Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Senior Scientist Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory

Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Senior Scientist Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory

Prashant V. Kamat

Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Senior Scientist Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory

Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryPhone: (574) 631-5411

University of Notre DameFax: (574) 631-6652

251 Nieuwland Science

Notre Dame, IN 46556

(a) Professional Preparation:

KarnatakUniversity, Chemistry, Bachelor of Science, 1972

BombayUniversity, Master of Science, Physical Chemistry1974

BombayUniversity, Doctor of Philosophy, Physical Chemistry1979

(b) Appointments:

Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, 2005- present

Concurrent Professor, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Eng., Univ. of Notre Dame, 2003-present

Senior Scientist, Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, 1992-present.
Scientist, Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, 1988-1992.
Junior Scientist, Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, 1983-1988.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Boston University,1979-1981 and Univ. of Texas at Austin, 1981-1983

Selected Honors, Awards and Activities:

Fellow, The Electrochemical Society, 2008

2006 Honda-Fujishima Lectureship Award by the Japan Photochemistry Association (Sept. 11, 2006)

Deputy Editor, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (September 2009)

Executive Editor, Journal of Physical Chemistry A /B/C (January 2008-present)

Senior Editor, Journal of Physical Chemistry A /B/C (October 2003-December 2007)

Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Physical Chemistry (2001-2003); Langmuir (2000-present); Research on Chemical Intermediates (1992-present), Interface (1996-present), Chair, Fullerenes and Nanotubes Division, Electrochemical Society, (2000-2004)

Treasurer, Fullerenes and Nanotubes Division, Electrochemical Society, (2004-2008)

JSPS Fellow, Osaka University, Japan, Fall 1997

(c) i. ResearchImpact

h factor: 74; Total publications: 350+. Total citations: 17000+; Average Citation per paper: 46+

ii. Recent Research Publications closely related to Energy Research:

  1. Kamat, P. V., Meeting the Clean Energy Demand: Nanostructure Architectures for Solar Energy Conversion.J. Phys. Chem. C, 2007, 111 2834-2860.
  2. Kamat, P. V., Quantum Dot Solar Cells. Semiconductor Nanocrystals as Light Harvesters.J. Phys. Chem. C2008, 112, 18737-18753.
  3. Kongkanand, A.; Tvrdy, K.; Takechi, K.; Kuno, M. K.; Kamat, P. V., Quantum Dot Solar Cells. Tuning Photoresponse through Size and Shape Control of CdSe-TiO2 Architecture.J. Am. Chem. Soc.2008, 130, 4007 - 4015.
  4. Baker, D. R.; Kamat, P. V., Photosensitization of TiO2 Nanostructures with CdS Quantum Dots. Particulate versus Tubular Support Architectures.Adv. Funct. Mater.2009, 19, 805-811.
  5. Seger, B.; Kamat, P. V., Electrocatalytically Active Graphene-Platinum Nanocomposites. Role of 2-D Carbon Support in PEM Fuel Cells.J. Phys. Chem. C2009, 113, 7990-7995.
  6. Bang, J. H.; Kamat, P. V., Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells. CdTe versus CdSe Nanocrystals.ACS Nano2009, 3, 1467-1476.

iii. Other Significant Research Publications:

  1. Robel, I.; Kuno, M. and Kamat, P. V., Size-Dependent Electron Injection from Excited CdSe Quantum Dots into TiO2 Nanoparticles.J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129 4136-4137.
  2. Jebb, M.; Sudeep, P.K.; Pramod, P.; Thomas, K.G.; Kamat, P.V., Ru(II)trisbipyridine Functionalized Gold Nanorods. Morphological Changes and Excited-State Interactions. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2007. 111, 6839 - 6844.
  3. Brown, P. R.; Takechi, K.; Kamat, P. V., Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Scaffolds for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.J. Phys. Chem. C2008, 112, 4776-4782.
  4. Williams, G.; Seger, B.; Kamat, P. V., TiO2-Graphene Nanocomposites. UV-Assisted Photocatalytic Reduction of Graphene Oxide.ACS Nano2008, 2, 1487-1491.
  5. Matsunaga, Y.; Takechi, K.; Akasaka, T.; Ramesh, A. R.; James, P. V.; Thomas, K. G.; Kamat, P. V., Excited State and Photoelectrochemical Behavior of Pyrene Linked Phenyleneethynylene Oligomer.J. Phys. Chem. B2008, 112, 14539-14547.
  6. Koch, M.; Nicolaescu, R.; Kamat, P. V., Photodegradation of Polythiophene Based Polymers. Excited State Properties and Radical Intermediates.J. Phys. Chem. C2009, 113, 11507–11513.

(d) Synergistic Educational Activities

Active participation in NSF-REU program has allowed us to directly interact with undergraduates during summer session. Strong ties with Chemistry, Physics and Chemical Engineering departments enable us to provide specialized training to graduate and undergraduate students in nanomaterials synthesis and characterization,fast kinetic spectroscopy, andenergy conversion processes. Each semester 4-6 undergraduates carry out basic research related to energy and environment. In additionwe alsoadmit 2-3Co-op undergraduate students from University of Waterloo and McMasterUniversityto conduct full-time research. The success of this program can be seen from the publications of their work in peer reviewed journals (in two decades) and continuation of their graduate studies in the U.S. and Canada. Students from Japan and Germany also regularly visit 4-8 months to conduct research in our laboratory.

Research students and science teachers from area high schools interact with our research group spend their summer term conducting research in our laboratory. I am a regular participant in the science events at JohnAdamsHigh School. Participation in the Notre Dame Quarknet and Sensing our World Go Green programs that involve high school and middleschool students. Ongoing research collaboration with Indiana University Northwest, Gary, Indiana, has enabled minority undergraduates to get trained at our facilities.

(e) Collaborators and Other Affiliations

i. Recent collaborators
Ken Kuno (Chemistry), B. Bunker (Physics) and Paul Mc Ginn (Chem. Eng.), Univ. of Notre Dame
K. Vinodgopal, Indiana University, Northwest. K. O’Shea, Florida International Univ., Miami

Val Vullev, Univ. California, Riverside, K. George Thomas, Regional Research Laboratory, India

D. D. Sarma, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India

S. Fukuzumi , Osaka Univ., Japan

ii. Graduate Advisor

Prof. M. D. Karkhanawalla, Bombay University, India

iii. Thesis Advising:

Current graduate advisees: 9 (1 minority, 1 American Indian). Completed Ph.D.’s directed: 7. Completed M.S.’s directed: 3. (Two of the six Ph.Ds and one M.S. are female).

Recent graduates: Brian Seger (Notre Dame –just completed), Istvan Robel (Los Alamos national Lab.) Julie Peller (Assoc. Prof. Indiana Univ. Northwest). Roxana Nicolaescu (Scientist, Serim Corp.), V. Subramanian (Asst. Prof. Univ. Nevada, Reno), Di Liu (Cookson Electronics, China), Ulick Stafford (Solar Lenses, Ireland)

Current Postdoc advisees: 3 (2female: Jin-Ho Bang, Aleksandra Wojcik and Vidhya Chakrapani

Recent Postdocs:Anusorn Kongkanand (GM Research, Rochester), Kensuke Takechi (Toyota Central R&D, Nagoya), P. K. Sudeep (U. Mass. Amherst), Girish Kumar (Air Products), Taku Hasobe (JAIST, Japan), Tsutomu Hirakawa (AIST, Japan), Zeena S. Pillai (FSU), Nirmala Chandrasekharan (Univ. of Maryland), Shailesh Sharma (National Physics Laboratory, India), K. R. Gopidas (RRL, India), Nada Dimitrijevic (Argonne Nat. Lab.)

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