Kelsey Stoerzinger is an American chemist who is an associate professor at the University of Minnesota. Her research considers the design of materials and processes for renewable energy storage. She is interested in the design of sustainable catalysts that make use of earth abundant materials. She was awarded the 2025 American Chemical Society Marks-Ipatieff Prize.

Kelsey Stoerzinger
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Northwestern University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scientific career
InstitutionsOregon State University
University of Minnesota
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
ThesisUnderstanding the catalytic activity of oxides through their electronic structure and surface chemistry (2016)
WebsiteStoerzinger Research Group

Early life and education

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Stoerzinger is from Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota.[1] She attended Eagan High School, where she became "captivated" by the oboe.[2] She was an undergraduate student at Northwestern University, where she was an oboe major, but decided to switch major after seeing so many leading women scientists. She eventually worked in the laboratory of Teri W. Odom, where she developed surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.[1] She spent a summer interning at Dow Corning and another at General Motors.[1] During her undergraduate studies, she was awarded a Churchill Scholarship to spend a year at the University of Cambridge, where she worked with a spin echo spectrometer.[citation needed] She moved to Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a graduate student, where she studied the catalytic activity of oxides with Yang Shao-Horn.[3][4] As a doctoral student, she was recognized by the Materials Research Society for her efforts to identify optimized oxides.[5] Specifically, she looked to understand the relationship between the structure and function of oxides.[5] Stoerzinger joined Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as a postdoctoral fellow, where she studied photo-electrochemical and electrochemical interfaces.[6] In 2018 she became a staff scientist at PNNL.

Research and career

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Stoerzinger was an assistant professor at Oregon State University in 2019.[7] She worked on water splitting and the development of chlorine-containing byproducts. She was awarded a United States Department of Energy Early Career Award to design new catalysts for ammonia production.[8] In 2023, Stoerzinger joined the University of Minnesota.[9] Stoerzinger combines X-ray and vibrational spectroscopy to better understand the steady-state and operational properties of electrodes used in electrocatalysis.[citation needed]

Awards and honors

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Selected publications

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  • Theresa Sperger; Italo A Sanhueza; Indrek Kalvet; Franziska Schoenebeck (24 July 2015). "Computational Studies of Synthetically Relevant Homogeneous Organometallic Catalysis Involving Ni, Pd, Ir, and Rh: An Overview of Commonly Employed DFT Methods and Mechanistic Insights". Chemical Reviews. 115 (17): 9532–9586. doi:10.1021/ACS.CHEMREV.5B00163. ISSN 0009-2665. PMID 26207572. Wikidata Q60240345.
  • Franziska Schoenebeck; K N Houk (1 March 2010). "Ligand-controlled regioselectivity in palladium-catalyzed cross coupling reactions". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132 (8): 2496–2497. doi:10.1021/JA9077528. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 20121156. Wikidata Q43178644.
  • Franziska Schoenebeck; Daniel H Ess; Gavin O Jones; K N Houk (1 June 2009). "Reactivity and regioselectivity in 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of azides to strained alkynes and alkenes: a computational study". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131 (23): 8121–8133. doi:10.1021/JA9003624. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 19459632. Wikidata Q34982330.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Kelsey Stoerzinger: Northwestern Magazine - Northwestern University". www.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  2. ^ "The Rational Design of More Active Catalysts: Kelsey Stoerzinger". www.pnnl.gov. 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  3. ^ "Understanding the catalytic activity of oxides through their electronic structure and surface chemistry | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  4. ^ "Department snapshot: Mechanical Engineering". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  5. ^ a b "Grad students honored for their research at Materials Research Society meeting". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2016-01-05. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  6. ^ "PNNL: CTI Staff: Dr. Kelsey Stoerzinger".
  7. ^ College of Engineering - Oregon State University (2020-09-29). Women in Engineering - Kelsey Stoerzinger. Retrieved 2024-08-30 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ "Kelsey Stoerzinger earns Department of Energy early career award | College of Engineering | Oregon State University". engineering.oregonstate.edu. 2022-06-07. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  9. ^ "Home | Stoerzinger Group". stoerzinger.cems.umn.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  10. ^ cindy (2021-05-24). "ALS User Kelsey Stoerzinger Receives NSF CAREER Award". ALS. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  11. ^ "Intel® 2021 Rising Star Faculty Award Recognizes 10 Leading..." Intel. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  12. ^ "International Society of Electrochemistry". www.ise-online.org. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  13. ^ "MRS Nelson Buck Robinson Science and Technology Award for Renewable Energy". www.mrs.org. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  14. ^ WebsEdge Science (2022-12-01). Renewable Energy Conversion - Buck Robinson Awardee Kelsey Stoerzinger. Retrieved 2024-08-30 – via YouTube.
  15. ^ "Energy Technology Division Young Investigator Award". ECS. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  16. ^ "ACS announces its 2025 National Award winners". Chemical & Engineering News. Retrieved 2024-08-29.