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Susannah Lesley Scott
Alma materIowa State University
University of Alberta
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
University of Ottawa
French National Centre for Scientific Research
ThesisReactions of some chromium-oxygen complexes containing superoxo, hydroperoxo, oxo, and mu-peroxo ligands (1991)

Susannah L. Scott is a Canadian-American chemist who is Professor of Surface Chemistry and the Duncan and Suzanne Mellichamp Chair in Sustainable Catalysis at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research considers the design of heterogeneous catalysts for the efficient conversion of feedstocks and catalysts that improve the environment. She serves as an Executive Editor of ACS Catalysis and is a Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Early life and education[edit]

Scott earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry at the University of Alberta.[1] She moved to Iowa State University for her doctoral work, where she studied oxygen activation and oxidation mechanisms catalysed by transition metals.[2] She worked under the supervision of James (Jim) Espenson and Andreja Bakac.[1] After completing her doctorate, Scott joined the French National Centre for Scientific Research as a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow where she worked with Jean-Marie Basset.

Research and career[edit]

In 2001, Scott joined the faculty at the University of Ottawa, where she was named a Canada Research Chair.[1] Scott moved to the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2003.[citation needed]

Scott's research considers the design of heterogeneous catalysts for the efficient conversion of feedstocks and catalysts that improve the environment.[3] The design of heterogenous catalysts is limited because of the lack of information about the identities of the active sites. To overcome these shortcomings, Scott has created model catalysts with precisely controlled local structures. She has created models of the active sites for the polymerisation of olefin and metathesis.[4]

Scott makes use of advanced spectroscopic methods to evaluate reaction mechanisms. In particular she makes use of infrared and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. In 2014, she founded the Mellichamp Academic Initiative in Sustainable Manufacturing and Product Design (SMDP),[5] which studies the extraction and manufacture of fuels and other materials.[6] She is interested in renewable feedstocks and environmentally-degradable materials.[7] She has developed low temperature catalysists that can upcycle polyethylene, allowing the conversion of used plastics into high-value materials.[8][9] She was named the Duncan & Suzanne Mellichamp Academic Initiative Professor in 2014.[citation needed]

In 2020, Scott was elected chair of the University of California, Santa Barbara Academic Senate.[10] That year she was appointed chair of the Gordon Research Conferences on Catalysis, which is due to be held in New Hampshire in 2022.[11]

Awards and honours[edit]

Selected publications[edit]

  • Valbona Celo; David R S Lean; Susannah L Scott (14 October 2005). "Abiotic methylation of mercury in the aquatic environment". Science of the Total Environment. 368 (1): 126–137. doi:10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2005.09.043. ISSN 0048-9697. PMID 16226793. Wikidata Q81355113.
  • Brandon J O'Neill; David H K Jackson; Anthony J Crisci; et al. (26 November 2013). "Stabilization of copper catalysts for liquid-phase reactions by atomic layer deposition". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52 (51): 13808–13812. doi:10.1002/ANIE.201308245. ISSN 1433-7851. PMID 24282166. Wikidata Q30702690.
  • Zhang, Fan; Zeng, Manhao; Yappert, Ryan D.; Sun, Jiakai; Lee, Yu-Hsuan; LaPointe, Anne M.; Peters, Baron; Abu-Omar, Mahdi M.; Scott, Susannah L. (2020-10-22). "Polyethylene upcycling to long-chain alkylaromatics by tandem hydrogenolysis/aromatization". Science. 370 (6515): 437–441. Bibcode:2020Sci...370..437Z. doi:10.1126/science.abc5441. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 33093105. S2CID 225042321.
  • Chamas, Ali; Moon, Hyunjin; Zheng, Jiajia; Qiu, Yang; Tabassum, Tarnuma; Jang, Jun Hee; Abu-Omar, Mahdi; Scott, Susannah L.; Suh, Sangwon (2020-03-09). "Degradation Rates of Plastics in the Environment". ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 8 (9): 3494–3511. doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b06635.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Susannah Scott". www.aiche.org. 2014-07-16. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  2. ^ Scott, Susannah Lesley (1991). Reactions of some chromium-oxygen complexes containing superoxo, hydroperoxo, oxo, and [mu]-peroxo ligands. Iowa State University Digital Repository. OCLC 897064190.
  3. ^ "Susannah Scott | Department of Chemistry - UC Santa Barbara". www.chem.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  4. ^ "Designing Active Sites in Heterogeneous Catalysts for Olefin Polymerization and Metathesis". sklc.dicp.ac.cn. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  5. ^ "Home | Mellichamp Sustainability". Mellichamp. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  6. ^ "Meet the Team | Mellichamp Sustainability". Mellichamp. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  7. ^ Broderick, Carlo (2020-04-14). "NAS Science Session: New Approaches to Solving the Plastics Dilemma (Featuring: Susannah Scott)". Mellichamp. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  8. ^ "PLASTICS: A Source of RECYCLED CARBON" (PDF). Convergence.
  9. ^ "These researchers have found a way to turn a common plastic into high-value molecules". World Economic Forum. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  10. ^ "Academic Senate - University of California, Santa Barbara". senate.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  11. ^ "2022 Catalysis Conference GRC". www.grc.org. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  12. ^ "YWCA WOMEN OF DISTINCTION AWARDS NOMINEES AND RECIPIENTS 1984 - 2020" (PDF).
  13. ^ "Six UCSB Faculty Members Named AAAS Fellows". The UCSB Current. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  14. ^ "Grace Hopper Lecture". Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  15. ^ Amsterdam, Universiteit van (2020-03-25). "Previous John van Geuns lectures from 2012 onwards - HIMS". Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences - University of Amsterdam. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  16. ^ shanna. "Boulder Scientific Sponsors 2019 Distinguished Lecture Series at Colorado State University". Boulder Scientific Company. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  17. ^ "Eastman Lecturers | College of Chemistry". chemistry.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
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