Southeastern Catalysis Society

This is the official Twitter account for the Southeastern Catalysis Society; a member of the North American Catalysis Society.

[Southeastern Catalysis Society @secatsoc]

A fantastic 25th SECS Symposium at Virginia Tech! 🎉

Record attendance, inspiring talks, posters, keynotes and speakers.

Congrats to all awardees! Huge thanks to Prof. Khatib, VTChemE grad students & all sponsors.

Thanks to @SzilvasiGroup for serving as President!

[Southeastern Catalysis Society @secatsoc]

Invited speakers are:
Prof. Gina Noh (Penn State)
Emma Hu (Georgia Tech)

Please register by December 19, 2025: https://t.co/0GibqlWzIJ

[Southeastern Catalysis Society @secatsoc]

The 2026 SECS Annual Symposium will take place in Blacksburg, Virginia, on March 9 - 10, 2026.

Abstract submission is requested by December 19, 2025

The keynote speaker is Dr. Yong Wang (Washington State University), the recipient of the 2025 Burwell Lectureship in Catalysis.

[Southeastern Catalysis Society @secatsoc]

Top Posters:
Tristan Maxson - UA
Mohan Shankar - UVA
Arigaa Zolboot - UVA

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The SECS held another successful Annual Symposium on Feb 10-11! Excellent talks and posters were given by our students. Several students were awarded "Top Oral Presentation" and "Top Poster",
Top Oral Presentation:
Sijie Guo - UTK
Sara Haidar - VT
Suchi Vijayaraghavan - GT

[Southeastern Catalysis Society @secatsoc]

Social Media Chair: Jason Bates (@jasonsbates)
Communication Manager: Md Masudur Rahman
Directors: Fanxing Li and John Kuhn
Representative to NACS: Andreas Heyden (@HeydenLab)
Past President: Jamie Harris (@JWHarrisCatal)

[Southeastern Catalysis Society @secatsoc]

New officers were elected at our Annual Symposium this February.
Your SECS officers are:
President: Tibor Szilvasi (@SzilvasiGroup)
Vice President: Guoxiang (Emma) Hu (@GuoxiangH)
Secretary: Jason Bates (@jasonsbates)
Treasurer: Sreshtha Sinha Majumdar

[Southeastern Catalysis Society @secatsoc]

Great scientific discussions at the SECS poster session!

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Umit Ozkan delivered a fantastic Burwell Lecure on electrocatalysis with CNx materials!!

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The SECS annual meeting is off to a great start!

[Southeastern Catalysis Society @secatsoc]

The SECS annual symposium is ONE week away! Each week we are announcing our invited and keynote speakers.

We are looking forward to Umit Ozkan's Burwell Lecture entitled "Electrocatalysis on Heteroatom-doped Carbon (CNx) Catalysts: Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) and Beyond"!

[Southeastern Catalysis Society @secatsoc]

The SECS annual symposium is 2 weeks away! Each week we are announcing our invited and keynote speakers.

We are looking forward to Aleksey Yezerets's Ciapetta Lecture entitled "Catalysis for Clean Commercial Power"!

[Southeastern Catalysis Society @secatsoc]

The SECS annual symposium is 3 weeks away! Each week we are announcing our invited and keynote speakers.

We are looking forward to Hilal Ezgi Toraman's invited talk: "Enhancing Product Characterization and Catalysis Insights through Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography (GC×GC)"!

[Southeastern Catalysis Society @secatsoc]

The SECS annual symposium is 4 weeks away! Each week we will be announcing our invited and keynote speakers.

We are looking forward to Tibor Szilvási's invited talk entitled "Modeling Supported Nanoparticles for Catalysis"!

[Southeastern Catalysis Society @secatsoc]

The deadline for registration and abstract submission for the 2025 SECS Annual Symposium has been extended to 11:59 pm EST on Friday, 12/20/2024 (one week from now). More details about registration and abstract submission are provided below.

We look forward to seeing you in Feb!

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The 2025 SECS Annual Symposium will be in Clemson, SC on February 10-11, 2025!

The keynote speaker is Dr. Aleksey Yezerets (Cummins), the recipient of the 2024 F.G. Ciapetta Lectureship in Catalysis.

Please register by December 13, 2024: https://t.co/a3WV6EudXr

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A reminder that the 2025 SECS Annual Symposium will be held in Clemson, SC on February 10-11, 2025! Please note that abstract submission is requested by December 13, 2024 (in <2 weeks).

[Southeastern Catalysis Society @secatsoc]

The 2025 SECS Annual Symposium will be in Clemson, SC on February 10-11, 2025!

The keynote speaker is Dr. Aleksey Yezerets (Cummins), the recipient of the 2024 F.G. Ciapetta Lectureship in Catalysis.

Please register by December 13, 2024: https://t.co/a3WV6EudXr

[Southeastern Catalysis Society @secatsoc]

The 2025 SECS Annual Symposium will be in Clemson, SC on February 10-11, 2025!

The keynote speaker is Dr. Aleksey Yezerets (Cummins), the recipient of the 2024 F.G. Ciapetta Lectureship in Catalysis.

Please register by December 13, 2024: https://t.co/a3WV6EudXr

[NAM29 @NAM29NACS]

We are excited to announce that abstract submission for NAM29 is open! Abstracts are due November 22, 2024.

See https://t.co/FYGyqnBuMJ for more information.

We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta!

[Southeastern Catalysis Society @secatsoc]

We are pleased to announce the date and location for the 24th Annual SECS Symposium!
The meeting will be held in Clemson, SC on February 10th-11th, 2025, at the Clemson University Conference Center and Inn. Please save the date on your calendars!

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Congratulations to group member Sugandha Verma for winning an oral presentation award and group member Kelsey Levine for winning a poster award at the @secatsoc's Annual Symposium, held at @GeorgiaTech!