Daniel F. Shantz
Assistant Professor

Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Texas A&M University
3122 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3122

Office: 336C Zachary Building
E-mail: shantz@che.tamu.edu
Phone: 979.845.3492
Fax: 979.845.6446

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WORK EXPERIENCE
• Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, July 2001-Present
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

• Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow, March 2000-June 2001
Max-Planck-Institut f"Žr Kohlenforschung, M"Žlheim Germany

• Graduate Research Assistant, August 1995-March 2000
University of Delaware, Newark, DE

• Westf"tlische Wilhelms-Universit"tt M"Žnster, August-September 1998, June-July 1999
Visiting researcher in the group of Professor Hellmut Eckert

• NSF Summer Undergraduate Research Program, May-August 1995
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. Shantz, D. F., and Lobo, R. F. (1998) Solid-State Deuterium NMR Studies of Organic
Molecules in the Tectosilicate Nonasil. J. Phys. Chem. B 102(13): 2339 - 2349.
2. Shantz, D. F., and Lobo, R. F. (1999) Guest-Host Interactions in Zeolites as Studied by NMR Spectroscopy: Implications in Synthesis, Catalysis, and Separations. Top. Catal. 9(1-2):
1 - 11.
3. Shantz, D. F., Burton, A., and Lobo, R. F. (1999) Synthesis, Structure Solution, and Characterization of the Aluminosilicate MCM-61: The First Aluminosilicate Clathrate with 18 Membered Rings. Micropor. Mesopor. Mat. 31(1-2): 61 - 73.
4. Shantz, D. F., Fild, C., Koller, H., and Lobo, R. F. (1999) Guest-Host Interactions in
As-Made Al-ZSM-12: Implications for the Synthesis of Zeolite Catalysts. J. Phys. Chem. B 103(49): 10858 - 10865.
5. Shantz, D. F., Schmedt auf der G"Žnne, J., Koller, H., and Lobo, R. F. (2000)
Multiple-Quantum 1H MAS NMR Studies of Defect Sites in As-Made All-Silica ZSM-12
Zeolite. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 122(28): 6659 - 6663.
6. Shantz, D. F., and Lobo, R. F. (2001) Two New Silicate Hydrates (C20H30N2) 8·[Si8O20]2·110 H2O and (C20H30N2)4·[Si8O20]·42 H2O, and Their Implications for the Role of
Non-Covalent Interactions in High-Silica Zeolite Synthesis. Micropor. Mesopor. Mat. 43(1):
127 - 136.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

• molecular-level design of porous materials

• guest-host interactions of aromatics occluded in faujasite zeolites

• develop a fundamental description of how porous inorganic materials assemble

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. Ch. E., University of Delaware, 2000

• B.S. Ch. E. (with Honors), University of Florida, 1995