Jens Nørskov elected to NAE
Jens Nørskov, the Leland T. Edwards Professor in the School of Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for theoretical approaches to design of heterogeneous catalysts, linking reaction rates to microscopic catalyst properties.
Nørskov is a professor of chemical engineering and photon science, and director of the SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis at Stanford University and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. His research focuses on developing theoretical methods and concepts to understand and predict properties of materials.
Nørskov recently received the Langmuir Award from the American Physical Society and the North American Catalysis Society’s Michel Boudart Award for the Advancement of Catalysis.
Election to the National Academy of Engineering honors outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice or education. Membership in the NAE is a select honor. The academy has just 2,250 members in the United States and 214 foreign associates. With Norskov’s election, the Stanford Engineering faculty includes 111 members of this prestigious body.
