Invited speakers are:
Prof. Gina Noh (Penn State)
Emma Hu (Georgia Tech)

Please register by December 19, 2025: secatsoc.wordpress.com/home/

The 2026 SECS Annual Symposium will take place in Blacksburg, Virginia, on March 9th and 10th, 2026.

Abstract submission is requested by December 19, 2025

The keynote speaker is Dr. Yong Wang (Washington State University), the recipient of the 2025 Burwell Lectureship in Catalysis.

Top Posters:
Tristan Maxson - UA
Mohan Shankar - UVA
Arigaa Zolboot - UVA

The SECS held another successful Annual Symposium on Feb 10-11! Excellent talks and posters were given by our students. Several students were awarded "Top Oral Presentation" and "Top Poster" in no particular order:

Top Oral Presentation:
Sijie Guo - UTK
Sara Haidar - VT
Suchi Vijayaraghavan - GT

Social Media Chair: Jason Bates (@jasonsbates)
Communication Manager: Md Masudur Rahman
Directors: Fanxing Li and John Kuhn
Representative to NACS: Andreas Heyden (@HeydenLab)
Past President: Jamie Harris (@JWHarrisCatal)

New officers were elected at our Annual Symposium this February.
Your SECS officers are:
President: Tibor Szilvasi (@SzilvasiGroup)
Vice President: Guoxiang (Emma) Hu (@GuoxiangH)
Secretary: Jason Bates (@jasonsbates)
Treasurer: Sreshtha Sinha Majumdar

Packed poster session hall

Great scientific discussions at the SECS poster session!

Umit Ozkan presentation

Umit Ozkan delivered a fantastic Burwell Lecure on electrocatalysis with CNx materials!!

Jamie Harris

The SECS annual meeting is off to a great start!

Photo of Umit Ozkan

The SECS annual symposium is ONE week away!

We are looking forward to Umit Ozkan's Burwell Lecture entitled "Electrocatalysis on Heteroatom-doped Carbon (CNx) Catalysts: Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) and Beyond"!

The Southeastern Catalysis Society is now on Bluesky!