Sergey Kozlov, Principal Investigator
Sergey Kozlov holds the position of Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the National University of Singapore. He possesses interdisciplinary expertise at the crossroads of chemistry, physics, materials science, and nanotechnology and develops new theoretical and computational approaches for the description of nanoscale interactions.
Email: sergey.kozlov@nus.edu.sg; Office: E4 05-45
ORCID: 0000-0002-7765-4649; Publication list on Google Scholar, Research Gate
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| 2019 – now | Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore |
| 2016 – 2019 | Postdoc at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Saudi Arabia) |
| 2010 – 2015 | Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Barcelona (Spain) |
| 2003 –2009 | M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Physics at Novosibirsk State University (Russia) |
Uzma Anjum, Research Fellow
Her work is focused on designing alloy nanoparticles for heterogeneous catalysis and electrocatalysis towards the understanding and rationalizing systems for CO2 utilization, energy, and fuel technologies using density functional theory (DFT) simulations.
Email: cheua@nus.edu.sg; Location: E5-B-04
Publication list on Google Scholar, Research Gate
| 2020-now | Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore |
| 2019-2020 | Research Associate at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (India) |
| 2014-2019 | Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (India) |
| 2010-2012 | M.Tech in Nanochemistry and Nanotechnology at the Joseph Fourier University (France) and Delhi University (India) |
Paulo de Carvalho Dias Mendes, Research Fellow
He has research experience in experimental electrochemistry, materials science, and in computational chemistry using ab initio calculations. Currently, he employs density functional theory to study the use of transition-metal nanoparticles in catalytic applications.
Email: paulocdm@nus.edu.sg, Location: E5-B-04
ORCID: 0000-0003-4956-4387; Publication list on Lattes CNPq
| 2021-now | Postdoctoral Fellow at the National University of Singapore |
| 2016-2020 | Ph.D. in physical chemistry at the University of São Paulo (Brazil) |
| 2008-2015 | M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Chemistry at the Federal University of São Carlos (Brazil) |
Fernando Buendia Zamudio, Research Fellow
My research focuses on understanding the relationship between the electronic and geometrical configuration of novel materials and their catalytic properties. Ab-initio calculations altogether with the development of new tools and theoretical models are used for this purpose and are part of my expertise.
Email: ferbuza@nus.edu.sg, Location: E5-03-39
ORCID: 0000-0002-1787-0091; Publication list on Google Scholar, Researchgate
| 2021-now | Postdoctoral Fellow at the National University of Singapore |
| 2018-2021 | Postdoctoral Fellow at the Physics Institute, National Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico) |
| 2014-2018 | Ph. D in Science and Engineering of Materials at National Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico) |
| 2012-2014 | M. Sc. in Engineering of Materials at National Autonomous University of Mexico |
Song Yizhen, Ph.D. student
My research interest is to explore novel chemical and physical interactions on the nanoscale to develop better catalysts. And my research focuses on the atomic scale simulations of nanostructured materials (transition metal nanoparticles on oxide supports) for catalysis using density functional theory.
Email: songyizhen@u.nus.edu; Location: E5-B-04
| 2020-now | Ph.D. at the National University of Singapore |
| 2016-2019 | M.Sc. at Xi’an Jiaotong University (China) |
| 2012-2016 | B.Sc. at Shandong University (China) |
Arravind Subramanian, Ph.D. student
My work focuses on atomic scale simulations of alloy nanoparticles in developing novel catalysts for dehydrogenation of short-chained hydrocarbons and CO2 utilization using density functional theory.
Email: arravind.subramanian07@u.nus.edu; Location: E5-B-04
| 2020-now | Ph.D. at the National University of Singapore |
| 2015-2019 | B.Tech in Chemical Engineering at Anna University (India) |
Wenrui Ma, Ph.D. student
My research interest is finding novel catalysts for CO2 utilization to address the climate change problem and increasing energy demand. Currently, I employ density functional theory (DFT) simulation to understand the CO2 hydrogenation mechanism on nanocomposite catalysts.
Email: mawenrui@u.nus.edu, Location: E5-03-39
| 2021-now | Ph.D. at the National University of Singapore |
| 2016-2021 | B.Eng at Tsinghua University (China) |
Mohammed Aliasgar, Ph.D. student
My research interest is in developing catalyst to reduce the CO2 emissions by working on an atomic scale to understand the reaction intermediates. I will be using Density Functional Theory (DFT) to understand and work on the development of the catalyst to reduce the CO2 impact on the climate change.
Email: mohammedaliasgar@u.nus.edu, Location: E5-03-3
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| 2021-now | Ph.D. at the National University of Singapore |
| 2018-2021 | B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering at the National University of Singapore |
Janobiddinkhuja Bahodurov, Research Engineer
My research focuses on multiscale simulations of transition metal nanoparticles on oxide supports using a combination of molecular mechanics with interatomic potentials and density functional simulations.
Email: chebj@nus.edu.sg ; Location: E5-B-04
| 2020 – now | Research Engineer at the National University of Singapore |
| 2015 – 2019 | B.Sc. at the National University of Science and Technology MISIS (Russia) |
Past
Hanbo Ding, M.Sc. thesis (2022)
Savitha Srinivasan, Internship (2021)
Eamon Malcolm Smith, SERIUS program Internship (2021)
Shawn Zi Ming Ng, Research Apprentice (2020)
Weihan Lin, Vacation Internship program (2020)
Emmanuel Alexander Junior Raj, Internship (2020)