Christopher W. Jones

Contact Information

Email
christopher.jones@chbe.gatech.edu
Phone
(404) 385-1683
Fax
(404) 894-2866
Location
ES&T 2202
Research Group
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Christopher W. Jones

John F. Brock III School Chair and Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Awards

  • CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2002
  • Faculty Career Initiation Award, Shell Oil Company Foundation, 2002
  • CETL/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, 2004
  • Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award, 2004
  • DuPont Young Faculty Award, 2005
  • Hesburgh Teaching Fellow, 2008
  • Dreyfus Foundation Fellowship in Environmental Chemistry, 2008
  • Ipatieff Prize, American Chemical Society, 2010
  • Georgia Tech Award to the Outstanding Faculty Research Author, 2011
  • Georgia Tech Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development, 2012
  • Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis, North American Catalysis Society, 2013
  • Curtis W. McGraw Research Award, American Society of Engineering Education, 2013
  • Union Carbide Innovation Recognition Award, 1999

Education

  • B.S.E. Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1995
  • M.S. Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1997
  • Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1999

Research

  • Energy - CO2 Capture, Lignocellulose conversion
  • Catalysis - heterogeneous (supported organometallics, zeolites, oxides, supported metals and metal sulfides, etc.); homogeneous (soluble organometallics and coordination compounds); interface of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis (polymer- and oxide-supported molecular catalysts and catalyst leaching)
  • Separations - materials for adsorptive and membrane separations
Research Keywords
Catalysis; adsorption; materials chemistry; silica; zeolites; MOFs; supported molecular catalysts.