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Dr. Tibor Szilvási
Assistant Professor, Graduate Program Coordinator
Contact
- 3478 Science and Engineering Complex
- phone (205) 348-1741
- Faculty Website
Research Areas
Education
- Ph.D., Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary, EU, 2016
- M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary, EU, 2011
- B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary, EU, 2009
Szilvási joined the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at The University of Alabama as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2020. His research group aims to (i) to understand and improve catalytic reactions, (ii) to identify functional materials, and (iii) to design complex interfaces for energy and sensor applications. To achieve our goals, the Szilvási group develops computational workflows that provide more accurate predictions for materials simulations and design.
Professor Szilvási has been awarded the Outstanding Junior Faculty Award by the American Chemical Society COMP Division (2025), the NSF CAREER Award (2024), the Outstanding Research Impact Award of the Department (2024), the Early Career Research Excellence and Innovation Award of the College of Engineering (2024), the President’s Faculty Research Award of the University (2022), and the Outstanding Professor Award of Department for teaching excellence (2022).
His group’s research is supported by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Education, the Krell Institute, and NVIDIA. Szilvási currently serves as the President of the Southeastern Catalysis Society.
Affiliated Areas
Chemical and Biological Engineering, Polymers and Soft Materials Research Center
Selected Publications
- “Metal-Support Interactions Reshape Nanoparticle Catalyst Surfaces”, T. Maxson, T. Szilvási, Angewandte Chemie Novit, 1, e70008 (2025).
- “Application of Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials in Heterogeneous Catalysis”, G. Olajide, K. Baral, S. Ezendu, A. Soyemi, T. Szilvási, Journal of Catalysis, 448, 116202 (2025).
- “Transferable Water Potentials Using Equivariant Neural Networks”, T. Maxson, T. Szilvási, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 15, 3740 (2024).
- “Calculated Physicochemical Properties of Glycerol-Derived Solvents to Drive Plastic Waste Recycling”, A. Soyemi, T. Szilvási, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 62, 6322 (2023).
- “Accessing the Main-Group Metal Formyl Scaffold Through CO-activation in Beryllium Hydride Complexes”, T. Hadlington, T. Szilvási, Nature Communications, 13, 461 (2022).
Awards and Honors
- NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, June 2024
- Early Career Research Excellence and Innovation Award of the College of Engineering 2024
- Outstanding Research Impact Award of the Department, 2024
- President’s Faculty Research Award of the University, 2022
- Outstanding Professor Award of Department for teaching excellence, 2022
Dr. Szilvási's Impact
Research in Orbit: UA to Partner with Air Force Research Labs on Satellite Fuel
In a recently awarded project, the Alabama Materials Institute at The University of Alabama will aid the Air Force Research Laboratory in developing technology related to a new satellite propellant. The $6 million ASCENT propellant project will see the University working with federal laboratories and industry partners to fully develop this new technology.
Szilvási Selected as OpenEye Cadence Outstanding Junior Faculty Award Recipient
Dr. Tibor Szilvási, assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been selected as one of four ACS COMP OpenEye Cadence Molecular Sciences Outstanding Junior Faculty Award...
Innovative UA Research Recognized with NSF CAREER Awards
Four professors at The University of Alabama received one of the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious honors for early-career faculty.