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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