Alberto Striolo's Research Web Site

Dr. Striolo received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Padova, Italy, in 1998, and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering in 2002 from the same university, co-advised by Prof. A. Bertucco and by Prof. J.M. Prausnitz.

He conducted research at the University of California, Berkeley, under the direction of Prof. John M. Prausnitz, at the State University of North Carolina, Raleigh, under the direction of Prof. Keith E. Gubbins, and at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, under the guidance of Prof. Peter T. Cummings.

In 2005 Dr. Striolo joined the faculty at the School of Chemical Biological and Materials Engineering at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, where he currently holds the position of assistant professor.

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Our exquisitely fundamental reasearch work focuses on understanding how fluids behave at interfaces (solid-liquid, liquid-gas, and liquid-liquid) to enable practical applications.

The subjects of our studies include aqueous electrolyte solutions (towards enhancing ion-exchange processes employed, e.g., in nuclear-waste-site remediation), carbon nanotubes and graphene sheets (can we stabilize dispersions of these nanoparticles? How do they interact with phospholipid bilayers?), adsorption and self-assembly of amphiphilic molecules (how does confinement affect the structure of self-aseembled surfactant aggregates?), heat transfer in nanocomposite materials (would you like your laptop not to heat up?), and the characterization of heterogeneous catalysts (how can we obtain 100% product selectivity?).

Our projects require an inter-disciplinary approach in which accurate experimental results are coupled to state-of-the-art computational and theoretical investigations. Our laboratory (see facilities) is equipped with one cluster of dual-processor nodes, hotohke, and by one ensemble of experimental equipment suitable for the study of surface phenomena. We developed significant expertise in conducting classical Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations. We are extending our capabilities to include ab initio methods and integral equations. When the experiments required to validate our theoretical predictions cannot be accomplished with our facilities, we rely on experienced collaborators with whom we have established a fruitful intellectual exchange of ideas, problems, and solutions.

Currently active projects are detailed via the following links:

We are grateful to the US National Science Foundation (NSF), the US Department of Energy (DoE), the ACS Petroleum Research Fund (PRF), the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST), the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, and to the Vice President for Research at the University of Oklahoma for supporting our activities.

Alberto Striolo's Research Web Site - 2010

Molecular Science and Engineering

Dr. Striolo received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Padova, Italy, in 1998, and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering in 2002 from the same university, co-advised by Prof. A. Bertucco and by Prof. J.M. Prausnitz.

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