John Pellegrino
Research Professor
(303) 735-2631
john.pellegrino@colorado.edu
Education
- Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado-Boulder, 1983
- M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado-Boulder, 1978
- B.ChE. Chemical Engineering, City College of New York, 1973
Professional Recognition
- Excellence Award in Chemical Process Engineering, Rohm & Haas (1974)
- Division Director's Club Award for Innovation and Intrapreneuring, E.I duPont Inc. (1984)
- Outstanding Performance Awards (multiple), NIST (1988-2000)
- Co-Chair Advanced Technology Program: Selective Membrane Platforms, NIST (1998)
- President, North American Membrane Society (2004)
- Editorial board Separation Science and Technology (1998-present).
Research Interests
- Modification, formation, characterization, and performance of membranes
- Electrokinetic processes
- Water treatment and supply
- Biomass-to-fuels process development
The membrane science and technology groups’s research interests include broad aspects of materials and membrane science and technology with applications to separations. Our current research efforts focus on electromembrane processes; biorefinery separations; biofuels production; and characterization of membrane materials and complex fluid mixtures.
Selected Publications
- McCormick, P.J., J. Pellegrino, F. Mantovanni, and G. Sarti, "Water, salt, and ethanol diffusion through membranes for water recovery by forward (direct) osmosis processes", in press J. Membrane Sci. (2008) doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2008.08.011.
- Lu, W., K. Henry, C. Turchi, and J. Pellegrino, "Incorporating ionic liquid electrolytes into polymer gels for solid-state ultracapacitors", 155 J. Electrochem. Soc. (2008) A361-A367.
- Colyar, K.R., J. Pellegrino, K. Kadam, "Fractionation of pre-hydrolysis products from lignocellulosic biomass by an ultrafiltration ceramic tubular membrane", 43 Sep. Sci. Tech. (2008) 447-476.
- Pellegrino, J., C. Gorman, and L. Richards, "A speculative hybrid reverse-osmosis/electrodialysis unit operation", 214 Desalination (2007) 11-30.
- Ostwal, M.M., B. Qi, J. Pellegrino, A. Fadeev, I. Norris T. T. Tsotsis, M. Sahimi, and B. R. Mattes, "Water sorption of acid-doped polyaniline powders and hollow fibers: equilibrium and kinetic response", 14 Ind. Eng. Res. Chem. (2006) 6021-6031.
- Pellegrino, J., S. Wright, J. Ranville, and G. Amy, "Predicting membrane flux decline from complex mixtures using flow-field flow fractionation measurements and semi-empirical theory", 51, Water Sci. & Technol., (2005) 85-92.
- Norris, I., A. Fadeev, J. Pellegrino, and B.R. Mattes, "Development of integrally-skinned asymmetric polyaniline hollow fibers for membrane applications", 153 Synth. Metals 57-60 (2005).