Jochen Lauterbach, Ph.D. Department of Chemical Engineering University of South Carolina Dr. Lauterbach is the CoEE Endowed Chair in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of South and the Director of the South Carolina Center of Economic Excellence in Strategic Approaches to the Generation of Electricity (SAGE). His primary research interests are in the area of heterogeneous catalysis and nanoparticle synthesis, as applied to environmental processes and hydrogen generation for fuel cells. Dr. Lauterbach received his degree from the Free University of Berlin.