En cada edición del Encuentro Científico Internacional (ECI) otorgará premios a los científicos con mayor número de publicaciones como primeros autores en el campo de las ciencias de la salud, las ciencias exactas y la ingeniería. El Dr. Jorge Seminario, profesor la Texas A&M University es el presidente del Comité de Evaluación.

• Professor
• Holder of the Lanatter & Herbert Fox Professorship

• Website: Research Website

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Educational Background

• Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, 1988
• M.S., Southern Illinois University, 1984
• Engineer, Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Lima, Peru, 1980
• B.S., Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Lima, Peru, 1975

Research Interests

• • nanotechnology
  • analysis, design and simulation of systems and materials of nanometer dimensions, especially those for the development of nanosensors and molecular electronics
  • design smaller electronic devices and other systems in order to increase their efficiency, speed and energy savings, as well as reduce their costs.
  • Has developed new scenarios for molecular devices and systems using molecular potentials and molecular vibrations for processing and transport of information at nanometer scales.

Awards & Honors

• Holder of the Fox Professorship

Selected Publications

• Selis, L. A.; Seminario, J. M., Dendrite Formation in Silicon Anodes of Lithium-Ion Batteries. Royal Society of Chemistry – Advances 2018, 8, 5255-5267.
• Roman-Vicharra, C.; Franco-Gallo, F.; Alaminsky, R. J.; Galvez-Aranda, D. E.; Balbuena, P. B.; Seminario, J. M., Sigma-Holes in Battery Materials Using Iso-Electrostatic Potential Surfaces. Crystals 2018, 8, 1-13.
• Kumar, N.; Seminario, J. M., Molecular Dynamics Study of Thrombin Capture by Aptamers TBA26 and TBA29 Coupled to a DNA Origami. Molecular Simulations 2018, 44, 9, 749-756.
• Jha, S.; Ponce, V.; Seminario, J. M., Investigating the Effects of Vacancies on Self-Diffusion in Silicon Clusters Using Classical Molecular Dynamics. J. Mol. Model. 2018, 24, 1-16.
• Galvez-Aranda, D. E.; Seminario, J. M., Simulations of a LiF Solid Electrolyte Interphase Cracking on Silicon Anodes Using Molecular Dynamics. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2018, 165, A717-A730
• Bobadilla, A. D.; Ocola, L. E.; Sumant, A. V.; Kaminski, M.; Seminario, J. M., PMMA Assisted Nanoscale Patterning of Graphene. J. Vac. Sci. Technol., A 2018, 2018.
• Yu, J.; Xie, L.-H.; Li, J.-R.; Ma, Y.; Seminario, J. M.; Balbuena, P. B., CO2 Capture and Separations Using MOFs: Computational and Experimental Studies. Chem. Rev. 2017, 117, 9674–9754.
• Ponce, V.; Galvez-Aranda, D. E.; Seminario, J. M., Analysis of a Li-Ion Nanobattery with Graphite Anode Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations. J. Phys. Chem. C 2017, 121, 12959–12971.
• Galvez-Aranda, D. E.; Ponce, V.; Seminario, J. M., Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the First Charge of a Li-Ion—Si-Anode Nanobattery. J. Mol. Model. 2017, 23, 120.
• Benitez, L.; Seminario, J. M., Ion Diffusivity through the Solid Electrolyte Interphase in Lithium-Ion Batteries. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2017, 164, E3159-E3170.