Daniel Mindiola, the Brush Family Professor of Chemistry in the School of Arts & Sciences, has been elected as a GEQO Fellow (“Mención GEQO”). The Organometallic Chemistry Group of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (GEQO) recently established a Fellows Program with the objective of recognizing distinguished researchers who have made significant contributions to the advancement of organometallic chemistry in Spain through their close collaboration with the GEQO.

Dr. Mindiola’s research entails the design and assembly of reactive metal complexes, in particular, the application of earth-abundant transition metals in transformations such as the selective activation of carbon-hydrogen bonds. He is also interested in novel catalytic processes mediated by reactive complexes containing metal-ligand multiple bonds and their involvement in important reactions (reactions that are non-combustion based) with natural resources such as Natural Gas and Shale Gas.

Dr. Mindiola has given over 200 lectures worldwide and published over 160 papers in peer-reviewed journals.