Professor Paul J. A. Kenis has been named a Fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) for his work in microfluidics and gas diffusion electrodes and his contribution towards electrocatalytic CO2 reduction. ISE fellowship is conferred in recognition of “continuing outstanding scientific and/or technical achievement within the field of electrochemistry.”
Kenis is the Elio Eliakim Tarika Endowed Chair and Professor in the department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE), and Director of the School of Chemical Sciences (SCS) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research is focused on the design, fabrication and testing of microchemical systems for applications in energy and biology, and addressing critical topics in advanced manufacturing, such as decarbonization of chemical manufacturing and autonomous materials discovery, using reactor and reaction engineering approaches.
Among his other honors, Kenis is a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society (2019), University Scholar (2011), Beckman Fellow (2007-2008) and recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2006). He has been on the ChBE Illinois faculty since 2000, where he served as department head from 2011-2022. In 2022, Kenis was named SCS Director.
ISE fellows are selected by the Executive Committee, based on recommendations by the Fellows Nominating Committee. Kenis will be honored at the 2024 ISE Annual Meeting on August 22, 2024, in Montreal.