Chae Jeong-Potter joined NREL in 2022 as a director’s fellowship postdoctoral researcher in the Catalytic Carbon Transformation and Scale-up Center. Her research focuses on fundamental characterization of sorbent and catalyst blends (i.e., dual function materials) for reactive carbon capture with the ultimate goal of better understanding the interactions between carbon dioxide and material surface for rational design of next-generation reactive carbon capture materials. Jeong-Potter received her doctorate from Columbia University, where she worked with Professor Robert Farrauto on development of dual function materials for renewable natural gas production, and her master's and bachelor's degrees in chemical engineering from The Cooper Union.

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Research Interests

Reactive carbon capture for defossilized fuel and chemical production

Upgrading of carbon dioxide to useful and valuable C1 precursors

Integration of renewable energy in carbon capture and carbon upgrading schemes

Alkali-based carbon capture sorbent synthesis, testing, and characterization

Heterogeneous catalyst synthesis, testing, and characterization

Education

Ph.D., Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University

M.Eng., Chemical Engineering, The Cooper Union

B.Eng., Chemical Engineering, The Cooper Union

Professional Experience

Director’s Fellowship Postdoctoral Researcher, NREL (2022–Present)

Graduate Research Assistant, Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University (2018–2021)

Associations and Memberships

Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Member, North American Catalysis Society

2023 CCUS GRS Co-Chair, Gordon Research Conferences

Featured Work

Extended Aging of Ru-Ni, Na₂O/Al₂O₃ Dual Function Materials For Combined Capture and Subsequent Catalytic Methanation of CO₂ From Power Plant Flue Gas, Fuel (2022)

Aging Study of Low Ru Loading Dual Function Materials For Combined Power Plant Effluent CO₂ Capture and Methanation, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (2022)

Dual Function Materials (Ru+Na₂O/Al₂O₃) For Direct Air Capture of CO₂ and In Situ Catalytic Methanation: The Impact of Realistic Ambient Conditions, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (2022)

Enhancing the CO₂ Adsorption Capacity of _ϒ-Al₂O₃ Supported Alkali and Alkaline-Earth Metals: Impacts of Dual Function Material Preparation Methods, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2022)

Awards and Honors

Best Oral Presentation, CCUS Gordon Research Seminar (2022)

Cohn Memorial Scholarship (2018–2021)

Cooper Union M.Eng. Full Tuition Scholarship (2016–2018)

Henry Ender’s Fellowship (2016)