Patrick Pinhero

• Associate Professor
• Department: Chemical Engineering
• Phone: 573-882-7319
• Address: W2017 Lafferre Hall
• Email: PinheroP@missouri.edu

Research Focus

• Interfacial molecular assembly and nanofabrication
• Nuclear fuel cycle process engineering
• Environmental degradation and corrosion

Education

• Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame
• B.S. from Creighton University

Patrick Pinhero is an associate professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Missouri. His research is focused on using material interfaces to understand, control and regulate chemical processes. Three teams with his research group are using interfacial molecular assembly to nanofabricate novel nanoantenna arrays for solar collection, special ballistic self-curing lubricants, and molecularly-assembled nanoalloys. The group’s nuclear fuel cycles R&D teams are examining the use of pyro-electrometallurgical techniques to selectively segregate individual elements from spent nuclear fuels, produce new recycled fuels, and test these new fuels for use in light water and breeder reactor systems. The group’s degradation and corrosion teams characterize the stability of structural alloys using autoclaves, electrochemistry and surface science.