“…Somorjai, who was honored for his contributions to understanding surface chemistry and catalysis, was featured here when he won the Frontiers of Knowledge Award and the New Frontiers of Hydrocarbons Prize 4a,b. Somorjai’s research is focused on surface science and characterization, and he has discussed techniques for studying reaction conditions at high pressures in a Minireview in Angewandte Chemie 4c. Somorjai is on the Honorary Board of ChemCatChem…”