Dr. Teixeira is an Assistant Professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in the Department of Chemical Engineering. He has ten years of reaction engineering experience with the use of continuous and microsystems. His research group focuses on dynamic process intensification of catalytic and crystallization systems for applications in distributed chemical manufacturing, pharmaceutical engineering and clean water. Dr. Teixeira has been recently recognized with the NSF CAREER award for his work in dynamic catalysis. His group also has active funded projects through NSF EFRI, DOE AMO, DOE BETO, and ARMY STTR.
Dr. Teixeira received his PhD from the University of Massachusetts Amherst under the direction of Professor Paul Dauenhauer where he studied fundamental heat and mass transfer limitations during biomass fast pyrolysis and diffusion in microporous materials (zeolites). His postdoctoral work with the Novartis Center for Continuous Manufacturing (MIT) under the direction of Professor Klavs Jensen has driven his current flow-chemistry approach to fine chemicals and pharmaceutical engineering.