- Professor, Chemical Engineering and Department of Chemistry
- University Distinguished Professor
- Mike O’Connor Chair I Professor of Chemical Engineering
- Affiliated Faculty, Materials Science and Engineering
- Phone: 979-845-3375
- FAX: 979-845-6446
- Email: balbuena@tamu.edu
- Office: CHEN 240
- Website: Research Website
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin – 1996
- M.S.E., University of Pennsylvania – 1983
- B.S., Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Argentina – 1973
Research Interests
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- Computational materials analysis and design
- Interfacial phenomena
- Energy storage: Batteries
- Catalysis
- Separations
Awards & Honors
- 2022 ECS Fellow
- 2020 AIChE Fellow
- 2020 TEES Research Impact Award
- 2018 TEES Eminent Professor
- 2018 The Association of Former Students of Texas A&M University Distinguished Achievements Award in Research
- 2017 Engineering Genesis Award
- 2013 AAAS Fellow
- 2013 TEES Senior Fellow
- 2012 Celanese Teaching Excellence Award
- 2011 TEES Fellow
- 2010 TEES Fellow
- 2002 Young Investigator Award, University of South Carolina
- 1999 NSF CAREER award
- 1997 NSF-POWRE award
Selected Publications
- Saul Perez Beltran, Xia Cao, Ji-Guang Zhang, Patrick Z. El-Khoury, and Perla B. Balbuena, “Influence of Diluent Concentration in Localized High Concentration Electrolytes: Elucidation of Hidden Diluent-Li+ Interactions and Li+ Transport Mechanism,” J. Mater. Chem. A, 9, 17459-17473, (2021).
- Stefany Angarita-Gomez and Perla B Balbuena, “Solvation vs. Surface Charge Transfer: An Interfacial Chemistry Game Drives Cation Motion,” Chem. Comm., 57, 6189-6192, (2021).
- Yu Zheng and Perla B Balbuena, “Localized High Concentration Electrolytes Decomposition under Electron-rich Environments,” J. Chem. Phys., 154, 104702, (2021).
- E. P. Kamphaus and P. B. Balbuena, “Polysulfide Reduction and Li2S Phase Formation in the Presence of Lithium Metal and Solid Electrolyte Interphase Layer,” J. Power Sources, 485, 229289, (2021).
- Francisco Ospina-Acevedo, Ningxuan Guo, and Perla B. Balbuena, “Lithium Oxidation and Electrolyte Decomposition at Li-Metal/Liquid Electrolyte Interfaces,” J. Mater. Chem. A, 8, 17036-17055, (2020).