Dr. Yury Gogotsi

Education

• D.Sc.    Materials Engineering, National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine, 1995
• Ph.D.     Physical Chemistry, Kiev Polytechnic, Ukraine, 1986
• M.S.        Metallurgy, Kiev Polytechnic, Ukraine, 1984 (with Honors, 5.0 perfect GPA)
  

Professional History

• Drexel University
  08/2000 – present    Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
  02/2003 – present    Director, A.J. Drexel Nanotechnology Institute (http://nano.drexel.edu)
  11/2001 – present    Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics (courtesy appointment)
  12/2002 – 08/2007    Associate Dean of the College of Engineering for Special Projects
  09/2002 – 09/2006    Assistant Professor of Chemistry (courtesy appointment)
• University of Illinois at Chicago
  9/2001-8/2003    Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering
  1999-2000    Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering with tenure
  1999-2000    Assistant Director, UIC Research Resources Center
  1996 –1999    Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• University of Tübingen, Germany
  1995 - 1996        Research Scientist
• Center for Materials Research, University of Oslo, Norway
  1993 - 1995    NATO/Norwegian Research Council Fellowship
• Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
  1992 - 1993    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship
• University of Karlsruhe, Germany
  1990 - 1992    A. von Humboldt Fellowship
  
• Institute for Materials Science, Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
  1986 - 1990     Research Associate
  

Honors and Awards

• 2011    NANOSMAT Prize at the 6th NANOSMAT Conference
• 2011    ASM International Philadelphia Chapter Albert Sauveur Lecture Award
• 2011    Fellow, Materials Research Society
• 2010    Chang Jiang Scholar Award, Ministry of Education of P.R. China
• 2009    Fellow, American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 2008    Fellow, The Electrochemical Society
• 2006    Nano 50 Awards from NASA Tech Briefs Magazine, in Innovator and Technology categories
• 2006    Best Paper Award, American Society for Composites
  
• 2005    Fellow, American Ceramic Society
  
• 2005    Fellow, The World Innovation Foundation
  
• 2005    Drexel University College of Engineering Outstanding Research Award
  
• 2004    Academician, World Academy of Ceramics
  
• 2003    R&D 100 Award from R&D Magazine
  
• 2003    Roland B. Snow Award from the American Ceramic Society (also in 2005 and 2007)
  
• 2002    S. Somiya Award from the International Union of Materials Research Societies (IUMRS)
  
• 2002    G.C. Kuczynski Prize from the International Institute for the Science of Sintering
  
• 2002    Full Member, International Institute for the Science of Sintering
  
• 2002    Research Achievement Award from Drexel University
  
• 2002-2004    106 Club of Drexel University (more than $1M external funding per year)
  
• 2001        Winner of the Collegiate Inventors Competition (student advisor)
  
• 1999    UIC College of Engineering Faculty Research Award
  
• 1998    NSF CAREER Award
  
• 1993    I.N. Frantsevich Prize from the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences

Featured Publications

• Y. Gogotsi, P. Simon, True Performance Metrics in Electrochemical Energy Storage, Science, 334, 917-918 (2011) (Perspective)
• R. Singhal, Z. Orynbayeva, R.V.K. Sundaram, J.J. Niu, S. Bhattacharyya, E.A. Vitol, M.G. Schrlau, E.S. Papazoglou, G. Friedman, Y. Gogotsi, Multifunctional carbon-nanotube cellular endoscopes, Nature Nanotechnology, 6, 57-64 (2011)
• V. Presser, M. Heon, Y. Gogotsi, Carbide-Derived Carbons - From Porous Networks to Nanotubes and Graphene, Advanced Functional Materials, 21 (5) 810-833 (2011) (Feature and Cover article)
• Y. Gogotsi, High-Temperature Rubber Made from Carbon Nanotubes, Science, 330, 1332-1333 (2010) (Perspective)
• D. Pech, M. Brunet, H. Durou, P. Huang, V. Mochalin, Y. Gogotsi, P.-L. Taberna, P. Simon, Ultrahigh power electrochemical micro-capacitors based on onion-like carbon, Nature Nanotechnology 5, 651–654 (2010)
• V. Mochalin, Y. Gogotsi, Wet Chemistry Route to Hydrophobic Blue Fluorescent Nanodiamond, J. American Chemical Society 131, 4594–4595 (2009) P. Simon, Y. Gogotsi, Materials for Electrochemical Capacitors, Nature Materials, 7, 845-854 (2008) (Review)
• J. Chmiola, C. Largeot, P.-L. Taberna, P. Simon, Y. Gogotsi, Desolvation of ions in subnanometer pores, its effect on capacitance and double-layer theory, Angewandte Chemie Int. Edition, 47 (18), 3392-3395 (2008)
• S. Osswald, G. Yushin, V. Mochalin, S. Kucheyev, Y. Gogotsi, Control of sp2/sp3 carbon ratio and surface chemistry of nanodiamond powders by selective oxidation in air, J. American Chemical Society, 128, 11635-11642 (2006)
• J. Chmiola, G. Yushin, Y. Gogotsi, C. Portet, P. Simon, and P. L. Taberna, Anomalous Increase in Carbon Capacitance at Pore Sizes Less Than 1 Nanometer, Science, 313, 1760-1763 (2006)

Featured Books Edited

• Y. Gogotsi (Ed.), Nanomaterials Handbook (CRC Press, Boca Raton) 2006, 800 pp.
• Y. Gogotsi, V. Domnich (Eds.), High Pressure Surface Science and Engineering (Institute of Physics Publ., Bristol, UK, 2003) 648 pp.