Daniel F. Shantz
Associate Professor

Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering
Mail Stop 3122
College Station, TX 77843-312
Phone: (979) 845-3492

Email: shantz@chemail.tamu.edu

Department website

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering – 2000
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Advisor: Professor Raul F. Lobo
Thesis: “Guest-Host Interactions in High-Silica Zeolites”
B.S. in Chemical Engineering with Honors – 1995
University of Florida, Gainesville FL

WORK EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor Department of Chemical Engineering, September 2006 – Present,
Texas A&M University
Assistant Professor Department of Chemical Engineering, July 2001 – August 2006,
Texas A&M University
Postdoctoral Fellow Heterogeneous Catalysis Division, Max-Planck-Institute for Coal
Research, March 2000 – June 2001, Muelheim Germany
Advisor: Professor Ferdi Schüth
Graduate Research Assistant Department of Chemical Engineering, 1995 – 2000, University of
Delaware

PUBLICATIONS

1. Jordan, E., Shantz, D. F. “Bulk Material Dissolution (BMD) Emulsion Mediated Syntheses of Large Zeolite Crystals” In preparation. 2. Yeu, S., Ford, D. M., Shantz, D. F. “Iterative Synthesis of Uniform Mesoporous Silica Membralox® Nanocomposite Membranes” In preparation. 3. Wang, Q., Shantz, D. F. “Nitroaldol Reactions over Amine-Functionalized Ordered Mesoporous Silica” In preparation. 4. Wang, Q., Guerrero, V. V., Ghosh, A., Yeu, S., Lunn, J. D., Shantz, D. F. “Catalytic Properties of Dendron-OMS Nanocomposites” Submitted. 5. Guerrero, V. V., Shantz, D. F. “Transesterification Reactions Catalyzed by Amine-Functionalized Ordered Mesoporous Silicas” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., submitted. 6. Wang, Q., Jordan, E., Shantz, D. F. “2H NMR Studies of Simple Organic Groups Covalently Attached to Mesoporous Silica” J. Phys. Chem. C, in revision. 7. Lunn, J. D., Shantz, D. F. “Peptide Brush – Ordered Mesoporous Silica Nanocomposite Materials” Chem. Mater., Accepted. 8. Jan, J.-S., Gaspard, J., Silas, J. A., Shantz, D. F. “Synthesis and Solution Behavior of Lysine-b- Glycine Copolypeptides” Supramolecular Chemistry, In Press. 9. Ghosh, A., Stevenson, S., Mitchell, S. F., Shantz, D. F. “Synthesis and Characterization of Ge,Al- ZSM-5 Made in Alkaline Media” J. Phys. Chem. C, ASAP article. 10. Yoo, S., Yeu, S., Sherman, R. L., Simanek, E. E., Shantz, D. F., Ford, D. M. “Reverse-Selective Membranes formed by Dendrimers on Mesoporous Ceramic Supports” J. Membrane Sci. 2009, 334, 16-24. 11. Yeu, S., Lunn, J. D., Shantz, D. F. “The Effect of Surface Chemistry on Protein Microfiltration Properties of AnoporeTM Membranes” J. Membrane Sci. 2009, 327, 108-117. 12. Wang, Q., Shantz, D. F. “Ordered Mesoporous Silica Based Inorganic Nanocomposites” J. Sol. State Chem. 2008, 181(7), 1662-1672. 13. Choi, S., Coronas, J., Sheffel, J. A., Jordan, E., Oh, W., Nair, S., Shantz, D. F., Tsapatsis M. “Layered Silicate by Proton Exchange and Swelling of AMH-3” Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 2008, 115(1-2), 75-84. 14. Maheshwari, S., Kumar, S., Jordan, E., Shantz, D. F., Lee Penn, R., Bates, F. S., Tsapatsis, M. “Reversible Swelling of the Layered Zeolite Precursor MCM-22 (P)” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130(4), 1507-1516. 15. Choi, S., Coronas, J., Jordan, E., Oh, W., Nair, S., Onorato, F., Shantz, D. F., Tsapatsis, M. “Layered Silicate by AMH-3 Intercalation and Its Use in Nanocomposite Membranes for Gas Separation” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47(3), 552-555. Daniel F. Shantz CV – June 2009 3 16. Jan, J.-S., Shantz, D. F. “Biomimetic Silica Formation: Effect of Polypeptide Chemistry and Solution Conditions on Silica Nanostructure” Adv. Mater. 2007, 19(19), 2951-2956. 17. Cheng, C.-H, Juttu, G., Mitchell, S., Shantz, D. F. “Synthesis, Characterization, and Growth Rates of Germanium-Silicalite-1 Grown from Clear Solutions” J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110(45), 22488-22495. 18. Cheng, C.-H, Juttu, G., Mitchell, S., Shantz, D. F. “Synthesis, Characterization, and Growth Rates of Aluminum and Ge,Al Substituted Silicalite-1 Materials Grown from Clear Solutions” J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110 (43), 21430-21437. 19. Yoo, S., Lunn, J. D., Gonzalez, S., Ristich, J. A., Simanek, E. E., Shantz, D. F. “Engineering Nanospaces: OMS/Dendrimer Hybrids Possessing Controllable Chemistry and Porosity” Chem. Mater. 2006, 18(13), 2935-2942. 20. Yoo, S., Ford, D. M., Shantz, D. F. “Synthesis and Characterization of Alumina-Ordered Mesoporous Silica Hybrid Membranes” Langmuir 2006, 22(4), 1839-1845. 21. Cheng, C,-H., Shantz, D. F. “29Si NMR Studies of Zeolite Precursor Solutions” J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110(1), 313-318. 22. Carr, C. S., Shantz, D. F. “Microemulsion-Mediated Synthesis of High-Aspect Ratio Low-Silica Zeolite L Wires” Chem. Mater. 2005, 17(24), 6192-6197. 23. Lee, S., Carr, C. S., Shantz, D. F. “Anionic Microemulsion-Mediated Low Temperature Synthesis of Anisotropic Silicalite-1 Nanocrystals” Langmuir 2005, 21(25), 12031-12036. 24. Cheng, C.-H., Shantz, D. F. “Small-Angle Scattering As a Tool To Investigate Zeolite Nucleation and Growth” Curr. Opin. Coll. Int. Sci. 2005, 10, 188-194. 25. Cheng, C.-H., Shantz, D. F. “Growth of Silicalite-1 From Clear Solution: Effect of Alcohol Identity and Content on Growth Kinetics” J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109(41), 19116-19125. 26. Lee, S., Shantz, D. F. “High Temperature Synthesis of Silicalite-1 in Cationic Microemulsions” Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 2005, 86(1-3), 268-276. 27. Carr, C. S., Shantz, D. F. “Nonionic Microemulsion-Mediated Growth of Zeolite A” Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 2005, 85(3), 284-292. 28. Jan, J.-S., Lee, S., Carr, C. S., Shantz, D. F. “Biomimetic Synthesis of Inorganic Nanospheres” Chem. Mater. 2005, 17(17), 4310 – 4317. 29. Cheng, C.-H., Shantz, D. F. “Growth of Silicalite-1 From Clear Solution: Effect of the Structure- Directing Agent on Growth Kinetics” J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005, 109(29), 13912-13920. 30. Axnanda, S., Shantz, D. F. “Cationic Microemulsion-Mediated Synthesis of Silicalite-1” Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 2005, 84(1-3), 236-246. 31. Palkovits, R., Althues, H., Rumplecker, A., Tesche, B., Dreier, A., Holle, U., Fink, G., Cheng, C.- H., Shantz, D. F., Kaskel, S. “Polymerization of w/o-Microemulsions for the Preparation of Transparent SiO2/PMMA-Nanocomposites” Langmuir 2005, 21(13), 6048-6053. 32. Ford, D. M., Simanek, E. E., Shantz, D. F. “Engineering Nanospace: Ordered Mesoporous Silicas As Model Substrates for Building Complex Hybrid Materials” Nanotechnology 2005, 16, S458 – S475. (Invited Contribution). 33. Jan, J.-S., Shantz, D. F. “Helical Poly-L-Glutamic Acid Templated Nanoporous Aluminum Oxides” Chem. Commun. 2005, 2137 - 2139. Daniel F. Shantz CV – June 2009 4 34. Cheng, C.-H., Shantz, D. F. “Nanoparticle Formation and Zeolite Growth in TEOS/Organocation/ Water Solutions” J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109(15), 7266 - 7274. 35. Ewers, T. D., Sra, A. K., Norris, B. C., Cable, R. C., Cheng, C.-H., Shantz, D. F., Schaak, R. E. “Spontaneous Hierarchical Assembly of Rhodium Nanoparticles into Spherical Aggregates and Superlattices” Chem. Mater. 2005, 17(3), 514-520. 36. Lee, S., Shantz, D. F. “Zeolite Growth in Nonionic Microemulsions: Synthesis of Hierarchically Structured Zeolite Particles” Chem. Mater. 2005, 17(2), 409-417.