Personnel:

Simone Goergen, Postdoctoral Fellow

Education

2005-2008 Ph.D. in Chemistry; Ecole Normale Supérieure, Lyon, France
2002-2005 Master's Degree in Materials Science and Chemistry
Ecole de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux, Strasbourg, France
and Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany

Research Interests

Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured catalytic materials for clean energy technologies. Currently working on the design of soluble metal oxides for fuel combustion.

Recent Presentations

• Highly Active and Selective Au/MOx (M = Fe, Co) Catalysts for the Dehydrogenation of Naphthenes, S. Goergen, B. Ricks, P. Wu, R. Si and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, oral presentation at AIChE 2010 Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, USA, November 2010.
• Design of Nanostructured Au/Fe3O4 Catalysts with High Stability and Activity for Hydrogen Production, S. Goergen, B. Ricks, P. Wu and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, oral presentation at 240th ACS Fall Meeting, Boston, USA, August 2010.

Publications

Scientific Articles:

• M.B. Boucher, S. Goergen, N. Yi and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, 'Shape Effects' in Metal Oxide Supported Nanoscale Gold Catalysts, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics, 2011, 13, 2517.
• S. Goergen, E. Fayad, S. Laforge, P. Magnoux, L. Rouleau and J. Patarin, Synthesis of Layered MCM-22(P) in the Presence of Hexamethonium Cations and its Transformation into EUO- and MWW-Type Zeolites, Journal of Porous Materials, 2010, DOI 10.1007/s10934-010-9421-1.
• S. Goergen, M.A. Saada, M. Soulard, L. Rouleau and J. Patarin, Dry Gel Conversion Synthesis of Shape Controlled MFI Type Zeolite Materials, Journal of Porous Materials, 2010, 17, 635.
• S. Goergen, E. Guillon, J. Patarin and L. Rouleau, Shape Controlled Zeolite EU-1 (EUO) Catalysts: Dry Gel Conversion Type Synthesis, Characterization and Formation Mechanisms, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2009, 126, 283.
• Zimmer, S. Goergen and W. Reschetilowski, "Epoxidierung von C=C-Doppelbindungen mit in situ erzeugtem Wasserstoffperoxid", Chemie Ingenieur und Technik, 2007, 79, 429.
• S. Goergen, E. Guillon, J. Patarin and L. Rouleau, "Preparation of Advanced Zeolite Catalysts by Dry Gel Conversion", In: A. Gedeon, P. Massiani, F. Babonneau (Eds.), Zeolites and Related Materials: Trends Targets and Challenges, Proceedings of the 4th International FEZA Conference, Paris, France, Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, Vol. 174, Part 1, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2008, p. 444.
• S. Goergen, E. Guillon, B. Rebours, L. Sorbier, J. Patarin and L. Rouleau, "Dry Gel Conversion Synthesis of Zeolite EU-1 from Low Alkali Containing Precursors", In: R. Xu, J. Chen, Z. Gao and W. Yan (Eds.), From Zeolites to Porous MOF Materials, Proceedings of the 15th International Zeolite Conference, Beijing, China, Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, Vol. 170, Part 1, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2007, p. 277.

Patents:

• S. Goergen, L. Rouleau and J. Patarin, Method for Preparing a FU-1 Crystallised Solid Using a Cation such as Polymethylene Alpha-Psi Diammonium as an Organic Structuring Compound, EP 2196437 A1.
• S. Goergen, L. Rouleau, E. Guillon, F. Guillou, L. Simon, C. Bouchy and J. Patarin, Zeolitic Catalysts, Their Process for Preparation and Their Applications, US 2010/0179361 A1.
• S. Goergen, L. Rouleau, E. Guillon and J. Patarin, Preparation of a Porous Composite Material Based on EU-1 Zeolite and its Implementation in the Isomerization of C8 Aromatics, US 2009/0062585 (A1).
• S. Goergen, L. Rouleau and J. Patarin, Novel Process for Preparing Zeolite EU-1, WO 2008/152214 (A1).