Rate My Professor Miroslav Peric

Miroslav Peric is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at California State University, Northridge, appointed in 1991 in the College of Science and Mathematics. He earned his B.S. in 1978, M.S. in 1982, and Ph.D. in 1987, all from the University of Zagreb. Serving as Graduate Advisor for the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Peric contributes to master's student guidance and is affiliated with the Center for Supramolecular Studies, focusing on experimental biophysics and biophysical chemistry. His research employs electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy to study nitroxide spin probes, investigating spin exchange interactions, EPR line shifts and shapes, Heisenberg spin exchange, dipole-dipole interactions, and rotational dynamics in liquids including ionic liquids and supercooled water. Collaborating with researchers such as Dalibor Merunka from the Institut Rudjer Boskovic and Barney L. Bales, Peric explores bimolecular collision rates, hydrodynamic and nonhydrodynamic contributions, and nanostructural organization in these systems.

Peric's key publications include "Continuous Diffusion Model for Concentration Dependence of Nitroxide EPR Parameters in Normal and Supercooled Water" (Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2017, with D. Merunka), "EPR Line Shifts and Line Shape Changes Due to Spin Exchange Between Nitroxide Free Radicals in Liquids 10. Spin-Exchange Frequencies of the Order of the Nitrogen Hyperfine Interaction: A Hypothesis" (Applied Magnetic Resonance, 2017, with B.L. Bales), "Study of Nanostructural Organization of Ionic Liquids by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy" (Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2015, with D. Merunka and M. Peric), "EPR Line Shifts and Line Shape Changes Due to Heisenberg Spin Exchange and Dipole-Dipole Interactions of Nitroxide Free Radicals in Liquids: 9. An Alternative Method to Separate the Effects of the Two Interactions Employing N-15 and N-14" (Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2014, with B.L. Bales and M. Meyer), "Hydrodynamic and Nonhydrodynamic Contributions to the Bimolecular Collision Rates of Solute Molecules in Supercooled Bulk Water" (Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2014), and "Rotation of Four Small Nitroxide Probes in Supercooled Bulk Water" (Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2013). His 2020 paper "An analysis of radical diffusion in ionic liquids in terms of free volume theory" (Journal of Chemical Physics, with D. Merunka) was selected as an Editor’s Pick for advancing knowledge of molecular dynamics manipulable via free volume, with applications in solar cells, batteries, carbon capture, and cellulose processing. Peric has received National Institutes of Health funding of $97,875 and $7,069 supplemental for studies on Alzheimer’s beta-amyloid peptide interactions with phospholipid bilayers, and $125,000 from the National Science Foundation for "RUI: Bimolecular Collisions in Ionic Liquids."