SUPRAMOLECULAR NANO CHEMISTRY GROUP
FRANCIS D’SOUZA Recieved Ph. D. from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India in 1992, and post-doctoral studies at the University of Houston and University of Dijon, France. He was a Professor of Chemistry at Wichita State University, Wichita, KS from 1994 to 2011, and joined the faculty of University of North Texas in 2011. He is part of UNT’s BioNano Photonics research cluster.
Francis
D'Souza's research covers wide areas of chemistry, nanophotonics and
materials science. Principal research interests include chemistry and
supramolecular chemistry of porphyrins
and carbon nanomaterials,
light energy harvesting, photoelectrochemistry and photovoltaics,
ultrafast spectroscopy, electrochemical and photochemical sensors and catalysts, fluorescent
chemosensors and biosensors, conducting nanocomposite hybrid materials
for energy storage and conversion.
- University Distinguished Research Professor, 2013
- Fellow, Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, 2010
- JSPS Fellow, 2008
- Excellence in Research Award, 2006
- University Board of Trustees Young Faculty Scholar Award, 1998
- National Merit Scholarship, 1982-84
- Gold Medal Winner in M.S. for Securing University First Rank,1984
- Associate Editor, Journal of the Electrochemical Society
- Associate Editor, Electrochemical and Solid State Letters
- Associate Editor, Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
- Editorial Board, International Journal of Analytical Chemistry
- Advisory Committee Member, Journal of Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures
- Advisory Committee Member, Chemistry: An Indian Journal
