Prof. Umit S. Ozkan Receives the 2027 NACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Catalysis

Pro­fes­sor Umit S. Ozkan is award­ed for her trans­for­ma­tive ser­vice to the field of catal­y­sis through her cut­ting-edge research, lead­er­ship, men­tor­ship, and community-building.

Her sus­tained con­tri­bu­tions to NACS and the broad­er catal­y­sis com­mu­ni­ty span­ning over many decades have fos­tered cross-soci­ety col­lab­o­ra­tion, ele­vat­ed stan­dards for schol­ar­ship, and expand­ed par­tic­i­pa­tion across the field. Her impact includes men­tor­ing 100+ researchers, serv­ing in many lead­er­ship roles in pro­fes­sion­al orga­ni­za­tions, exten­sive edi­to­r­i­al ser­vice, and pio­neer­ing field-bridg­ing con­tri­bu­tions link­ing ther­mal catal­y­sis and elec­tro­catal­y­sis.  She is rec­og­nized by many awards, includ­ing NACS Bur­well Award, ACS Olah and Storch Awards,  AICHE Mar­garet Rousseau Life-time Achieve­ment Award and by elec­tion to the Nation­al Acad­e­my of Engineering.

Con­grat­u­la­tions, Prof. Ozkan!

Javier Guz­man

Pres­i­dent, North Amer­i­can Catal­y­sis Society