Aaron Moment
Aaron Moment
Materials Science and Engineering

Aaron Moment

Professor

Faculty Information

Research and Interests
Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications, Critical Materials Recovery, Biopolymers, Structured Ligands, Membrane Electrodialysis, Bipolar Membranes, Mineralogy, Rare Earth Elements, Green Chemistry, Crystallization
Notable Publications and Books
  1. Choi, D.; Lee, W.; Choi, S.; Roberson, L. M.; Avalos, J. L.; Moment, A. J. Waste Sargassum Seaweed as a Sustainable Resource for Rare Earth Element Recovery. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2025, 13 (47), 20476–20485. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c08832.
  2. Choi, S.; Yadav, A.; Zhang, N.; Kyriakos, S.; Moment, A. Tailoring Zr-Based MOFs for Tetracycline, Atrazine, Sulfathiazole from the Aqueous Phase through a Comparative Study of Defect Engineering and Chemical Modifications. ACS ES&T Engineering.
  3. Ooi, A. W. S.; Qian, J.; Vibbert, H. B.; Grorud, A. P.; Moment, A. J. 2-Hydroxyaryloximes as Tunable Extractants for Selective First–Row Transition Metal Liquid–Liquid Extraction: Dimerization Coefficients, pKa, and pH0.5. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2025, 64 (1), 752–763. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c03926.
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Education
  • BS Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1994;
  • MS Chemical Engineering Practice, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1996;
  • PhD Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2000
Awards and Recognition
2025 Dow Particle Processing Award, AIChE PTF Forum