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Prof. Porosoff received his B.S. (2009) and M.S. (2010) in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University in 2015, where his thesis focused on developing catalysts for carbon dioxide conversion. He then served as a National Research Council-sponsored postdoctoral fellow at the Naval Research Laboratory on the "Seawater to Fuel" project.
At Rochester, his group pioneered catalyst development for CO₂ conversion and is now at the forefront of integrating large language models and pulsed Joule heating into materials discovery. His work spans fundamental catalysis, in situ spectroscopy, and AI-guided experimentation. In 2026 he was appointed to the Early Career Board of EES Catalysis (Royal Society of Chemistry).
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester. Undergraduate research at Cornell and Brookhaven National Lab sparked his interest in AI-driven catalyst design. Focuses on NLP-based catalyst discovery for CO₂ valorization. Co-author on 2023 ACS Catalysis paper.
B.S. (Honors) and M.S. (Sustainable Process Engineering) from University of Moratuwa. Industrial background in polymer design and water treatment. Joined UR 2022. Lead author on 2026 EES Catalysis cover paper; co-author on 2026 ACS Catalysis paper. Focuses on catalyst design for CO₂ conversion and RWGS mechanisms.
Graduate student in Chemical Engineering. Interested in catalyst development and sustainable chemistry. Bio and photo coming soon.
Chemical Engineering, Class of 2028. Research interests and bio coming soon.
Chemical Engineering, Class of 2028. Research interests and bio coming soon.
Chemical Engineering, Class of 2029. Research interests and bio coming soon.
Chemical Engineering, Class of 2029. Research interests and bio coming soon.
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