Charles L. Liotta
Regent's Professor
Contact Information
Building: Ford ES&T
Office:
2230
Phone: 404.894.4048
Fax: 404.385.3210
email
Mailing Address
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Chemical &
Biomolecular Engineering
311 Ferst Drive, N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30332-0100
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Charles L. Liotta
Education
B.S. 1959, Brooklyn College
Ph.D. 1963, University of Maryland
Research Interests
Dr. Liotta is a Regents’ Professor of Chemistry with a joint appointment in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. He has collaborated with Charles Eckert for nearly two decades: they share laboratory space and codirect students from both disciplines. The joint research is focused at the interface between chemistry and engineering; applications include sustainable technology, energy conservation, innovative separations (including bioseparations), and novel materials.
His group's work encompasses molecular thermodynamics, solution chemistry, phase equilibria, chemical kinetics, homogeneous catalysis, supercritical fluid processing, and separations. They draw heavily on the molecular and analytical interpretations of chemists and chemical physicists for an understanding of intermolecular interactions in solutions. These results are used to develop methods for tailoring separation and reaction process for specific applications.
Liotta has won the Malcolm Pruitt Award of the Council for Chemical Research, and he and Eckert were selected jointly for the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award. He has in addition won a number of other teaching and research awards, and as served as a consultant for major industries.