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Associate Editor Will Medlin has selected some outstanding research to share with you from Catalysis Science & Technology. Read now for free until 6^th August 2020.

Will Medlin received his Bachelors in chemical engineering from Clemson University in 1996 and his PhD from the University of Delaware in 2001. After conducting postdoctoral research at Sandia National Laboratories, he joined the chemical and biological engineering department at the University of Colorado, where he is currently the Denver Business Challenge Endowed Professor.

His research interests are in the area of heterogeneous catalysis and surface science, with particular emphases on investigations of catalytic chemistry on well-defined surfaces, and on controlling the near-surface environment of heterogeneous catalysts with organic monolayers and thin films.

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Paper
Direct Observation of Chemical Origins in Crystalline (NixCo1-x)2B Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts
Xinzhi, Ma; Zhao, Kaixin; Sun, Yu; Wang, Yue; Yan, Feng; Zhang, Xitian; Chen, Yu-Jin
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10, 2165-2172. DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00099J

Paper
Facile synthesis of a Ru dispersed N-doped carbon framework catalyst for electrochemical nitrogen reduction
Zhang, Ziqi; Yao, Kaida; Cong, Linchuan; Yu, Zhuochen; Qu, Lina; Huang, Weimin
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10, 1336-1342. DOI: 10.1039/C9CY02500F

Paper
How Coverage Influences Thermodynamic and Kinetic Isotope Effects for H2/D2 Dissociative Adsorption on Transition Metals
Chen, Benjamin; Mavrikakis, Manos
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10, 671-689. DOI: 10.1039/C9CY02338K

Paper
Importance of the decoration in shaped cobalt nanoparticles in the acceptor-less secondary alcohol dehydrogenation
Kaźmierczak, Kamila; Ramamoorthy, Raj Kumar; Moisset, Arthur; Viau, Guillaume; Viola, Arnaud; Giraud, Marion; Peron, Jennifer; Sicard, Lorette; Piquemal, Jean-Yves; Besson, Michele; Perret, Noémie; Michel, Carine
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article. DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00390E

Communication
Reductant composition influences the coordination of atomically dispersed Rh on anatase TiO2
Asokan, Chithra; Thang, Ho; Pacchioni, Gianfranco; Christopher, Phillip
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10, 1597-1601. DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00146E

We hope you enjoy reading the articles!

We would like to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Catalysis Science & Technology in 2019, as selected by the editorial team, for their significant contribution to the journal. The reviewers have been chosen based on the number, timeliness and quality of the reports completed over the last 12 months.

We would like to say a big thank you to those individuals listed here as well as to all of the reviewers that have supported the journal. Each Outstanding Reviewer will receive a certificate to give recognition for their significant contribution.

Prof. Krijn de Jong, Utrecht University, ORCID: 0000-0002-9773-8110

Prof. Arjan Kleij, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, ORCID: 0000-0002-7402-4764

Dr Jinzhu Ma, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ORCID: 0000-0003-1878-0669

Dr Cecilia Mondelli, ETH Zurich, ORCID: 0000-0003-3917-6794

Prof. Eun Duck Park, Ajou University, ORCID: 0000-0001-5959-1982

Dr Yasuhiro Shiraishi, Osaka University, ORCID: 0000-0003-1812-0644

Dr Balaram Takale, UC Santa Barbara, ORCID: 0000-0001-8279-944X

Prof. Yuechang Wei, China University of Petroleum, ORCID: 0000-0002-1516-5778

Prof. Mingyang Xing, East China University of Science and Technology, ORCID: 0000-0002-0518-2849

Prof. Youzhu Yuan, Xiamen University, ORCID: 0000-0003-1668-9984

We would also like to thank the Catalysis Science & Technology board and the catalysis community for their continued support of the journal, as authors, reviewers and readers.

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