Dan Killelea

Dan Killelea is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Loyola University Chicago. His research focus is on the chemical properties of metallic surfaces relevant to heterogeneous catalysis. Of particular interest to his research group is how the relationships between the structure and chemistry of metal surfaces evolve upon oxidation and with increasing oxygen incorporation into the near surface region. Such studies inform the larger goal of understanding the mechanisms and dynamics of gas-surface reactions.

Originally from Milwaukee, Dan received his BS in Chemistry from UW–Milwaukee in 2000. He then moved to Medford, MA for graduate study in Chemistry at Tufts University. As a graduate student, Dan gave his first AVS presentation at the 2005 International Symposium in Boston, and has been an active member of AVS ever since. In 2007, he received his PhD and from there, returned to the Midwest for a postdoctoral position at The University of Chicago.