Professor, Basic Engineering School
Universidad de Los Andes Email: celismt@ula.ve
BS ChE, Universidad de Los Andes (1981)
MSc ChE, University of South Florida, Tampa EUA (1997)
PhD ChE, University of South Florida, Tampa EUA (2000)
Researcher ranking (ONCTI) PPI level 2
Director POLYCOL Laboratoratory (since 2005)
Director-Founder, Basic Engineering School (1989-92)
Head of the Scientific Committee, Research Council CDCHT (2005-2007)
Associate Editor, Ciencia e Ingenieria Journal (2003-2009)
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Ciencia e Ingenieria Journal (since 2009)
Undergraduate/Graduate Student Tutoring: 15 BS, 4 MSc
Scientific Publications: 20 articles and 40 communications
Research interests: Emulsion Polimerization. Spectroscopic mehtods of characterization. Formulation and propertoies of emulsions and foams.
Responsible for Research-Development and Service Contracts in: Nucleation mechanisms, light scattering techniques.
SALAGER S. E., TYRODE E., CELIS M. T., SALAGER J. L., Influence of the stirrer initial position on emulsion morphology. Making use of the local Water-to-Oil Ratio Concept for Formulation Engineering Purpose, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 40: 4808-4814 (2001) [01_IECR_SalagerSE_1Page]
CELIS M. T., GARCIA-RUBIO L. H., Continuous spectroscopy characterization of emulsions. J Dispersion Sci. Technology, 23 (1/3) 293-299 (2002) [02_JSDT_Celis_1Page]
CELIS M. T., GARCIA-RUBIO L., A rapid spectrometric method for emulsion characterization, Paper 099, Proceedings 3rd World Congress on Emulsion, Lyon France sept. 23-27, 2002
CELIS M. T., GARCIA-RUBIO L. H., Stability of Emulsions from Multiwavelength Transmission Measurements, Industrial Engineering Chemistry Research, 43 (9) 2067-2072 (2004) [04_IECR_Celis_1Page]
MARFISI S., RODRIGUEZ M. P., ALVAREZ G., CELIS M. T., FORGIARINI A., LACHAISE J., SALAGER J. L., Complex Emulsion Inversion Pattern Associated with the Partitioning of Nonionic Surfactant Mixtures in presence of Alcohol Cosurfactant. Langmuir 21 (15) 6712-6716 (2005)
FORGIARINI A., MARQUEZ L., CELIS M. T., SALAGER J. L. Nanoemulsification of triglyceride oil by mean of a inversion method. Paper 318. 4th World Congress on Emulsion, Lyon France. Oct. 3-6, 2006 [06_CME4_Forgiarini]
CELIS M. T., GARCIA-RUBIO L. Spectroscopy as a tool for characterization of monomer emulsions, J. Dispersion Sci. Technology 28: 271-278 (2007)
CELIS M. T., GARCIA-RUBIO L.H. Characterization of emulsions: A systematic spectroscopy study, J. Dispersion Sci. Technology 29: 20-26 (2008)
CELIS M. T., FORGIARINI A., MARQUEZ L., GARCIA-RUBIO L., Characterization of dispersed systems using multiwavelength transmission measurements. Particles 2008, Orlando FL. June 10-13, 2008
CELIS M. T., FORGIARINI A., BRICEÑO M. I., GARCIA-RUBIO L. H. Spectroscopy measurements for the determination of polymer particle size distribution. Colloids Surf A 331: 91-96 (2008) [08_COLSUA_Celis_1Page]
CELIS M. T. GARCIA-RUBIO L. H. Interpretación espectral de dispersiones liquido-liquido usando espectroscopia UV-VIS. Ciencia e Ingeniería 29: 27-34 (2008) [08_CeI_Celis_Espectrosc]
CELIS M. T., MANCHEGO L., CONTRERAS M., FORGIARINI A., VEJAR F., MARQUEZ L., BRICEÑO M. I., SALAGER J. L. Efecto del polímero carboximetil celulosa sobre la inversion de emulsiones. Ciencia e Ingeniería 29: 115-122 (2008) [08_CeI_Celis_Polimeros]