Computational Surface Science and Catalysis Group

Javier Chavarrio

Position title: Graduate Student

Email: chavarriocan@wisc.edu

Address:
1023 Engineering Hall

Education:

M.S. Chemical Engineering
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

B.S. Chemical Engineering
Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Awards:

  • Kaust Fellowship, KAUST (2019-2020)
  • Best Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Research Project, Universidad Nacional de Colombia – Sede Bogotá (version XXVIII – 2018)

Publications:

  1. “Catalytic production of δ-valerolactone (DVL) from biobased 2-hydroxytetrahydropyran (HTHP) – Combined experimental and modeling study”, R. G. Dastidar, J. E. Chavarrio, Z. Jiang, D. J. McClelland, M. Mavrikakis, and G. W. Huber, Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy 360, 124519 (2024). [DOI]

  2. “Reaction chemistry of ethanol oligomerization to distillate-range molecules using low loading Cu/MgxAlOy catalysts”, P.A. Cuello-Penaloza, J. Chavarrio-Cañas, Y. Du, M.P. Lanci, D.A. Maedke, J.A. Dumesic, G.W. Huber, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 318, 121821 (2022). [DOI]

  3. “An experimental and kinetic modeling study of the pyrolysis of isoprene, a significant biogenic hydrocarbon in naturally occurring vegetation fires”, E. Grajales-González, G. Kukkadapu, S.S. Nagaraja, C. Shao, M. Monge-Palacios, J.E. Chavarrio, S.W. Wagnon, H.J. Curran, W.J. Pitz, and S.M. Sarathy, Combustion and Flame 242, 112206 (2022). [DOI]

  4. “Probing the gas-phase oxidation of ammonia: Addressing uncertainties with theoretical calculations”, J.E. Chavarrio Cañas, M. Monge-Palacios, X. Zhang, and S.M. Sarathy, Combustion and Flame 234, 111708 (2022). [DOI]

  5. “Early Chemistry of Nicotine Degradation in Heat-Not-Burn Smoking Devices and Conventional Cigarettes: Implications for Users and Second- and Third-Hand Smokers”, J.E. Chavarrio Cañas, M. Monge-Palacios, E. Grajales-González, and S.M. Sarathy, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 7, 3177–3188 (2021). [DOI]

  6. “A quantitative Multi-Criteria Solvent Selection Method for Extraction Process: Case Study – Downstream Purification of Sucrose-Based Surfactants”, J. E. Chavarrio, M.F. Gutiérrez, and A. Orjuela, Journal of Surfactants and Detergents 23, 513-526 (2020). [DOI]

  7. “Microfluidic Logic Gates: Pressure-Driven Two-Input 3D Microfluidic Logic Gates”, N. El-Atab, J. Chavarrio Cañas, and M.M. Hussain, Advanced Science 7, 2070007 (2020). [DOI]