Dr. Colón obtained his BS in chemical engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 2009. After graduation, he spent a year at the University of Santiago de Compostela doing research with a Fulbright scholarship. Dr. Colón then joined the Snurr group at Northwestern University, completing his PhD in 2015. His research focused on the computational generation and screening of porous materials for energy applications. He then joined the de Pablo group at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory as a postdoctoral researcher. His research efforts involved modeling the self-assembly processes of MOFs, understanding ion transport in polymeric systems, and development of software for enhanced sampling techniques. In 2018, Dr. Colón became the Melchor Visiting Assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, where he has been an Assistant Professor since 2019.
Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2019 - present
Melchor Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2018 - 2019
Preparation
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, IL
2015 - 2018
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Thesis: Computational design of porous materials for energy applications
2010 - 2015
Fulbright Scholar, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2009 - 2010
B.S., Chemical Engineering, cum laude, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2005 - 2009
Honors
Invited Talk 2024 AIChE Journal Futures Session at AIChE Annual Meeting
2024
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation Early Career Board Selection
2024
Named Emerging Investigator by Journal of Chemical Physics
2024
Selected for “Futures Issue” of AIChE Journal
2024
Invited Participant by National Academy of Engineering to Japan Frontiers of Engineering
2023
Invited Speaker “Spotlights in Thermodynamics and Computational Molecular Science” AIChE Annual Meeting
2023
Named Early-Career and Emerging Researcher in Physical Chemistry by Journal of Physical Chemistry
2022
NSF CAREER Award
2022
Named Emerging Investigator by Molecular Systems Design and Engineering
2020
Fellow of the Global Futures Council on the Future of Advanced Materials, World Economic Forum
2016 - 2018
Teaching Apprenticeship Program, Northwestern University
2015
AIChE CoMSEF Graduate Student Award
2014
Distinguished Graduate Researcher Award, Northwestern University
2014
Terminal Year Fellowship, Northwestern University
2014
FOMMS 2012 NSF Graduate Student Fellowship
2012
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
2011 - 2015
Fulbright Scholarship, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2009 - 2010
Slatt Fellowship, University of Notre Dame
2008