Loredana Valenzano

Loredana Valenzano
"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them."
—"Walden" - H.D. Thoreau

Contact

Assistant Professor, Chemistry

  • Assistant Professor, Michigan Tech, USA, 2012-present
  • Assistant Research Scientist, Michigan Tech, USA, 2010-2012
  • Postdoctoral Associate, University of Torino, Italy, 2005-2010
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Leiden, The Netherlands, 2003-2005
  • PhD, University of Southampton, United Kingdom, 2003
  • MSc, University of Torino, Italy, 2000

Links of Interest

Reviewer for:

  • Journal of Materials Chemistry
  • Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • CrystEngComm
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • New Journal of Chemistry
  • Applied Surface Sciense
  • Journal of Solid State Chemistry
  • Computational Material Science

Research Interests

  • Theoretical and computational chemistry and physical chemistry
  • Electronic structure theory applied to molecules (organic, inorganic) and materials (molecular crystals, MOFs)
  • Molecular adsorption on surfaces and in cavities
  • Solvent effects on properties of molecules and solids with particular interest toward hydrated versus vacuum conditions
  • Multi-scale computational modeling
  • Synergistic collaboration with experimentalists to combine different techniques to solve some "puzzles" of Nature...

Recent Publications

  • L. Valenzano, W. J. Slough, W. F. Perger, Accurate Prediction of Second-Order Elastic Constants from First Principles: PETN and TATB, AIP Conf. Proc. 1426, 1191 (2012) Read More
  • W. J. Slough, L. Valenzano, W. F. Perger, The terahertz infrared spectrum of cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine: targeting anharmonic modes for the fingerprinting and detection of RDX, AIP Conf. Proc. 1426, 1219 (2012) Read More
  • J. Criswell, W. F. Perger, K. M. Flurchick, L. Valenzano, W. J. Slough, The effect of a simulated volumetric expansion: Calculated vibrational properties and elastic constants of pentaerythritol, AIP Conf. Proc. 1426, 1179 (2012) Read More
  • K. M. Flurchick, W. F. Perger, W. J. Slough, L. Valenzano, Gamma phase RDX: Initial study of geometry, spectrum and EOS, AIP Conf. Proc. 1426, 567 (2012) Read More
  • W. F. Perger, W. J. Slough, L. Valenzano, K. M. Flurchick, Calculation of the vibrational spectra of α-rdx using the Grimme DFT potential, AIP Conf. Proc. 1426, 571 (2012) Read More
  • L. Valenzano, J. G. Vitillo, S. Chavan, B. Civalleri, F. Bonino, S. Bordiga, C. Lamberti, Structure-activity relationships of simple molecules adsorbed on CPO-27-Ni Metal-Organic Framework: in situ experiments vs. theory, Catal. Today 182, 67 (2012) Read More
  • J. C. Tan, B. Civalleri, C.-C. Lin, L. Valenzano, R. Galvelis, P.-F. Chen, T.-D. Bennet, C. Mellot-Draznieks, C. M. Zicovich-Wilson, A. K. Cheetham, Elasticity of Sodalite ZIF-8: a Porous Metal-Organic Framework Material with an Exceptionally Low Shear Modulus, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 095502, (2012) Read More
  • S. Chavan, J. G. Vitillo, D. Gianoglio, O. Zavorotynska, B. Civalleri, S. Jakobsen, M.H. Nilsen, L. Valenzano, C. Lamberti, K. P. Lillerud, S. Bordiga, H2 storage in isostructural UiO-67 and UiO-66 MOFs, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 14, 1614 (2012) Read More
  • L. Valenzano, B. Civalleri, K. Sillar, J. Sauer, Heat of adsorption of CO and CO2 in metalorganic frameworks: Quantum mechanical study of CPO-27-M (M = Mg, Ni, Zn), J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 21777 (2011) Read More
  • L. Valenzano, B. Civalleri, S. Chavan, S. Bordiga, M. Nilsen, S. Jakobsen, K.P. Lillerud, C. Lamberti, Disclosing the complex structure of UiO-66: a synergic combination of experiment and theory, Chem. Mater. 23, 1700 (2011) Read More
  • F. Bardelli, M. Benvenuti, P. Costagliola, F. Di Benedetto, P. Lattanzi, C. Meneghini, M. Romanelli, L. Valenzano, Arsenic uptake by natural calcite: an XAS study, Geo. Cosmo. Acta, 75, 3011 (2011) Read More
  • L. Valenzano, B. Civalleri, S. Chavan, G.T. Palomino, C.O. Arean, S. Bordiga, Computational and experimental studies on the adsorption of CO, N2 and CO2 on Mg-MOF-74, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 11185 (2010) Read More

Recent Funding

  • Start-up Package - Michigan Tech
  • UCLA

Teaching Experience

  • C3510 (PChem I) - Summer 2012
  • C3510 (PChem I) - Spring 2012
  • C3510 (PChem I) - Fall 2011
  • PH4999 (Modeling of Materials and Electronic Structure Methods) - Spring 2011
  • PH4510 (Solid State Physics) - Fall 2010