Rodrigo J. Lobo

Rodrigo J. Lobo

BS: 2003 Chemical Engineering - Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico

Contact Info:

Bruce C. Gates Catalysis Research Group

Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Davis

E-Mail: rjlobo@ucdavis.edu

Office Phone: (530) 752-3544

Ph.D. Thesis: In Progress - Bruce C. Gates Catalysis Research Group

Publications:

Chotisuwan, Saowapa; Wittayakun, Jatuporn; Lobo-Lapidus, Rodrigo J.; Gates, Bruce C. MgO-supported cluster catalysts with Pt-Ru interactions prepared from Pt₃Ru₆(CO)₂₁(m3-H)(m-H)₃. Catalysis Letters (2007), 115(3-4), 99-107.
K. Suriye, R. J. Lobo-Lapidus, G. J. Yeagle, P. Praserthdam, R. D. Britt, and B. C. Gates, "Probing Defect Sites on TiO₂ with H₃Re₃(CO)₁₂: Spectroscopic Characterization of the Surface Species,"Chemistry: A European Journal", submitted

Oral Presentations:

Lobo, R. J.; Uzun, A.; Bare, S. R.; McCall, M. J.; Gates, B. C. "Performance Testing and Structural Characterization of Gamma-Al₂O₃-Supported Rhenium Clusters and Particles for Methylcyclohexane Conversion", The 2006 Annual AIChE Meeting, San Francisco, 308f, 2006.

Poster Presentations:

Rodrigo J. Lobo, Michael J. McCall, Simon R. Bare, and B. C. Gates "g-Al₂O₃-Supported Rhenium Clusters: Catalyst for Olefin Conversion"
Rodrigo J. Lobo-Lapidus and Bruce C. Gates "gamma-Al₂O₃-Supported Trirhenium Clusters: Catalyst for Propylene Conversion", 20^th North American Catalysis Society Meeting (20^th NAM), O-S2-17, Houston, TX, 2007.
Kongkiat Suriye, Rodrigo J. Lobo-Lapidus, Gregory J. Yeagle, Piyasan Praserthdam, David R. Britt, and Bruce C. Gates "Probing TiO₂ Surface Defect Sites with a Metal Carbonyl Cluster: Characterization by EPR, IR, and EXAFS Spectroscopies ", 20^th North American Catalysis Society Meeting (20^th NAM), O-S2-17, Houston, TX, 2007.
Lobo-Lapidus R. J., Avila-Paredes H. J.. and de los Reyes-Heredia, J. A. (2003). Evaluation of kinetics of Pt, Pd, Cu-Pd (1:4) y Pt-Pd (1:4) supported on γ-Al2O3 for the hydrodeclorination of 1,2-dicloroethane. 24th annual meeting of the Mexican Academy for Research and Teaching in Chemical Engineering (AMIDIQ)