Automated 4 or 8 independent, parallel lab reactors in one unit speed up catalyst research

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Heterogeneous catalyst testing rates of 120 kinetic data points a week save time and resources during screening Norcross, GA, USA – October 13, 2020. Micromeritics Instrument Corp., the world’s leading supplier of high-performance material characterization technologies, enables scientists to accelerate catalyst research with the Micromeritics Multi Reactor (MR) series. The fully automated and computer-controlled Micromeritics…

Jack G. Saad

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Jack G. Saad Associate Scientist Jack G. Saad earned his ACS Certified BS Chem degree in chemistry from the University of Georgia.  As an undergraduate, he worked with a variety of tungsten compounds to induce photo-initiated polymerization of cyanoacrylate using specific wavelengths of visible light, an application used in the adhesive industry.  He began his…

Anthony W. Thornton

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Anthony W. Thornton Senior Product Scientist Director, Product Integrity and Performance Anthony W. Thornton received both his B.S. degree in Chemistry (cum laude) and his M.S. degree in Analytical Chemistry from Emory University in Atlanta, in 1980. Tony’s research at Emory involved liquid chromatography, specifically the use of ion-pair chromatography and isocratic separation of catecholamines…

Simon Yunes

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Simon Yunes Senior Application Scientist Dr. Yunes received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from the Central University of Venezuela.  He received both his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physical Chemistry from Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, with “La Plus Grande Distinction,” the highest honor to be granted by the University.  His Ph.D. thesis was carried out…

Jacek Jagiello

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Dr. Jacek Jagiello Senior Scientist Dr. Jacek Jagiello received his M.S. degree in chemistry from Jagiellonian University, in Krakow, Poland, with a specialty in Quantum Chemistry. He received his Doctorate in Chemistry at M. Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland in 1984, studying the thermodynamics of physical adsorption on heterogeneous surfaces, under the supervision of Prof. W.…

Jeff Kenvin

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Jeff Kenvin Group Leader, Scientific Services Group Dr. Kenvin received his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Drexel University in Philadelphia , Pa. He received his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Ga. His areas of expertise are in the characterization of porous materials and catalysts using physical…