University of Bonn, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
Full (W3) Professor, 2023 - Current
University of Montreal, Department of Chemistry
Adjunct Professor, 2023 - Current
Associate Professor, 2023
Assistant Professor, 2019-2022
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Royal Society Newton Fellow, 2016-2018
University of Cambridge
Advisor: Erwin Reisner
University of California, Berkeley, 2011-2016
Advisor: Peidong Yang
University of Pittsburgh 2007-2011
Advisor: Sanford Asher
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Selected Awards and Distinctions:
ChemComm Emerging Investigator, Commended (2024)
ECS Supramaniam Srinivasan Young Investigator Award (2023)
Molecules Young Investigator Award (2023)
CNC IUPAC Award (2021)
Nano Letters Early Career Board (2020)
ACS PRF Doctoral Investigator (2019)
Corpus Christi College Fellowship (2017)
Royal Societey Newton Fellowship (2016)
I am currently a Full Professor at the University of Bonn, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Montreal, Department of Chemistry. My team's overarching motivation is to discover and implement the chemistry necessary to transition to a sustainable energy-based society. Specifically, we are developing materials geared to convert renewable electricity to chemical fuels as an energy storage media.
1) Materials development - electrocatalysts ranging from heterogeneous to molecular systems that carry out small molecule activation.
2) Electrocatalytic reaction innovation - new sustainable routes via electrification of chemicals and fuels production.
3) In Situ and Operando method development - visualizing catalysts and reactions as they occur for mechanistic insights.