International Precious Metals Institute - IPMI

Thanks to our sponsors and attendees for another great Platinum Dinner

The IPMI 49th Annual Conference was a great success thanks to its Presenters, Moderators, Sponsors and Delegates.
Congrats to all award winners.

The International Precious Metals Institute (IPMI, ipmi.org) Student Award Winners presented their research at our 49th Annual Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. Moderated by Jonathan Jodry.

IPMI Ames Goldsmith / Colonial Metals Premier Student Award:
Deiaa Harraz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Research Title: Homogeneous-Heterogeneous Bifunctionality in Pd-Catalyzed Vinyl Acetate Synthesis

IPMI Europe Chapter Award
Maria Chiara Massaro, Politecnico di Torino
Research Title: Optimizing PEMFC Performance with Platinum-based Catalysts for Zero-Emission Heavy-Duty Transportation

IPMI Colonial Metals George Benvegno Memorial Award
Monika Snowdon, Queen's University
Research Title: Enhanced Protection of Precious Metals with Polymer N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

IPMI Sabin Metal Corporation Ron Bleggi Award
Kang Rui Garrick Lim, Harvard University
Research Title: Raspberry-Colloid-Templated Catalysts Incorporating Noble Metal Nanoparticles as a Model Thermocatalytic Platform

IPMI Gero Family Trust Bright Futures Student Award
Shiyi Yang, Rutgers University
Research Title: NHC Ligands and Well-Defined Pd(II)-NHC Complexes Development in Catalysis

IPMI Johnson Matthey Student Award
Erfan Oftadeh, UC Santa Barbara
Research Title: Sustainable Methodologies for Organic Transformations, Specifically Cross Coupling Reactions

IPMI Metalor Technologies SA Student Award
Michael Gresh-Sill, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Research Title: Role of Inorganic Promoters in Ag/α-Al2O3 Olefin Epoxidation Catalysts

IPMI Student Award
Lianshun Luo, Carnegie Mellon University
Research Title: Atomically Precise Control Over Anisotropic , Thiolate Ligan-Protected Gold Nanoclusters and Their Unique Optical Properties.

Thanks to our sponsors, organizers and attendees for a very successful SAC in Golden,Colorado. And many thanks to CSM for allowing us to use their campus for our event. It was golden!

Thanks to the sponsors, speaker and attendees for making it a very successful 11th Annual IPMI Platinum Dinner

Another great event will be here during Platinum Week:

Women of IPMI and Women in PGMs event on Sep. 10th

Time: 8:30-11:00 AM

Venue: Bergdorf Goodman, 754 5th Ave., Seventh Floor, New York, NY 10019, U.S.

Very limited seating left. Get your ticket soon!

Looking forward to seeing our members and their guests in New York in a few weeks. if you have not registered, do so soon as there is limited seating left.

You are invited to join the co-hosted event of Women of IPMI and Women in PGMs during New York Platinum Week. Two presentations will be given about how the current PGM supply and demand dynamics affect the management of mining, refining, and fabrication operations.

To register go to: https://www.wipgms.com/events/
Seats are limited!

Join us at the:
Burgdorf Goodman Hotel
754 5th Avenue, Seventh Floor
New York, NY 10019

Stay tuned to learn more.

A shout out to all former and current presidents-a record number in attendance this year.

Congratulations to all of student and premier award winners of 2024. And a special thanks to our student advisors-Regine Albrecht, Ladene and Algis Naujokas. And of course our Awards Chairman, Dr. Jonathan Jodry.

IPMI thanks Axium Scientific for their sponsorship.