Engineer Computer Science

Kamil Gierszal, Ph.D. *** W.

Briar Place, Apt. *M, Chicago, IL 60657

330-***-****. ********@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Physical Synthetic Chemist and Chemical Engineer with more than 10 years of

R&D experience in nanomaterials, catalysis, adsorbents and CO2 capture

. Innovative efficient researcher with excellent problem solving and team

work skills

. Extensive experience of various instrumental and analytical laboratory

techniques

. Strong publication record in major journals such as Nature and JACS

EDUCATION

. Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, Kent State University, OH 2003 - 2007

. M.S./B.S. Chem. & Process Engineering, Techn. Univ. Szczecin, Poland

1996 - 2001

. B.S. Computer Science, Techn. Univ. Szczecin, Poland 1999 - 2002

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Postdoctoral Research Associate (Advisor: Dr.

C. Liang) 2012 - 2013

o Responsible for chemical synthesis and characterization of novel N-

doped carbon catalysts used for dehydrogenation of isopropanol

o Developed a facile, inexpensive method for freeze-drying of porous

materials

Purdue University Postdoctoral Research Associate (Advisor: Prof. Nicolas

Delgass) 2010 - 2012

o Directed complex chemical analysis of biomass conversion products

o Constructed/operated fast HP hydropyrolysis reactors used for the

conversion of biomass to bio-oil

o Design and operated Water Gas Shift system (HP/HT liquid phase system

with Pt/C catalysts) and analyzed data for the reaction kinetics

o Performed successful research on Hydration Shell Raman Spectroscopy

(Nature publication), including studies on gas clathrates under high

pressure (up to 1000 bars)

University of Akron Postdoctoral Research Associate (Advisor: Prof. Steven

Chuang) 2008 - 2009

o Worked on RT&D (industrial grants) of CO2/SO2 capture systems using

amine-based solid sorbents and tested at ?g-scale by DRIFTS-FTIR/MS

and at 10g-1kg-scale using CO2/SO2 absorbers

o Performed research on UV/TiO2-photocatalytic conversion of cellulose

to simple molecules

Kent State University Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant (Advisor: Prof.

Mietek Jaroniec) 2003 - 2007

o Creatively conceptualized, synthesized and characterized a number of

carbon/silica/organo-silica nanoporous materials using Synthetic

Inorganic Chemistry techniques

o Independently developed a novel class of ultra-light nanoporous

materials

SKILLS

. Instrumental Techniques: Porosity/Chemisorption Analysis, FTIR, Raman,

MS, GC, TPD, TGA, Elemental Analysis, XRD, NMR, EDX, SEM/TEM, CVD, TLC,

Electrodeposition, AFM, SAXS, DLS

. Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry: Carbon/silica/organosilica porous

materials and catalysts; graphene synthesis; wet-chemistry techniques,

hydrothermal/microwave-assisted synthesis, colloids and colloidal

crystals, surface modification

. Synthetic Organic Chemistry: Syntheses, identification and purification

of organic compounds

. Chemical Engineering: Design, implementation and operation of chemical

reactors/absorbers; catalysts synthesis, characterization and testing

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

1. J. G. Davis, B. M. Rankin, K. P. Gierszal D. Ben-Amotz Nature Chemistry

(2013) accepted for publication on June 3, 2013.

2. K. P. Gierszal, M. Kruk and M. Jaroniec "Estimation of pore size

distributions of moderately hydrophobic mesoporous solids" Adsorption

Science & Technology 31(2-3), 153 (2013).

3. J. G. Davis, K. P. Gierszal, P. Wang, D. Ben-Amotz "Water Structural

Transformation at Molecular Hydrophobic Interfaces" Nature 491(7425), 582-

585 (2012).

4. K. P. Gierszal, J. Davis, M. Hands, D. Wilcox, L. Slipchenko, D. Ben-

Amotz "Benzene-Water Hydrogen Bonding in Liquid Water" J. Phys. Chem. Lett.

2(22), 2930-2933 (2011).

5. K. P. Gierszal, M. Jaroniec, T.-W. Kim, J. Kim, R. Ryoo "High

temperature treatment of ordered mesoporous carbons prepared by using

various carbon precursors and ordered mesoporous silica templates" New J.

Chem. 32(6), 981-993 (2008).

6. K. P. Gierszal, M. Jaroniec "Large pore volume carbons with uniform

mesopores and macropores: synthesis, characterization, and relations

between adsorption parameters of silica templates and their inverse carbon

replicas" J. Phys. Chem. C 111(27), 9742-9748 (2007).

7. K. P. Gierszal, M. Jaroniec, C. Liang, S. Dai, "Electron microscopy and

nitrogen adsorption studies of film-type carbon replicas with large pore

volume synthesized by using colloidal silica and SBA-15 as templates"

Carbon 45(11), 2171-2177 (2007).

8. K. P. Gierszal, M. Jaroniec, "Carbons with extremely large volume of

uniform mesopores synthesized by carbonization of phenolic resin film

formed on colloidal silica template" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128(31), 126-127

(2006).

9. K. P. Gierszal, S. B. Yoon, J.-S. Yu, M. Jaroniec, "Adsorption and

structural properties of mesoporous carbons obtained from mesophase pitch

and phenol-formaldehyde carbon precursors using porous templates prepared

from colloidal silica" J. Mater. Chem. 16(27), 2819-2823 (2006).

10. K. P. Gierszal, T.-W. Kim, R. Ryoo, M. Jaroniec, "Adsorption and

structural properties of ordered mesoporous carbons synthesized by using

various carbon precursors and ordered siliceous P6mm and Ia3d

mesostructures as templates" J. Phys. Chem. B 109(49), 232**-***** (2005).

11. K. P. Gierszal, M. Jaroniec, "Pitch-based carbons synthesized by using

silica colloids and ordered mesoporous silica particles as templates" Stud.

Surface Sci. Catal 156, 581-588 (2005).

12. S. B. Yoon, J. Y. Kim, J.-S. Yu, K. P. Gierszal, and M. Jaroniec,

"Fabrication and characterization of mesostructured silica, HUM-1, and its

ordered mesoporous carbon replica" Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 44(12), 4316-4322

(2005).

13. T.-W. Kim, R. Ryoo, K. P. Gierszal, M. Jaroniec, L. A. Solovyov, Y.

Sakamoto and O. Terasaki, "Characterization of mesoporous carbons

synthesized with SBA-16 silica template" J. Mater. Chem. 15(15), 1560-1571

(2005).

14. S. B. Yoon, G. S. Chai, S. K. Kang, J.-S. Yu, K. P. Gierszal, M.

Jaroniec, "Graphitized pitch-based carbons with ordered nanopores

synthesized by using colloidal crystals as templates" J. Am. Chem. Soc.

127(12), 4188-4189 (2005).

15. K. P. Gierszal and M. Jaroniec "Novel pitch-based carbons with bimodal

distribution of uniform mesopores" Chem. Commun. (22) 2576-2577 (2004).

16. T.-W. Kim, R. Ryoo, M. Kruk, K. P. Gierszal, M. Jaroniec, S. Kamiya,

and O. Terasaki "Tailoring the pore structure of SBA-16 silica molecular

sieve through the use of copolymer blends and control of synthesis

temperature and time" J. Phys. Chem. B 108(31), 114**-***** (2004).

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