Collin Queen

Graduate Research Assistant

Advised by Professor David Hibbitts

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Background

Education

Purdue University, Ph.D. Chemical Engineering (2025 – Present)
University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.S. Chemical Engineering (2025)

Experience

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Hermans Research Group, University of Wisconsin-Madison: (2023 – 2025)
Hubert Gasteiger Chair (TU-Munich), Research Internship (TUM-PREP): (2024)

Project Description

C-C hydrogenolysis of Isobutane on Ruthenium catalysts.

Awards

Reid Bryson Poster Competition Winner (2024)
Dempsky Undergraduate Research Award (2024)
Ackerman Undergraduate Research Award (2024)

Publications

Preventing Loss of Selectivity During the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane over Supported Vanadium Catalysts. ACS Catalysis, Vol. 15, 2025, pp. 5557–5567.
Realizing Synergy Between Cu, Ga, and Zr for Selective CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol. Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, Vol. 355, 2024.