Maria Pozo de Fernandez

Maria Pozo de Fernandez is an Assistant Professor in the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering department of the College of Engineering and Science at the Florida Institute of Technology. Her office is located in the F.W. Olin Engineering Complex, room 254, and she can be reached at mpozo@fit.edu.

Her research portfolio centers on experimental thermodynamics, with a particular emphasis on phase equilibria, high-pressure vapor-liquid equilibria (VLE) and vapor-liquid-liquid equilibria (VLLE), supercritical fluids, and gas diffusion in polymers and polymer blends. These investigations provide fundamental data and models critical to the design of separation processes, supercritical-fluid technologies, and advanced polymeric materials.

Across her publications, a consistent theme emerges: meticulous measurement and correlation of high-pressure phase behavior for industrially relevant binary and multicomponent mixtures involving carbon dioxide, light hydrocarbons, and polar co-solvents. The data sets serve as benchmarks for equation-of-state development and process-simulation packages.

Laboratory & Teams: While specific laboratory names are not provided, her physical location in the F.W. Olin Engineering Complex places her within FIT’s well-equipped thermodynamics and separations research laboratories.