Rachel Getman (born December 21, 1979) is a Professor and the Bernice L. Claugus Endowed Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The Ohio State University. She does research in computational catalysis[1][2][3] and computational separations[4][5][6]. She is known for her work using multiscale modeling to quantify entropies of hydration in heterogeneously catalyzed systems[7][8][9][10]. Her group developed a method that combines classical molecular dynamics with density functional theory for this purpose.[11] They coined the method "multiscale sampling".

headshot of Rachel Getman
Headshot of Rachel Getman.

Education

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Getman earned dual BS degrees in chemical engineering and business administration from Michigan Technological University in 2004. She earned her PhD from the University of Notre Dame in 2009, where she was awarded a Center for Research Computing Graduate Student Award for outstanding contributions in the areas of computational sciences and visualization[12][13] and the Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Award in Engineering for excellence in research.[14][15] She also won a Graduate Student Award from the Computational Molecular Science and Engineering Forum of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers for excellence in research.[16] Getman was a postdoctoral research fellow at Northwestern University from 2009-2011. Getman's PhD work was supervised by Bill Schneider and her postdoc work was supervised by Randy Snurr.

Career

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Getman became an assistant professor at Clemson University in 2011. In 2017, she became the first female faculty member to receive tenure in Clemson University's Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.[17] In 2020, she was awarded the Murdoch Family Endowed Professorship for prominence in research, scholarship, and teaching.[18] Getman was promoted to Full Professor by Clemson University in 2022.[19] In 2023, she joined the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The Ohio State University as a Professor and the Bernice L. Claugus Endowed Chair.[20]

In teaching, Getman is known for her efforts to minimize out-of-pocket costs of taking classes. She was awarded a Professor of Affordable Learning Award from the South Carolina Affordable Learning Group.[21] She has published full courses on chemical reactor design and molecular aspects of chemical engineering as well as a project on social responsibility in chemical manufacturing on Canvas Commons.[22] She also published a playlist of lectures on chemical reactor design on YouTube.[23]

Awards and honors

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  • CAREER Award, National Science Foundation[24]
  • Murdoch Family Endowed Professorship, Clemson University
  • Bernice L. Claugus Endowed Chair, The Ohio State University
  • University Research, Scholarship and Artistic Achievement Award, Clemson University for a publication exceeding 1000 citations[25]
  • Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Award, University of Notre Dame Graduate School
  • Graduate Student Award, Computational Molecular Science and Engineering Forum of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
  • Award for Computational Sciences and Visualization, University of Notre Dame Center for Research Computing

Personal life

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Getman identifies as a non-binary woman. She is married and has two children, born in 2011 and 2013.

References

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  1. ^ Getman, Rachel B.; Schneider, William F. (2010-11-15). "DFT-Based Coverage-Dependent Model of Pt-Catalyzed NO Oxidation". ChemCatChem. 2 (11): 1450–1460. doi:10.1002/cctc.201000146. ISSN 1867-3880.
  2. ^ García Cárcamo, Ricardo A.; Xie, Tianjun; Hare, Bryan J.; Sievers, Carsten; Getman, Rachel B. (2024-07-01). "Active sites and mechanism of aqueous phase methanol dehydrogenation on Pt/Al2O3 catalysts from multiscale modeling, microkinetic modeling, and operando spectroscopy". Journal of Catalysis. 435: 115562. doi:10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115562. ISSN 0021-9517.
  3. ^ Zhu, Jiazhou; Getman, Rachel B. (2018-04-25). "Reaction Pathways and Microkinetic Modeling of n -Butane Oxidation to 1-Butanol on Cu, Cu 3 Pd, Pd, Ag 3 Pd, and PdZn (111) Surfaces". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 57 (16): 5580–5590. doi:10.1021/acs.iecr.8b00589. ISSN 0888-5885.
  4. ^ Getman, Rachel B.; Bae, Youn-Sang; Wilmer, Christopher E.; Snurr, Randall Q. (2012-02-08). "Review and Analysis of Molecular Simulations of Methane, Hydrogen, and Acetylene Storage in Metal–Organic Frameworks". Chemical Reviews. 112 (2): 703–723. doi:10.1021/cr200217c. ISSN 0009-2665. PMID 22188435.
  5. ^ Smerigan, Adam; Biswas, Sayani; Vila, Fernando D.; Hong, Jiyun; Perez-Aguilar, Jorge; Hoffman, Adam S.; Greenlee, Lauren; Getman, Rachel B.; Bare, Simon R. (2023-09-11). "Aqueous Structure of Lanthanide–EDTA Coordination Complexes Determined by a Combined DFT/EXAFS Approach". Inorganic Chemistry. 62 (36): 14523–14532. doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c01334. ISSN 0020-1669. PMID 37624729.
  6. ^ Klemm, Aidan; Vicchio, Stephen P.; Bhattacharjee, Sanchari; Cagli, Eda; Park, Yensil; Zeeshan, Muhammad; Dikki, Ruth; Liu, Harrison; Kidder, Michelle K.; Getman, Rachel B.; Gurkan, Burcu (2023-03-06). "Impact of Hydrogen Bonds on CO 2 Binding in Eutectic Solvents: An Experimental and Computational Study toward Sorbent Design for CO 2 Capture". ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 11 (9): 3740–3749. doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c06767. ISSN 2168-0485. OSTI 1971042.
  7. ^ Chen, Xiuting; Getman, Rachel (2024-06-17), The Significant Differences in Solvation Thermodynamics of C1-C3 Oxygenates in Hydrophilic versus Hydrophobic Pores of a Hydrophilic Ti-FAU Zeolite Model, doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-c7x2b, retrieved 2024-06-27
  8. ^ Garcia Carcamo, Ricardo A.; Zhang, Xiaohong; Estejab, Ali; Zhou, Jiarun; Hare, Bryan J.; Sievers, Carsten; Sarupria, Sapna; Getman, Rachel B. (2023-02-17). "Differences in solvation thermodynamics of oxygenates at Pt/Al2O3 perimeter versus Pt(111) terrace sites". iScience. 26 (2): 105980. Bibcode:2023iSci...26j5980G. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.105980. ISSN 2589-0042. PMC 9900392. PMID 36756373.
  9. ^ Estejab, Ali; Cárcamo, Ricardo A. García; Getman, Rachel B. (2022-02-16). "Influence of an electrified interface on the entropy and energy of solvation of methanol oxidation intermediates on platinum(111) under explicit solvation". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 24 (7): 4251–4261. Bibcode:2022PCCP...24.4251E. doi:10.1039/D1CP05358B. ISSN 1463-9084. PMID 35107094.
  10. ^ Zhang, Xiaohong; DeFever, Ryan S.; Sarupria, Sapna; Getman, Rachel B. (2019-05-28). "Free Energies of Catalytic Species Adsorbed to Pt(111) Surfaces under Liquid Solvent Calculated Using Classical and Quantum Approaches". Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 59 (5): 2190–2198. doi:10.1021/acs.jcim.9b00089. ISSN 1549-9596. PMID 30821458.
  11. ^ Bodenschatz, Cameron J.; Zhang, Xiaohong; Xie, Tianjun; Arvay, Jeremy; Sarupria, Sapna; Getman, Rachel B. (2019-04-12). "Multiscale Sampling of a Heterogeneous Water/Metal Catalyst Interface using Density Functional Theory and Force-Field Molecular Dynamics". JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) (146): e59284. doi:10.3791/59284. ISSN 1940-087X. PMID 31033957.
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  13. ^ Dame, Marketing Communications: Web | University of Notre. "CRC Award - Previous Awardees | Center for Research Computing | University of Notre Dame". Center for Research Computing. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  14. ^ Dame, Marketing Communications: Web | University of Notre. "Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Graduate School Awards | The Graduate School | University of Notre Dame". The Graduate School. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  15. ^ Dame, Marketing Communications: Web | University of Notre (2009-05-18). "Graduate School Names Shaheen Award Winners | The Graduate School | University of Notre Dame". The Graduate School. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  16. ^ "Graduate Student Awards in Computational Molecular Science and Engineering | comsef.org". comsef.org. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  17. ^ "Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | Dr. Rachel Getman Promoted to Associate Professor". blogs.clemson.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  18. ^ Alongi, Paul (2020-08-31). "Chemical engineer who helped break the glass ceiling receives Murdoch Family Endowed Professorship". Clemson News. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  19. ^ Haughey, Laurie (2022-08-03). "Clemson University recognizes its newly tenured and promoted faculty". Clemson News. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  20. ^ "Expert in molecular modeling, heterogeneous catalysis to assume prestigious chair". Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. 2023-07-31. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  21. ^ Jenkinson, Ellan. "PASCAL LibGuides: SCALE - Grants & Awards: PAL Awardees". pascalsc.libguides.com. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  22. ^ "Canvas Commons". lor.instructure.com. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  23. ^ "Chemical Reaction Engineering". YouTube. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  24. ^ "Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | Rachel Getman Wins Top Award for Early Career Research". blogs.clemson.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  25. ^ "University Research, Scholarship and Artistic Achievement Award". University Research, Scholarship and Artistic Achievement Award. Retrieved 2024-06-26.