Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

2002: Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Padova, Italy.

Advisors:           A. Bertucco, University of Padova, Italy.

                        J.M. Prausnitz, University of California at Berkeley.

1998: B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Padova, Italy.

Advisors:           A. Bertucco, University of Padova, Italy.                         J.M. Prausnitz, University of California at Berkeley.

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

  • October 2021 to present: Professor of Chemical Biological and Materials Engineering, Asahi Glass Chair in Chemical Engineering, and Lloyd and Jane Austin Presidential Professor, School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA.
  • October 2021 to September 2023: Honorary Research Professor (part time), Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London, UK.
  • September 2013 to September 2021: Professor of Molecular Thermodynamics, Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London, UK.
  • September 2014 to September 2021: Deputy Head of Department (Enterprise), Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London, UK.
  • January 2017 to September 2021: Adjunct Research Professor (by courtesy), Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
  • January 2014 to September 2021: Affiliate Professor (by courtesy), University of Oklahoma, School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, Norman, OK, USA.
  • September 2013 to present: Member of the Thomas Young Centre – London Centre for the Theory and Simulation of Materials.
  • July 2011 to August 2013: Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma, School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering.
  • February 2012 to July 2012: LBNL Associate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (Hosts: Prof. Miquel Salmeron and Dr. Paul Ashby).
  • August 2011 to January 2012: Visiting Fellow, Department Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (Hosts: Prof. Pablo Debenedetti and Prof. Thanos Panagiotopoulos).
  • August 2005 to June 2011: Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma, School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering.
  • September 2003 to July 2005: Research Associate, Vanderbilt University (PI: P.T. Cummings).
  • January 2002 to August 2003: Post-Doctoral Associate, North Carolina State University (PI: K.E. Gubbins).
  • July 2001 to September 2001: Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley (PI: J.M. Prausnitz).
  • June 2000 to September 2000: Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley (PI: J.M. Prausnitz).
  • November 1998 to February 2000: Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley (PI: J.M. Prausnitz).

HONORS

Membership to Professional Societies

  • Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining: Fellow
  • Royal Society of Chemistry: Fellow
  • IChemE: Fellow and Chartered Chemical Engineer Status
  • Institute of Physics: Fellow
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers: Senior Member
  • American Chemical Society: Member
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science: Member
  • American Physical Society: Lifetime Member

Awards

  • 2021: elected Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM)
  • 2021: RSC Diversity Fund: ‘All Working Lives: An Inclusive Dialogue’
  • 2019: elected Fellow of the IChemE (FIChemE)
  • 2019: UCL Faculty Education Award for ‘Educational Leadership’
  • 2017: elected Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FIOP).
  • 2017: elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).
  • 2017-2020: Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, published by the American Chemical Society.
  • 2017: Invited at the Royal Academy of Engineering event ‘Annual Visiting Professors Conference 2017 – What is Excellent Teaching in Engineering?’, September 26th-27th, Conference Aston, Birmingham, UK.
  • 2017: Invited at the 2017 Annual Corporate Citinzenship Awards Dinner, British American Business, The Merchant Taylor’s Hall, London, UK, June 15th, 2017.
  • 2016: EPSRC Peer Review Associate College member.
  • 2015: Chartered Member of IChemE.
  • 2013: Lloyd and Joyce Austin Presidential Professorship, for meeting the highest standards of excellence in scholarship and teaching, The University of Oklahoma, Norman.
  • 2013: Presidential International Travel Fellowship, The University of Oklahoma.
  • 2011: HP Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, American Chemical Society, COMP division.
  • 2011: Regents’ Award for Superior Research and Creative Activity, The University of Oklahoma, Norman.
  • 2010: Teaching Award – 1st Prize on the College of Engineering – wide teaching competition on engaging students (ChE 5843 – Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics – taught in the spring 2010 semester) with activities pertaining to the College of Engineering Centennial Symposium.
  • 2008: Junior Faculty Research Program Award, The University of Oklahoma.
  • 2007: ACS PRF type G grant.
  • 2007: Program for Instructional Innovation Award, Integrating Technology to Enhance Student Learning award, The University of Oklahoma.
  • 2007: Presidential International Travel Fellowship, The University of Oklahoma.
  • 2006: Junior Faculty Research Program Award, The University of Oklahoma.
  • 1998: Travel Fellowship from Fondazione ‘Ing. Aldo Gini’. Via Portello, 35100 Padova.
  • 1997: Education Abroad Program, Centro Studi Università di California, Via Oberdan, 10, 35100 Padova.
  • 1997: Travel Fellowship from Fondazione ‘Ing. Aldo Gini’. Via Portello, 35100 Padova

Group Recognitions

  • 2018: Dr. Striolo’s student, Mr. Sakiru Badmos, was awarded the ‘Best Presentation Award’ at the 20th International Conference on Chemical and Molecular Engineering, held in Dubai, December 20th-21st, 2018.
  • 2018: Dr. Striolo’s student, Mr. Tai Bui, was awarded the Best Poster Award by the members of the Industrial Advisory Board, UCL Department of Chemical Engineering, February 23rd, 2018.
  • 2018: Dr. Striolo’s student, Ms. Maria Apostolopoulou, was awarded the Second-Best Poster Award by the members of the Industrial Advisory Board, UCL Department of Chemical Engineering, February 23rd, 2018.
  • 2017: Dr. Striolo’s student Mr. Tai Bui was awarded one £3,000 travel prize from the ‘Best Use of ARCHER’ competition. The award is presented at the ARCHER Champion Workshop in September, 2017.
  • 2017: Dr. Anh Phan, who earned her Ph.D. from Dr. Striolo’s group in 2016, has been awarded the DAI Best Paper Award by the Department of Chemical Engineering at UCL.
  • 2016: Dr. Tuan Ho, who earned his Ph.D. from Dr. Striolo’s group in 2015, was awarded the Springer Thesis Prize.
  • 2016: Dr. Striolo’s student Ms. Manaswee Suttipong delivered the ‘Best Presentation’ at her session at the 251st ACS National Meeting in San Diego, March 13th-17th, 2016.
  • 2014: Dr. Striolo’s student, Ms. Anh Phan, was awarded 1st Prize in the ‘Sustainability and the energy-water-food nexus’ poster category at the ChemEngDay2014 conference in Manchester, UK, April 7th-8th, 2014.
  • 2013: Dr. Striolo’s student, Mr. Tuan A. Ho, was recognized with one BP Graduate Student Fellowship from the School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering of the University of Oklahoma.
  • 2011: Dr. Striolo’s student, Mr. Heng Fan, was recognized with one BP Graduate Student Fellowship from the School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering of the University of Oklahoma.
  • 2011: Dr. Striolo’s student, Ms. Manaswee Suttipong, was recognized with one ‘Outstanding Poster Presentation’ award at the 2011 March Meeting of the American Physical Society, March 20th-25th, Dallas, TX, 2011, for her poster titled ‘Role of Surfactant Molecular Structure on Self Assembly: Aqueous SDBS on Carbon Nanotubes’.
  • 2010: Dr. Striolo’s student Mr. Dimitrios Argyris was selected as winner of the 2010 ACS Graduate Student Award in Computational Chemistry, administered by the Theoretical Chemistry Subdivision of the American Chemical Society.
  • 2010: Dr. Striolo’s student Mr. Naga Rajesh Tummala was awarded one Faraday Discussion – Graduate Student Seminar Fellowships to attend the Faraday Discussion #146: Wetting Dynamics of Hydrophobic and Structured Surfaces, conference held in Richmond, Virginia, April 12th-14th, 2010. Funds were provided by the US National Science Foundation.
  • 2009: Dr. Striolo’s student Mr. Dimitrios Argyris was the winner of the 2009 CoMSEF Graduate Student Award, nominated in occasion of the Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Nashville, TN, November 2009.

SYYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES (selected)

  • Coordinator of the Horizon 2020 consortium ‘Science4CleanEnergy’, funded by a €10M grant from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 764810 (2017-2020). The consortium brought together 23 partners, including world-leading academies, research laboratories, SMEs and large industries from 10 countries across Europe. The final assessment from the EC stated the ‘project delivered exceptional results with significant immediate or potential impact’. The project developed and tested new models and technologies for the detection, quantification and mitigation of risks connected with geo-energy operations.
  • Coordinator of the Horizon 2020 consortium ‘ShaleXenvironmenT’, funded by a €3M grant from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 640979 (2015-2018). The consortium brought together 11 partners, including world-leading academies, research laboratories, SMEs and large industries from across Europe. The project identified viable approaches for reducing the enviornmental impact of developing unconventional resources, such as shale gas, in Europe and across the World.
  • Deputy Head for Enterprise within the Chemical Engineering Department, UCL (2014 to 2021). Established the Industrial Advisory Board and organized two meetings per year with the IAB. Obtained donations from IAB members for Students Awards, supported several initiatives to benefit the Department, including attracting and retaining three Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professors, and setting the stage for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) teaching programmes.
  • Director of the MSc in ‘Global Management of Natural Resources’ (2016 to 2021). Ideated and established the programme, coordinated with different departments at UCL as well as with the University of South Australia for the delivery and growth of this multi-institutional, dual-continental post-graduate-taught programme. From 11 students graduated in 2016-2017, the programme attracts > 260 applications per year. The programme has been recommended for accreditation by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOMMM).
  • Director of the MSc ‘Plus Year in Industry’ (2018 to 2021). Coordinated with a few industrial partners the internship for UCL students. The programme led to several of these students securing jobs with the industrial partners. Partners ranged from SMEs to large chemical companies.
  • Organizer of the Summer Challenge in Chemical Engineering, UCL (2014 to 2019). Each year 20 students from under-represented minorities spend one afternoon per week, during the summer, at UCL. On average, 30% of the students completing the Challenge applied to UCL for their university education.
  • Chair of the IChemE Guggeheim Medal committee, 2021 to present.
  • Member of the Joint ASME/AIChE Committee on Thermophysical Properties (2015 to present), with the objective of organizing the 20th and 21st Symposium on Thermophysical Properties.

Funding (selected)

  • Alberto Striolo (PI, Prof. Panagiota Angeli Co-I): EP/V032909/1 SusAgriChem – Sustainable Formulation of Agri-Chemicals via Dynamic Molecular Interfaces. Funding Agency: EPSRC. Funding period: May 1st, 2021 – April 30th, 2025. Amount awarded: £ 936,263 plus ~ £60,000 contribution from Innospec.

This research project in collaboration with partner Innospec seeks to combine experimental and modelling approaches to optimise the formulation of pesticides. The fundamental aspects focus on the dynamic nature of the interfaces of interest. Striolo will implement an arsenal of multi-scale simulation techniques, supported by a machine learning framework.  

  • Alberto Striolo (PI): EP/T004282/1 CBET-EPSRC: Improving CSMHyK via Molecular Modelling and Stochastic Simulations. Funding Agency: EPSRC / NSF. Funding period: three years, just announced. Amount awarded: £ 490,000 (UK) plus ~ $300,000 (US).

This is a research project in collaboration with the Colorado School of Mines (Prof. Carolyne Koh), which hosts one of the most extensive and well known research centers in the world on hydrates and flow assurance is located. At UCL Striolo will conduct molecular simulations and Michail Stamatakis will implement kinetic Monte Carlo simulations to study hydrates.