IRES: Catalysis and Photocatalysis at Universite' Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France

这项面向学生的国际研究体验(IRES)项目将邀请本科生参加法国里昂第一大学的夏季国际研究项目。每年夏天，五名本科生将参加为期八周的研究体验。通过在历史上主要是黑人的学院和大学、西班牙裔服务机构以及以本科为主的机构广泛招聘，该项目将吸引来自代表性不足背景的学生以及没有广泛研究机会的大学的学生。该项目将有助于增强美国STEM专业人员的多样性，提高国际意识和合作技能，提供重要的研究培训，并为参与者提供全球范围内的广阔科学研究视角。催化和光催化是材料制备和废气处理的关键。需要在催化方面取得新的进展，以维持日常产品、药品和电子设备中使用的化学产品和其他材料的成本效益、环境友好和可持续循环。里昂大学(UCBL)是欧洲著名的催化和光催化研究中心。美国本科生将从事以下方面的研究：光催化降解有机微污染物，用于挥发性有机碳处理的新型纳米疏水材料，用于减少空气污染物的负载型钙钛矿，用于农药降解的纺织品光催化剂，用于将废物转化为附加值产品的光催化剂，利用溶剂滴催化合成低聚糖的研究，用于合成肽和RNA催化剂的巨大小泡，以及用于监测光催化转化的分析方法。这些研究经验将训练学生掌握重要的实验方法，这些方法将揭示催化和光催化的机理以及控制过程的参数。参与者将参加有组织的丰富活动，这些活动将拓宽他们的科学技能，并提高他们的文化知识。特别是，他们将利用高级培训作为加州大学伯克利分校一年一度的国际催化学院的一部分。因此，参与者将为在这些领域的职业生涯做好准备，并准备成为未来广泛适用的催化和光催化方法方面的专家。

This International Research Experience for Students (IRES) project will engage undergraduate students in a summer international research program at the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 in France. Each summer, five undergraduate students will participate in an eight week research experience. By recruiting extensively at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic serving institutions, and predominantly undergraduate institutions, this project will attract students from underrepresented backgrounds as well as students at colleges without extensive research opportunities. The project will serve to enhance diversity among US STEM professionals, enhance international awareness and collaboration skills, provide important research training and provide participants with a broad perspective of scientific research in a global context. Catalysis and photocatalysis are key for the preparation of materials and the treatment of waste streams. New developments in catalysis is needed to maintain cost effective, environmentally friendly, and sustainable cycles for chemical goods and other materials used in everyday products, medicines, and electronic devices. The Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) is a well established European center for research on catalysis and photocatalysis. U.S. undergraduate students will conduct research on photocatalytic degradation of organic micro-pollutants, novel nanoporous hydrophobic materials for volatile organic carbon treatment, supported perovskites for air pollutant abatement, textile photocatalysts for pesticide degradation, photocatalysts for conversion of waste to value added products, synthesis of oligosacchaarides with solvent droplet catalysis, giant vesicles for synthesis of peptide and RNA catalysts, and analytical methods for monitoring photocatalytic conversions. These research experiences will train the students in important experimental methods that will uncover mechanisms of catalysis and photocatalysis as well as parameters that control the processes. Participants will engage in structured enrichment activities that will broaden their science skills as well as improve their cultural knowledge. In particular, they will take advantage of advanced training as part of the annual International School of Catalysis at UCBL. Consequently, participants will be prepared for careers in these fields and be poised to become future experts in broadly applicable catalysis and photocatalysis methods.