Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos

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Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos[1] is currently the Susan Dod Brown Professor[2] and Department Chair[3] of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering of Princeton University.


Education and academic career[edit]

Prof. Panagiotopoulos received his undergraduate degree from the National Technical University of Athens in 1982 and a PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1986, both in Chemical Engineering. He was a postdoctoral fellow in physical chemistry at the University of Oxford (1986–87) and a faculty member at Cornell University (1987–97) and the Institute for Physical Science and Technology of the University of Maryland (1997-2000).

Research[edit]

Research in the Panagiotopoulos group focuses on development and application of theoretical and computer simulation techniques for the study of properties of fluids and materials. Emphasis is on molecular-based models that explicitly represent the main interactions in a system. These models can be used to predict the behavior of materials at conditions inaccessible to experiment and to gain a fundamental understanding of the microscopic basis for observed macroscopic properties, utilizing large-scale numerical computations. The group emphasizes development of novel simulation algorithms for free energies and phase transitions. An example of such a methodology is Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo,[4] which provides a direct way to obtain coexistence properties of fluids from a single simulation.

Publications and books[edit]

Prof. Panagiotopoulos is the author of more than 250 technical papers[5] and of the undergraduate textbook Essential Thermodynamics: An undergraduate textbook for chemical engineers[6] (2011).

Awards and achievements[edit]

He has received numerous awards and honors, including the AIChE Colburn Award,[7][8] and the Prausnitz Award[9] in applied chemical thermodynamics. He was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in 2004,[10] as a Fellow to both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[11] and the American Association for the Advancement of Science[12][13] in 2012, and as a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) in 2014.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos". Faculty. Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Panagiotopoulos named Susan Dod Brown Professor of Chemical Engineering". Princeton University. Chemical and Biological Engineering (30 January 2007). Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Panagiotopoulos Becomes CBE Department Chair". Princeton University. Chemical and Biological Engineering (6 July 2016). Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo". SklogWiki. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  5. ^ Panagiotopoulos, Athanassios Z. "Panagiotopoulos Group Publications". Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  6. ^ Panagiotopoulos, Athanassios Z. "Essential Thermodynamics: An undergraduate textbook for chemical engineers". CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (January 7, 2011). Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Allan P. Colburn Award for Excellence in Publications by a Young Member of the Institute". AIChE. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Winners: Allan P. Colburn Award for Excellence in Publications". AIChE. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  9. ^ "John M. Prausnitz Award". International Conference on Properties and Phase Equilibria for Product and Process Design. PPEPPD (1998). Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  10. ^ "Panagiotopoulos, Tsui elected to membership in the NAE". EQuad News. School of Engineering and Applied Science (Spring, 2004). Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  11. ^ Staff. "FACULTY AWARD: Eight named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences". News at Princeton. Princeton University (17 April 2012). Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  12. ^ "AAAS Members Elected as Fellows". American Association for the Advancement of Science. AAAS. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  13. ^ Sullivan, John. "AAAS honors Princeton Engineers for outstanding contributions". Princeton Engineering. School of Engineering and Applied Science (3 December 2012). Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  14. ^ "Panagiotopoulos Elected AIChE Fellow". Chemical and Biological Engineering. Princeton University (28 April 2014). Retrieved 29 October 2016.
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