Rigoberto Hernandez
{{Short description|American chemist and academic (born 1967)}}
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| workplaces = Johns Hopkins University
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Princeton University
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| awards = NSF CAREER Award
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
Cottrell Scholar Award
ACS Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences
Research Corporation TREE Award
Herty Medal
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Rigoberto Hernandez (born 1967) is an American chemist and academic. He is The Gompf Family Professor at the Johns Hopkins University and was formerly a board member of the American Chemical Society (ACS). Before his appointment at Johns Hopkins, Hernandez spent 20 years as a faculty member at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he became a full professor. In addition to his work as a professor, Hernandez is the director of the Open Chemistry Collaborative in Diversity Equity, a program dedicated to creating more diversity in academia. Hernandez will serve as the President of the American Chemical Society in 2026.
Biography
Born in Havana, Hernandez moved to Spain with his family when he was a child. The family later moved to Florida, where Hernandez attended school.{{cite web|title=Personal Biography: Rigoberto Hernandez|date=5 July 2016 |url=https://ww2.chemistry.gatech.edu/rig/biography.html|publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology|accessdate=January 21, 2017}} When he was in high school, a research program at the University of Miami sparked an interest in science.{{cite book|title=Minorities in the Chemical Workforce: Diversity Models that Work – A Workshop Report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable|date=2003|publisher=National Academies Press|isbn=9780309085397|page=144|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2mqdAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA144|language=en}} He attended Princeton University, where he earned an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering and mathematics in 1989. Four years later, he received a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley.{{cite web|last1=South|first1=Sewanee: The University of the|title=Top Stories Homepage – Chemist Rigoberto Hernandez comes to Sewanee as Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar|url=http://www.sewanee.edu/newstoday/top-stories-homepage/rigoberto-hernandez.php|website=www.sewanee.edu|accessdate=January 21, 2017|language=en|date=October 13, 2015}}
After serving on the chemistry faculty at Georgia Tech for 20 years, Hernandez moved to Johns Hopkins University in 2016. He has special interests in the dynamics of chemical reactions, transition state theory and non-equilibrium stochastic dynamics. Hernandez describes his area of study as "the interplay between molecular motions — such as reactions or rearrangements — and changes in their environments".{{cite web|title=2016 TREE Awards Announced – Research Corporation for Science Advancement|url=http://rescorp.org/news/2016/02/2016-tree-awards-announced|website=Research Corporation for Science Advancement|date=22 February 2016 |language=en}}
President and Service to the ACS
Hernandez represented District IV as a Director on the Board of Directors of the American Chemical Society (ACS) for two terms from 2014 to 2019.{{cite web |date=November 3, 2016 |title=Rigoberto Hernandez of Johns Hopkins re-elected to board of world's largest scientific society |url=https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/newsreleases/2016/november/rigoberto-hernandez-of-johns-hopkins-reelected-to-acs-board.html?_ga=1.38389856.2127945847.1484893331 |accessdate=January 21, 2017 |website=American Chemical Society |language=en}} He was elected to serve in the ACS Presidential Succession from 2025 to 2027.{{Cite web |last=Cottle |first=Sara |date=October 23, 2024 |title=Rigoberto Hernandez elected 2025 ACS president-elect |url=https://cen.acs.org/acs-news/governance/Rigoberto-Hernandez-elected-2025-ACS-president-elect/102/web/2024/10 |website=C&EN}} He will serve as the President in 2026 when the ACS will celebrate its sesquicentennial.
OXIDE
Hernandez directs a program known as the Open Chemistry Collaborative in Diversity Equity (OXIDE). The program supports research and awareness into issues of diversity within chemistry departments.{{cite web|title=Welcome Dr. Rigoberto Hernandez|url=http://chemistry.jhu.edu/2016/07/07/welcome-dr-rigoberto-hernandez/|website=chemistry.jhu.edu|accessdate=January 21, 2017|language=en}} The program, which Hernandez started when he was at Georgia Tech, was initially funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and U.S. Department of Energy, and later the Sloan Foundation. OXIDE is dedicated to creating changes in science departments by making changes from the top down. This includes creating policies that do not exclude diversity and foster more inclusive environments.{{Cite journal|date=2015-08-24|title=Diversity In Academia: Solutions To Get There|journal=Chemical & Engineering News Archive|volume=93|issue=33|pages=40|doi=10.1021/cen-09333-comment|issn=0009-2347|doi-access=free|last1=Rigoberto Hernandez}} In the fall of 2016, the OXIDE program moved to Johns Hopkins.
Awards
Hernandez has received numerous awards for his work in the sciences. Listed below are some of his most well-known awards:
- 1997: CAREER Award, National Science Foundation{{Cite journal|date=2019-09-09|title=For District IV director: Rigoberto Hernandez|journal=C&EN Global Enterprise|volume=97|issue=35|pages=50–51|doi=10.1021/cen-09735-acsnews7|issn=2474-7408|doi-access=free}}
- 1999: Cottrell Scholar{{Cite web|url=https://rescorp.org/cottrell-scholars|title=Cottrell Scholars|last=Advancement|first=Research Corporation for Science|website=Research Corporation for Science Advancement|language=en|access-date=2020-02-16}}
- 2004: Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science{{cite web|url=https://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/AnnualReports/2004/20_Fellows.pdf|title=AAAS Fellows|website=www.aaas.org|accessdate=January 21, 2017}}
- 2006–2008: Humboldt Research Fellow
- 2010: Fellow, American Chemical Society{{cite journal|date=September 12, 2016|title=For District IV Director: Rigoberto Hernandez {{!}} Chemical & Engineering News|url=http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i36/District-IV-Director-Rigoberto-Hernandez.html|journal=Chemical & Engineering News|volume=94|issue=36|pages=51–53|accessdate=January 21, 2017}}
- 2011: Fellow, American Physical Society{{cite web|url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=H|title=APS Fellow Archive|website=www.aps.org|language=en|accessdate=January 21, 2017}}
- 2011–2013: Vasser Woolley Faculty Fellow
- 2012: Outstanding Service Award, American Chemical Society, Georgia Local Section
- 2013: Diversity Champion Award, Georgia Institute of Technology
- 2014: Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences, American Chemical Society
- 2015: Diversity Award, Council for Chemical Research
- 2015–2016: Visiting Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa
- 2016: Transformational Research and Excellence in Education Award, Research Corporation for Science Advancement{{cite web|url=http://rescorp.org/news/2016/02/2016-tree-awards-announced|title=2016 TREE Awards Announced – Research Corporation for Science Advancement|website=Research Corporation for Science Advancement|date=22 February 2016 |language=en|accessdate=January 21, 2017}}
- 2017: Herty Medal, Georgia Section of the American Chemical Society{{cite journal|last1=Wang|first1=Linda|date=April 3, 2017|title=Rigoberto Hernandez is Herty medalist|url=http://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i14/Rigoberto-Hernandez-Herty-medalist.html|journal=C&EN|volume=95|issue=14|page=51}}
- 2020: Cottrell Impact Award{{Cite web|title=RCSA Announces 2020 Cottrell IMPACT and STAR Awards|url=https://rescorp.org/news/2020/02/rcsa-announces-2020-cottrell-impact-and-star-awards|last=Advancement|first=Research Corporation for Science|website=Research Corporation for Science Advancement|date=28 February 2020 |language=en|access-date=2020-05-08}}
Notable publications
Hernandez is listed as an author on over 100 articles since 1989.{{Cite web|url=https://app.webofknowledge.com/author/#/record/121574|title=Web of Science {{!}} Clarivate Analytics|website=app.webofknowledge.com|access-date=2020-02-07|archive-date=2020-05-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529022342/https://app.webofknowledge.com/author/#/record/121574|url-status=dead}} Listed below are some of his most cited publications:
- Murphy, C. J.; Vartanian, A. M.; Geiger, F. M.; Hamers, R. J.; Pedersen, J.; Cui, Q.; Haynes, C. L.; Carlson, E. E.; Hernandez, R.; Klaper, R. D.; et al. Biological Responses to Engineered Nanomaterials: Needs for the Next Decade. ACS Cent. Sci. 2015, 1 (3), 117–123.
- Craven, G. T.; Hernandez, R. Lagrangian Descriptors of Thermalized Transition States on Time-Varying Energy Surfaces. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2015, 115 (14), 148301.
- Ulusoy, I. S.; Andrienko, D. A.; Boyd, I. D.; Hernandez, R. Erratum: “Quantum and Quasi-Classical Collisional Dynamics of O 2 –Ar at High Temperatures” [J. Chem. Phys. 144, 234311 (2016)]. The Journal of Chemical Physics 2016, 145 (23), 239902.
- Junginger, A.; Hernandez, R. Lagrangian Descriptors in Dissipative Systems. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18 (44), 30282–30287.
- Cui, Q.; Hernandez, R.; Mason, S. E.; Frauenheim, T.; Pedersen, J. A.; Geiger, F. Sustainable Nanotechnology: Opportunities and Challenges for Theoretical/Computational Studies. J. Phys. Chem. B 2016, 120 (30), 7297–7306.
- Junginger, A.; Hernandez, R. Uncovering the Geometry of Barrierless Reactions Using Lagrangian Descriptors. J. Phys. Chem. B 2016, 120 (8), 1720–1725.
- Craven, G. T.; Junginger, A.; Hernandez, R. Lagrangian Descriptors of Driven Chemical Reaction Manifolds. Phys. Rev. E 2017, 96 (2), 022222.
- Buchman, J. T.; Rahnamoun, A.; Landy, K. M.; Zhang, X.; Vartanian, A. M.; Jacob, L. M.; Murphy, C. J.; Hernandez, R.; Haynes, C. L. Using an Environmentally-Relevant Panel of Gram-Negative Bacteria to Assess the Toxicity of Polyallylamine Hydrochloride-Wrapped Gold Nanoparticles. Environ. Sci.: Nano 2018, 5 (2), 279–288.
- {{cite journal |doi=10.1021/jacs.8b11445|pmid=30763078|title=Solution NMR Analysis of Ligand Environment in Quaternary Ammonium-Terminated Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold Nanoparticles: The Effect of Surface Curvature and Ligand Structure|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|volume=141|issue=10|pages=4316–4327|year=2019|last1=Wu|first1=Meng|last2=Vartanian|first2=Ariane M.|last3=Chong|first3=Gene|last4=Pandiakumar|first4=Arun Kumar|last5=Hamers|first5=Robert J.|last6=Hernandez|first6=Rigoberto|last7=Murphy|first7=Catherine J.|bibcode=2019JAChS.141.4316W |s2cid=73446578 }}.
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