Yury Gogotsi

Distinguished University and Charles T. and Ruth M. Bach Professor

Contact Information

CAT 383
gogotsi@drexel.edu
215.895.6446
Nanomaterials Group

Education

• DSc — Materials Engineering, National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine, 1995
• PhD — Physical Chemistry, Kiev Polytechnic, Ukraine, 1986
• MS — Metallurgy, Kiev Polytechnic, Ukraine, 1984 (with Honors, 5.0 perfect GPA)

Professional History

• Drexel University
  05/2017 – present — Charles T. and Ruth M. Bach Endowed Professor
  09/2010 – present — Distinguished University Professor
  02/2003 – present — Founding Director, A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute 
  09/2008 – 04/2017 — Trustee Chair Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
  08/2000 – 08/2008 — Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
  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 – present — 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

• 2018 — Honorary Doctorate from National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (NTUU "KPI”)
• 2018 — Fellow, The International Society of Electrochemistry
• 2018 — Tis Lahiri Memorial Lecture, Vanderbilt University
• 2017 — Energy Storage Materials Award (Elsevier)
• 2017 — Honorary Doctorate, Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science, National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine 
• 2016 — Nano Energy Award (Elsevier)
• 2016 — Drexel Award for Outstanding Career Scholarly Achievement
• 2015 — RUSNANOPRIZE 2015 (International Nanotechnology Prize)
• 2015 — Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry
• 2015 — Lee Hsun Award Lecture, Institute of Metal Research, CAS, China
• 2014 — Doctor Honoris Causa, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France
• 2014 — Highly Cited Researcher, Thomson-Reuters (again in 2015)
• 2014 — Fred Kavli Distinguished Lectureship in Nanotechnology, MRS Spring Meeting
• 2014 — ASM Liberty Bell Chapter’s Delaware Valley Materials Person of the Year
• 2014 — Research Achievement Award, Department of Materials Science, Drexel University
• 2013 — Ross Coffin Purdy Award from the American Ceramic Society
• 2012 — European Carbon Association Award
• 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

• X.-B. Cheng, M.-Q. Zhao, C. Chen, A. Pentecost, K. Maleski, T. Mathis, X.-Q. Zhang, Q. Zhang, J. Jiang, Y. Gogotsi, Nanodiamonds Suppress the Growth of Lithium Dendrites, Nature Communications, 8, 336 (2017)
• F. Shahzad, M. Alhabeb, C.B. Hatter, B. Anasori, S.M. Hong, C.M. Koo, Y. Gogotsi, Electromagnetic Interference Shielding with 2D Transition Metal Carbides (MXenes), Science, 353 (6304) 1137-1140 (2016)
• M.R. Lukatskaya, B. Dunn, Y. Gogotsi, Multidimensional Material and Device Architectures for Hybrid Energy Storage, Nature Communications, 7, 12647 (2016)
• X. Xiao, H. Song, S. Lin, Y. Zhou, X. Zhan, Z. Hu, Q. Zhang, J. Sun, B. Yang, T. Li, L. Jiao, J. Zhou, J. Tang, Y. Gogotsi, Scalable Salt-Templated Synthesis of 2D Transition Metal Oxides, Nature Communications, 7, 11296 (2016)
• F. Shahzad, M. Alhabeb, C.B. Hatter, B. Anasori, S.M. Hong, C.M. Koo, Y. Gogotsi, Electromagnetic Interference Shielding with 2D Transition Metal Carbides (MXenes), Science, 353 (6304) 1137-1140 (2016)
• Huang, C. Lethien, S. Pinaud, K. Brousse, R. Laloo, V. Turq, M. Respaud, A. Demortière, B. Daffos, P. L. Taberna, B. Chaudret, Y. Gogotsi, P. Simon, On-chip and freestanding elastic carbon films for micro-supercapacitors, Science, (2016), Vol. 351, Issue 6274, pp. 691-695
• Y. Gogotsi, Chemical Vapour Deposition: Transition Metal Carbides Go 2D, Nature Materials, 14 (11) 1079-1080 (2015)
• W. Lei, V.N. Mochalin, D. Liu,S. Qin, Y. Gogotsi, Y. Chen, Boron Nitride Colloidal Solutions, Ultralight Aerogels and Freestanding Membranes, Through One-step Exfoliation and Functionalization, Nature Communications, 6, 8849 (2015)
• M. Ghidiu, M. R. Lukatskaya, M.-Q. Zhao, Y. Gogotsi, M. W. Barsoum, Conductive MXene Clay with High Volumetric Capacitance, Nature, (2014).
• Y. Gogotsi, Energy storage wrapped up, Nature, 509, 568-570 (2014)
• P. Simon, Y. Gogotsi, B. Dunn, Where do batteries end and supercapacitors begin? Science, 343, 1210-1211 (2014)
• K. Jost, B. Anasori, M. Beidaghi, G. Dion, Y. Gogotsi, Wearable Power, Science, 343, 602-603 (2014)
• M. R. Lukatskaya, O. Mashtalir, C. E. Ren, Y. Dall’Agnese, P. Rozier, P. Louis Taberna, M. Naguib, P. Simon, M. W. Barsoum, Y. Gogotsi, Cation Intercalation and High Volumetric Capacitance of Two-dimensional Titanium Carbide, Science, 341(6153), 1502-1505 (2013)
• P. Simon,Y. Gogotsi, Capacitive Energy Storage in Nanostructured Carbon-Electrolyte Systems, Accounts Chem. Res.46 (5) 1094–1103 (2013) (invited review)
• H. Hu, Z. Zhao, W. Wan, Y. Gogotsi, J. Qiu, Ultralight and highly compressible graphene aerogels, Advanced Materials, 25(15)2219–2223 (2013)
• V. Mochalin, O. Shenderova, D. Ho, Y. Gogotsi, The properties and applications of nanodiamonds, Nature Nanotechnology, 7(1) 11-23 (2012) (review)
• J.K. McDonough, Y. Gogotsi, Carbon Onions: Synthesis and Electrochemical Applications, Interface, Fall 2013, 61-66 (2013) (invited review)
• M. Naguib, O. Mashtalir, J. Carle, V. Presser, J. Lu, L. Hultman, Y. Gogotsi, M.W. Barsoum, Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Carbides, ACSNano, 6(2) 1322–1331 (2012)
• 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, V. Presser (Eds.), Carbon Nanomaterials (CRC Press / Taylor & Francis) 2013, 2^nd edition, 529 pp.
• 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.