Valeria Paula Molinero is an Argentinian physicist who is the Jack and Peg Simons Endowed Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Utah.[1][2] Her research investigates the simulation of the behavior of materials. She was awarded the American Physical Society Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics in 2023.
Valeria Molinero | |
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| Born | Valeria Paula Molinero 1970 (age 53–54) |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
| Awards | Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2022) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry[1] |
| Institutions | University of Utah California Institute of Technology Arizona State University |
| Thesis | Aspectos de equilibrio y dinámicos de solvatación en nanoagregados polares binarios (1999) |
| Website | molinero |
Early life and education edit
Molinero was born in Argentina.[3][4] She earned her undergraduate and doctorate degrees and was a doctoral researcher at the University of Buenos Aires, where she specialized in electrochemistry.[5]
Research and career edit
After her PhD, Molinero moved to the California Institute of Technology and Arizona State University for postdoctoral research, working alongside Austen Angell and William Andrew Goddard III.[5]
In 2006, Molinero joined the University of Utah, where she built a research program focused on the use of computer simulations to understand the structure and phase dynamics of materials.[6] Her research has mainly investigated the transition between water and ice, and how the environment in which that transition occurs (e.g. in the production of ice cream, in clouds, in anti-freeze) influences the process.[7]
Molinero has developed simulations to understand the materials properties of zeolites, and to predict the specific polymorph from a synthesis mixture.[8] In 2020, she investigated the smallest limits of ice, showing that in nanodroplets of fewer than 90 molecules of water it is impossible for ice to form.[9][10]
Awards and honors edit
- 2005 International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam Helmholtz Award[11]
- 2009 Beckman Young Investigator Award[12]
- 2019 University of Utah Distinguished Scholarly and Creative Research Award[13]
- 2019 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Cozzarelli Prize[14]
- 2021 Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[15]
- 2021 Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[16]
- 2022 Elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences[7]
- 2022 Elected Fellow of the Utah Academy of Engineering and Sciences[17]
- 2022 Honorary doctorate from the University of Buenos Aires[18]
- 2023 American Physical Society Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics[19]
Selected publications edit
As of 2023[update] according to Google scholar[1] her most cited publications are:
- Valeria Molinero; Emily B Moore (1 April 2009). "Water modeled as an intermediate element between carbon and silicon". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 113 (13): 4008–4016. arXiv:0809.2811. doi:10.1021/JP805227C. ISSN 1520-6106. PMID 18956896. Wikidata Q46289790.
- Emily B Moore; Valeria Molinero (23 November 2011). "Structural transformation in supercooled water controls the crystallization rate of ice". Nature. 479 (7374): 506–508. arXiv:1107.1622. doi:10.1038/NATURE10586. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 22113691. Wikidata Q34235591.
- Liam C Jacobson; Waldemar Hujo; Valeria Molinero (1 August 2010). "Amorphous precursors in the nucleation of clathrate hydrates". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132 (33): 11806–11811. doi:10.1021/JA1051445. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 20669949. Wikidata Q54278459.
References edit
- ^ a b c Valeria Molinero publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ^ Valeria Molinero publications from Europe PubMed Central
- ^ Viudes, Hernán (2022-05-22). "Valeria Molinero, una argentina en la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de EE.UU". Agenda Sur (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ^ "Valeria en el cielo con cristales". nexciencia.exactas.uba.ar (in Spanish). 2022-05-12. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ^ a b "The Physical Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society". phys-acs.org. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ^ "Prize Recipient". aps.org. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ^ a b "Molinero NAS 2022 - Department of Chemistry - The University of Utah". chem.utah.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ^ "Valeria Molinero | Princeton University Department of Chemistry". chemistry.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ^ "Scientists probe the limits of ice | UNews". unews.utah.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ^ "Chemistry study of the smallest ice wins journal award - @theU". attheu.utah.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ^ "IAPWS Helmholtz Award". iapws.org. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ^ "Valeria Molinero". beckman-foundation.org. Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ^ "Distinguished Scholarly & Creative Research Award Recipients - Vice President for Research - The University of Utah". research.utah.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ^ "molineroicejournalaward - Department of Chemistry - The University of Utah". chem.utah.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ^ "Molinero Elected to AAAS - Department of Chemistry - The University of Utah". chem.utah.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ^ "Valeria Molinero". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ^ "Notebook - 2022 by University of Utah - College of Science - Issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ^ "Doble honoris". Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (in Spanish). 2022-12-27. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ^ "New Prize and Award Recipients". aps.org. Retrieved 2023-02-11.