Dirk Schild

Dirk Schild is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, specializing in sustainable chemical synthesis methods. He earned his PhD in Chemistry from Caltech under the Peters group, following a BSc from Hogeschool Utrecht and an MSc from Utrecht University.

Research Focus:

• Low-temperature ammonia synthesis using transition metal complexes
• Energy-efficient catalysis inspired by enzymatic processes
• Earth-abundant metal reactivity mechanisms

Scientific Recognition:

• Resnick Second-Year Graduate Research Fellow