- 3478 Science and Engineering Complex
- Phone (205) 348-1741
- Faculty Website
Dr. Tibor Szilvási
Assistant Professor, Graduate Program Coordinator
Contact
- 3478 Science and Engineering Complex
- phone (205) 348-1741
- Faculty Website
Education
- Ph.D., Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary, EU, 2016
- M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary, EU, 2011
- B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary, EU, 2009
Szilvási joined the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at The University of Alabama as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2020. His research group aims to (i) to understand and improve catalytic reactions, (ii) to identify functional soft materials, and (iii) to design complex interfaces for energy and sensor applications. To achieve these goals, the Szilvási group develops computational methods and protocols for material design.
Professor Szilvási has recently been awarded the NSF CAREER Award (2024), the Outstanding Research Impact Award of the Department (2024), the Early Career Research Excellence and Innovation Award of the College of Engineering (2024), the President’s Faculty Research Award of the University (2022), and the Outstanding Professor Award of Department for teaching excellence (2022).
His group’s research is supported by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Education, the Krell Institute. Szilvási currently serves as the Vice President of the Southeastern Catalysis Society (SECS).
Affiliated Areas
Chemical and Biological Engineering, Polymers and Soft Materials Research Center
Selected Publications
- “Calculated Physicochemical Properties of Glycerol-Derived Solvents to Drive Plastic Waste Recycling”, A. Soyemi, T. Szilvási, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 62, 6322 (2023).
- “Accessing the Main-Group Metal Formyl Scaffold Through CO-activation in Beryllium Hydride Complexes”, T. Hadlington, T. Szilvási, Nature Communications, 13, 461 (2022).
- “Trends in Computational Molecular Catalyst Design”, A. Soyemi, T. Szilvási, Dalton Transactions, 50, 10325 (2021).
- “Demonstrating the Direct Relationship between Hydrogen Evolution Reaction and Catalyst Deactivation in Synthetic Fe Nitrogenases”, Z. Benedek, M. Papp, J. Oláh, T. Szilvási, ACS Catalysis, 10, 12555 (2020).
Awards and Honors
- NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, June 2024
- Early Career Research Excellence and Innovation Award of the College of Engineering 2024
- Outstanding Research Impact Award of the Department, 2024
- President’s Faculty Research Award of the University, 2022
- Outstanding Professor Award of Department for teaching excellence, 2022
Dr. Szilvási's Impact
Szilvási Selected as OpenEye Cadence Outstanding Junior Faculty Award Recipient
Dr. Tibor Szilvási, assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been selected as one of four ACS COMP OpenEye Cadence Molecular Sciences Outstanding Junior Faculty Award...
Innovative UA Research Recognized with NSF CAREER Awards
Four professors at The University of Alabama received one of the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious honors for early-career faculty.
Engineering Graduate Student Awarded Prestigious Fellowship
A doctoral student has become the first University of Alabama student ever chosen for the highly selective Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship.