Professional Interests:

• Determination of the thermal stability of organic materials
• Development of advanced methods for destroying hazardous organic materials
• Development of laboratory and pilot-scale flow reactor systems
• Development of new methods and instrumentation for measuring chemical physical, and spectroscopic properties of organic materials
• Development of new catalysts for environmental applications
• Co-inventor of the UDRI Photo-Thermal Detoxification Process 

Education:

Ph.D., Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Dayton, 2006
M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Dayton, 1992
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Dayton, 1980

Honors:

Wohlleben/Hochwalt Outstanding Researcher Award, 1988

Affiliations:

American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Inter-American Photochemical Society

Selected Publications:

J. L. Graham, R. C. Striebich, K. J. Myers, D. K. Minus, and W. E. Harrison, “Swelling of Nitrile Rubber by Selected Aromatics Blended in a Synthetic Jet Fuel,” Energy and Fuels, 20, 759, 2006.

M. S. P. Kahandawala, J. L. Graham, and S. S. Sidhu, “Particulate Emission from Combustion of Diesel and Fischer-Tropsch Fuels: A Shock Tube Study," Energy and Fuels, 18, 289, 2004.

M. S. P. Kahandawala, J. L. Graham, and S. S. Sidhu, “Impact of Lubricating Oil on Particulates during Combustion of Diesel Fuel – A Shock Tube Study,” Fuel, 83, 1829, 2004.

J. L. Graham, R. C. Striebich, C. L. Patterson, E. R. Krishnan and R. C. Haught, "MTBE Oxidation Byproducts from the Treatment of Surface Waters by Ozonation and UV-Ozonation," Chemosphere, 54, 1011, 2004.

S. S. Sidhu, J. L. Graham, and R. C. Striebich, "Semi-Volatile and Particulate Emissions from Combustion of Alternate Diesel Fuels," Chemosphere, 42, 681, 2001.

L.B. Tichenor, J. L. Graham, T. Yamada, P. H. Taylor, J. Peng, X. Hu, and P. Marshall, “Kinetic and Modeling Studies of the Reaction of Hydroxyl Radicals with Tetrachloroethylene,” J. Phys. Chem. A., 104, 1700, 2000.

J. L. Graham, J. M. Berman, and B. Dellinger, “The High Temperature Thermal/Photolytic Oxidation of Monochlorobenzene,” J. Photochemistry and Photobiology: A. Chem., 71, 65, 1993.

J. L. Graham, B. Dellinger, D. Klosterman, G. Glatzmaier, and G. Nix, “Disposal of Toxic Wastes Using Concentrated Solar Radiation,” In: Emerging Technologies in Hazardous Waste Management II, American Chemical Society, Chapter 6, p. 83, 1991.

J. L. Graham and B. Dellinger, “Solar Thermal/Photolytic Destruction of Hazardous Organic Wastes,” Energy, 12, 303, 1987.

J. L. Graham, D. L. Hall, and B. Dellinger, “Laboratory Investigation of the Thermal Degradation of a Mixture of Hazardous Organic Compounds-I,” Environ. Sci. Technol., 20, 703, 1986.