J. Ilja Siepmann

J. Ilja Siepmann
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Distinguished University Teaching Professor, Department of ChemistryContact
Smith Hall Room 227 207 Pleasant Street SeMinneapolis, MN 55455
Affiliations
Education
Ph.D. University of Cambridge (United Kingdom), 1991
B.S. (equivalent), University of Freiburg (Germany), 1987
Professional Background
Director, DOE Nanoporous Materials Genome Center, 2014 – present
Merck Professor of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 2012 – 2017
Vice Chair, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 2010 – 2015
Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Minnesota, 2010 – present
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota, 2006 – present
Sabbatical Fellow, Division of Chemistry and Materials Science, Lawrence Livermore Natlional Laboratory, 2003 – 2004
Professor, Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 2003 – present
Associate Professor, Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 2000 – 2003
Graduate Faculty in Chemical Physics, Chemical Engineering, and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 1994 – present
Scientific & Professional Societies
- American Chemical Society
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Fellow
- American Physical Society, Fellow
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Biography
J. Ilja Siepmann is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor, a Distinguished Teaching Professor, and member of the graduate faculties in chemistry, chemical physics, chemical engineering, and materials science at the University of Minnesota. He is also the director of the DOE-funded Nanoporous Materials Genome Center and an associate editor for the Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data. He received his doctorate in chemistry from the University of Cambridge. Before joining the University of Minnesota in 1994, he carried out postdoctoral research at the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, the Royal/Shell Laboratory in Amsterdam, and the University of Pennsylvania’s Laboratory for the Research on the Structure of Matter. His scientific interests are focused on particle-based simulations of complex chemical systems, including the prediction of phase, sorption, and reaction equilibria and of thermophysical properties, the understanding of retention in chromatography, and the investigation of microheterogeneous fluids and nucleation phenomena.
Chemical Theory & Computation, development of simulation algorithms and force fields
Chemical Physics, statistical mechanics of condensed phases
Environmental & Green Chemistry, atmospheric nucleation and energy-efficient separations
Nanoscience & Materials Chemistry, nanoporous and nanostructured materials
Polymer Chemistry, phase behavior and self-assembly of block oligomers
Energy & Catalysis, properties of reservoir fluids, refining and chemical conversions
Analytical & Bioanalytical Chemistry, chromatographic retention mechanisms
The efforts of Professor Siepmann’s research group are focused on particle-based simulations of complex chemical systems, including the prediction of phase, sorption, and reaction equilibria and of thermophysical properties, the understanding of retention in chromatography, and the investigation of microheterogeneous fluids and nucleation phenomena. Their research advances the capabilities of molecular simulations through the development of efficient Monte Carlo algorithms and transferable force fields.
Research Initiative & Centers
Nanoporous Materials Genome Center
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
Industrial Partnership for Research in Interfacial & Materials Engineering
MURI: Predicting Turbulent Multi-Phase Flows with High Fidelity – A Physics-Based Approach
Honors and Awards
2018: Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
2018: Yeram S. Touloukian Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
2013: Fellow, American Physical Society
2012: First Place, Seventh Industrial Fluid Properties Simulation Challenge
2012: Merck Professorship
2010: University of Minnesota Academy of Distinguished Teachers
2010: Award for Outstanding Contributions to Postbaccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education
2006: Best-in-Show, Third Industrial Fluid Properties Simulation Challenge
2006: Distinguished McKnight University Professorship
2000: Fellow, Minnesota Supercomputing Institute
1998: Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
1996: McKnight Land-Grant Assistant Professorship
1994: Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award
1994: Bush Faculty Development Program Fellowship
1994: Best Publication 1994, KSLA, Shell Research BV
1989: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Scholarship (British Council)
1988: Graduate Scholarship of the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation
1987: Unilever-Yates Scholarship
1986: Scholarship of the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation
Selected Publications
Mailing Address
J. Ilja Siepmann
University of Minnesota
Department of Chemistry
B-8, 139 Smith Hall, 207 Pleasant St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0431