Summary
Biography
| Date | Role |
|---|---|
| 2011- | Professor of Physical Chemistry |
| 2006-2011 | Reader in Physical Chemistry |
| 2002-2006 | Lecturer in Chemical Engineering |
| 2000-2005 | EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow |
| 1999 | EU TMR Fellow, University of Patras (Greece) / Imperial College London: "Molecular design of functional liquid crystals" |
| 1998 | ICI Senior Research Fellow, University of Sheffield: "Phase equilibria of electrolyte solutions" |
| 1997-1998 | Invited Post-doctoral Research Staff, Delft Technical University |
| 1996-1997 | BP Operating Company Limited: "Multifield optimisation using simulated annealing techniques" |
| 1993-1996 | PhD in Physical Chemistry, University of Sheffield. Thesis title: "Prediction of the phase equilibria of associating systems using the SAFT approach" |
| 1993 | BSc Chemistry, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) |
Research Interests
My research interests are two-fold: the development of statistical mechanical approaches for complex systems, and their application to processes relevant to industry. The tools of statistical mechanics and computer simulations offer a privileged molecular perspective of increasingly complex systems. My interest in this field is to develop fundamental approaches to contribute to the understanding of experimental systems, with a special focus on chemical processes. The goal is to be able to truly predict complex phase behaviour. The types of problems I am interested in at the moment include charged systems, near-critical and supercritical separations, mixtures of polymers and liquid crystals, and solid phases of chain molecules. The impact and exposure of this work is maximised through collaborative efforts in which the aim is to promote the transfer of the theoretical developments into tools for the design and synthesis of chemical processes and products.
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Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Haslam AJ, Gonzalez-Perez A, Di Lecce S, et al., 2020, Expanding the Applications of the SAFT-gamma Mie Group-Contribution Equation of State: Prediction of Thermodynamic Properties and Phase Behavior of Mixtures, Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, Vol:65, ISSN:0021-9568, Pages:5862-5890
Forte E, Llovell F, Vega LF, et al., 2011, Application of a renormalization-group treatment to the statistical associating fluid theory for potentials of variable range (SAFT-VR), Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol:134, ISSN:0021-9606
Mac Dowell N, Llovell F, Adjiman CS, et al., 2010, Modeling the Fluid Phase Behavior of Carbon Dioxide in Aqueous Solutions of Monoethanolamine Using Transferable Parameters with the SAFT-VR Approach, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol:49, ISSN:0888-5885, Pages:1883-1899
Lymperiadis A, Adjiman CS, Jackson G, et al., 2008, A generalisation of the SAFT-gamma group contribution method for groups comprising multiple spherical segments, Fluid Phase Equilibria, Vol:274, ISSN:0378-3812, Pages:85-104
Cuetos A, Galindo A, Jackson G, 2008, Thermotropic Biaxial Liquid Crystalline Phases in a Mixture of Attractive Uniaxial Rod and Disk Particles, Physical Review Letters, Vol:101, ISSN:0031-9007