Panagiotis Smirniotis

Professional Summary

Professor Smirniotis performs research in the fields of i) catalytic clean-up of gaseous streams, ii) photocatalytic degradation of toxics in aqueous and gaseous streams, iii) hydrogen generation, iv) synthesis and characterizations of molecular sieves, v) development of zeolite catalysts for refining and energy process industries, vi) characterization of solid materials and surfaces with state-of-the-art techniques, vii) high temperature separation of carbon dioxide, viii) separation of biomolecules, and ix) reactor modeling and chemical kinetics.
Professor Smirniotis teaches classes in transport phenomena, chemical kinetics, advanced chemical reaction engineering, process design & control, molecular sieves and applications, solid materials and surface characterizations, environmental catalysis and reaction engineering, and sustainable energy.

Publications

Other Publications

187) A.V. Vorontsov and P.G. Smirniotis (2023).  ”Advancements in Hydrogen Energy Research with the Assistance of Computational Chemistry”.  International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 48, 14978-14999

188) A.V. Vorontsov, U. Kumar, and P.G. Smirniotis (2023).  “A DFT Study on Single Brønsted Acid Sites in Zeolite Beta and their Interaction with Probe Molecules”, .  Catalysts, 455, 14-20

189) A.V. Vorontsov and P.G. Smirniotis (2023).   ”A DFT Study on the Stability and the Acid Strength of Brønsted Acid Sites in Zeolite Beta”.  Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 126, 7840-7851

190) X. Sun, D. Damma, Z. Cao, N.T. Alvarez, V. Shanov, A. Antonios, P.G. Smirniotis, and J. Dong (2023).  “CO-Promoted Low-Temperature Conversion of CH4 to Hydrogen and Carbon Nanotubes on Nanocrystalline Cr-Doped Ferrite Catalyst”.  Catalysis Communications, 169, 106475

A.V. Vorontsov, and P.G. Smirniotis (2019).  Semiempirical Computational Study of Oxygen Vacancies in a Decahedral Anatase Nanoparticle.  International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, , 119, 1-9

D. Devaiah, J. Deshetti, A. Welton, P. Boolchand, A. Arvanitis, J. Dong, and P.G. Smirniotis (2019).  Effect of Nb modification on the structural and catalytic property of Fe/Nb/M (M = Mn, Co, Ni, and Cu) catalyst for high temperature water-gas shift reaction.  Catalysis Today

A. Arvanitis, X. Sun, S. Yang, D. Damma, P.G. Smirniotis, and J. Dong (2018).  Approaching Complete CO Conversion and Total H2 Recovery for Water Gas Shift Reaction in a High-Temperature and High-Pressure Zeolite Membrane Reactor.  Journal of Membrane Science, 549, 575-580

B.T. Reddy, S.I.N. Reddy, M. Suidan, and P.G. Smirniotis (2018).  One step Synthesis of Sulfur doped-TiO2 by Flame Pyrolysis for Visible Photocatalytic Degradation of Acetaldehyde.  Chemical Engineering Journal, 339, 249-258

A.V. Vorontsov, E.N. Kabachkov, I.L. Balikhin, E.N. Kurkin, V.N. Troitskii, and P.G. Smirniotis (2018).  Correlation of Surface Area with Photocatalytic Activity of TiO2.  Advanced Oxidation Technologies, 21, 1-11

P.G. Smirniotis, B.T. Reddy, D. Damma, and S.I.N. Reddy (2018).  Single-Step Rapid Aerosol Synthesis of N-doped TiO2 for Enhanced Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity.  Catalysis Communications, 113, 1-5

D. Damma, Thirupathi Boningari, and P.G. Smirniotis (2018).  High temperature WGS over Fe/Ce/Co spinel catalysts: Study of the promotional effect of Ce and Co.  Journal of Molecular Catalysis, 451, 20-32

Thirupathi Boningari, S.M. Pavani, E.P. Ettireddy, S. Chuang, and P.G. Smirniotis (2018).  Mechanistic Investigations on NO reduction with CO over Mn/TiO2 catalyst at low Temperatures.  Journal of Molecular Catalysis, 451, 33-42

A.V. Vorontsov, and P.G. Smirniotis (2018).  Size and Surface Groups Effects in Decahedral Anatase Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Applications.  Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 363, 51-60

P.G. Smirniotis, S.I.N. Reddy, D. Damma, and B.T. Reddy (2018).  Single-Step Rapid Aerosol Synthesis of N-doped TiO2 for Enhanced Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity.  Catalysis Communications, 113, 1-5

B.T. Reddy, S.I.N. Reddy, M. Suidan, and P.G. Smirniotis (2018).  Novel one-step synthesis of nitrogen-doped TiO2 by flame aerosol technique for visible-light photocatalysis: Effect of synthesis parameters and secondary nitrogen (N) source.  Chemical Engineering Journal, 350, 324-334

Thirupathi Boningari, S.I.N. Reddy, M. Suidan, and P.G. Smirniotis (2018).  Novel Continuous Single-Step Synthesis of Nitrogen-Modified TiO2 by Flame Spray Pyrolysis for Photocatalytic Degradation of Phenol in Visible Light .  Journal of Materials of Science & Technology, , 34, 1494-1502

B. Thirupathi, D. Pappas, and P.G. Smirniotis (2018).  Metal Oxide-confined Interweaved Titania Nanotubes M/TNT (M=Mn, Cu, Ce, Fe, V, Cr and Co) for the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) of NOx in the presence of excess oxygen.  Journal of Catalysis, 365, 320-333

D. Mukherjee, D. Devaiah, P. Venkataswamy, T. Vinodkumar, P.G. Smirniotis, and B.M. Reddy (2018).  Superior Catalytic Performance of CoOx/Sn-CeO2 hybrid Materials for Catalytic Diesel Soot Oxidation.  New Journal of Chemistry, 42, 14149-14156

P.G. Smirniotis, B.T. Reddy, and S.I.N. Reddy (2018).  Single-step Synthesis of N-doped TiO2 by Flame Aerosol Method and the Effect of Synthesis Parameters.  Aerosol Science & Technology, 52, 913-922

A.V. Vorontsov, and P.G. Smirniotis (2018).  Structure, Electronic and Optical Properties of Bilayer Anatase Nanoribbons.  Computational Materials Science, 155, 226-281

B. Thirupathi, S.I.N. Reddy, V. Manousiouthakis, and P.G. Smirniotis (2018).  Facile Synthesis of Flame Spray Pyrolysis–derived Magnesium Oxide Nanoparticles for CO2 Sorption: Effect of Precursors, Morphology and Structural Properties.  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, , 57, 9054-9061

D. Devaiah, and P.G. Smirniotis (2018).  Recent Advances in Iron-based High Temperature WGS Catalysis for Hydrogen Production.  Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, , 21, 103-110

B.T. Reddy, D. Damma, P.R. Ettireddy, B.M. Reddy, and P.G. Smirniotis (2018).  Direct Decomposition of NOx over TiO2 supported Transition Metal Oxides at Low Temperatures.  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 57, 16615-16621

J.K.P. Kumar, B.T. Reddy, A.N. Prasad, P.G. Smirniotis, and B.M. Reddy (2018).  Rapid and efficient N-tert-butoxy carbonylation of amines catalyzed by sulfated tin oxide under solvent-free condition.  Orbital: The Electronic Journal of Chemistry, 10, 503-508

A.V. Vorontsov and P.G. Smirniotis (2017).  Benchmarking Semiempirical and DFT Methods for the Interaction of Thiophene and Diethyl Sulfide Molecules with a TiO2(H2O)3 Cluster.  Journal of Molecular Modeling, 23, 223-235

B. Thirupathi, A. Somogyvari, and P.G. Smirniotis (2017).  Ce-based catalysts for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx in presence of excess oxygen and diesel engine exhaust conditions.  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 56, 5483-5494

S.I.N. Reddy, M. Suidan, and P.G. Smirniotis (2016).  Influence of Synthesis Method on Leaching of the Cr-TiO2 Catalyst for Visible Light Liquid Phase Photocatalysis and their Stability .  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 180, 351-361

D. Pappas, B. Thirupathi, P. Boolchand, and P.G. Smirniotis (2016).  Novel Manganese Oxide Confined Interweaved Titania Nanotubes for the Low-Temperature Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) of NOx by NH3.  Journal of Catalysis, 344, 1-13

E. Sheerin, K.G. Reddy, and P.G. Smirniotis (2016).  Evaluation of Rh/CexTi1-xO2 Catalysts for Synthesis of Oxygenates from Syngas: An XPS Investigation.  Catalysis Today, , 263, 75-83

M. Sridhar, K.G. Reddy, N. Hu, A. Motahari, X. Zuo, D.W. Schaefer, S.W. Thiel, and P.G. Smirniotis (2016).  Impact of Interfacial Roughness on the Sorption Properties of Nanocast Polymers.  Macromolecules, 49, 2663-2670

D. Devaiah, G. Thrimurthulu, P.G. Smirniotis and B.M. Reddy (2016).  Nanocrystalline alumina-supported ceria–praseodymia solid solutions: Structural characteristics and their efficient activity in CO oxidation.  Royal Society of Chemistry Advances, 6, 44826-44837

B. Thirupathi, and P.G. Smirniotis (2016).  Impact of nitrogen oxides on the environment and human health: Mn-based materials for the NOx abatement.  Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 13, 133-141

S.I.N. Reddy, B. Thirupathi, M. Suidan, and P.G. Smirniotis (2016).  Stabilization of Cr in Ti/Si/Cr ternary composites by aerosol flame spray-assisted synthesis for visible-light-driven photocatalysis.  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 55, 11839-11849

D. Devaiah, and P.G. Smirniotis (2016).  Role of Ce and Cr content of Fe-Ce-Cr ferrite spinels for the high temperature water-gas-shift reaction.  Industrial Engineering Chemistry Research, 56, 1772-1781

B. Thirupathi, E.P. Reddy, A. Somogyvari, Y. Liu, A. Vorontsov, C.A. McDonald, and P.G. Smirniotis (2015).  Influence of elevated surface texture hydrated titania on Ce doped Mn/TiO2 catalysts for the low-temperature SCR of NOx under oxygen rich conditions.  Journal of Catalysis, 325, 145-155

D. Devaiah, T. Tsuzuki, B.T. Reddy, P.G. Smirniotis and B.M. Reddy (2015).  Ce0.80M0.12Sn0.08O2- (M=Hf, Zr, Pr and La) ternary oxide solid solutions with superior properties for CO oxidation.  Royal Society of Chemistry Advances, 5, 30275-30285

B.T. Reddy, D. Pappas, E.P. Ettireddy, A. Kotrba, and P.G. Smirniotis (2015).  Influence of SiO2 on M/TiO2 (M=Cu, Mn, and Ce) Catalyst formulations for Low-Temperature SCR of NOx with NH3: Surface Properties and Key Components in Relation with Activity of NOx Reduction.  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 54, 2261-2273

G.K. Reddy, J. He, S.W. Thiel, N.G. Pinto, and P.G. Smirniotis (2015).  Sulfur Tolerant Mn-Ce-Ti sorbents for elemental mercury capture from Flue Gas - Mechanistic Investigation by XPS.  Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119, 8634-8644

S.I.N. Reddy, B. Thirupathi, M. Suidan, and P.G. Smirniotis (2014).  Visible-light-induced Photodegradation of gas phase organics using aerosol-made transition metal (V, Cr, Fe, Co, Mn, Mo, Ni, Cu, Y, Ce, and Zr) doped TiO2.  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 144, 333-342

R. Koirala, G.K. Reddy, J.-Y. Lee, and P.G. Smirniotis (2014).  Influence of Foreign Metal Dopants on the Durability and Performance of Zr/Ca Sorbents during High Temperature CO2 .  Separation Science and Technology, 49, 47-54

M. Sridhar, K.G. Reddy, N. Hu, A. Motahari, D.W. Schaefer, S.W. Thiel, and P.G. Smirniotis (2014).  Preparation, Characterization and Lysozyme Immobilization Studies on Siliceous Mesocellular Foams: Effect of Precursor Chemistry on pore size, wall thickness and interpore spacing.  Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 190, 215-226

S.I.N. Reddy, B. Thirupathi, M. Suidan, and P.G. Smirniotis (2014).  Flame Aerosol Synthesis of Cr Incorporated TiO2 for Visible Light Photodegradation of Gas Phase Acetonitrile .  Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118, 231-242

P.G. Ghougassian, J.P. Lopez, V. Manousiouthakis, and P.G. Smirniotis (2014).  CO2 Capturing from Power Plant Flue Gases: Energetic comparison of Amine Adsorption with MgO based, Heat integrated , Pressure-Temperature-Swing Adsorption.  International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 22, 256-271

G.K. Reddy, S. Quillin, and P.G. Smirniotis (2014).  Influence of Synthesis Method on Structural and CO2 Adsorption Properties of Ca/Zr Sorbents.  Journal of Energy & Fuels, 28, 3292-3299

J. He, G.K. Reddy, S.W. Thiel, N.G. Pinto and P.G. Smirniotis (2013).  Simultaneous Removal of Metallic and Oxidized mercury over Mn/TiO2 Catalysts.  Energy & Fuels, 27, 4832-4839

B. Thirupathi, R. Koirala, and P.G. Smirniotis (2013).  Low-temperature Catalytic Reduction of NO by NH3 over Vanadia-based Nanoparticles prepared by Flame-assisted Spray Pyrolysis .  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 140, 289-298

S.-J. Kim, S. Yang, G.K. Reddy, P.G. Smirniotis and J. Dong (2013).  Zeolite Membrane Reactor for High Temperature Water Gas Shift Reaction: Effects of Membrane Properties and Operating Conditions.  Energy & Fuels, 27, 4471-4480

S.-J. Kim, Z. Xu, G.K. Reddy, P.G. Smirniotis and J. Dong (2012).  Effect of pressure on High Temperature Water Gas Shift Reaction in Microporous Zeolite Membrane Reactor.  Industrial Engineering Chemistry Research, 51, 1364-1375

B.T. Reddy, and P.G. Smirniotis (2012).  Nickel-doped Mn/TiO2 as an Efficient Catalyst for the Low Temperature SCR of NO with NH3: Catalytic Evaluation and Characterization.  Journal of Catalysis, 288, 74-83

G.K. Reddy, S.J. Kim, J.H. Dong, P.G. Smirniotis, R.B. McCoy, and J. Jacek (2012).  Long-term WGS Stability of Fe/Ce and Fe/Ce/Cr catalysts at high and low steam to CO Ratios - XPS and Mössbauer Spectroscopic Studies.  Applied Catalysis. A: General, 415, 101-110

E.P. Ettireddy, N. Ettireddy, B. Thirupathi, R. Pardemann, and P.G. Smirniotis (2012).  Investigation of the Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitric Oxide with Ammonia over Mn/TiO2 Catalysts through Transient Isotopic Labeling Studies .  Journal of Catalysis, 292, 53-63

G.K. Reddy, P. Boolchand, and P.G. Smirniotis (2012).  Unexpected behavior of Copper in Modified Ferrites during High Temperature WGS reaction – Aspects of Fe3+´Fe2+ redox chemistry from Mössbauer and XPS studies.  Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116, 11019-11031

R. Koirala, G.K. Reddy, and P.G. Smirniotis (2012).  Single Nozzle Flame-Made Highly Durable Metal Doped Ca-based Sorbents for CO2 Capture at High Temperature.  Energy and Fuels, 26, 3103-3109

B. Thirupathi, R. Koirala, and P.G. Smirniotis (2012).  Low Temperature Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with NH3 using Flame-assisted Spray Pyrolysis synthesized Vanadia-based Nanoparticles: Structural and Catalytic Properties .  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 127, 255-264

P.A. Kolinko, D.V. Kozlov, A.V. Vorontsov, and P.G. Smirniotis  (2012).  Cr Modified TiO2-Loaded MCM-41 Catalysts for UV-Light Driven Photodegradation of Diethyl sulfide and Ethanol.  Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Photochemistry, 232, 1-7

G.K. Reddy, K. Gunasekara, P. Boolchand, and P.G. Smirniotis (2011).  Cr- and Ce-Doped Ferrite Catalysts for the High Temperature Water-Gas Shift Reaction: TPR and Mossbauer Spectroscopic Study.  Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 115, 920-930

B. Sun, A.V. Vorontsov, and P.G. Smirniotis (2011).  Parametric studies of Diethyl Phosphoramidate Photocatalytic Decomposition with TiO2.  Journal of Hazardous Materials, 186, 1147-1153

G.K. Reddy, and P.G. Smirniotis (2011).  Effect of copper as a Promoter on Fe/Ce and Fe/Cr-based Ferrite Catalysts for the High Temperature WGS Reaction.  Catalysis Letters, 141, 27-32

G.K. Reddy, K. Gunasekara, P. Boolchand, and P.G. Smirniotis (2011).  “Cr- and Ce-Doped Ferrite Catalysts for the High-Temperature Water-Gas Shift Reaction: TPR and Mossbauer Spectroscopy Study.  Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 115, 920-930

G.K. Reddy, and P.G. Smirniotis (2011).  Effect of Copper as a Promoter on Cr- and Ce-based Ferrite Catalysts for the High-Temperature WGS Reaction.  Catalysis Letters, 141, 27-32

B. Sun, A.V. Vorontsov, and P.G. Smirniotis (2011).  Parametric studies of Diethyl Phosphoramidate Photocatalytic Decomposition with TiO2.  Journal of Hazardous Materials, 186, 1147-1153

B.T. Reddy, and P.G. Smirniotis (2011).  Effect of Nickel as Dopant in Mn/TiO2 Catalysts for the LowTemperature Selective Reduction of NO with NH3.  Catalysis Letters, 141, 1399-1404

G.K. Reddy, K. Gunasekara, P. Boolchand, J. Dong, and P.G. Smirniotis (2011).  High Temperature WGS Reaction over NanoCrystalline copper co-doped modified ferrites.  Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 110, 195-206

B.T. Reddy, and P.G. Smirniotis (2011).  Co-doped metals (Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ce, and Zr) on Mn/TiO2 Catalyst and its Effect on Selective Reduction of NO with NH3 at LowTemperatures.  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 110, 195-206

R. Koirala, G.K. Reddy, S.E. Pratsinis, and P.G. Smirniotis (2011).  Effect of Zirconia doping on the Performance and Stability of CaO-based Sorbents for CO2 Capture during extended Operating Cycles.  Journal of Physical Chemistry: C, 115, 24804–24812

J. He, G.K. Reddy, P.G. Smirniotis, S.W. Thiel, and N.G. Pinto (2011).  Ceria-Modified Manganese Oxide/Titania Materials for Removal of Elemental and Oxidized Mercury from Flue Gas .  Journal of Physical Chemistry: C, 115, 24300-24309

G.K. Reddy, P. Boolchand, and P.G. Smirniotis (2011).  Sulfur Tolerant Metal Doped Fe/Ce Catalysts for High Temperature WGS reaction at Low Steam to CO ratios – XPS and Mössbauer Spectroscopic Study.  Journal of Catalysis, 282, 258-269

Z. Tang, S.-J. Kim, G.K. Reddy, J. Dong, and P.G. Smirniotis (2010).  Modified Zeolite Membrane Reactor for High Temperature Water Gas Shift Reaction.  Journal of Membrane Science, Vol. 354, 114-122

D. Moushey, U. Graham, B.H. Davis, and P.G. Smirniotis (2010).  Synthesis and Characterization of Mesoporous Zeolites and Molecular Sieves by utilizing Carbon Particles as the Template for Mesoporosity.  Mesoporous and Microporous Materials

A. Vorontsov, and P.G. Smirniotis (2010).  Photocatalytic Transformations of Sulfur-based Organic Compounds.  Environmentally Benign Photocatalysts, Chapter 25, 579-621

H. Lu, A.M. Khan, S. E. Pratsinis and P.G. Smirniotis (2009).  Flame-Made Durable doped-CaO Nanosorbents for CO2 Capture.  Energy and Fuels, Vol. 23, 1093-1100

D. Moushey, and P.G. Smirniotis (2009).  n-Heptane Hydroisomerization over Mesoporous Zeolites made by Utilizing Carbon Particles as the Template for Mesoporosity.  Catalysis Letters, Vol. 129, 20-25

H. Lu, P.G. Smirniotis, F. Ernst, and S.E. Pratsinis (2009).  Stable, flame-made Ca-based sorbents with high CO2 Uptake Efficiency.  Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 64, 1936-1943

H. Lu, and P.G. Smirniotis (2009).  Calcium Oxide Doped Sorbents for CO2 Uptake in the Presence of SO2 at High Temperatures.  Industrial Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 48, 5454-5459

A.S. Besov, N.A. Krivova, A.V. Vorontsov, O.B. Zaeva, D.V. Kozlov, A.B. Vorozhtsov, V.N. Parmon, G.V. Sakovich, V.F. Komarov, P.G. Smirniotis, and N. Eisenreich (2009).  Air Detoxification with Nanosize TiO2 Aerosol Tested on Mice.  Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol. 173, 40-46

A. M. Khan, P. Chen, P. Boolchand, and P.G. Smirniotis (2008).  Modified Nano-crystalline Ferrites for High Temperature WGS Membrane Reactor Applications.  Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 253, 91-104

P. M. Sreekanth, and P.G. Smirniotis (2008).  Selective Reduction of NO with CO over Titania Supported Transition Metal Oxide Catalysts.  Catalysis Letters, Vol. 122, 37-42

L. Ji, P. M. Sreekanth, P.G. Smirniotis, S. W. Thiel, and N. G. Pinto (2008).  Manganese Oxide/Titania Materials for Removal of NOx and Elemental Mercury from Flue Gas.  Energy and Fuels, Vol. 22, 2299-2306

H. Lu, A.M. Khan, and P. G. Smirniotis (2008).  Relationship between Structural Properties and CO2 Capture Performance of CaO-based Sorbents Obtained from Different Organometallic Precursors.  Industrial Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 47, 6216-6220

E.P. Ettireddy, N. Ettireddy, S. Madedov, P. Boolchand, and P. G. Smirniotis (2007).  Surface Characterization Studies of TiO2 Supported Manganese Oxide Catalysts for Low Temperature SCR of NO with NH3.  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Vol. 76, 123-134

A. M. Khan, and P.G. Smirniotis (2007).  Relationship between Temperature Programmed Reduction Profile and Activity of Modified Ferrite-Based Catalysts for WGS Reaction.  Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, Vol. 280, 43-51

B. Sun, E. P. Reddy, and P. G. Smirniotis (2006).  TiO2-Loaded Cr-Incorporated MCM-41, MCM-48, and SBA-15 Molecular Sieves for Organic Photodegradation under Visible Light.  Mesoporous and Microporous Materials, Vol. 237, 314-321

X. Wei, and P. G. Smirniotis (2006).  Development and Characterization of Mesoporosity in ZSM-12 by Desilication.  Mesoporous and Microporous Materials, Vol. 97, 97-106

H. Lu, E. P. Reddy, and P. G. Smirniotis (2006).  Calcium Oxide Based Sorbents for Adsorption of Carbon Dioxide at High Temperatures.  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 45, 3944-3949

A. Katiyar, S. Yadav, P.G. Smirniotis, and N. Pinto (2006).  Synthesis of Ordered Large Pore mesoporous Spherical Particles for Chromatographic Separation of Biomolecules and Comparison with Conventional Fibrous SBA-15 Silica Materials.  Journal of Chromatography, Vol. 1122 (1-2), 13-20

P.G. Smirniotis, P. M. Sreekanth, D. A. Peña, and R. J. Jenkins (2006).  Manganese Oxide Catalysts Supported on TiO2, Al2O3 and SiO2: A Comparison for Low-Temperature SCR of NO with NH3.  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 45, 6436-6443

P. M. Sreekanth, D. A. Peña, and P.G. Smirniotis (2006).  Titania Supported Bimetallic Transition Metal Oxides for Low Temperature SCR of NO with NH3.  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 45, 6444-6449

B. Sun, E. P. Reddy, and P. G. Smirniotis (2005).  Effect of the Cr6+ concentration on Cr-modified TiO2-loaded MCM-41 Catalysts for Visible Light Photocatalysis.  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Vol. 57, 139-149

A. Katiyar, L. Ji, P.G. Smirniotis, and N. Pinto (2005).  Protein Adsorption on SBA-15: Effects of pH and Pore Size.  Journal of Chromatography A, Vol. 1069, 119-126

A. Katiyar, L. Ji, P.G. Smirniotis, and N. Pinto (2005).  Adsorption of Bovine Serum Albumin on Si-MCM-41.  Microporous & Mesoporous Materials, Vol. 80, 311-320

A. Roesch, E. P. Reddy and P.G. Smirniotis (2005).  Parametric Study of Cs/CaO Sorbents with respect to Simulated Flue Gas at High Temperatures .  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 44, 6485-6490

K. S. Yoo, S. Gopal, and P. G. Smirniotis (2005).  Enhancement of n-Hexane Cracking Activity over Modified ZSM-12 Zeolites.  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 44, 4562-4568

K. S. Yoo, and P. G. Smirniotis (2005).  Zeolite Catalyzed Alkylation of Isobutane with 2-Butene: Influence of Acidic Properties.  Catalysis Letters, Vol. 103, 249-255

A. V. Vorontsov, D. V. Kozlov, P. G. Smirniotis, V. N. Parmon (2005).  Photocatalytic oxidation over TiO2. 1. Photocatalysts for liquid and gas phase processes and photocatalytic destruction of chemical warfare agent imitants in liquid phase.  Kinetics and Catalysis, Vol. 46(2), 189-203

A. V. Vorontsov, D. V. Kozlov, P. G. Smirniotis, V. N. Parmon (2005).  Photocatalytic oxidation over TiO2. 2. Gas phase processes.  Kinetics and Catalysis, Vol. 46(3), 422-436

A. V. Vorontsov, D. V. Kozlov, P. G. Smirniotis, V. N. Parmon (2005).  Photocatalytic oxidation over TiO2. 3. Gas phase reactors.  Kinetics and Catalysis, Vol. 46(3), 437-444

B. Sun, E. P. Reddy, and P. G. Smirniotis (2005).  Visible Light Cr(VI) Reduction and Organic Chemical Oxidation by TiO2 Photocatalysis.  Environmental Science & Technology, Vol.39, 6251-6259

X. Wei, and P. G. Smirniotis (2005).  Synthesis and Characterization of Mesoporous ZSM-12 by Using Carbon Particle.  Mesoporous and Microporous Materials, Vol. 89, 170-178

B. Sun, P. Boolchand, and P. G. Smirniotis (2005).  Visible light photocatalysis with platinized rutile TiO2 for aqueous organic oxidation.  Langmuir, Vol. 21, 11397-11403

D. A. Peña, B. S. Uphade and P. G. Smirniotis (2004).  TiO2-supported Metal Oxide Catalysts for Low-Temperature Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with NH3: I. Evaluation and Characterization of First Row Transition Metals.  Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 221, 421-431

K. Yoo, V. V. Nambodiri, R. S. Varma, and P. G. Smirniotis (2004).  Ionic liquid catalyzed alkylation of isobutane with 2-butene.  Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 222, 511-519

S. Gopal, W. Zhang, and P. G. Smirniotis (2004).  Effect of the Octane Structure on the Hydroisomerization and Hydrocracking Reactions over Large Pore Zeolite Catalysts.  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 43, 2950-2956

S. Madhugiri, B. Sun, P. G. Smirniotis, J. P. Ferraris, and K. J. Balkus, Jr. (2004).  Electrospun Mesoporous Titanium Dioxide Fibers.  Microporous & Mesoporous Materials, Vol. 69, 77-83

E. P. Reddy, and P.G. Smirniotis (2004).  Sorption of CO2 by alkali metals doped CaO sorbents.  Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 108, 7794-7800

D. A. Peña, B. Uphade, E. P. Reddy, and P.G. Smirniotis (2004).  TiO2-Supported Metal Oxide Catalysts for Low-Temperature Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with NH3. In-situ FT-IR Studies of Mn-, Cr- and Cu-oxides.  Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 108, 9927-9936

E. A. Kozlova, P.G. Smirniotis and A.V. Vorontsov (2004).  Comparative Study on Photocatalytic Oxidation of Four Organophosphorus Simulants of Chemical Warfare Agents in Aqueous Suspension of Titanium Dioxide.  Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, Vol. 162, 503-511

G. D. Pirngruber, M. Luechinger, P. K. Roy, A. Cecchetto, P.G. Smirniotis, R. Prins (2004).  Comparison of different iron zeolites in N2O decomposition.  Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 224, 429-440

S. Gopal, and P. G. Smirniotis (2004).  Factors affecting isomer yield for n-heptane hydroisomerization over as-synthesized and dealuminated zeolite catalysts loaded with platinum.  Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 225, 278-287

A. V. Vorontsov, Y.-C. Chen, and P. G. Smirniotis (2004).  Effect of the Operating Conditions on Sonophotocatalytic Oxidation of 2-(Butylamino)Ethanethiol (BAET).  Journal of Hazardous Materials B, Vol. 113, 89-95

L. Ji, A. Katiyar, M. Jaroniec, N. Pinto, and P.G. Smirniotis (2004).  Al-MCM-41 Sorbents for Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA): Relation between Al Content and Performance.  Microporous & Mesoporous Materials, Vol. 75, 221-229

E. P. Reddy, B. Sun, and P. G. Smirniotis (2004).  Transition Metal Modified TiO2-loaded MCM-41 Catalysts for Visible and UV-Visible Light Driven Photodegradation of Aqueous Organic Pollutants.  Journal Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 108, 17198-17205

E.P. Reddy, L. Davydov, and P.G. Smirniotis (2003).  TiO2-loaded Zeolites and MCM-41 in the Sonophotocatalytic Decomposition of Aqueous Organic Pollutants: The Role of the Support.  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Vol. 42, 1-11

D. V. Kozlov, A. V. Vorontsov, P. G. Smirniotis and E. N. Savinov (2003).  Gas-phase photocatalytic oxidation of Diethylsulfide over TiO2: Kinetic Investigations and Catalyst Deactivation.  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Vol. 42, 77-87

S. Gopal, and P. G. Smirniotis (2003).  Pt/H-ZSM-12 as a Catalyst for the Hydroisomerization of C5 to C7 n-Alkanes and Simultaneous Saturation of Benzene.  Applied Catalysis A: General, Vol. 247, 113-123

A.V. Vorontsov, E.N. Savinov, C. Lion, and P.G. Smirniotis (2003).  TiO2 Reactivation in Photocatalytic Destruction of Gaseous Diethylsulfide in a Coil Reactor.  TiO2 Reactivation in Photocatalytic Destruction of Gaseous Diethylsulfide in a Coil Reactor, Vol. 44, 25-40

E. V. Kuznetsova, E.N. Savinov, A. Vorontsov, and P.G. Smirniotis (2003).  Heterogeneous Oxidation of Cu(OH)2/-Fe2O3 under Visible Light: Routes of Photocatalytic Destruction of Chemical Warfare Agents Simulants.  Reaction Kinetic and Catalysis Letters, Vol. 78(2), 341-348

D.V. Bavykin, E. N. Savinov, and P. G. Smirniotis (2003).  Kinetics of the TiO2 Films growth produced by the Hydrothermal Hydrolysis of TiOSO4 .  Reaction Kinetic and Catalysis Letters, Vol. 79(1), 77-84

B. Sun, A.V. Vorontsov, and P.G. Smirniotis (2003).  The Role of Platinum deposited on Titania during Phenol Photocatalytic Oxidation.  Langmuir, Vol. 19, 3151-3156

K. Yoo, and P. G. Smirniotis (2003).  Study on Deactivation Pathway of one-Dimensional Zeolites, ZSM-12 and LTL, for the Alkylation of Isobutane with 2-Butene.  Applied Catalysis A: General, Vol. 246, 243-251

K. Yoo, R. Kashfi, S. Gopal, P. G. Smirniotis, M. Gangoda, and R. N. Bose (2003).  TEABr Directed Synthesis of ZSM-12 and its NMR Characterization.  Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, Vol. 60, 57-68

Y.-C. Chen, A.V. Vorontsov, and P.G. Smirniotis (2003).  Y.-C. Chen, A.V. Vorontsov, and P.G. Smirniotis.  Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, Vol. 2, 694-698

A. V. Vorontsov, C. Lion, E. N. Savinov, and P. G. Smirniotis (2003).  Pathways of Photocatalytic Gas Phase Destruction of HD Simulant 2-Chloroethyl Ethylsulfide.  Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 220, 424-423

B. Sun, and P. G. Smirniotis (2003).  Interaction of Anatase and Rutile TiO2 Particles in Aqueous Photooxidation.  Catalysis Today, Vol. 88, 49-59

K. Yoo, R. Tsekov, and P.G. Smirniotis (2003).  Experimental and Theoretical Proof of Resonant Diffusion of Normal Alkanes in One-Dimensional Zeolites, LTL and ZSM-12.  Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 107, 13593-13596

D. V. Kozlov, A. A. Panchenko, D. V. Bavykin, E. N. Savinov, and P. G. Smirniotis (2003).  Influence of Humidity and Acidity of the Titanium Dioxide Surface on the Kinetics of Photocatalytic oxidation of Volatile Organic Compounds.  Russian Chemical Bulletin, Vol. 52(5), 1100-1105

S. Gopal, and P. G. Smirniotis (2002).  Deactivation Behavior of Large Pore Pt/H-zeolite Catalyst during Cyclopentane Hydroconversion.  Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 205, 231-243

E.P. Reddy, L. Davydov, and P.G. Smirniotis (2002).  Synthesis, Characterization and Photocatalytic Activity of Titania loaded Cadmium incorporated MCM-41.  Catalysis Letters, Vol. 79, 183-189

K. Yoo and P. G. Smirniotis (2002).  The influence of Si/Al ratios of synthesized beta zeolites for the Alkylation of i-butane with 2-butene.  Applied Catalysis A: General, Vol. 227, 171-179

E. P. Reddy, L. Davydov, and P. G. Smirniotis (2002).  Characterization of TiO2 loaded V, Fe and Cr Incorporated MCM-41 by XRD, TPR, UV-Vis, Raman and XPS Techniques.  Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 106, 3394-3401

A.V. Vorontsov, L. Davydov, E.P. Reddy, C. Lion, E.N. Savinov, and P.G. Smirniotis (2002).  Routes of Photocatalytic Destruction of Chemical Warfare Agents Simulants.  New Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 26, 732-744

K. Yoo, E. C. Burckle, and P. G. Smirniotis (2002).  Isobutane/2-Butene Alkylation using Large Pore Zeolites in Mild Reaction Conditions.  Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 211, 6-18

A.V. Vorontsov, A. A. Panchenko, E.N. Savinov, C. Lion, and P.G. Smirniotis (2002).  Photocatalytic Degradation of 2-phenethyl-2-chloroethylsulfide in Liquid and Gas Phases.  Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 36, 5958-5965

Y.-C. Chen and P. G. Smirniotis (2002).  Enhancement on Photocatalytic Degradation by Ultrasound using Phenol and Chlorophenols.  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 41, 5958-5965

R. Tsekov, E. Evstatieva, and P. G. Smirniotis (2002).  Surface Diffusion Control of the Photocatalytic Oxidation in Air/TiO2 Heterogeneous Reactors.  Phys. Chemical Communication, Vol. 5(24), 161-164

T. Brar, P. France and P. G. Smirniotis (2001).  Control of Crystal Size and Distribution of Zeolite A.  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 40, 1133-1139

B. M. Reddy, B. Chowdhury, and P. G. Smirniotis (2001).  An XPS study of the Dispersion of MoO3 on TiO2-ZrO2, TiO2-SiO2, TiO2-Al2O3, SiO2-ZrO2, and SiO2-TiO2-ZrO2 mixed oxides.  Applied Catalysis A: General, Vol. 211, 19-30

L. Davydov, E.P. Reddy, P. France and P. G. Smirniotis (2001).  Sonophotocatalytic Destruction of Organic Contaminants in Aqueous Systems on TiO2 Powders.  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Vol. 32, 95-105

A. V. Vorontsov, E. N. Savinov, L. Davydov, and P. G. Smirniotis (2001).  Photocatalytic Destruction of Gaseous Diethylsulfide over TiO2.  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Vol. 32, 11-24

L. Davydov, R. Tsekov and P. G. Smirniotis (2001).  Optimal Radiation Field in Continuous Flow Heterogeneous Photoreactors.  Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 56, 4837-4847

T. Brar, P. France and P. G. Smirniotis (2001).  Heterogeneous versus Homogeneous Nucleation and Growth of Zeolite A.  Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 105, 5383-5390

P. G. Smirniotis, D. A. Peña, and B. Uphade (2001).  Low-Temperature SCR of NO by NH3 using Mn-, Cr-, and Cu-oxides supported on Hombikat TiO2.  Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., Vol. 40, 2479-2481

B.M. Reddy, I. Ganesh, E.P. Reddy, A. Fernandez and P.G. Smirniotis (2001).  Surface Characterization of Ga2O3-TiO2 and V2O5/Ga2O3-TiO2 catalysts.  Journal of Physical Chemistry, Vol. 105, 6227-6235

K. Yoo, E. C. Burckle and P. G. Smirniotis (2001).  Comparison of Protonated Zeolites with Various Dimensionalities for the Liquid Phase Alkylation of i-Butane with 2-Butene.  Catalysis Letters, Vol. 203, 85-90

L. Davydov, E.P. Reddy, P. France, and P.G. Smirniotis (2001).  Transition-Metal Substituted Titania-Loaded MCM-41 as Photocatalysts in Visible Light.  Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 203, 157-167

B. M. Reddy, B. Chowdhury, P. G. Smirniotis (2001).  An XPS study of La2O3 and In2O3 Influence on the Properties of MoO3/TiO2 Catalysts.  Applied Catalysis A: General, Vol. 219, 53-60

S. Gopal, K. Yoo, and P. G. Smirniotis (2001).  Synthesis of Al-rich ZSM-12 Zeolite using TEA+ Cation as Template.  Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, Vol. 49, 149-156

C. L. Bothe Almquist, R. P. Ettireddy, A Bobst, and P. G. Smirniotis (2000).  An XPS, XRD, and EPR Study of Li/MgO Catalysts: Case of the Oxidative Methylation of Acetonitrile with CH4.  Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 192, 174-184

W. Zhang, P. G. Smirniotis, M. Gangoda, and R. N. Bose (2000).  Brønsted and Lewis Acid Sites in Dealuminated ZSM-12 and  Zeolites Characterized by NH3-STPD, FT-IR and MAS NMR Spectroscopy.  Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 104, 4122-4129

L. Davydov, and P. G. Smirniotis (2000).  Quantitative Assesment of Photocatalytic Processes.  Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 191, 05-115

A. V. Vorontsov, E. N. Savinov, and P. G. Smirniotis (2000).  Vibrofluidized- and Fixed-Bed Photocatalytic Reactors.  Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 55, 5089-5098

L. Davydov, S. E. Pratsinis, and P. G. Smirniotis (2000).  The Intrinsic Catalytic Activity in Photoreactors.  Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 34, 3435-3442

W. Zhang, and P. G. Smirniotis (1999).  Study of Oxide-based Catalysts for the Oxidative Transformation of Acetonitrile to Acrylonitrile with CH4.  Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 182, 70-81

L. Davydov, P. G. Smirniotis, and S. E. Pratsinis (1999).  Novel Differential Reactor for the Measurement of Overall Quantum Yields.  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 38, 1376-1383

P. G. Smirniotis, and W. Zhang (1999).  Study of the oxidative methylation of acetonitrile to acrylonitrile with CH4 over Li/MgO.  Applied Catalysis A: General, Vol. 176, 63-73

P. G. Smirniotis, L. Davydov, and E. Ruckenstein (1999).  Composite Zeolite-based Catalysts and Sorbents.  Catalysis Reviews in Science and Engineering, Vol. 41(1), 43-113

W. Zhang and P. G. Smirniotis (1999).  Effect of Zeolite Structure and Acidity on the Product Selectivity and Reaction Mechanism for n-Octane Hydroisomerization and Hydrocracking.  Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 182, 400-416

N. Economidis, D. Peña, and P. G. Smirniotis (1999).  Comparison of TiO2-based Oxide Catalysts for the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO.  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Vol. 23, 123-134

W. Zhang, and P. G. Smirniotis (1999).  On the Exceptional Time on Stream Stability of HZSM-12: Relation between Zeolite Pore Structure and Activity.  Catalysis Letters, Vol. 60, 223-228

W. Zhang, E. C. Burckle, and P. G. Smirniotis (1999).  Characterization of the Acidity of USY, Mordenite, and ZSM-12 via NH3-Stepwise Temperature Programmed Desorption and FT-IR.  Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, Vol. 33, 173-185

W. Zhang, and P. G. Smirniotis (1998).  Dealuminated Zeolite-based Composite Catalysts for the Reforming of an Industrial Naphthene-rich Feedstock .  Applied Catalysis A: General, Vol. 168(113-130), 

N. Economidis, R. F. Coil, and P. G. Smirniotis (1998).  Catalytic Performance of Al2O3/SiO2/TiO2 loaded with V2O5 for the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx with Ammonia.  Catalysis Today, Vol. 40(27-37), 

R. Tsekov, and P. G. Smirniotis (1998).  Resonant Diffusion of Normal Alkanes in Zeolites: Effect of the Zeolite Structure and Alkane Molecule Vibrations.  Journal of Physical Chemistry: B, Vol. 102, 9385-9391

G. M. Robb, W. Zhang, and P. G. Smirniotis (1998).  Acidity of Dealuminated  Zeolites via Coupled NH3-Stepwise Temperature Programmed Desorption and FT-IR Spectroscopy.  Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, Vol. 20, 307-316

R. Tsekov, and P. G. Smirniotis (1998).  Theoretical Models for the Rate of NO Decomposition over Cu-Exchanged Zeolites.  Journal of Physical Chemistry: B, Vol. 102, 9525-9531

R. Tsekov, and P. G. Smirniotis (1997).  Radiation Field in Continuous Annular Photocatalytic Reactors: The Role of the Lamp Finite Size.  Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 52(1667-1671), 

P. G. Smirniotis, and W. Zhang (1996).  Effect of the Si/Al Ratio and of the Zeolite Structure on the Performance of Dealuminated zeolites for the Reforming of Hydrocarbon Mixtures.  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 35, 3055-3066

P. G. Smirniotis and E. Ruckenstein (1995).  Increased Aromatization in the Reforming of Mixtures of n-Hexane, Methylcyclopentane and Methylcyclohexane Mixtures over Composites of Pt/BaKL Zeolite with Pt/and Pt/USY Zeolites.  Applied Catalysis A: General, Vol. 123, 59-88

P. G. Smirniotis and E. Ruckenstein (1995).  Alkylation of Benzene or Toluene with Methanol or Ethylene over ZSM-5 and Zeolite: Effect of the Zeolite pore openings and of the Hydrocarbons involved on the Mechanism of Alkylation.  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 34, 1517-1528

E. Ruckenstein and P. G. Smirniotis  (1994).  Two Sources of Synergism in the Reforming of n-Hexane, Methylcyclopentane and Methylcylohexane Mixtures over Composites of Basic and Acidic Zeolites.  Catalysis Letters, Vol. 24, 123-132

P. G. Smirniotis and E. Ruckenstein (1994).  The Synergism of Pt/-Al2O3 and Pt/ Zeolite in the Reforming of Naphthene.  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 33, 493-503

P. G. Smirniotis and E. Ruckenstein (1994).  Maximum and Time Stable Aromatic Yield in the Reforming of Alkylcyclopentanes over Pt/Zeolites.  Catalysis Letters, Vol. 25, 351-359

P. G. Smirniotis and E. Ruckenstein (1994).  Comparison of the Performance of ZSM-5 , Zeolite, Y, USY and their Composites in the catalytic cracking of n-Octane, 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane and 1-Octene.  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 33, 800-813

P. G. Smirniotis and E. Ruckenstein (1994).  Effect of Pt/Al sites ratio on the Performance of Pt/ zeolite in the Reforming of Alkylcyclopentanes.  Applied Catalysis A: General, Vol. 117, 75-96

P. G. Smirniotis and E. Ruckenstein (1993).  The Activity of Composite Catalysts: Theory and Experiments for Spherical and Cylindrical Single Pellets.  Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 48, 585-593

P. G. Smirniotis and E. Ruckenstein (1993).  Platinum Impregnated Zeolite  as a Reforming Catalyst.  Catalysis Letters, Vol. 17, 341-347

P. G. Smirniotis and E. Ruckenstein (1993).  Comparison between Zeolite and Al2O3 Supported Pt for Reforming Reactions.  Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 140, 526-542

P. G. Smirniotis and E. Ruckenstein (1993).  The Performance of Pt/ Zeolite and Pt/-Al2O3 Composite Pellets in the Reforming of Methylcyclopentane and Methylcyclohexane.  Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 48, 3263-3272

P. G. Smirniotis and E. Ruckenstein (1992).  Catalytic Cracking of Gas Oil: Effect of the Amount of Zeolite Composite Catalysts.  Chemical Engineering Communications, Vol. 116, 171-191

P. G. Smirniotis and E. Ruckenstein (1991).  Optimum Dilution Profiles of Composite Zeolites in Packed Beds.  Chemical Engineering Communications, Vol. 106, 119-138

Published Books

V.M. Parmon, A. Vorontsov, D. Kozlov, and P.G. Smirniotis (2011).  Photocatalysis: Catalysts, Kinetics and Reactors.  Wiley-VCH 

P. G. Smirniotis, and S.S.C. Chuang (Guest Editors) (2019).  Advances in Environmental Catalysis.  Elsevier 

G.K Reddy and P.G. Smirniotis (2015).  Water Gas Shift Reaction: Research Developments and Applications.  Elsevier 

Book Chapter

A. Vorontsov, and P.G. Smirniotis (2010).  Photocatalytic Transformations of Sulfur-based Organic Compounds, Environmentally Benign Photocatalysts (Editors: M. Anpo and P. Kamat).  (pp. 579-621). Springer 

Honors and Awards

2021 George Rieveschl Award for Distinguished Scientific Research 

2014 Lawrence K. Cecil Award of AIChE in Environmental,  AIChE 

2006 North American Young Investigator Award of SIGMA XI 

2004 Eminent Engineer of Tau Beta Pi 

2001 BP Faculty Excellence Award 

2000 Young Investigator Award  of the U.S. DoArmy 

2000 Science for Peace Programme of NATO (Belgium) 

1999 DuPont Young Professor 

1997 The 1997 CAREER  Award (NSF) 

1997 NASA SHARP PLUS  (Emerging Ethnic Engineers Program) 

1994 U.S.A. Achievement Academy Award  (USAA) 

Positions and Work Experience

2010 - 2014  Chairman, U. of Cincinnati, Chemical Engineering Program 

2009 - 2011  Director Elected, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE), Catalysis & Reaction Engineering (CRE) Division 

2005 - 2007  Department Head, U. of Cincinnati, Chemical & Materials Engineering Department 

2004 - 2006  Graduate Studies Director of Chemical Engineering , U. of Cincinnati, Chemical & Materials Engineering Department 

2004 - 2008  President of the Tri-State Catalysis Society, Tri-State Catalysis Society brings together scientists/engineers from the Academic world and the Industries of OH, KY, and WV, 

2003 - 2010  Professor, U. of Cincinnati, Chemical & Materials Engineering Department 

01/01/2002 - 07/01/2002  Visiting Professor, Laboratory for Technical Chemistry, ETH,, Zürich, Switzerland 

1999 - 2003  Associate Professor, U. of Cincinnati, Chemical Engineering Department 

1998 - 2003  Consultant, Procter & Gamble Co., 

1994 - 1999  Assistant Professor, U. of Cincinnati, Chemical Engineering Department 

1987  Industrial Research Associate, PECHINEY Co. , (Aluminum of Greece, Greece) 

2014 - 2016  Director Elected, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Environmental Engineering Division, 

Education

Ph.D., : State University of New York at Buffalo,  New York, 1994 (Chemical Engineering)

BS & Diploma, : University of Patras, Greece, 1989 (Chemical Engineering)

Research and Practice Interests

• Catalytic clean-up of gaseous streams
• Photocatalytic degradation of toxics in aqueous and gaseous streams
• Hydrogen generation
• Synthesis and characterizations of molecular sieves
• Development of zeolite catalysts for refining and energy process industries
• Characterization of solid materials with state-of-the-art techniques
• High-temperature separation of carbon dioxide
• Separation of biomolecules
• Reactor Modeling and Chemical Kinetics

Professional Affiliation

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (A.I.Ch.E.) 

American Chemical Society (ACS) 

International Zeolite Association 

North American Catalysis Society 

The Tri-State Catalysis Society 

Sigma-Xi Society, The Scientific Research Society 

New York Academy of Sciences 

Patents and Inventions

US Patent 6,585,863,Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Compounds,  L. Davydov, P. France, P.G. Smirniotis,, 07/01/2003assigned to Procter & Gamble Co. 

US Patent 8,114,808,Sulfur tolerant highly durable CO2 sorbents, P.G. Smirniotis, H. Lu,, 02/14/2012

US 2016/0032803 A1; WO 2016/018778 A1,Exhaust after-Treatment System having Low temperature SCR Catalyst, P. Ettireddy, A. Kotrba, T. Spinks, T. Boningari, P.G. Smirniotis, , 02/04/2016

Contact Information

Chemical & Environmental Engineering Department,
601 Mantei Building,
Ohio, 45221-0012
Phone: (513) 556-1474,
Fax: (513) 556-3473,
panagiotis.smirniotis@uc.edu