (1980) from UCLA (Fred Hawthorne advisor). After a postdoctoral stint with Philip Skell at Penn State working on metal atomchemistry and EPR spectroscopy, Tom spent fifteen years at DuPont CR&D developing applications of homogeneous catalysis to fluorochemicals, titanium dioxide, and nylon intermediates. In 1996 he joined the Chemistry division at Los Alamos National Laboratory where he led projects in bifunctional and multiphasic catalysis approaches for alkane functionalization and chemical hydrogen storage and production. In 2008 Baker joined the Chemistry Department at University of Ottawa as Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Catalysis Science for Energy Applications and Director of the Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation.