Assistant Professor, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Joaquin Resasco was born in Mar del Plata, Argentina. He completed his B.S. at the University of Oklahoma, and his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley under the guidance of Prof. Alex Bell. At Berkeley, he was an NSF and UC Chancellor’s Fellow. Following his Ph.D. Joaquin was a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Santa Barbara with Prof. Phil Christopher. As of January 2021, Joaquin is an Assistant Professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Joaquin is the recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Young Investigator Award, the ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award, ACS Materials Au Rising Star in Materials Science, the Forbes 30 Under 30, and AIChE’s 35 under 35.