Prof. Cafer T. Yavuz

Associate Editor


King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Thuwal
Saudi Arabia

Scientific career

2020 - present Professor of Chemistry, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
2018 - 2020 Associate Professor, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST, Korea
2018 - 2020 Associate Professor, Saudi Aramco - KAIST CO2 Management Center, KAIST, Korea
2014 - 2020 Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Korea
2013 - 2020 Associate Professor, Graduate School of EEWS & KI for the NanoCentury, KAIST, Korea
2010 - 2013 Associate Professor, Graduate School of EEWS & KI for the NanoCentury, KAIST, Korea
2010 - present Scientific Advisor, Graphene Technologies, San Rafael, CA
2008 - 2010 Postdoctoral Scholar with Prof. Galen D. Stucky, Chemistry Dept., University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
2008 Ph.D. Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX
2001 - 2007 Welch Scholar with Prof. Vicki L. Colvin, Chemistry Dept., Rice University, Houston, TX
2005 M.A. Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX
2001 B.S. Chemistry, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

 

Research areas

In our research, we focus on the functional groups since they define characteristics of chemical behavior in molecules. And on porous materials or the surfaces of nanoparticles, functional groups carry out the chemoselective adsorptive mechanisms, in addition to the already existing physisorptive pore confinement or surface phenomena. For selective chemical interactions the key concept lies within atomic interface, where inter-atomic electronic relations govern macroscopic trends. We, then, apply these concepts into the main areas of interest: (1) Carbon capture, (2) water treatment, (3) catalysis and (4) energy applications.

 

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