Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA B.S.E. Chemical Engineering (magma cum laude), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Molecular modeling, absorption, separations, catalysis, energy and sustainability

RB Getman;JH Miller;K Wang;RQ Snurr, “Metal Alkoxide Functionalization in Metal-Organic Frameworks for Enhanced Ambient-Temperature Hydrogen Storage”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, (2011) CY Lee;YS Bae;NC Jeong;OK Farha;AA Sarjeant;CL Stern;P Nickias;RQ Snurr;JT Hupp;ST Nguyen, “Kinetic Separation of Propene and Propane in Metal-Organic Frameworks: Controlling Diffusion Rates in Plate-Shaped Crystals via Tuning of Pore Apertures and Crystallite Aspect Ratios”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, (2011) OK Farha;AO Yazaydin;I Eryazici;CD Malliakas;BG Hauser;MG Kanatzidis;ST Nguyen;RQ Snurr;JT Hupp, “De novo synthesis of a metal-organic framework material featuring ultrahigh surface area and gas storage capacities”, Nature Chemistry, (2010) YS BAE;AM SPOKOYNY;OK FARHA;RQ SNURR;JT HUPP;CA MIRKIN, “Separation of gas mixtures using Co(II) carborane-based porous coordination polymers”, Chemical Communications, (2010) ... BG Hauser, MG Kanatzidis, SBT Nguyen, RQ Snurr ..., “De novo synthesis of a metal?organic framework material featuring ultrahigh surface area and gas storage capacities”, Nature Chemistry, (2010) XY Bao;LJ Broadbelt;RQ Snurr, “Elucidation of consistent enantioselectivity for a homologous series of chiral compounds in homochiral metal-organic frameworks”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, (2010) H Furukawa;N Ko;YB Go;N Aratani;SB Choi;E Choi;AO Yazaydin;RQ Snurr;M O'Keeffe;J Kim;OM Yaghi, “Ultrahigh Porosity in Metal-Organic Frameworks”, Science, (2010) T DUREN;YS BAE;RQ SNURR, “Using molecular simulation to characterise metal-organic frameworks for adsorption applications”, Chemical Society Reviews, (2009) YS BAE;D DUBBELDAM;A NELSON;KS WALTON;JT HUPP;RQ SNURR, “Strategies for Characterization of Large-Pore Metal-Organic Frameworks by Combined Experimental and Computational Methods”, Chemistry of Materials, (2009) CY SUNG;LJ BROADBELT;RQ SNURR, “QM/MM Study of the Effect of Local Environment on Dissociative Adsorption in BaY Zeolites”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, (2009) AO YAZAYDIN;RQ SNURR;TH PARK;K KOH;J LIU;MD LEVAN;AI BENIN;P JAKUBCZAK;M LANUZA;DB GALLOWAY;JJ LOW;RR WILLIS, “Screening of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Carbon Dioxide Capture from Flue Gas Using a Combined Experimental and Modeling Approach”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, (2009) R SNURR, “Putting the squeeze on hydrogen”, NATURE CHEMISTRY, (2009) Bae, Y. S.; Farha, O. K.; Spokoyny, A. M.; Mirkin, C. A.; Hupp, J. T.; Snurr, R. Q., “Carborane-based metal-organic frameworks as highly selective sorbents for CO2 over methane.”, Chemical Communications, (2008) Ryan, P.; Broadbelt, L. J.; Snurr, R. Q., “Is catenation beneficial for hydrogen storage in metal-organic frameworks?.”, Chemical Communications, (2008) Walton, K. S.; Millward, A. R.; Dubbeldam, D.; Frost, H.; Low, J. J.; Yaghi, O. M.; Snurr, R. Q., “Understanding inflections and steps in carbon dioxide adsorption isotherms in metal-organic frameworks.”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, (2008) Duren, T.; Millange, F.; Ferey, G.; Walton, K. S.; Snurr, R. Q., “Calculating geometric surface areas as a characterization tool for metal-organic frameworks.”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, (2007) Frost, H.; Snurr, R. Q., “Design requirements for metal-organic frameworks as hydrogen storage materials.”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, (2007)