Education:

• Ph.D., 2005, Otto H. York Department of Chemical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey.
• Thesis: Fluid-Phase Thermodynamics from Molecular-Level Properties and Interactions based in Quantum Theory
• B.S., 2000, Department of Mathematical Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey.

• Optimization of cluster geometries
• Magic number clusters
• Phase transitions of finite-sized systems
• Transition from cluster behavior to bulk behavior
• Molecular Force Fields

• Kinetics of proteins and RNA within the prokaryote ribosomal system
• Interactions between nucleic acids, codons and anticodons
• Statistical mechanics modeling of the fluid phase
• Interactions between functional groups
• Structural, electrostatic and thermophysical properties using AIM theory
• Semi-empirical and lattice-fluid equations of state
• Modeling bacterial growth on 2D surface

• S.G. Arturo and D.E. Knox, “Application of Force Field in Gibbs Ensemble Lattice Statistics to Model Vapor/Liquid Equilibria,” Fluid Phase Equilibria, accepted.

• S.G. Arturo and D.E. Knox, “Structural and Electrostatic Properties of Atoms and Functional Groups using AIM Theory II: Unsaturated Organics with One Electronegative Atom,” Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, in revision.

• S.G. Arturo and D.E. Knox, “Structural and Electrostatic Properties of Atoms and Functional Groups using AIM Theory: Saturated Organics with One Electronegative Atom,” Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM 770 (2006) 31-44.

• S.G. Arturo and D.E. Knox, “Steps to a Bridge: Multiscale Modeling of the Thermodynamics of a Fluid,” AIChE 2004 Annual Meeting, paper 46a, 2004.

(LJ)29, adopted from D.J. Wales and J.P.K. Doye, JPC A 101, 5111 (1997).	(KCl)4, adopted from J.P. Rose and R.S. Berry, JCP 96 517 (1992).
(MgF2)10, adopted from E. Francisco et al., JCP 123 234305 (2005).	(TiO2)4, adopted from S. Hamad et al. JPC B 109 15741 (2005).
icosahedral structure of (HCl)13	icosahedral structure of (CO2)13, adopted from J.-B. Maillet et al., JCP 109 329 (1998).
(CH3NO2)13	centers of mass in (CH3NO2)13