Dr. Jeffrey Rimer, Ernest J. and Barbara M. Henley Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

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• Areas of expertise

  • Materials synthesis and design
  • Crystal engineering
  • Nanomaterials self-assembly
  • Pathological biomineralization

• Awards

  • Recipient, Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Science from The Academy of Medicine, Engineering & Science of Texas (TAMEST), 2014
  • Gordon Research Conference on Nanoporous Materials & Their Applications, Vice Chair, 2019
  • FRI/John G. Kunesh Award, AIChE Separations Division, 2017
    Netherlands Center for Multiscale Catalytic Energy Conversion Lectureship Award, 2017
  • Gordon Research Conference on Crystal Growth & Assembly, Vice Chair, 2017
  • Joe W. Hightower Award, American Chemical Society GHS, 2016
  • Owens Corning Early Career Award, AICHE 2016
  • Mellichamp Emerging Leader Lecture, University of California at Santa Barbara, 2016
  • Teaching Excellence Award, Cullen College of Engineering, 2015
  • Ernest J. and Barbara M. Henley Chemical Engineering College Professorship, 2012 – Present
  • Teaching Excellence Award, University of Houston, 2015
  • Provost Certificate of Excellence, University of Houston, 2014
  • Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship, University of Houston, 2014
  • Early Faculty Award for Mentoring Undergraduate Research, University of Houston, 2014

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• Publications

  • Molecular Modifiers of Kidney Stone Growth”, Curr. Opin. Nephrol. Hypertens. 26, 256-265, 2017
  • Aseem, Conato, M.T., Jeba, G.G., Rimer, J.D., Harold, M.P., “Exothermic Heat Effects during Oxidative Coupling of Methane over Mixed Metal Oxide Catalysts: Steady State Multiplicity and Catalyst Durability”, Chem. Eng. J. (In Press), 2017
  • Chung, J., Sosa, R., Rimer, J.D., “Elucidating the Effects of Polyprotic Acid Speciation in Calcium Oxalate Crystallization”, Cryst. Growth Des. 17, 4280-4288, 2017
  • Hsieh, M.F., Zhou, Y., Rimer, J.D., “Nonoxidative Conversion of Ethylene to Aromatics on Ag-ZSM-5 Catalyst”, ChemCatChem 9, 1675-1682, 2017
  • Hwang, A., Kumar, M., Rimer, J.D., Bhan, A., “Implications of Methanol Disproportionation on Catalyst Lifetime for Methanol-to-Olefins Conversion by HSSZ-13”, J. Catal. 346, 154-160, 2017
  • Ketchum, M.A., Lee, A.M., Vekilov, P.G., Rimer, J.D., “Biomimetic Assay for Hematin Crystallization Inhibitors: A New Platform to Screen Antimalarial Drugs“, Cryst. Growth Des. 17, 197-206, 2017
  • Olafson, K.N., Nguyen, T., Rimer, J.D., Vekilov, P.G., “Antimalarials Inhibit Hematin Crystallization by Specific Drug-Surface Site Interactions”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 114, 7531-7536, 2017
  • Olafson, K.N., Nguyen, T.Q., Vekilov, P.G., Rimer, J.D., “Deconstructing Quinoline-Class Antimalarials to Identify Fundamental Physicochemical Properties of Hematin Crystal Growth Inhibitors”, Chem. Eur. J. (In Press), 2017
  • Oleksiak, M.D., Hsieh, M-F., Muraoka, K., Conato, M.T., Shimojima, A., Okubo, T., Chaikittisilp, W., Rimer, J.D., “Organic-Free Synthesis of a Highly Siliceous Faujasite Zeolite with Spatially-Biased Q4(nAl) Si Speciation”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., In Press (*Cover Artwork), 2017
  • Rimer, J.D., Kolbach-Mandel, A.M., Ward, M.D., Wesson, J.A., Bhan, A., “The Role of Macromolecules in the Formation of Kidney Stones“, Urolithiasis 45, 57-74, 2017

  More publications in faculty website above.

• Patents

  • Rimer, J.D., Conato, M.T., and Oleksiak, M.D., Synthesis of high silica zeolite A (LTA) in organic-free media, University of Houston

  • Rimer, J.D. and Karande, P., Peptide inhibitors of calcium oxalate monohydrate crystallization and uses thereof,61/344,143, University of Houston

  • Rimer, J.D., Oleksiak, M.D., and Maldonado, M., Methods of controlling polymorphism in organic-free synthesis of Na-zeolites and zeolite crystals formed therefrom, US/2014/0050659 and WO/2014/015304, University of Houston

  • Rimer, J.D., Zeolite compositions and methods for tailoring zeolite crystal habits with growth modifiers,PCT/US2012/023877 and WO/2012/106675, University of Houston

  • Rimer, J.D. and Ward, M.D., Compounds as L-cystine crystallization inhibitors and uses thereof, WO/2011/0622640, New York University

   

• Grants and Funded Research

  • UNS:DESIGNING METAL-EXCHANGED ZEOLITES WITH IMPROVED ACTIVITY, SELECTIVITY AND STABILITY FOR NON-OXIDATIVE METHANE UPGRADE. (Funding Agency: NSF --- Awarded Amount: $135,906). 2015-2018

  • COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DESIGN OF PEPTIDE CRYSTAL GROWTH MODIFIERS USING EXPERIMENTS AND SIMULATIONS
    (Funding Agency: NSF --- Awarded Amount: $100,000). 2012-2017

  • CAREER: A BIO-INSPIRED APPROACH TO ENGINEER ZEOLITE CATALYSTS (Funding Agency: NSF --- Awarded Amount: $76,631). 2012-2015 

  • BRIGE: TAILORING ZEOLITE CRYSTALLIZATION THROUGH MOLECULAR DESIGN (Funding Agency: NSF --- Awarded Amount: $174,999). 2010-2012

   More grants and funded research in CV below.

• Curriculum Vitae

  • Jeffrey Rimer CV

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