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Principal Investigator

Georgiy Akopov

Assistant Professor (2022-present)

Office Phone: (973) 353-1058
Email: georgiy.akopov@rutgers.edu
Office Location: 342 Olson Hall, 73 Warren St., Newark, NJ 07102

BA in Chemistry – Rutgers-Newark (2014)
PhD in Chemistry – UCLA (2018)
Postdoc – Iowa State University (2018-2019)
Spedding Postdoctoral Fellow – Ames National Lab (2019-2022)

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Georgiy Akopov is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at RU-N. He received his BA in Chemistry from Rutgers University-Newark. He then went to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he got his PhD in Inorganic Chemistry with Professor Richard Kaner; for his graduate work he was honored with the ACS Inorganic Young Investigator Award. He then moved to Iowa State University as a Postdoctoral Researcher with Professor Kirill Kovnir and then moved to do independent research at Ames National Laboratory of US Department of Energy (US DOE) as part of the Spedding Postdoctoral Fellowship. His research focuses on inorganic materials chemistry (magnetic, nonlinear optical (lasers) and mechanical properties (cutting tools and abrasives)), crystal structure-property relationships and solid-state synthesis (targeted synthesis, phase purity and scalability). The group will focus on synthesis-enabled exploration of uncharted areas of phase space, superhardness in metal borocarbides through crystal structure tuning and using multinary sulfides for photocatalysis. “Getting my BA degree from RU-N allowed me to have a fruitful research career during graduate school and the postdoctoral fellowship. Being able to return to the same Chemistry Department as a faculty, work and collaborate with many of my former teachers, and advise a new generation of undergraduate and graduate students is exciting and inspiring.”

 

Award Highlights:
  • Spedding Postdoctoral Fellowship, Ames National Lab (2019-2022)
  • ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Young Investigator Award (2019)
  • Dissertation Year Fellowship, UCLA (2018)
  • Inorganic Chemistry Dissertation Award, UCLA (2018)
  • Faculty Award for Innovation in Inorganic Chemistry, UCLA (2018)
  • Harold A. Fales Memorial Award, Rutgers University-Newark (2014)