My project is funded by the Department of Energy and is a collaborative venture to characterize and understand the metathesis catalyst Methyltrioxorhenium supported on calcined silica-alumina with the goal of designing a better catalyst. I am working to gain an understanding of the kinetic properties of the metathesis of propylene on the catalyst system in the hope of redesigning the catalyst to be active in the presence of functionalized olefins such as seed oils.

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