Office Address: 205 Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Building
Title: Associate Department Head
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Research Areas: Chemical Engineering
Electrochemical Technology
Fuels & Catalysis Science
Renewable Energy
Clean Fuels & Catalysis
Education Background: • B. S. in chemical engineering from Yale University
• Ph.D. from University of Virginia
About:
Janik is the Associate Department Head of Chemical Engineering and a professor of chemical engineering. He began his appointment at Penn State in August 2006. Janik received his B. S. in chemical engineering from Yale University. Following three years as a process engineer for Procter and Gamble, Janik completed his doctoral studies at the University of Virginia. Janik’s research applies atomistic modeling approaches to study systems of relevance for advanced energy conversion technology. The majority of ongoing projects examine electrocatalytic systems, applying first principles modeling techniques to determine reaction mechanism and advance the design of electrode materials for fuel cells. Modeling studies are conducted in collaboration with experimentalists in electrode design as well as in a range of alternative energy conversion technologies including the development of polymer electrolytes for lithium ion batteries, fossil fuel reforming and desulfurization, and biomass conversion to liquid fuels.
Research Interests:
• Modeling biomimetic covalent-organic frameworks for explosive degradation
• Computational methods to understand and design materials for alternative energy conversion systems
Memberships & Committees:
• Undergraduate Coordinator in Chemical Engineering
• AIChE
• ACS
• ECS
Wang, H., X. Nie, Y. Liu, M. J. Janik, X. Han, Y. Deng, W. Hu, C. S. Song, and X. Guo, (2022). Mechanistic Insight into Hydrocarbon Synthesis via CO2 Hydrogenation on χ-Fe5C2 Catalysts, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, v. 14, pp. 37637−37651, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c07029.
Guo, Y., H. He, X. Liu, Z. Chen, R. M. Rioux, M. J. Janik, and P. E. Savage, (2021). “Ring-opening and hydrodenitrogenation of indole under hydrothermal conditions over Ni, Pt, Ru, and Ni-Ru bimetallic catalysts”, Chemical Engineering Journal, v. 406, 126853.
Li, L., X. Nie, Y. Chen, M. J. Janik, C. S. Song, and X. Guo, (2021). Computational Insights into the Hydrodeoxygenation of Phenolic Compounds over Pt–Fe Catalysts, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, v. 125 (26), pp. 14239–14252.
Nie, X., W. Wan, Z. Zhang, Y. Chen, M. J. Janik, C. S. Song, and X. Guo, (2021). Mechanistic Insight into the Hydrodeoxygenation of Hydroquinone over Au/a-TiO2 Catalyst, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, v. 125 (12), pp 6660–6672.
Ramineni, K., K. Liu, C. Zhang, X.Chen, G. Hou, P. Gao, R. Balaga, M. R. Marri, P. Yan, X. Guan, Z. Xia, M. J. Janik, and Z. C. Zhang, (2021). Synchronized C–H Activations at Proximate Dinuclear Pd2+ Sites on Silicotungstate for Oxidative C–C Coupling, ACS Catalysis, v. 11 (6), pp. 3455–3465.
Bombile, J. H., S. Shetty, M. J. Janik, and S. T. Milner, (2020). “Polaron hopping barriers and rates in semiconducting polymers”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, v. 22, pp. 4032.
Li, X., C. M. Gunathunge, N. Agrawal, H. Montalvo-Castro, M. J. Janik, and M. M. Waegele, (2020). “Impact of Alkali Metal Cations and Iron Impurities on the Evolution of Hydrogen on Cu Electrodes in Alkaline Electrolytes,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, v. 167, [106505].
Liu, Y., Y. Wu, W. Liang, J. Peng, Z. Li, H. Wang, M. J. Janik, and J. Xiao, (2020). “Bimetallic ions regulate pore aperture size and chemistry of zeolites for selective adsorption of ethylene from ethane”, Chemical Engineering Science, v. 220, [115636].
Loney, C. N., S. Maheshwari, N. Pramounmat, M. J. Janik, and J. N. Renner, (2020). “Effects of Peptide-Functionalized Surfaces on the Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction,” Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, v. 17, [040801].
Román, A. M., N. Agrawal, J. C. Hasse, M. J. Janik, J. W. Medlin, and A. Holewinski, (2020). “Electro-oxidation of furfural on gold is limited by furoate self-assembly”, Journal of Catalysis, v. 391, pp. 327-335.
