Biography
https://nanotextiles.human.cornell.edu/
Juan P. Hinestroza, a U.S. Fulbright Scholar and a PMP®, is the Rebecca Q. Morgan ’60 Professor of Fiber Science & Apparel Design, and directs The Textiles Nanotechnology Laboratory in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.
Professor Hinestroza has extensive experience in a variety of research environments, including academia, the military, non-profit organizations, start-ups, and large corporations. He has worked in institutions across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and well as North and South America. Professor Hinestroza's main research efforts aim at understanding fundamental phenomena at the nanoscale that are of relevance to Fiber and Polymer Science.
Hinestroza is an inventor of more than 51 granted international patents, an author of over 100 peer-reviewed articles and 6 book chapters, as well as an editor of a book on cellulose-based green composites. Professor Hinestroza's innovative work has given rise to three start-up companies, and he has served as a consultant to some of the largest Fortune 500 corporations and investment banks in the field of smart and interactive textiles and fibers.
Professor Hinestroza obtained a Ph.D. from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Tulane University and B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Universidad Industrial de Santander. Prior to pursuing doctoral studies, Professor Hinestroza worked as a process control engineer for The Dow Chemical Company. Hinestroza has received over 8.8 MM USD in funding (Federal and State agencies as well as Industrial Consortiums) for his research in understanding and exploring new pathways for creating multifunctional fibers via manipulation of nanoscale phenomena.
Professor Hinestroza has been the recipient of a myriad of awards including the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the Young Investigator Award from NYSTAR, the Educator of the Year Award from the Society of Professional Hispanic Engineers, The Humanitarian Award from the National Textile Center and the Academic Innovation Award from Cornell Class of 72.
Professor Hinestroza has lectured worldwide at universities and research centers in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bhutan, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, The Netherlands, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and Vietnam.
Professor Hinestroza’s scientific work has been featured in Nature Nanotechnology, MRS Bulletin, Materials Today, C&E News, National Geographic, ASEE Prism as well as mainstream media outlets such as CNN, Wired, TechReview, The Guardian, Popular Science, ABC News, NY Times, Reuters, PBS, NPR and BBC. In addition to his scientific endeavors, Professor Hinestroza and his research group are actively involved in community outreach activities aimed at increasing the number of members from underrepresented minority groups in science, technology, engineering and mathematics as well as engaging senior citizens in collaborative and inter-generational learning experiences.
The main focus of the Hinestroza Research Group is to explore the interface between the technologically established and mature field of textile science with the emerging and revolutionary field of nanoscale science. The field of textiles was the first beneficiary of the scientific developments from the 18th century's industrial revolution while the nanotechnology revolution emerged the end of the 20th century. Our research group aims at merging two hundred years of innovation history.
We believe that this unusual combination, between an established and an emerging scientific field, can provide unique scientific platforms that take advantage of the ability of nanoscale science for controlling the synthesis of materials with the time-tested capabilities of textile and fiber manufacturing.
In order to explore and understand nanoscale phenomena of relevance to fiber science we decided to pursue a three-pronged approach: The first branch is aimed at modifying the properties of existing textile products, specifically natural fibers, using nanomaterials. The second approach is aimed at creating novel nanofiber based materials by taking advantage of unique self and directed assembly phenomena. The third effort is aimed at developing metrology and computer simulation tools to better understand traditional issues in textile processing such as friction and electrostatic charging whose influence is magnified at the nanoscale.
These three efforts are highly complementary and when combined they are expected to provide a more comprehensive understanding of nanoscale phenomena relevant fiber science.
FSAD 4660: Textiles Apparel Innovation
FSAD 3000: Introduction to Fiber Science & Apparel Design Research
FSAD 6160: Rheology of Solids
FSAD 6390: Mechanics of Fibrous Systems
110. Martin-Alfonso, MA., Martin-Alfoonso, JE, Rubio-Valle, JF, Hinestroza,JP., Franco, JM. Tunable architectures of electrospun cellulose acetate phthalate applied as thickeners in green semisolid lubricants, Applied Materials Today, (2024), 36,102030 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2023.102030
109. Ko, Yelin, Azbell, Tyler, Milner, Phillip, Hinestroza,JP.. Upcycling of dyed polyester fabrics into Copper-1 ,4-Benzenedicarboxylate (CuBDC) Metal-Organic Frameworks, Industrial & Enginering Chemistry Research, (2023), 62,14,5771 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.3c00226
108. Wu, Qiuyue, Lis, Manuel Jose, Hinestroza,JP., Fire Performance of Cotton Fabrics Coated with 10-(2,5-Dihydroxyphenyl)-9,10-dihydro-9-xa-10-phosphaphenanthrene-10-oxide (DOPO-HQ) Zr-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks, Polymers (2023),15(22) 4379 https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15224379
107. Gauna, P.S., Blanco, A.A.G., Barrera, D., Villaroel-Rocha, J., Hinestroza, JP, Kimura, M., Kim, Manuela, Otal, Eugenio, Sapag, Karim. Influence of defect engineering on the hydrogen and methane adsorption capacity in HKUST-1 – like structure MOF. Adsorption (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10450-023-00413-y
106. Ko, Yelin, Hinestroza,JP., Uyar, T. Structural Investigation on Electrospun Nanofibers from Postconsumer Polyester Textiles and PET Bottles, ACS Applied Polymer Materials (2023), 5,9,7298 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.3c01232
105. Obregon, C., Ortiz, M., Hernandez, M., Hinestroza,JP., Danies, G. Preparation, Extraction, and Processing of Water Retted Cannabis Sativa L. Fibers, Journal of Natural Fibers (2023), 20,1,2166647 https://doi.org/10.1080/15440478.2023.2166647
104. Hou,M., Li,N., Tian, X., Yu,Q., Hinestroza, JP., Kong, X. Preparation of SERS active filter paper for filtration and detection of pesticides residue from complex sample, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy (2023), 285, 121860 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2022.121860
103. Dutra, J.G.D., de Souza Santana, M.H., Ko, Y.Lis, MJ, Maesta, F., Moises, M., Hinestroza, JP., A Circular Approach to Discarded Textiles: Using Depolymerized Polyester as a Precursor for the Synthesis of Antibacterial Cu(bdc) Metal–Organic Frameworks. Materials Circular Economy (2022), 4, 24 https://doi.org/10.1007/s42824-022-00066-2
102. Freiband, A., Dickin, K., Glass, M., Gore, M., Hinestroza, JP., Nelson, R., Platt, V., Rooks, N., Sachs, A., Stern, N., Lehmann, J., Undisciplining the university through shared purpose, practice, and place, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 2022, 172,9,1 https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01195-4
101. Tokuda T, Tsuruda R, Hara T, Hou Z, Kobayashi H, Tanaka K, Takarada W, Kikutani T, Hinestroza JP, Razal JM, Takasaki M. Planar or Biaxial Stretching of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Fiber Webs Prepared by Laser-Electrospinning. Materials. 2022; 15(6):2209. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15062209
100. Martín-Alfonso, M.A.; Rubio-Valle, J.F.; Hinestroza, J.P.; Martín-Alfonso, J.E. Impact of Vegetable Oil Type on the Rheological and Tribological Behavior of Montmorillonite-Based Oleogels. Gels 2022, 8, 504. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels8080504
99. Promphet, N., Thanawattano, C., Buekban, C., Laochai, T., Rattanawaleedirojn, P., Siralertmukul, K., Potiyaraj, P., Hinestroza, J. P., Rodthongkum, N., Thread-Based Wristwatch Sensing Device for Noninvasive and Simultaneous Detection of Glucose and Lactate. Advance Materials Technology. 2022, 2101684. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202101684
98. Otal, EH, Kim, ML., Hattori, Y., Kitazawa, Y., Hinestroza, JP.,Kimura, M.., Versatile Covalent Postsynthetic Modification of Metal Organic Frameworks via Thermal Condensation for Fluoride Sensing in Waters, Bioengineering (2021) 8912), 196 doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering8120196
97. Liu, S., Guo, J., Hinestroza, JP., Kong, X., Yu, Q., Fabrication of plasmonic absorbent cotton as a SERS substrate for adsorption and detection of harmful ingredients in food, Microchemical Journal (2021) 170, doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2021.106662
96. Otal, E., Kim, M., Hinestroza, JP., Kimura, M., A Solid-State Pathway towards the Tunable Carboxylation of Cellulosic Fabrics: Controlling the Surface’s Acidity, Membranes 2021, 11(7), 514; https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes11070514
95. Gabardo,RS., De Carvalho, DS., Lis, MJ., Pereira, M., Martins, BT., Samulewski, RB., Hinestroza, JP., Maesta-Becerra, F, Surface Modification of Polyester Fabrics by Ozone and Its Effect on Coloration Using Disperse Dyes, Materials, (2021),14 (13) 3492 /doi.org/10.3390/ma14133492
94. Kim, ML, Barrera,D., Kimura, M., Hinestroza, JP., Sapag, K., Otal, E., Effect of the Ethanol/BTC ratio on the methane uptake of mechanochemically synthesized MOF‐199, Chemistry-An Asian Journal (2021) doi.org/10.1002/asia.202001344
93. Otal, E., Tanaka, H., Kim, ML., Hinestroza, JP., Kimura, M., The long and bright path of a lanthanide MOF: from the basics towards the application., Chemistry-A European Journal (2021) doi.org/10.1002/chem.202005222
92. Geremias, T., Batistella, M., Magini,R., Guelli U, S., Franco,C., Barbosa, L.,Pereira, U., Hinestroza, JP., Pimenta, A., Ulson de Souza, A., Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (2021), doi.org/10.1002/cjce.24115
91. Schelling M., Kim, M, Otal, E., Aguirre, M., Hinestroza, JP., Synthesis of a Zinc-Imidazole Metal-Organic Framework (ZIF-8) using ZnO rods grown on cotton fabrics as precursors: Arsenate absorption Studies, Cellulose (2020), 27, 6399-6410
90. Tokuda, T.; Tsuruda, R.; Hara, T.; Kobayashi, H.; Tanaka, K.; Takarada, W.; Kikutani, T.; Hinestroza, J.P.; Razal, J.M.; Takasaki, M. Structure and Properties of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Fiber Webs Prepared via Laser-Electrospinning and Subsequent Annealing processes. Materials (2020), 13, 5783.
89. Ovalle-Serrano, S., Diaz-Serrano, L., Hong, C., Hinestroza, JP., Blanco-Tirado, C., Combariza, M., Synthesis of cellulose nanofiber hydrogels from fique tow and Ag nanoparticles, Cellulose (2020) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-020-03527-6
88. Sierra, C. Perez, L. Garzon, A. Sinuco, D., Hinestroza, JP., Detection of Antipersonnel Landmines Containing ANFO-Based Explosive: A Review . Rev. Colomb. Quim. (2020) 49, 47-57.
87. Schelling, M., Otal, E.. Kim, M., Hinestroza, J.P. Conformal Functionalization of Cotton Fibers via Isoreticular Expansion of UiO-66 Metal-Organic Frameworks. Coatings (2020, 10, 1172)
86. Patiño-Ruiz, D., Sánchez-Botero, L., Tejeda-Benitez, L., Hinestroza, JP, Herrera, A., Green synthesis of iron oxide nanoparticles using Cymbopogon citratus extract and sodium carbonate salt: Nanotoxicological considerations for potential environmental applications, Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management (2020), 14, 100377
85. Promphet, N., Hinestroza, JP, Rattanawaleedirojn, P., Soatthiyanon, N., Siralertmukul, K., , Potiyaraj, P.,Rodthongkum, N. Cotton thread-based wearable sensor for non-invasive simultaneous diagnosis of diabetes and kidney failure, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical (2020), 321, 128549
84. Zhang, Y., Remadevi, R., Hinestroza, JP., Wang, X., Naebe, M. Transparent Ultraviolet (UV)-Shielding Films Made from Waste Hemp Hurd and Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA). Polymers (2020), 12, 1190
83. Chae, Y., Hinestroza, JP., Building Circular Economy for Smart Textiles, Smart Clothing, and Future Wearables, Materials Circular Economy (2020), 2, 2, DOI: 10.1007/s42824-020-00002-2
82. Heinzel, T., Hinestroza, JP, Revolutionary textiles: a philosophical inquiry on electronic and reactive textiles, Design Issues (2020), 36.1, 45-58
81. Kim. M., Otal, E., Hinestroza, JP., Cellulose meets reticular chemistry: interactions between cellulosic substrates and metal–organic frameworks, Cellulose (2019), 1-15
80. Promphet, N., Rattanawaleedirojn, P., Siralertmukul, K., Soatthiyanon, N., Potiyaraj, P., Thanawattano, C., Hinestroza, JP, Rodthongkum, N. Non-invasive textile based colorimetric sensor for the simultaneous detection of sweat pH and lactate, Talanta (2019), 15, 192, 424-430
79. Sanchez-Botero, L, Dimov, AV, Li, R., Smilgies, DM, Hinestroza, JP, In Situ and Real-Time Studies, via Synchrotron X-ray Scattering, of the Orientational Order of Cellulose Nanocrystals during Solution Shearing , Langmuir (2018) 34 (18), 5263-5272
78. Yu,Q., Kong, X., Ma, Y., Wang, R., Liu,Q., Hinestroza,JP, Wang, AX, Vuorinen, T. Multi-functional regenerated cellulose fibers decorated with plasmonic Au nanoparticles for colorimetry and SERS assays, Cellulose (2018). 25, 10, 6041-6053
77. Rojas, S., Duarte, D., Mosquera, S., Salcedo, F., Hinestroza, JP, Husserl, J., Enhanced biosorption of Cr(VI) using cotton fibers coated with chitosan – role of ester bonds, Water Science & Technology (2018), DOI: 10.2166/wst.2018.284
76. Patino-Ruiz, D., Sanchez-Botero, L., Hinestroza, JP., Herrera, A., Modification of Cotton Fibers with Magnetite and Magnetic Core‐Shell Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles, Physica Status Solidi (a) (2018). DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201800266
75. Schelling, M., Otal. E., Kim, M., Hinestroza, JP., Decomposition of acetaminophen using a natural cellulosic substrate decorated with a water-stable metal-organic framework, Bioengineering (2018), 5,1,1-14
Professor Hinestroza is a member of the Division of Cellulose and Renewable Materials of the American Chemical Society. Hinestroza is also a member of the Project Management Institute, The Society of Materials Research MRS, The American Institute of Chemical Engineers AICHE, The Fiber Society and The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers SHPE.
Chairman of the Academic Integrity Committee , Cornell's College of Human Ecology
2002, Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University
1995, B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Universidad Industrial de Santander