ELI RUCKENSTEIN, PHD, is Distinguished Professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He has published more than 900 scientific papers and received numerous awards, including the National Medal of Science and the National Academy of Engineering’s Founders Award. His research has greatly contributed to our understanding of transport phenomena, thermodynamics of complex solutions, nucleation, catalysis, nanosystems, and surface phenomena.HAIYOU WANG, PHD, is Principal Engineer at Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies. Dr. Wang has been active in heterogeneous catalysis research for more than two decades. He has authored and coauthored more than fifty papers and holds more than twenty issued U.S. patents.

• 1 Catalytic conversion of methane to synthesis gas by CO2 reforming 12 Catalytic conversion of methane to synthesis gas by partial oxidation 793 Catalytic combustion of clean as well as nitrogen bound fuels over transitional metal oxides 1394 Zeolites and their applications as catalysts and/or catalyst supports 2235 Synthesis of mesoporous V-Mg-O oxides and their applications as catalysts 3656 Synthesis of polymer supported catalysts and polymer-coated silica supports and their applications in catalysis 4047 Metal sintering during heating in various atmospheres 4738 Heterogeneous catalysis – a theoretical approach 667

ELI RUCKENSTEIN, PHD, is Distinguished Professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He has published more than 900 scientific papers and received numerous awards, including the National Medal of Science and the National Academy of Engineering’s Founders Award. His research has greatly contributed to our understanding of transport phenomena, thermodynamics of complex solutions, nucleation, catalysis, nanosystems, and surface phenomena.HAIYOU WANG, PHD, is Principal Engineer at Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies. Dr. Wang has been active in heterogeneous catalysis research for more than two decades. He has authored and coauthored more than fifty papers and holds more than twenty issued U.S. patents.

• 1 Catalytic conversion of methane to synthesis gas by CO2 reforming 12 Catalytic conversion of methane to synthesis gas by partial oxidation 793 Catalytic combustion of clean as well as nitrogen bound fuels over transitional metal oxides 1394 Zeolites and their applications as catalysts and/or catalyst supports 2235 Synthesis of mesoporous V-Mg-O oxides and their applications as catalysts 3656 Synthesis of polymer supported catalysts and polymer-coated silica supports and their applications in catalysis 4047 Metal sintering during heating in various atmospheres 4738 Heterogeneous catalysis – a theoretical approach 667