Stuart L. Soled
Stuart L. Soled
The Energy & Fuels Division of the American Chemical Society has selected Dr. Stuart L. Soled (ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co.) as recipient of the 2016 Distinguished Researcher Award. Dr. Soled has made outstanding contributions on the discovery, development and commercialization of step-out catalytic materials that have had a significant impact in our petroleum refining industry as well as advancing the scientific understanding of petroleum chemistry.
Dr. Soled’s remarkable accomplishments cover a broad range of catalyst technologies and are products of his scientific creativity, his passion for research and his unwavering approach of bridging the fundamentals of catalysis with some of our most pressing industrial and societal challenges. For example, his novel catalytic materials are used in more than 30 refineries throughout the world to meet the increasing demand for cleaner-burning ultra-low sulfur fuels and high performance lubricants. His impactful and broad contributions, and the balanced approach that he takes between basic and applied research are unparalleled within the industrial catalysis community today and are reflected in his more than 110 issued U.S. Patents, 86 scientific publications, and his numerous invited lectures at national and international scientific meetings. His major contributions focus on the following areas: (1) novel nanostructured metal oxide / metal sulfide bulk hydroprocessing catalysts; (2) new synthesis methods for the design of highly active and selective dispersed noble metal or metal oxide / sulfide supported catalysts; and (3) solid Acid Catalysis
Dr. Soled has unselfishly served our scientific community and has been a very effective spokesperson of industrial catalysis in the national and international scientific community. He has presented over 40 plenary and keynote lectures, including invited lectures to American Chemical Society, North American Catalysis Society, the local North American chapters of the Southwestern, Tri-States, Philadelphia, and New York Catalysis Clubs as well as the Catalysis and Solid State Gordon Conferences and several International Conferences. He has organized multiple symposia at American Chemical Society, North American Catalysis Society, and Materials Research Society meetings, and has chaired the Gordon Conference in Catalysis and co-organized the 5th Acid-Base International Conferences in Catalysis and the 2004 ACS Colloidal Science Division Session on “Synthesis and Structure of Organic and Inorganic Oxides and Sulfide Composites.” Currently, he is a Board member of the North American Catalysis Society, member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Catalysis, and Editor of Catalysis Communications. He has been an active member of the American Chemical Society since 1973, and has contributed, as a presenter or an invited speaker or symposium organizer, to the success of many ACS meetings.
The ACS ENFL division has organized an Award symposium in his honor at ACS Spring 2016 national meeting.