Meet I&EC Research 2019 Class of Influential Researchers

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research is pleased to announce its 2019 Class of Influential Researchers. The global team of editors and editorial advisory board members identified this class of influential, early career researchers (those with 10 or so years in their independent research career) on the basis of the quality and impact of their research.

This Virtual Special Issue comprises both reviews and original research articles invited from this talented group of early-career scientists and engineers. I&EC Research is delighted to showcase these 32 articles and feature these authors. The Influential Researchers are listed below, in alphabetical order by last name, along with their associated articles.

I&EC Research has been at the forefront of chemical engineering research since 1909, and we continue today as the largest and most-cited general chemical engineering research journal in the world. The journals congratulate the 2019 Class of Influential Researchers for being at the forefront of their field today.

Read the Editorial by Phillip E. Savage, Editor-in-Chief Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.

Phillip Christopher

Atomically Dispersed Rh Active Sites on Oxide Supports with Controlled Acidity for Gas-Phase Halide-Free Methanol Carbonylation to Acetic Acid

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 28, 12632-12641
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b02289
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Orlando Coronell

Influence of Water Uptake, Charge, Manning Parameter, and Contact Angle on Water and Salt Transport in Commercial Ion Exchange Membranes

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, XXXXXXXXXX-XXX
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b04113
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Xuezhi Duan

Site-Dependent Activity and Selectivity of H2O2 Formation from H2 and O2 over Au-Based Catalysts

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 33, 15119-15126
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01459
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Pei-Gao Duan

Hydrotreating the Low-Boiling-Point Fraction of Biocrude in Hydrogen Donor Solvents for Production of Trace-Sulfur Liquid Fuel

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 24, 10210-10223
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01274
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Mara Freire

Odd–Even Effect in the Formation and Extraction Performance of Ionic-Liquid-Based Aqueous Biphasic Systems

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 19, 8323-8331
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b00663
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Taotao Fu

Effects of the Gas Feed on Bubble Formation in a Microfluidic T-Junction: Constant-Pressure versus Constant-Flow-Rate Injection

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 23, 10092-10105
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01262
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C. Franklin Goldsmith

Computer-Generated Kinetics for Coupled Heterogeneous/Homogeneous Systems: A Case Study in Catalytic Combustion of Methane on Platinum

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 38, 17682-17691
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01464
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Jinlong Gong

Transparent Ta2O5 Protective Layer for Stable Silicon Photocathode under Full Solar Spectrum

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 14, 5510-5515
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b00147
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Chrysanthos Gounaris

Multi-mode Resource Constrained Project Scheduling with Alternative Prerequisites: New Models and Computational Studies

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 39, 18253-18266
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b02455
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Matthew Green

Photocurable Poly(ethylene glycol) Diacrylate Resins with Variable Silica Nanoparticle Loading

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 32, 14775-14784
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b02068
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Zhiqian Guo

POSS: A Morphology-Tuning Strategy To Improve the Sensitivity and Responsiveness of Dissolved Oxygen Sensor

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 19, 7761-7768
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b00806
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Malancha Gupta

Downstream Monomer Capture and Polymerization during Vapor Phase Fabrication of Porous Membranes

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 23, 9908-9914
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01315
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Burcu Gurkan

Hybrid Ionic Liquid Capsules for Rapid CO2 Capture

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 24, 10503-10509
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b00314
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M. M. Faruque Hasan

Mapping the Material-Property Space for Feasible Process Operation: Application to Combined Natural-Gas Separation and Storage

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 24, 10455-10465
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01469
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Xu Hou

Mobile Liquid Gating Membrane System for Smart Piston and Valve Applications

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 27, 11976-11984
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01696
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Richard Lakerveld

Integrated Continuous Plug-Flow Crystallization and Spray Drying of Pharmaceuticals for Dry Powder Inhalation

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 36, 16843-16857
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01730
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Zuwei Liao

Molecular Reconstruction of Naphtha via Limited Bulk Properties: Methods and Comparisons

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, XXXXXXXXXX-XXX
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b03290
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Jiuyang Lin

Sustainable Management of Textile Wastewater: A Hybrid Tight Ultrafiltration/Bipolar-Membrane Electrodialysis Process for Resource Recovery and Zero Liquid Discharge

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 25, 11003-11012
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01353
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Pingwei Liu

Tailoring CO2-Responsive Polymers and Nanohybrids for Green Chemistry and Processes

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 33, 15088-15108
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b02433
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Yingying Lu

Realizing High Voltage Lithium Cobalt Oxide in Lithium-Ion Batteries

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 24, 10119-10139
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01236
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Niall Mac Dowell

A Techno-Economic Analysis of a Novel Solvent-Based Oxycombustion CO2 Capture Process

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 16, 6604-6612
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b00305
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Matteo Maestri

Development and Assessment of a Criterion for the Application of Brønsted–Evans–Polanyi Relations for Dissociation Catalytic Reactions at Surfaces

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 23, 9864-9874
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01628
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Ruth Misener

Robust Optimization for the Pooling Problem

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 28, 12712-12722
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01772
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Fusheng Pan

Elevated Pervaporative Desulfurization Performance of Pebax-Ag+@MOFs Hybrid Membranes by Integrating Multiple Transport Mechanisms

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 36, 16911-16921
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b03064
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Khalik Sabil

Selective Separation of Methane from Carbon Dioxide through sII Hydrates Formation in a Semibatch Process

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 36, 16834-16842
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01212
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Sujit Sen

Sono-assisted Adsorption of As(V) from Water by Rice-Husk-Ash-Derived Iron-Modified Mesoporous Zeolite Y: A Cradle-to-Cradle Solution to a Problematic Solid Waste Material

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 31, 14073-14087
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01785
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Jiafu Shi

Hierarchically Porous and Water-Tolerant Metal–Organic Frameworks for Enzyme Encapsulation

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 28, 12835-12844
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b02164
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Liliana Tomé

Impact of MOF-5 on Pyrrolidinium-Based Poly(ionic liquid)/Ionic Liquid Membranes for Biogas Upgrading

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2020, 59, 1, 308-317
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b04206
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Gianvito Vile

A Novel and Efficient Continuous-Flow Route To Prepare Trifluoromethylated N-Fused Heterocycles for Drug Discovery and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 24, 10164-10171
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01906
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Jingtao Wang

An Electronegative Modified Separator with Semifused Pores as a Selective Barrier for Highly Stable Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 31, 14538-14547
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01727
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Hongliang Xin

New Insights into Electrochemical Ammonia Oxidation on Pt(100) from First Principles

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 25, 10819-10828
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01471
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Zhengjin Yang

Poly(phenylene oxide)-Based Ion-Exchange Membranes for Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Battery

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 25, 10707-10712
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01377
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Jisong Zhang

Rapid Measurement of Gas Solubility in Ionic Liquids with a Simple Tube-in-Tube Reactor

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 16, 6696-6703
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b00478
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