Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos

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

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

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

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

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

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.