Center for Rational Catalyst Synthesis:
Cost and IP Arrangements

Contacts

JR Regalbuto, Director
Professor of Chemical Engineering
SmartState Chair of Catalysis for Renewable Fuels
Phone: 803-777-5501
regalbuj@cec.sc.edu
Frank Gupton, Co-Director and VCU Site Director
Floyd D. Gottwald, Jr. Chair in Pharmaceutical Engineering
Chair, Professor, Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering
Phone: 804-828-4799
bfgupton@vcu.edu
Alex Katz, UC Berkeley Site Director
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Phone: 510-679-7606
askatz@berkeley.edu
Bruce Gates, UC Davis Site Director
Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Phone: 530-752-3953
bcgates@ucdavis.edu

Industrial memberships are $50,000/year ($25,000/year for associate memberships for small companies):

USC CeRCaS Membership Agreement
VCU CeRCaS Membership Agreement
Preferred, royalty-free licensing of inventions
The option to spin off proprietary catalyst development projects with full IP rights