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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences School of Chemical Sciences

Baron G Peters

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Contact Information

Department of Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering
600 S. Mathews Ave.
292 RAL, MC-712
Urbana, IL 61801

William H. and Janet G. Lycan Professor

Biography

William H. and Janet G. Lycan Professor

Research Description

Studies rates and mechanisms of catalysis, nucleation, and crystal growth with rare events techniques from molecular simulation and quantum chemistry.

Education

PhD Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2004
BS Mathematics, University of Missouri, 1999
BS Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri, 1999

Additional Campus Affiliations

Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Recent Publications

Burcham, C. L., Doherty, M. F., Peters, B. G., Price, S. L., Salvalaglio, M., Reutzel-Edens, S. M., Price, L. S., Addula, R. K. R., Francia, N., Khanna, V., & Zhao, Y. (2024). Pharmaceutical Digital Design: From Chemical Structure through Crystal Polymorph to Conceptual Crystallization Process. Crystal Growth and Design, 24(13), 5417-5438. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.3c01390

Chen, Z., Sadow, A. D., & Peters, B. (2024). A Microkinetic Model for Isomerizing Ethenolysis. ACS Catalysis, 14(8), 6339-6348. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.4c00465

Ejiogu, E., & Peters, B. (2024). Kinetic Models for Polymer Upcycling by Tag-and-Cut Strategies. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 63(50), 21728-21738. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c02891

Kim, C. A., Shayesteh Zadeh, A., & Peters, B. (2024). Ethylene Polymerization Activity vs Grafting Affinity Trade-off Revealed by Importance Learning Analysis of In Silico Phillips Catalyst. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 128(45), 19166-19181. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c05331

Kim, C. A., Sahasrabudhe, C. A., Wang, Y. Y., Yappert, R., Heyden, A., Huang, W., Sadow, A. D., & Peters, B. (2024). Population Balance Equations for Reactive Separation in Polymer Upcycling. Langmuir, 40(8), 4096-4107. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03004

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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences School of Chemical Sciences

106 Noyes Lab, Box D-5, MC-712

505 S. Mathews Ave.

Urbana, IL 61801

217-333-5070

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