Expertise

• Photocatalysis for volatile organic compound (VOC) decomposition.
• Gas separations and purification using microporous solids.
• Zeolite catalysis and zeolite synthesis.
• Photocatalysis of ZnO and GaN solid-solutions.
• Titanium dioxide (TiO2) as a photocatalysts.
• Photocatalysis with ETS-10 materials.
• Aluminosilicates as solid acid catalysts.
• Preparing methlamines acidic molecular sieve catalysts.
• Characterization of advanced nanoporous materials.

Experience

Professor, Undisclosed University

• Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2006 - Present
• Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2000 - 2006
• Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, 1995 - 2000
• Center for Catalytic Science and Technology (CCST), 1996 - Present

University of Technology, Netherlands, 2001 - 2002

• Visiting Fellow, Centre for High-Resolution Electron Microscopy, Delft

Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain, 2001

• Visiting Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering

Los Alamos National laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 1994 - 1995

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Theoretical Chemistry and Molecular Physics Group

Honors & Publications

Professional Affiliations

• American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• American Chemical Society
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Society for Engineering Education
• International Zeolite Association
• North American Catalysis Society

Awards

• Career Award for Young Investigators of the NSF, 1997
• Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar, 1999
• Young Scholar of the Francis Alison Society, 1999
• Outstanding Young Faculty of the College of Engineering, 1999
• Innovation Recognition Program, The Dow Chemical Company, 2001
• Ipatieff Prize, American Chemical Society, 2004

Publications and Patents

• 3 Patents
• Over 80 publications, list available up request.
• Books: Edited, (written several book chapters).
• Many invited professional presentations and papers.

Education

• Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
• M.S., Chemical Engineering , California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
• B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Costa Rica