Professional Summary
EDUCATION
1985 Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
1982 M.S. Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
1980 B.Tech. Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
ADMINSITRATIVE POSITIONS AT UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
Sept. 2006- Present Vice Provost & Dean of the Graduate School
Sept. 2005- Aug. 2006 Interim Associate University Dean for Graduate Studies
Sept. 2002-Aug. 2006 Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies, College of Engineering
Sept. 1993- Aug. 1997 Department Head, Chemical Engineering
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Dr. Neville Pinto has taught Chemical Engineering at the baccalaureate and graduate levels at the University of Cincinnati since 1985. He has won a number of teaching awards including both of the College of Engineering’s premier awards - the student-selected Engineering Tribunal Professor of the Year Award, and the faculty-selected Neal Wandmacher Award. Dr. Pinto has advised over 35 graduate students on their thesis or dissertation work, including 15 PhD students. Many of his students now hold important positions in academia and industry.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Dr. Neville Pinto directs the Adsorption and Ion Exchange Laboratory at the University of Cincinnati. His research interests are in the fundamentals of adsorption, particularly in the thermodynamics of adsorption, and in the development of new adsorbent materials for biochemical and environmental applications. Dr. Pinto’s research has been supported by federal and state agencies including the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and the Ohio Department of Development. His work has attracted over $6M in external funding, and he currently has active research grants totaling $870k from federal and state agencies and industry. Dr. Pinto has over 70 refereed research publications and has made over 100 research presentations. He holds two US patents. He has served as a reviewer for the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy, and for numerous scholarly journals. He is currently on the editorial board of the Journal of Separation Science and Technology. Dr. Pinto was appointed by the Governor of Ohio to serve as the chemical engineering expert on the Ohio Hazardous Waste Facility Board. He served on this Board from 1993-2003. He has also been retained as an engineering consultant by a number of national and regional companies.
Research Support
Grant: #OCRC4-06-3.A3.7 / OU 12668 Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville 09-01-2006 -09-30-2007 Ohio Coal Development Office Improved Process Economics for Novel Nanostructured Chelating Adsorbents for Direct Capture of Mercury from Coal Combustion Flue Role:PI $79,998.00 Closed Level:State of Ohio
Grant: #000097 Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville 09-01-2006 -10-01-2010 Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Role:PI $90,587.00 Closed Level:Federal
Grant: #DE-FG26-06NT42712 Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville; Smirniotis, Peter Panagiotis 02-22-2006 -08-31-2010 Department of Energy Integrated Removal of NOx, with Carbon Monoxide as Reductant and Capture of Mercury in a Low Temperature Selective Catalytic and Adsorptive Reactor Role:PI $200,000.00 Closed Level:Federal
Grant: #OCRC3-00-4.B4.7 Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville 09-01-2003 -09-30-2004 Ohio Air Quality Development Authority Gas Phase chelating Sorbents for Removal of Mercury from Flue Gases Role:PI $79,995.00 Closed Level:State of Ohio
Grant: #DE-FG26-04NT42180-1 Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville 09-01-2004 -03-31-2006 Department of Energy Simultaneous Removal of NOx and Mercury in Low Temperature Selective Catalytic and Adsorptive Reactor Role:PI $50,000.00 Closed Level:Federal
Grant: #OSP05137 Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville 09-01-2004 -09-30-2005 Ohio Air Quality Development Authority Gas Phase Chelating Sorbents for Removal of Mercury from Flue Gases Role:PI $79,995.00 Closed Level:State of Ohio
Grant: #DGE-0509201 Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville 12-15-2004 -07-31-2011 National Science Foundation NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Role:PI $243,000.00 Closed Level:Federal
Grant: #OCRC4-05-02-A2.7 Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville 09-01-2005 -09-30-2006 Ohio Coal Development Office Gas-Phase Chelating Sorbents for Removal of Mercury from Flue Gases Role:PI $79,972.00 Closed Level:State of Ohio
Grant: #SRS 001067 Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville; Kasting, Gerald 12-01-2006 -11-30-2009 Kao Corporation Energetics of Water Sorption in the Stratum Corneum Role:PI $50,000.00 Closed Level:Foreign Industry
Grant: #OCRC3-00-2.B2.7 Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville 09-01-2001 -09-30-2002 Ohio Department of Development Gas Phase Chelating Sorbents for Removal of Mercury from Flue Gases Role:PI $79,892.00 Closed Level:State of Ohio
Grant: #OSP 02169-2NCE Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville 03-01-2002 -02-28-2005 National Science Foundation Internet-Based Unit Operations Laboratory Role:PI $72,784.00 Closed Level:Federal
Grant: #OCRC3-00-3.B3.7 Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville 09-01-2002 -09-30-2003 Ohio Department of Development Gas-Phase Chelating Sorbents for Removal of Mercury from Flue Gases Role:PI $79,990.00 Closed Level:State of Ohio
Grant: #CTS-0241159-NCE Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville 11-01-2002 -10-31-2004 National Science Foundation Exploratory Studies to Evaluate Potential of Novel Nanoporous Media for Highly Selective Separations of Biomolecules Role:PI $99,364.00 Closed Level:Federal
Grant: #OCRC4-06-03-A3.15 / OU 12660 Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville 09-01-2006 -09-30-2007 Ohio Coal Development Office Advanced Adsorbent for Hot Gas Removal of Mercury in Coal Gasification Role:PI $79,980.00 Closed Level:State of Ohio
Grant: #SRS 004897 Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville; Downing, Kimberly; Hemmings, Annette; Jackson, Howard 05-01-2007 -06-30-2010 Pfizer Foundation PhD Completion: A Longitudinal Study of 20 Doctoral Programs Role:PI $50,000.00 Closed Level:Private Non-Profit
Grant: #CD/D-07-01 Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville; Thiel, Stephen 10-01-2007 -11-08-2011 Ohio Air Quality Development Authority Slipstream Testing of Novel Nanostructured Chelating Metal Vapor Adsorbents for Direct Capture of Mercury From Coal Combustion Flue Gas Role:PI $309,225.00 Closed Level:State of Ohio
Grant: #OCRC AY07-08-A3 Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville; Thiel, Stephen 09-01-2007 -09-30-2009 Ohio Department of Development Advanced Adsorbent for Direct Capture of Gas-Phase Toxics Role:Collaborator $159,231.00 Closed Level:State of Ohio
Grant: #OCRC AY07-08-A2 Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville; Thiel, Stephen 09-01-2007 -09-30-2008 Ohio Department of Development Advanced Adsorbents for Warm Gas Mercury Capture in Coal Gasification Role:Collaborator $79,975.00 Closed Level:State of Ohio
Grant: #UT12214F / OCRC AY08-09-A2-C Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville; Thiel, Stephen 08-01-2008 -09-30-2011 Ohio Department of Development Advanced Adsorbents for the Warm-Gas Capture of Gas-Phase Toxics in Coal Gasification Role:Collaborator $157,395.00 Closed Level:State of Ohio
Grant: #SRS 006926 Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville; Thiel, Stephen 06-15-2010 -06-14-2012 Babcock & Wilcox Y-12, LLC Thermodynamic Properties of Solvents for Carbon Dioxide Capture Role:Collaborator $139,082.00 Closed Level:Industry
Grant: #DGE-1102690 Investigators:Akkara, Pinto; Degouvea-Pinto, Neville; Hanson, Margaret 12-01-2010 -11-30-2015 National Science Foundation 2010-2011 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Role:Collaborator $423,500.00 Active Level:Federal
Grant: #P425E202632 Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville 04-24-2020 -04-23-2021 Department of Education Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act Role:PI $11,763,656.00 Active Level:Federal
Grant: #P425F202841 Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville 05-12-2020 -05-11-2021 Department of Education Emergency Institutional Grant under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act Role:PI $11,763,656.00 Active Level:Federal
Grant: #P425M201016 Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville 08-05-2020 -08-05-2021 Department of Education Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act Role:PI $165,916.00 Active Level:Federal
Grant: #CARES Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville 07-27-2020 -09-28-2020 Department of Treasury CARES Act-Coronavirus Relief Fund-Ohio Higher Education Role:PI $13,558,717.00 Active Level:Federal
Grant: #Jobs Ohio Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville 04-28-2020 -04-27-2030 JobsOhio Jobs Ohio Role:PI $32,293,062.00 Active Level:Private Non-Profit
Grant: #2020 Higher Ed Mental Health Support Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville 03-01-2020 -06-30-2022 Department of Treasury Cares Act-Coronavirus Relierf Fund for Ohio Higher Ed Mental Health Support Role:PI 345303.00 Active Level:Federal
Grant: #GEER Investigators:Degouvea-Pinto, Neville 03-13-2021 -06-30-2022 Department of Education Mental Health Support GEER-CARES Funding Role:PI 587000.00 Active Level:Federal