Linda Broadbelt is Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering University at Northwestern University. She received her B.S. in chemical engineering from The Ohio State University and graduated summa cum laude. She completed her Ph.D. in chemical engineering at the University of Delaware where she was a Du Pont Teaching Fellow in Engineering. At Northwestern, she was appointed the Donald and June Brewer Junior Professor from 1994-1996.

Her research and teaching interests are in the areas of multiscale modeling, complex kinetics modeling, environmental catalysis, novel biochemical pathways, and polymerization/depolymerization kinetics. One main research emphasis is computer generation of complex reaction mechanisms, and application areas include biochemical pathways, silicon nanoparticle production, and tropospheric ozone formation.

Dr. Broadbelt is Associate Editor for Energy and Fuels and currently serves as the chair of programming for the Division of Catalysis and Reaction Engineering of AIChE. She was also appointed to the Scientific Organizing Committee for the19th International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering and has served on the Science Advisory Committee of the Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance Research Center since 1998. Her honors include a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation, appointment to the Defense Science Study Group of the Institute for Defense Analyses, and selection as the Ernest W. Thiele Lecturer at the University of Notre Dame and the Allan P. Colburn Lecturer at the University of Delaware.

 

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