Prof. Michael Harold PhD
Cullen Professor of Engineering, Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston
Mike Harold is the Cullen Engineering Professor in the Department Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Houston. With expertise in catalysis and reaction engineering, Harold is the author of more than 180 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters and has given over 350 presentations and invited lectures. Mike was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the AIChE Journal in 2012, the 7th in the Journal's 60-year history. He is also the founder and principal investigator of the University of Houston's Texas Center for Clean Engines, Emissions & Fuels (TxCEF), established in 2003.
A Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native, Harold received his Bachelor's degree at Pennsylvania State University, and his PhD from the University of Houston. He joined the faculty at University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1985 where he became Associate Professor. In 1993 Harold joined DuPont Company, where he held several technical and managerial positions. In 2000 Harold returned to the University of Houston where he became the Dow Chair Professor and Department Chair, a position he held for 8 years. He was re-appointed to that position in 2013 and served until 2021. His honors include the Excellence in Applied Catalysis from the Southwest Catalysis Society in 2019, the Ester Farfel Award at the University of Houston in 2013 (highest honor bestowed on a faculty member) and the American Chemical Society's Fuel Division Richard A. Glenn Award in 2008.