T. Alan Hatton
· Ralph Landau Professor of Chemical Engineering Practice, Post-TenureMassachusetts Institute of Technology · Chemical Engineering
Active 1978–2026
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About
T. Alan Hatton is the Ralph Landau Professor of Chemical Engineering Practice at MIT. He is also a Post-Tenure faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering. His research focuses on chemical engineering, with particular emphasis on areas related to energy, environment, and sustainability. As a distinguished member of the MIT faculty, he contributes to the academic community through teaching, research, and leadership in the field of chemical engineering.
Research topics
- Chemistry
- Organic chemistry
- Inorganic chemistry
- Materials science
- Chemical engineering
- Nanotechnology
- Process engineering
- Biochemical engineering
- Environmental chemistry
- Physical chemistry
Selected publications
Electrochemical Methods for Water Purification, Ion Separations, and Energy Conversion
Chemical Reviews · 2022 · 560 citations
Agricultural development, extensive industrialization, and rapid growth of the global population have inadvertently been accompanied by environmental pollution. Water pollution is exacerbated by the decreasing ability of traditional treatment methods to comply with tightening environmental standards. This review provides a comprehensive description of the principles and applications of electrochemical methods for water purification, ion separations, and energy conversion. Electrochemical methods…
Continuous carbon capture in an electrochemical solid-electrolyte reactor
Nature · 2023 · 231 citations
Nature Communications · 2020 · 224 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingCarbon capture is essential for mitigating carbon dioxide emissions. Compared to conventional chemical scrubbing, electrochemically mediated carbon capture utilizing redox-active sorbents such as quinones is emerging as a more versatile and economical alternative. However, the practicality of such systems is hindered by the requirement of toxic, flammable organic electrolytes or often costly ionic liquids. Herein, we demonstrate that rationally designed aqueous electrolytes with high salt concen…
Electrochemical direct air capture of CO2 using neutral red as reversible redox-active material
Nature Communications · 2023 · 147 citations
Senior authorCorresponding.
Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Capture and Release with a Redox-Active Amine
Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2022 · 138 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingdirectly from ambient air as the feed gas presented an electron utilization of 0.78.
Frequent coauthors
- 140 shared
Lev Bromberg
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 101 shared
Kam Chiu Tam
- 45 shared
Patrick S. Doyle
Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency
- 39 shared
Gregory C. Rutledge
- 37 shared
A. Sinaga
- 34 shared
Paul E. Laibinis
Vanderbilt University
- 32 shared
Xiao Su
- 30 shared
Saif A. Khan
University of Ha'il
Labs
Education
- 1989
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1985
M.S., Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1983
B.S., Chemical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
Awards & honors
- NAE Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering an…
- Founding Fellow, AIMBE (1992)
- Merck Faculty Development Award (1989)
- Class of '22 Career Development Chair (1988)
- Presidential Young Investigator Award, NSF (1985)
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