Juan Jimenez
Research Staff 3 Chemistry, Catalysis: Reactivity and Structure Group, Chemistry Division
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Chemistry Division
Bldg. 555, Room 301
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
Research Interests
Heterogeneous catalysis, powder catalysts, C1 chemistry, single atom catalysis, in situ/operando characterization (XAFS, DRIFTS, UV/vis, XPS, XRD) for thermal catalysis. Synthesis and chacterization of mixed metal oxides, oxidation catalyst, and general nanomaterials. Design of Experiments (DoE) and high-throughput methodologies for material discovery
Research | Education | Appointments | Publications | Highlights | Awards
Research Activities
Catalysis: Reactivity and Structure
Education
PhD., University of South Carolina (Chemical Engineering), 2020
B.E., CUNY City College of New York (Chemical Engineering), 2015
Professional Appointments
Assistant Chemist, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Chemistry Division, Catalysis: Reactivity and Structure Group, November 2024 - present
Goldhaber Fellow, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Chemistry Division, Catalysis: Reactivity and Structure Group, August 2021 - August 2024
Adjunct Assistant Professor, CUNY City College of New York
Department of Chemical Engineering, August 2022 - December 2022
Research Associate, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Chemistry Division, Catalysis: Reactivity and Structure Group, August 2020 - November 2024
Visiting Scholar, Hokkaido University
Institute of Catalysis, January 2019 - June 2019
Graduate Research Assistant, University of South Carolina
Chemical Engineering, August 2015 - May 2020
Selected Publications
- Jiménez JD, Lustemberg PG, Danielis M, et al (2024) From Methane to Methanol: Pd-iC-CeO2 Catalysts Engineered for High Selectivity via Mechanochemical Synthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c04815
- Li Z, Wang P, Lyu X, et al (2024) Directing CO2 electroreduction pathways for selective C2 product formation using single-site doped copper catalysts. Nature Chemical Engineering 1:159–169. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44286-023-00018-w
- Danielis M, Jiménez JD, Rui N, et al (2023) Tuning the hydrogenation of CO2 to CH4 over mechano-chemically prepared palladium supported on ceria. Applied Catalysis A: General 660:119185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2023.119185
- Jiménez JD, Betancourt LE, Danielis M, et al (2022) Identification of Highly Selective Surface Pathways for Methane Dry Reforming Using Mechanochemical Synthesis of Pd–CeO2. ACS Catalysis 12:12809–12822. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c01120
- Jimenez JD, Wen C, Royko MM, Kropf AJ, Segre C, Lauterbach J (2019) Influence of Coordination Environment of Anchored Single-Site Cobalt Catalyst on CO 2 Hydrogenation. ChemCatChem 12:846–854. doi: 10.1002/cctc.201901676
- Fan M, Jimenez JD, Shirodkar SN, Wu J, Chen S, Song L, Royko MM, Zhang J, Guo H, Cui J, Zuo K, Wang W, Zhang C, Yuan F, Vajtai R, Qian J, Yang J, Yakobson BI, Tour JM, Lauterbach J, Sun D, Ajayan PM (2019) Atomic Ru Immobilized on Porous h-BN through Simple Vacuum Filtration for Highly Active and Selective CO2 Methanation. ACS Catalysis 9:10077–10086. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.9b02197
- Jimenez JD, Wen C, Lauterbach J (2019) Design of highly active cobalt catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation via the tailoring of surface orientation of nanostructures. Catalysis Science & Technology 9:1970–1978. doi: 10.1039/c9cy00402e
- Wu J, Wen C, Zou X, Jimenez J, Sun J, Xia Y, Fonseca Rodrigues M-T, Vinod S, Zhong J, Chopra N, Odeh IN, Ding G, Lauterbach J, Ajayan PM (2017) Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation over a Metal-Free Carbon-Based Catalyst. ACS Catalysis 7:4497–4503. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.7b00729
Research Highlights
Juan Jimenez Named Blavatnik Regional Awards Finalist
Catalyst for 'One-Step' Conversion of Methane to Methanol
TBR News Featured Article on CO2 to plastics
CO2 Conversion Helps Industry, Addresses Climate
Novel Chemical Reaction Supports Carbon-Neutral Industrial Processes
Transforming a Carbon Based Economy
Awards & Recognition
2024 Blavatnik Regional Award Finalist: Chemical Sciences
2023 NAM28 Integrated Syngas Chemistry Session Chair
2021 Goldhaber Distinguished Fellowship
2021 ACS Young Chemist Leadership Development Award
2020 UofSC Breakthrough Graduate Scholar Award
2020 UofSC Department of Chemical Engineering Outstanding Graduate Researcher
2019 AIChE 50th Anniversary of ExxonMobil Corporate Strategic Research Presentation
Outstanding Service Award 2019 UofSC Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Awards
Richard J Kokes Award for the 26th North American Catalysis Society Meeting
2018 Dow Chemical Company Building Engineering and Science Talent (BEST) Recipient
2015 National Science Foundation IGERT Fellow
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Chemistry Division
Bldg. 555, Room 301
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000