Valeria Molinero
Valeria Molinero | |
|---|---|
| Born | Valeria Paula Molinero 1970 (age 54–55) |
| 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) |
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.
Early life and education
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][6]
Research and career
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][6] 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.[7][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.[8] Molinero has developed simulations to understand the materials properties of zeolites, and to predict the specific polymorph from a synthesis mixture.[9] 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.[10][11]
Awards and honors
- 2005 International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam Helmholtz Award[12]
- 2009 Beckman Young Investigator Award[13]
- 2012 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award[14]
- 2019 University of Utah Distinguished Scholarly and Creative Research Award[15]
- 2019 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Cozzarelli Prize[16][6]
- 2021 Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[17]
- 2021 Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[18]
- 2022 Elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences[8][6]
- 2022 Elected Fellow of the Utah Academy of Engineering and Sciences[19]
- 2022 Honorary doctorate from the University of Buenos Aires[20]
- 2023 American Physical Society Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics[21]
Selected publications
As of 2023[update] according to Google scholar[1] her most cited publications are:
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 {{Google Scholar ID}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
- ↑ 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 español). Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ↑ "Valeria en el cielo con cristales". nexciencia.exactas.uba.ar (in español). 2022-05-12. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "The Physical Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society". phys-acs.org. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 No label or title -- debug: Q126886759, Wikidata Q126886759
- ↑ "Prize Recipient". aps.org. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "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.
- ↑ "Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program - All Award Recipients" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ↑ "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 español). 2022-12-27. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ↑ "New Prize and Award Recipients". aps.org. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- Living people
- Argentine women physicists
- 21st-century Argentine physicists
- 21st-century Argentine women scientists
- University of Buenos Aires alumni
- California Institute of Technology alumni
- Arizona State University alumni
- University of Utah faculty
- Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- Argentine emigrants to the United States
- 1970 births