Gerardo De Jesús Guerrero Peña, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdoctoral Fellow

Alumni

Research Interests

​My current research is about the synthesis of nanomaterials in flame-assisted spray pyrolysis.

Selected Publications

  • Effects of fuel-bound methyl groups and fuel flow rate in diffusion flames of aromatic fuel on the formation of vol... 
    G. D. J. G. Peña, V. Pillai, A. Raj, J. L. Brito
    Combustion and flame, 198, 412-427, (2018)
  • Effect of fuel flow rate on the characteristics of soot generated from unsubstituted and disubstituted aromatic hyd... 
    G. D. J. G. Peña, A. Raj, S. Stephen, T. Anjana, J. L. Brito
    Combustion and flame, 190, 224-239, (2018)
  • On the characteristics and reactivity of soot particles from ethanol-gasoline and 2,5-dimethylfuran-gasoline blends 
    G. D. J. G. Peña, Y. A. Hammid, A. Raj, S. Stephen, T. Anjana, V. Balasubramanian
    Fuel, 222, 42-55, (2018)
  • Physicochemical properties of soot generated from toluene diffusion flame: effect of fuel flow rate 
    G. D.J. G. Peña, A. Raj, S. Stephen, T. Anjana, Y. A. S. Hammid, J. L. Brito, A. Al Shoaib...
    Combustion and Flame, 178, 286296, (2017)
  • Impact of dicyclopentadiene addition to diesel on cetane number, sooting propensity, and soot characteristics 
    M. M. Alrefaai, G. D. J. G. Peña, A. Raj, S. Stephen, T. Anjana, A. Dindi
    Fuel, 216, 110120, (2018)
  • Effects of neem oil-derived biodiesel addition to diesel on the reactivity and characteristics of combustion genera... 
    M. O. Kareem, G. D. J. G. Peña, A.Raj, M. M. Alrefaai, S. Stephen, and T. Anjana
    Energy and Fuel, 31 (10), 1082210832, (2017)
  • Effect of methyl group on aromatic hydrocarbons on the nanostructure and oxidative reactivity of combustion – gener... 
    G. D. J. G. Peña, M. M. Alrefaai, S. Y. Yang, A. Raj, J. L. Brito, S. Stephen, T. Anjana, ...
    Combustion and Flame 172, 112, (2016)

Education

  • Ph.D., Chemistry, Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (Altos de Pipe, Venezuela) and Khalifa University (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), 2018
  • Licentiate in chemistry, University of Los Andes. Mérida-Venezuela, 2012​

Professional Profile

  • 2019-Present: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Clean Combustion Research Center, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
  • 2018-2019: Research Assistant. Khalifa University, Chemical Engineering Department, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
  • 2015-2017: Visiting graduate research assistant, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  • 2011: Visiting student, Liquid Chromatography Laboratory, Venezuelan Institute of Oil Technology (INTEVEP, branch of PDVSA)
  • 2010-2011: Visiting student, Electrochemistry laboratory, Venezuelan Institute of Oil Technology (INTEVEP, branch of PDVSA)
  • 2008-2010: Research Assistant, Physics laboratory. University of Los Andes, Mérida-Venezuela​

Scientific and Professional Membership

  • ​​Venezuelan Association of Catalyst
  • Venezuelan Association of Electrochemistry​