Jane Lamanna completed her M. S. in 1996. Jane studied the activation of palladium when first brought on stream in the catalytic combustion of methane.

Jane M. Lamanna, “Activation Behavior of a Silica-Supported Palladium Catalyst During Methane Oxidation,” M. S. Thesis, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Dept. of Chemical Engineering (1996). [more info]