Wesley Sattler
About Wesley Sattler
Wesley Sattler is a Research and Development Scientist at ExxonMobil with extensive experience in chemistry and materials science.
Current Role at ExxonMobil
Wesley Sattler is currently employed as a Research and Development Scientist at ExxonMobil. He has been with the company since 2019, working in Annandale, New Jersey, United States. His role involves a focus on the synthesis and characterization of both homogeneous and heterogeneous materials. Additionally, he conducts kinetics analyses of thermal, electrochemical, and photochemical reactions.
Previous Experience at The Dow Chemical Company
Prior to joining ExxonMobil, Wesley Sattler worked at The Dow Chemical Company from 2015 to 2019. During his four years at Dow, he served as a Research and Development Scientist. His responsibilities included working on solution and colloidal polymerization and materials formulation, along with focusing on CO2 adsorption and capture and energy-efficient heterogeneous catalysis.
Academic Background and Education
Wesley Sattler earned his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Chemistry from Columbia University in the City of New York, where he studied from 2007 to 2012. He also holds a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Chemistry from the State University of New York at Binghamton, completed in 2007. His academic training provided a strong foundation in physical inorganic and organometallic chemistry.
Postdoctoral Research at California Institute of Technology
From 2012 to 2015, Wesley Sattler conducted his postdoctoral research at the California Institute of Technology. His work focused on training as a physical inorganic/organometallic chemist. He specialized in the photophysics, photochemistry, and electrochemistry of novel metal-based photosensitizers and was involved in research concerning homogeneous catalysis for CO2 functionalization and reduction.
Research Contributions and Publications
Wesley Sattler has co-authored 36 peer-reviewed scientific articles and holds one granted US patent. He has presented his research at numerous scientific conferences. His expertise spans a variety of analytical characterization methods, including NMR, UV-vis, luminescence, IR, Raman spectroscopies, X-ray diffraction, and chromatography. His research activities have also included work on organomercury chemistry, metal carbonyl and isocyanide chemistry, and structural mimics of zinc-based enzymes.