Dr. Alan M. Allgeier

Dr. Alan Allgeier is an Associate Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Kansas. He earned his B.S. in Chemistry at Case Western Reserve University in 1992 and defended his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry in 1996 at Northwestern University under the guidance of Prof. Chad A. Mirkin. Dr. Allgeier conducted research in industry for two decades split between pharmaceuticals (Amgen) and chemicals (DuPont), garnering significant expertise in catalysis and process chemistry, as well as, material science. In 2017 he moved from the Surface and Particle Science group of DuPont Central Research to the University of Kansas, to lead a laboratory for Sustainable Catalysis and Porous Materials. He has been honored with the Amgen Green Chemistry Award (2011) and the Russell Malz Award for Service in Catalysis (2014).