MAGE Faculty

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, 2003
• B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institutes, 1998
• B.S. in Applied Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institutes, 1998

BACKGROUND

Before joining the Chemical Engineering Department at UMD in Fall 2007, Dr. Klauda was an Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) Postdoctoral Fellow in the Laboratory of Computational Biology at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH). There, he studied lipid forcefield improvements and dynamical behavior of membranes, and transport of sugars through the cell membrane via proteins. His Ph.D. work mainly involved predicting the thermodynamic stability of gas hydrates and global amount of this alternate source of natural gas. The separation of molecular nitrogen and oxygen via nanoporous carbons was also a part of his doctoral work.

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 1994 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Medal of Science
• 1998-1999 Pigford Fellowship (Dept. of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware)
• 2003-2007 Intramural Research Training Award (NIH)
• 2008 Minta Martin Award (UMD)
• NSF CAREER (2012-2017)
• Omega Chi Epsilon Award from the Chi Chapter (UMD)
• University System of Maryland's PROMISE AGEP Outstanding Faculty Mentor (2015)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• American Chemical Society
• Biophysical Society