CCSS Director
Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Road
Tech E160
Evanston, IL 60208-3109
linsey.seitz@northwestern.edu
Linsey Seitz is an Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University and director of its Center for Catalysis and Surface Science (CCSS). Her research group works at the intersection of fundamental electrochemistry, materials science, and reactor engineering to develop next-generation electrocatalytic systems powered by renewable electricity. The Seitz Lab combines materials and reactor design with advanced electrochemical and operando spectroscopy techniques to understand how catalysts behave and evolve under real-world operating conditions. The group studies a range of chemistries and systems, including water electrolysis, hydrogen peroxide production, selective organic oxidation, and carboxylation.
Seitz received her Ph.D. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University and her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Michigan State University. She was a Helmholtz Postdoctoral Fellow at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany.