Dr. Michael J. Chen
Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division
Office of Basic Energy Sciences
SC-22.1/Germantown Building
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20585-1290

E-Mail: michael.chen@science.doe.gov
Phone: (301) 903-2368

Dr. Chen is a detailee from the Catalysis Research Group of Chemical Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory ( ANL ) and is a Program Manager in the Catalysis and Chemical Transformations program.  He received his B.Sc. from National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan) in 1964 and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1972.   He held postdoctoral positions at the University of Southern California and at Indiana University.  He has been a staff chemist at ANL since 1977.

Dr. Chen's main research interests are in the mechanistic studies of catalytic reactions.  He has studied the oxidative addition reactions of low-valence transition metal complexes, the homologation of methanol in basic media, the isomerization of quadricyclane to norbornadiene, and the oxidation of amines to amine N-oxides with molecular oxygen.  He has also studied the use of metallophthalocyanines as catalysts for C–H bond activation and for the oxidation of olefins.  Dr. Chen’s current research employs the in-situ NMR and IR spectroscopy under high temperatures and high pressures to study the hydrogenation of carbon monoxide and the hydroformylation of olefins.  These techniques make it possible for in-situ identification of previously unknown and unsuspected species.  

 

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