Kat Grubel

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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Biography

Dr. Katarzyna Grubel was born in Poland, where, in 2005, she has completed her MSc in Organic Technology at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice. In 2006, she started her Inorganic Chemistry PhD program at the Utah State University in Logan, working for Prof. Lisa M. Berreau. In 2011, Dr. Grubel has begun her post-doctoral appointment in the organometallic group of Prof. Patrick L. Holland in Rochester, NY and in 2013, she moved with the group to the Yale University in New Haven, CT. In 2015, Dr. Grubel become a post-doctoral researcher at PNNL, Richland, WA, in the Catalysis Science Group, where she has worked until her appointment to the staff position in the Applied Chemistry group in 2018. Currently, her interests span the fields of CO2 capture, H2 carriers, and fuel optimization.

PNNL Patents

U.S. Patent No. 11,168,275, November 9, 2021, "ON-BOARD SEPARATION OF OXYGENATES FROM FUELS".

PNNL Publications

2024

Dong Z., A. Mukhtar, T.K. Ludwig, S.A. Akhade, W. Hu, J.Z. Hu, and K. Grubel, et al. 2024. "Silver-decorated palladium on carbon catalyst for enhanced ammonium formate dehydrogenation." Catalysis Science & Technology 14, no. 2:449-463. PNNL-SA-193833. doi:10.1039/D3CY01057K

2023

Arendt C.L., L.R. Hubbard, K. Grubel, B.M. Lawler, E.S. Fuller, and B.V. Byrd. 2023. Manufacturability Advancement of Low-Temperature Titanium Electroplating Methods. PNNL-34876. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Manufacturability Advancement of Low-Temperature Titanium Electroplating Methods
Dong Z., A. Mukhtar, T.K. Ludwig, S.A. Akhade, S. Kang, B.C. Wood, and K. Grubel, et al. 2023. "Efficient Pd on carbon catalyst for ammonium formate dehydrogenation: Effect of surface oxygen functional groups." Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 321. PNNL-SA-174225. doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.122015
Grubel K., W.S. Rosenthal, S. Autrey, N.J. Henson, K. Koh, S.E. Flowers, and T.A. Blake. 2023. "SN2 Solution Phase Kinetics for Iodoalkane-DABCO Reactions: An Experimental, Computational and Uncertainty Analysis Study." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 25, no. 9:6914-6926. PNNL-SA-179160. doi:10.1039/d2cp05286e
Ronnebro E.C., M.H. Engelhard, D.J. Edwards, K. Grubel, A.D. Guzman, and R.T. Storms. 2023. "Evaluation of Hydrogen Gettering Rates Correlated to Surface Composition and Texture of Nickel-Plated Zircaloy Getters of Different Heat Treatment Procedures." Molecules 28, no. 2:Art. No. 762. PNNL-SA-180613. doi:10.3390/molecules28020762
Ulucan T., S.A. Akhade, A. Ambalakatte, S. Autrey, A. Cairns, P. Chen, and Y.W. Cho, et al. 2023. "Hydrogen storage in liquid hydrogen carriers: recent activities and new trends." Progress in Energy 5, no. 1:Art. No. 012004. PNNL-SA-168729. doi:10.1088/2516-1083/acac5c

2022

Egbert J.D., K. Grubel, D.T. Howe, R.S. Weber, A.S. Agarwal, and T. Brix. 2022. "Process Intensification for generating and decomposing formic acid, a liquid hydrogen carrier." IET Renewable Power Generation 16, no. 14:2957-2963. PNNL-SA-167810. doi:10.1049/rpg2.12381
Kirby B.W., K. Grubel, E.C. Ronnebro, J.S. Hardy, and J. Kim. 2022. Synthesis and Photonic Sintering of Proton Conducting Lanthanide Nickelates. PNNL-33457. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Synthesis and Photonic Sintering of Proton Conducting Lanthanide Nickelates

2021

Autrey S., K. Grubel, W.S. Rosenthal, R.A. VanGundy, N.J. Henson, S.E. Flowers, and K. Koh, et al. 2021. Experimental Studies of the Dynamics of Adsorbed and Condensed Phase Iodine Species Formed in Severe Reactor Accidents: Final Project Report. PNNL-32032. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Experimental Studies of the Dynamics of Adsorbed and Condensed Phase Iodine Species Formed in Severe Reactor Accidents: Final Project Report
Fifield L.S., Y. Ni, A. Sriraman, W.K. Fuchs, D. Li, M. Pallaka, and M.P. Spencer, et al. 2021. Evaluation of Oxygen Consumption as a Sensitive Measure of Electrical Cable Polymer Insulation Degradation. PNNL-31954. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Evaluation of Oxygen Consumption as a Sensitive Measure of Electrical Cable Polymer Insulation Degradation
Nguyen M., K. Grubel, D. Zhang, P.K. Koech, D. Malhotra, S.I. Allec, and R.J. Rousseau, et al. 2021. "Amphiphilic Water-Lean Carbon Capture Solvent Wetting Behavior through Decomposition by Stainless-Steel Interfaces." ChemSusChem 14, no. 23:5283-5292. PNNL-SA-163590. doi:10.1002/cssc.202101350

2020

Grubel K., H. Jeong, C. Yoon, and S. Autrey. 2020. "Challenges and Opportunities for using Formate to Store, Transport and Use Hydrogen." Journal of Energy Chemistry 41. PNNL-SA-141924. doi:10.1016/j.jechem.2019.05.016
Grubel K., J. Su, J. Kothandaraman, K.P. Brooks, G. Somorjai, and S. Autrey. 2020. "Research Requirements to Move the Bar forward Using Aqueous Formate Salts as H2 Carriers for Energy Storage Applications." Journal of Energy and Power Technology 2, no. 4:21. PNNL-SA-154330. doi:10.21926/jept.2004016
Heredia-Langner A., J.R. Cort, K. Grubel, M.J. O'Hagan, K.H. Jarman, J.C. Linehan, and K.O. Albrecht, et al. 2020. "Methodology for the development of empirical models relating 13C NMR spectral features to fuel properties." Energy and Fuels 34, no. 10:12556-12572. PNNL-SA-152125. doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00883

2019

Grubel K., W. Chouyyok, D.J. Heldebrant, J.C. Linehan, and J.T. Bays. 2019. "Octane-On-Demand: Onboard Separation of Oxygenates from Gasoline." Energy and Fuels 33, no. 3:1869-1881. PNNL-SA-138442. doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b03781

2017

Burgess S.A., K. Grubel, A.M. Appel, E.S. Wiedner, and J.C. Linehan. 2017. "Hydrogenation of CO2 at Room Temperature and Low Pressure with a Cobalt Tetraphosphine Catalyst." Inorganic Chemistry 56, no. 14:8580-8589. PNNL-SA-124385. doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01391

2015

Miller D.L., B.J. Boro, K. Grubel, M.L. Helm, and A.M. Appel. 2015. "Synthesis and Characterization of a New TRIPHOS Ligand Derivative and the Corresponding Pd(II) Complexes." European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2015, no. 35:5781-5785. PNNL-SA-111376. doi:10.1002/ejic.201500791