Dr Francis D'Souza

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Dr. Francis D'Souza received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India in 1992. He then went on to postdoctoral studies at the University of Houston and University of Dijon, France. He was a Professor of Chemistry at Wichita State University, KS from 1994 to 2011. Dr. D’Souza joined the faculty of the University of North Texas in 2011.

Research Area:

• Analytical
• Organic
• Material Chemistry

Research:

• Custom Design and Synthesis of Metal-Organic Sensitizers for Photovoltaic, Optoelectronic, Imaging, and Photodynamic Therapy Applications.
• Supramolecular Chemistry of Porphyrins, Phthalocyanines, BODIPYs and Carbon Nanomaterials
• Ultrafast Spectroscopy
• Light Energy Harvesting: Photoelectrochemistry and Photovoltaics
• Electrochemical and Photochemical Sensors and Catalysts
• Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Chemical and Biochemical Sensing
• Conducting Nanocomposite Hybrid Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion

Also Serving as:

Vice President, Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ

Vice President, Society for Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines