Jordan Katz (Reed ’99, PhD Caltech ’08) has been keeping busy. A few months ago, Caltech News, 42(1), 2008, ran an article called “The Sun Also Catalyzes” that described how Jordan and his thesis advisor, Prof. Nathan Lewis, were using inkjet printers to screen large numbers of metal oxide compounds as potential photocatalysts for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen. The project, which is co-sponsored by Prof. Bruce Parkinson (Colorado State U.), also involves collaborators at undergraduate colleges. Maggie Geselbracht and two Reed students, Megan Baker ’10 and Alex Perez ’09, joined the party this past summer by setting up their very own inkjet printer.
Jordan is now a postdoctoral researcher at UC Berkeley. He will be delivering a research seminar at Reed on September 25 and a few days ago passed along this happy news,
“Dearest Friends and Family, It is with tremendous pleasure that
we announce the birth of Elina, who was born on August 15th at 8:54 PM
in Berkeley. She weighs 7 lbs 7 oz, and is 20.5 inches from head to
toe! Mom and baby Elina are both very healthy. We’ve posted a few photos (with more on the way!) here: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~jordank/Baby/index.html. With love, Jordan and Cecile”
URL correction 9/26: Jordan has closed down the URL listed above. Check http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~jordank/Jordan_Katz/Photos.html to see baby pictures.