Pablo G. Debenedetti

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Pablo G. Debenedetti
BornMarch 30, 1953
Alma materUniversity of Buenos Aires, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scientific career
FieldsThermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, Molecular Simulation, Chemical Engineering
InstitutionsPrinceton University
Doctoral advisorRobert Reid

Pablo G. Debenedetti is the Dean for Research, the Class of 1950 Professor in Engineering and Applied Science, and a professor of chemical and biological engineering at Princeton University.[1] His research focuses on thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and computer simulations of liquids and glasses.[2]

Debenedetti was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2000 for microscopic theory, insight embodied in a scholarly monograph, and application of supercritical and metastable fluids.

Early life and education[]

Debenedetti was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1953. He graduated from the University of Buenos Aires in 1978 with a degree in chemical engineering, and worked as a process development engineer at the De Nora Company in Milan, Italy, between 1978 and 1980. He completed his master's degree in 1981 and his Ph.D in 1985, both in chemical engineering, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where his thesis adviser was Robert C. Reid. He joined the faculty of Princeton University in 1985.[3]

Research and career[]

Debenedetti's research focuses on theoretical and computational investigations of the structure, dynamics, thermodynamics, and statistical mechanics of liquids and glasses. He has published over 300 scientific papers.[4] and a book, Metastable Liquids: Concepts and Principles[5]

Debenedetti has made numerous contributions to fundamental understanding of the microscopic structure of supercritical fluids,[6] the theory of nucleation,[7] the theory of hydrophobicity,[8] the glass transition,[9] protein thermodynamics,[10] and the structure[11] and thermodynamics of supercooled water.[12] Using advanced sampling techniques, his group demonstrated computationally the existence of a metastable liquid-liquid phase transition in a molecular model of water. His work has been cited more than 33,000 times.[13]

He served as the chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering from 1996 to 2004 and was the vice dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science from 2008 to 2013.[14] He was appointed Princeton's Dean for Research in 2013.[15]

Awards and honors[]

Debenedetti has received numerous awards and honors.

  • Presidential Young Investigator, National Science Foundation, 1987
  • Teacher-Scholar Award, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, 1989[16]
  • Guggenheim Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1991[17]
  • Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Chemistry, Metastable Liquids, Association of American Publishers, 1997[18]
  • Professional Progress Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1997[19]
  • Elected to the National Academy of Engineering, 2000[20]
  • John M. Prausnitz Award in Applied Chemical Thermodynamics, 2001[21]
  • Joel Henry Hildebrand Award in the Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry of Liquids, American Chemical Society, 2008[22]
  • Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2008[23]
  • Distinguished Teacher Award, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Princeton University, 2008[24]
  • President's Award for Distinguished Teaching, Princeton University, 2008[25]
  • William H. Walker Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2008[26]
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow, 2011[27]
  • Elected to the National Academy of Sciences, 2012
  • Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2013[28]
  • Institute Lecturer, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2013[29]
  • Benjamin Garver Lamme Award, American Society for Engineering Education, 2014[30]
  • Fellow, American Physical Society, 2015[31]
  • Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Award, Princeton University, 2016[32]
  • Guggenheim Medal, Institution of Chemical Engineers, 2017[33]
  • Alpha Chi Sigma Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2019[34]

In 2008, he was named one of the 100 chemical engineers of the modern era[35] by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Centennial Celebration Committee.

Selected publications[]

  • P.G. Debenedetti, Metastable Liquids. Concepts and Principles. Princeton (1996)[36]
  • S. Sastry, P.G. Debenedetti, F. Sciortino and H.E. Stanley, “Singularity-free interpretation of the thermodynamics of supercooled water.” Phys. Rev. E, 53, 6144 (1996).[37]
  • S. Sastry, P.G. Debenedetti and F.H. Stillinger, “Signatures of distinct dynamical regimes in the energy landscape of a glass-forming liquid.” Nature, 393, 554 (1998).[38]
  • J.R. Errington and P.G. Debenedetti, “Relationship between structural order and the anomalies of liquid water.” Nature, 409, 318 (2001).[39]
  • P.G. Debenedetti and F.H. Stillinger, “Supercooled liquids and the glass transition.” Nature, 410, 259 (2001).[40]
  • J.C. Palmer, F. Martelli, Y. Liu, R. Car, A.Z. Panagiotopoulos and P.G. Debenedetti, “Metastable liquid-liquid transition in a molecular model of water.” Nature, 510, 385 (2014).[41]
  • A. Haji-Akbari and P.G. Debenedetti, “Direct calculation of ice homogeneous nucleation rate for a molecular model of water.” PNAS, 112, 10582 (2015).
  • P.G. Debenedetti, F. Sciortino and G.H. Zerze, “Second critical point in two realistic models of water.” Science, 369, 289 (2020).

References[]

  1. ^ "About the Dean for Research | Office of the Dean for Research". research.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  2. ^ "Pablo G. Debenedetti | Chemical and Biological Engineering". cbe.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  3. ^ "Chemical Engineering Education". ufdc.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  4. ^ "Pablo Debenedetti – Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  5. ^ Debenedetti, Pablo G. (1997-01-12). Metastable Liquids. ISBN 978-0-691-08595-1.
  6. ^ Eckert, Charles A.; Knutson, Barbara L.; Debenedetti, Pablo G. (September 26, 1996). "Supercritical fluids as solvents for chemical and materials processing". Nature. 383 (6598): 313–318. doi:10.1038/383313a0. ISSN 1476-4687.
  7. ^ Haji-Akbari, Amir; Debenedetti, Pablo G. (2015-08-25). "Direct calculation of ice homogeneous nucleation rate for a molecular model of water". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112 (34): 10582–10588. doi:10.1073/pnas.1509267112. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 4553815. PMID 26240318.
  8. ^ Giovambattista, Nicolas; Lopez, Carlos F.; Rossky, Peter J.; Debenedetti, Pablo G. (2008-02-19). "Hydrophobicity of protein surfaces: Separating geometry from chemistry". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105 (7): 2274–2279. doi:10.1073/pnas.0708088105. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 2268126. PMID 18268339.
  9. ^ Sastry, Srikanth; Debenedetti, Pablo G.; Stillinger, Frank H. (11 June 1998). "Signatures of distinct dynamical regimes in the energy landscape of a glass-forming liquid". Nature. 393 (6685): 554–557. doi:10.1038/31189. ISSN 1476-4687.
  10. ^ Kim, Sang Beom; Palmer, Jeremy C.; Debenedetti, Pablo G. (2016-08-09). "Computational investigation of cold denaturation in the Trp-cage miniprotein". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113 (32): 8991–8996. doi:10.1073/pnas.1607500113. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 4987839. PMID 27457961.
  11. ^ Errington, Jeffrey R.; Debenedetti, Pablo G. (18 January 2001). "Relationship between structural order and the anomalies of liquid water". Nature. 409 (6818): 318–321. doi:10.1038/35053024. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 11201735.
  12. ^ Speedy, Robin J.; Debenedetti, Pablo G.; Smith, R. Scott; Huang, C.; Kay, Bruce D. (1996-07-01). "The evaporation rate, free energy, and entropy of amorphous water at 150 K". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 105 (1): 240–244. doi:10.1063/1.471869. ISSN 0021-9606.
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  16. ^ "Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program" (PDF). Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  17. ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | All Fellows". Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  18. ^ Debenedetti, Pablo G. (1997-01-12). Metastable Liquids. ISBN 978-0-691-08595-1.
  19. ^ "Winners: Andreas Acrivos Award for Professional Progress in Chemical Engineering | AIChE". www.aiche.org. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  20. ^ "National Academy of Engineering New Members – 2000". www8.nationalacademies.org. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  21. ^ "Awards – PPEPPD". Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  22. ^ "Joel Henry Hildebrand Award in the Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry of Liquids". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  23. ^ "Member Directory | American Academy of Arts and Sciences". www.amacad.org. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
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  25. ^ "President's Award for Distinguished Teaching (PADT) | Dean of the Faculty". dof.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
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  31. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  32. ^ "Debenedetti, Wolfson to receive Phi Beta Kappa teaching awards". Princeton University. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  33. ^ "Guggenheim Medal winners – IChemE". www.icheme.org. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  34. ^ "2019 AIChE Annual Meeting Awards | AIChE". www.aiche.org. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  35. ^ "100 Chemical Engineers of the Modern Era" (PDF). American Institute of Chemical Engineers Centennial Celebration. October 7, 2008. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  36. ^ Debenedetti, Pablo G. (1997-01-12). Metastable Liquids. ISBN 978-0-691-08595-1.
  37. ^ Sastry, Srikanth; Debenedetti, Pablo G.; Sciortino, Francesco; Stanley, H. E. (1996-06-01). "Singularity-free interpretation of the thermodynamics of supercooled water". Physical Review E. 53 (6): 6144–6154. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.53.6144. PMID 9964976.
  38. ^ Sastry, Srikanth; Debenedetti, Pablo G.; Stillinger, Frank H. (11 June 1998). "Signatures of distinct dynamical regimes in the energy landscape of a glass-forming liquid". Nature. 393 (6685): 554–557. doi:10.1038/31189. ISSN 1476-4687.
  39. ^ Errington, Jeffrey R.; Debenedetti, Pablo G. (18 January 2001). "Relationship between structural order and the anomalies of liquid water". Nature. 409 (6818): 318–321. doi:10.1038/35053024. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 11201735.
  40. ^ Debenedetti, Pablo G.; Stillinger, Frank H. (8 March 2001). "Supercooled liquids and the glass transition". Nature. 410 (6825): 259–267. doi:10.1038/35065704. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 11258381.
  41. ^ Palmer, Jeremy C.; Martelli, Fausto; Liu, Yang; Car, Roberto; Panagiotopoulos, Athanassios Z.; Debenedetti, Pablo G. (18 June 2014). "Metastable liquid–liquid transition in a molecular model of water". Nature. 510 (7505): 385–388. doi:10.1038/nature13405. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 24943954.
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