Professor Wong.
Professor Michael S. Wong, PhD
Chair, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Patel Chair in Molecular Nanotechnology
Professor of Chemistry (Joint Appointment)
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Joint Appointment)
Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering (Joint Appointment)
Email: mswong(@)rice.edu
Awards and Honors
| Presidential Award for Mentoring | 2021 |
| NEWT Center D&I Faculty/Staff Recognition Award | 2021 |
| Tina and Sunit '85 Patel Chair in Molecular Nanotechnology | 2020 |
| ACS GHS P3 (Partners for Progress and Prosperity) Salute to Excellence Award | 2020 |
| AIChE South Texas Section Best Fundamental Paper in 2019 Award | 2020 |
| Southwest Region ACS Award | 2019 |
| W.M. McCardell Professor in Chemical Engineering Endowed Chair | 2019 - 2020 |
| ACS-GHS Joe W. Hightower Award | 2018 |
| American Chemical Society, Fellow | 2018 |
| Army Science Board, Member | 2018 - 2021 |
| TAMEST (The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas) Conference – Protégé | 2007, 2016, 2018, 2019 |
| Chemical Engineering Magazine’s Kirkpatrick Chemical Engineering Achievement Award, Board of Judges | 2017, 2019 |
| AIChE Annual Gala, Host Committee Member | 2016, 2017 |
| Rice University Molecular Nanotechnology Faculty Search Committee Co-chair | 2016 - 2019 |
| ACS Division of Catalysis Science & Technology (CATL) Chair (2016-2017), Immediate Past-Chair (2018-2019), Councilor (2020-2023) | 2016 - 2023 |
| North American Catalysis Society/Southwest Catalysis Society, Excellence in Applied Catalysis Award | 2015 |
| Appointment to Department Chair | 2014 |
| AIChE South Texas Section Best Applied Paper in 2012 Award | 2013 |
| Simmons Family Foundation Research Award | 2011 |
| Guest Professorship, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics | 2013 - 2017 |
| AIChE South Texas Section Best Fundamental Paper in 2011 Award | 2012 |
| Guest Professorship, University of Houston | 2012 |
| Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Editorial Board Member | (2012 - Present) |
| AIChE South Texas Section Best Applied Paper in 2010 Award | 2011 |
| Simmons Family Foundation Research Award | 2011 |
| Promotion to Full Professor | 2010 |
| Southwest Catalysis Society, Chair | 2008 - 2010 |
| AIChE Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum, Past-Chair | 2011 - 2012 |
| AIChE NSEF Awards Chair | 2011 - 2012 |
| Chemistry of Materials, Editorial Advisory Board Member | 2010 - 2015 |
| Faculty advisor for Phi Lambda Upsilon (PLU) Chemical Sciences Honorary Society | 2003 - 2012 |
| AIChE South Texas Section Best Fundamental Paper in 2008 Award | 2009 |
| IBB Hamill Innovations Award | 2009 |
| IBB Medical Innovations Award | 2008 |
| Early promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure | 2007 |
| Smithsonian Magazine "37 Under 36"; Young Innovator Award | 2007 |
| 3M Non-tenured Faculty Award | 2006, 2007 |
| GOLD 2006 Conference Best Presentation Award, for "Best New Idea in Gold Catalysis" | 2006 |
| AIChE South Texas Section Best Applied Paper in 2005 Award | 2006 |
| AIChE Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum Young Investigator Award | 2006 |
| MIT Technology Review's TR35 Young Innovator Award | 2006 |
| Hershel M. Rich Invention Award | 2006 |
| National Academy of Engineering Indo-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, Invited Speaker | 2006 |
| Smalley/Curl Innovation Award | 2005 |
| National Academies Keck Futures Initiative (NAKFI) Symposium, Invited Participant | 2004 |
| Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award | 2003 |
| National Academy of Engineering Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering (JAFOE) Symposium, Invited Participant | 2002 |
| Rice Quantum Institute (RQI), Fellow | 2002 |
| Robert P. Goldberg Grand Prize, MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition | 2001 |
| Union Carbide Innovation Recognition Award | 2000 |
| MIT Chemical Engineering Edward W. Merrill Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award | 1997 |