JEFFREY T. ROBERTS

 

 

 

Professor, Chemistry

 

Contact Info:

Phone: (612) 625-2363

Office: 237 Smith Hall

Email: roberts@chem.umn.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Professional Preparation

  • University of California Ð Berkeley
  • Harvard University

Professional Appointments

  • Professor, Chemistry, UMN, 2003-present
  • Graduate Faculty Member, Mechanical Engineering, UMN, 2004-present
  • Director of Graduate Studies, Chemistry, UMN, 2000-2003
  • Associate Professor, Chemistry, UMN, 1996-2003

á      Assistant Professor, Chemistry, UMN, 1990-1996

 

Selected Publications

  • A.M. Nienow, M.R. Zachariah, J.T. Roberts, ÒSurface Chemistry of Nanometer-Sized Aerosol Particles; Reactions of Molecular Oxygen with 30 nm Soot Particles as a Function of Oxygen Partial Pressure,Ó Journal of Physical Chemistry B, in press (2005)
  • K.J. Higgins, H. Jung, D.B. Kittelson, J.T. Roberts, M.R. Zachariah, ÒKinetics of Diesel Particle Oxidation: A Tandem DMA Study,Ó Environmental Science and Technology 37, 1949 (2003)
  • R.C. Smith, N. Hoilien, J. Chien, S.A. Campbell, J.T. Roberts, W.L. Gladfelter, ÒCombinatorial Chemical Vapor Deposition: Achieving Compositional Spreads of Titanium, Tin and Hafnium Oxides by Balancing Reactor Fluid Dynamics and Deposition Kinetics,Ó Chemistry of Materials 14, 1269 (2002)
  • A. Sandell, M.P. Andersson, A.J. Jaworowski, J.T. Roberts, P. Uvdal, ÒSurface Chemistry of TiCl4 on Clean and Hydrogen Modified W(110): Identification of Surface Intermediates,Ó Surface Science 521, 129 (2002)

 

Selected Awards

  • McKnight Distinguished University Professor, 2004
  • Special Creativity Award, National Science Foundation, 2003
  • Sloan Fellowship, 1996
  • McKnight-Land Grant Assistant Professor, 1991-1993
  • Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award, 1990

 

Synergistic Activities

  • Director, UMN Research Site for Educators in Chemistry (RSEC)
  • Co-Director, UMN IGERT in Nanoparticle Science and Engineering
  • Speaker, NSF Workshop on Undergraduate Research Centers (URC), 2004
  • Member, UMN Committee on Responsible Conduct of Research, 2003-present
  • Co-Organizer, ACS National Symposium on Physical Chemistry of Gas-Particle Interactions, 2001