Gerardine Botte

Botte is from Venezuela. She studied chemical engineering at University of Carabobo.{{Cite web|last=SEC|title=American Resources Corp 2020 Current Report 8-K|url=https://sec.report/Document/0001654954-20-012927/|access-date=2021-01-08|website=SEC.report|language=en}} After graduating, Botte worked as process engineer in petrochemical plant. She moved to the United States for her graduate studies, starting her scientific career at the University of South Carolina. She earned her master's and doctoral degrees at the University of South Carolina, where she researched lithium-ion batteries.{{Cite thesis|title=Thermal stability and modeling of lithium ion batteries|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46436201|date=2000|language=English|first=Gerardine Gabriela|last=Botte|oclc=46436201 }} After graduating she was appointed to the University of Minnesota Duluth.{{Cite web|title=2014 ECS & SMEQ: Meeting Program|url=https://issuu.com/ecs1902/docs/cancun_meeting_program/11|access-date=2021-01-08|website=Issuu|date=July 2016 |language=en}}

In 2002 Botte joined Ohio University, where she spent almost twenty years. At Ohio University, Botte founded the Center for Electrochemical Engineering Research (CEER), which she directed throughout her tenure at OU. The centre was supported by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.{{Cite web|date=2014-07-22|title=Ohio University Electrochemical Engineering Research Center Receives $379,000 NIST Grant|url=https://www.powderbulksolids.com/wire-cloth/ohio-university-electrochemical-engineering-research-center-receives-379000-nist-grant|access-date=2021-01-08|website=powderbulksolids.com|language=en}} Botte is interested in the development of urea-based hydrogen fuel cells. She pioneered the electrolysis of urea in alkaline media, which can be used for several technologies including hydrogen production and wastewater remediation.{{Cite web|date=2018-03-12|title=CBE Seminar – Gerardine G. Botte|url=https://cbe.osu.edu/events/2018/03/cbe-seminar-gerardine-g.-botte|access-date=2021-01-08|website=Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering|language=en}} The electrochemical processes developed by Botte involve the oxidation of urea to nitrogen and carbon dioxide at the anode of an electrochemical cell, with hydrogen evolution occurring at the cathode. As the electrochemical response is sensitive to the concentration of urea, such processes can be used to monitor urea concentration in clinical diagnostics and food science.

In 2019, Botte moved to Texas Tech University where she was made Whitacre Department Chair in Chemical Engineering.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-24|title=American Resources, wholly owned subsidiary, American Rare Earth LLC Enters into Joint Venture to Develop and Commercialize Critical Element and Graphene Technologies|url=https://apnews.com/press-release/accesswire/science-business-furniture-and-home-furnishings-manufacturing-executive-changes-household-product-manufacturing-57d9d59c57eb1a60d577c1dc308b2862|access-date=2021-01-08|website=AP NEWS}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Office of the Provost: Gerardine G. Botte|url=https://www.depts.ttu.edu/che/department/chair.php|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}

• 2010 Elected Fellow of the World Technology Network{{Cite web|date=2013-10-21|title=Gerardine G. Botte – PhD, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Ohio University|url=https://secure.wtn.net/content/gerardine-g-botte-phd-professor-chemical-engineering-ohio-university|access-date=2021-01-08|website=The World Technology Network|language=en}}
• 2012 Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors{{Cite web|last=am058613|date=2012-12-18|title=National Academy of Inventors names two Ohio University fellows|url=https://www.ohio.edu/research/communications/naifellows12|access-date=2021-01-08|website=Ohio University Transportation and Parking News|language=en}}
• 2014 Elected Fellow of the Electrochemical Society{{Cite web|title=Fellow of The Electrochemical Society|url=https://www.electrochem.org/fellow/|access-date=2021-01-08|website=ECS|language=en-US}}
• 2015 Science for Solving Society's Problems Challenge Winner{{Cite web|title=Science for Solving Society's Problems|url=https://www.electrochem.org/challenge/|access-date=2021-01-08|website=ECS|language=en-US}}
• 2017 Elected Vice President of the Electrochemical Society{{cn|date=January 2021}}

• {{Cite journal|last1=Boggs|first1=Bryan K.|last2=King|first2=Rebecca L.|last3=Botte|first3=Gerardine G.|date=2009|title=Urea electrolysis: direct hydrogen production from urine|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b905974a|journal=Chemical Communications|issue=32|pages=4859–4861|doi=10.1039/b905974a|pmid=19652805 |issn=1359-7345|url-access=subscription}}
• {{Cite journal|last1=Vitse|first1=Frédéric|last2=Cooper|first2=Matt|last3=Botte|first3=Gerardine G.|date=2005-03-24|title=On the use of ammonia electrolysis for hydrogen production|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378775304011085|journal=Journal of Power Sources|language=en|volume=142|issue=1|pages=18–26|doi=10.1016/j.jpowsour.2004.09.043|bibcode=2005JPS...142...18V |issn=0378-7753|url-access=subscription}}
• {{Cite journal|last1=Botte|first1=Gerardine G.|last2=Subramanian|first2=Venkat R.|last3=White|first3=Ralph E.|date=2000-05-03|title=Mathematical modeling of secondary lithium batteries|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013468600003406|journal=Electrochimica Acta|language=en|volume=45|issue=15|pages=2595–2609|doi=10.1016/S0013-4686(00)00340-6|issn=0013-4686|url-access=subscription}}

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