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Alexander M Orlov
Associate Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Contact Information
Engineering Bldg.
Stony Brook, 11794
631/632-9978
Biography
Alexander Orlov's principle research and teaching activities are in the development of novel materials for energy generation, structural applications and environmental protection. The majority of his research focuses on synthesis of novel catalytic nanomaterials and tuning their properties for environmental and energy related applications.
Education
- PhD, Physical and Environmental Chemistry, University of Cambridge (UK)
- MS, Physical and Environmental Chemistry, University of Cambridge (UK)
- MS, Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
- Diploma in Economics, London School of Economics
Research Grants
| Award | Start | End | Sponsor | Type | Amount | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Testing of Novel Materials for Photocataltic Water Splitting | 2011-03-01T00:00:00 | 2012-12-31T00:00:00 | Brookhaven Science Associates LLC | Nonfederal | 17148 | Closed |
| EAGER: Exploring Unique Properties of Sub-nm Metal Nanoparticles for Photocatalysis | 2011-10-01T00:00:00 | 2013-09-30T00:00:00 | National Science Foundation | Federal | 80588 | Closed |
| SPIR: Testing of Nanoparticle Stability on the Coated Fabric | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2011-08-31T00:00:00 | Pureti | Nonfederal | 10325 | Closed |
| SPIR: Self-Cleaning Coatings for Environmental Applications | 2008-10-01T00:00:00 | 2009-09-01T00:00:00 | Pureti | Nonfederal | 11875.33 | Closed |
| Grad Student Support for G. Ramakrishnan: Engineering Novel Nanoparticles and Nanostructure for Efficient CO2 Conversion into Hydrocarbons | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011-12-31T00:00:00 | Brookhaven Science Associates LLC | Nonfederal | 14151 | Closed |
| EAGER: Developing Sustainable Solutions for Building Industry: Recycling Fresh and Aged Concrete to Remove Nitrogen Dioxide | 2010-06-01T00:00:00 | 2012-02-29T00:00:00 | National Science Foundation | Federal | 30500 | Closed |
| NIST Summer Undegraduate Research Fellowship Program (NIST-SURF) | 2012-05-01T00:00:00 | 2012-09-30T00:00:00 | National Institute of Standards and Technology | Federal | 16997 | Closed |
| Developing Self-Cleaning and Air Purifying Transportation Infrastructure Components to Minimize Environmental Impact of Transportation | 2012-09-01T00:00:00 | 2013-09-30T00:00:00 | Region II University Transportation Research Center | Nonfederal | 12000 | Closed |
| FY2013 NIST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program - EL | 2013-05-01T00:00:00 | 2013-09-30T00:00:00 | National Institute of Standards and Technology | Federal | 8600.42 | Closed |
| I Corps: Novel Approach in Developing Sustainable Polymer Composites | 2014-08-28T00:00:00 | 2015-06-30T00:00:00 | National Science Foundation | Federal | 50000 | Closed |
| Nitrogen Dioxide Sequestration Using Demolished Concrete and Its Potential Application in Transportation Infrastructure Development | 2014-01-01T00:00:00 | 2015-08-31T00:00:00 | University Transportation Research Center | Nonfederal | 50251 | Closed |
| SPIR Internship for Hinson & Taveras: Innovative Treatment Process for Removing Nitrates from Wastewater | 2016-11-07T00:00:00 | 2017-05-22T00:00:00 | Aqua Vectors Incorporated | Nonfederal | 5794.62 | Approved |
| Developing a New Generation of Perovskite Oxides Based Composite Materials for CO2 Conversion into Fuels | 2012-06-01T00:00:00 | 2016-05-31T00:00:00 | National Science Foundation | Federal | 368235 | Closed |
| EAGER: Development of Novel Analytical Approaches for Measurements of CNTs Release from Polymer Nanocomposites | 2013-09-01T00:00:00 | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | National Science Foundation | Federal | 100000 | Closed |
| CAREER: Developing Novel Biomimetic Heterostructured Ceramics for Water Splitting | 2013-04-01T00:00:00 | 2018-05-31T00:00:00 | National Science Foundation | Federal | 530817 | Approved |
| Grad Student Support for Ruoqian Lin: Uncovering Chemical Inhomogeneity of Energy Materials in Chemical Reaction using Environmental Electron Microscopy | 2015-08-13T00:00:00 | 2018-08-26T00:00:00 | Brookhaven Science Associates LLC | Nonfederal | 124387.04 | Approved |
| Collaborative Research: Development of a Novel Strategy for Using Waste Concrete to Mitigate Industrial Nitrogen Dioxide Emissions and to Inhibit Corrosion | 2015-09-01T00:00:00 | 2018-08-31T00:00:00 | National Science Foundation | Federal | 249629 | Approved |
| Evaluating Stability and Environmental Safety of Nanocomposites | 2016-06-01T00:00:00 | 2019-05-31T00:00:00 | National Science Foundation | Federal | 298832 | Approved |
Publications
- Author Article - Peer Reviewed Author Crystal Engineering Communication Hydrothermal Growth of ZnO Nanowire Arrays: Fine Tuning by Precursor Supersaturation Published 2017 19 584
- Author Article - Peer Reviewed Author Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Photoelectrochemical Water splitting with a SrTiO3 : Nb / SrTiO3 n+-n Homojunction Structure Published 2017 19 2760
- Author Article - Peer Reviewed Author Understanding interactions of CO2 with doped and undoped SrTiO3 and their implications for surface mediated CO2 conversion ChemSusChem Published 2016 9 14 1889
- Author Article - Peer Reviewed Author Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters Development of a new generation of stable, tunable, and catalytically active nanoparticles produced by helium nanodroplet deposition method Published 2016 7 2910
- Author Article - Peer Reviewed Author Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering Separation and Purification of Furfuryl Alcohol Monomer and Oligomers using a Two-phase Extracting Process Published 2016 4 8 4084
- Author Article - Peer Reviewed Author Energy and Fuels cross-Phase Biomass Pyrolysis Stoichiometry, Energy Balance, and Product Formation Kinetics Published 2016 30 8 6537
Courses
| Term | Role | Course ID | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2018 | Primary Instructor | CHE 599 | Research |
| Spring 2018 | Primary Instructor | CHE 699 | Dissertation Resrch on Campus |
| Spring 2018 | Primary Instructor | ESG 302 | Thermodynamics of Materials |
| Spring 2018 | Primary Instructor | ESG 302 | Thermodynamics of Materials |
| Spring 2018 | Primary Instructor | ESG 302 | Thermodynamics of Materials |
| Spring 2017 | Primary Instructor | CHE 599 | Research |
| Spring 2017 | Primary Instructor | CHE 699 | Dissertation Resrch on Campus |
| Spring 2017 | Primary Instructor | ESG 302 | Thermodynamics of Materials |
| Spring 2017 | Primary Instructor | ESG 302 | Thermodynamics of Materials |
| Spring 2017 | Primary Instructor | ESG 302 | Thermodynamics of Materials |
| Spring 2017 | Primary Instructor | ESM 696 | Special Topics in Materials Sc |
| Spring 2017 | Primary Instructor | ESM 698 | Practicum in Teaching |
| Spring 2017 | Primary Instructor | ESM 698 | Practicum in Teaching |
| Spring 2017 | Primary Instructor | ESM 699 | Dissertation Resrch on Campus |
| Summer 2017 | Primary Instructor | ESM 695 | Graduate Internship |
| Summer 2017 | Primary Instructor | ESM 800 | FULL TIME SUMMER RSH |
| Fall 2017 | Primary Instructor | CHE 599 | Research |
| Fall 2017 | Primary Instructor | CHE 599 | Research |
| Fall 2017 | Primary Instructor | CHE 699 | Dissertation Resrch on Campus |
| Fall 2017 | Primary Instructor | ESM 212 | Enviro-Engineering |
| Fall 2017 | Primary Instructor | ESM 508 | Impact of Materials |
| Fall 2017 | Primary Instructor | ESM 599 | Research |
| Fall 2017 | Primary Instructor | ESM 698 | Practicum in Teaching |
| Fall 2017 | Primary Instructor | ESM 699 | Dissertation Resrch on Campus |
| Spring 2016 | Primary Instructor | CHE 590 | M.S. Term Paper |
| Spring 2016 | Primary Instructor | CHE 699 | Dissertation Resrch on Campus |
| Spring 2016 | Primary Instructor | ESM 599 | Research |
| Spring 2016 | Primary Instructor | ESM 599 | Research |
| Spring 2016 | Primary Instructor | ESM 699 | Dissertation Resrch on Campus |
| Fall 2016 | Primary Instructor | CHE 699 | Dissertation Resrch on Campus |
| Fall 2016 | Primary Instructor | ESM 212 | Enviro-Engineering |
| Fall 2016 | Primary Instructor | ESM 508 | Impact of Materials |
| Fall 2016 | Primary Instructor | ESM 599 | Research |
| Fall 2016 | Primary Instructor | ESM 698 | Practicum in Teaching |
| Fall 2016 | Primary Instructor | ESM 699 | Dissertation Resrch on Campus |
| Spring 2015 | Primary Instructor | CHE 599 | Research |
| Spring 2015 | Primary Instructor | CHE 599 | Research |
| Spring 2015 | Primary Instructor | ESG 302 | Thermodynamics of Materials |
| Spring 2015 | Primary Instructor | ESG 302 | Thermodynamics of Materials |
| Spring 2015 | Primary Instructor | ESG 302 | Thermodynamics of Materials |
| Spring 2015 | Primary Instructor | ESM 499 | Research in Materials Science |
| Spring 2015 | Primary Instructor | ESM 599 | Research |
| Spring 2015 | Primary Instructor | ESM 696 | Special Topics in Materials Sc |
| Spring 2015 | Primary Instructor | ESM 698 | Practicum in Teaching |
| Spring 2015 | Primary Instructor | ESM 699 | Dissertation Resrch on Campus |
| Summer 2015 | Primary Instructor | ESM 800 | FULL TIME SUMMER RSH |
| Fall 2015 | Primary Instructor | CHE 599 | Research |
| Fall 2015 | Primary Instructor | CHE 699 | Dissertation Resrch on Campus |
| Fall 2015 | Primary Instructor | ESM 212 | Enviro-Engineering |
| Fall 2015 | Primary Instructor | ESM 499 | Research in Materials Science |
| Fall 2015 | Primary Instructor | ESM 508 | Impact of Materials |
| Fall 2015 | Primary Instructor | ESM 599 | Research |
| Fall 2015 | Primary Instructor | ESM 699 | Dissertation Resrch on Campus |
| Spring 2014 | Primary Instructor | CHE 599 | Research |
| Spring 2014 | Primary Instructor | ESG 302 | Thermodynamics of Materials |
| Spring 2014 | Primary Instructor | ESG 302 | Thermodynamics of Materials |
| Spring 2014 | Primary Instructor | ESG 302 | Thermodynamics of Materials |
| Spring 2014 | Primary Instructor | ESM 599 | Research |
| Spring 2014 | Primary Instructor | ESM 696 | Special Topics in Materials Sc |
| Spring 2014 | Primary Instructor | ESM 699 | Dissertation Resrch on Campus |
| Summer 2014 | Primary Instructor | ESM 800 | FULL TIME SUMMER RSH |
| Fall 2014 | Primary Instructor | CHE 599 | Research |
| Fall 2014 | Primary Instructor | ESM 212 | Enviro-Engineering |
| Fall 2014 | Primary Instructor | ESM 508 | Impact of Materials |
| Fall 2014 | Primary Instructor | ESM 696 | Special Topics in Materials Sc |
| Fall 2014 | Primary Instructor | ESM 699 | Dissertation Resrch on Campus |
| Summer 2013 | Primary Instructor | ESM 800 | FULL TIME SUMMER RSH |
| Fall 2013 | Primary Instructor | ESM 212 | Enviro-Engineering |
| Fall 2013 | Primary Instructor | ESM 508 | Impact of Materials |
| Fall 2013 | Primary Instructor | ESM 599 | Research |
| Fall 2013 | Primary Instructor | ESM 698 | Practicum in Teaching |
| Fall 2013 | Primary Instructor | ESM 698 | Practicum in Teaching |
| Fall 2013 | Primary Instructor | ESM 699 | Dissertation Resrch on Campus |
Honors
| Type | Description | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Award | American Chemical Society Award for Incorporating Sustainability into Chemistry Education | 2017 |
| Award | Chancellor's Award of Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities from State University of New York | 2016 |
| Award | EU (the European Council of Academies) - US (National Academy of Engineering) Frontiers of Engineering | 2016 |
| Award | Sigma Xi Distinguished Lectureship | 2015 |
| Award | US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering Education | 2015 |
| Fellowship | US National Academy of Science (NAS) Kavli Fellow | 2014 |
| Public Commission | United Nations Environmental Program, Lead Author Appointment for the Global Environmental Outlook Report | 2014 |
| Award | US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering | 2013 |
| Award | US National Science Foundation CAREER Award | 2013 |
| Fellowship | Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry | 2012 |
| Public Commission | Membership, The United Kingdom Parliamentary and Scientific Committee | 2009 |
| Public Commission | Appointment by the UK Secretary of State to the Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances and Nanotechnology | 2009 |
| Award | UK National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts CRUCIBLE Award | 2005 |
| Residences | Visiting Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
Scholarly Activities
| Activity | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Presentation/Paper at a Conference | Chair/Symposium Organizer, Presenter: "Frontier Catalysis Research for Methane Conversion to Chemicals", American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), November 8-13, 2015, Salt Lake City, USA | 2016-11-08 |
| Presentation/Paper at a Conference | Chair/Symposium Organizer, Presenter: "Fundamental and applied catalysis for CO2 conversion into fuels and chemicals", American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), November 8-13, 2015, Salt Lake City, USA | 2016-11-08 |
| Presentation/Paper at a Conference | Chair/Symposium Organizer, Presenter: "Applied Catalysis for Environmental Applications", American Chemical Society (ACS), August 21-25, 2016, Philadelphia, USA | 2016-08-21 |
| Presentation/Paper at a Conference | Chair/Symposium Organizer, Presenter: "Understanding Nanomaterial Behavior – Breakthroughs and Challenges", American Chemical Society (ACS), August 21-25, 2016, Philadelphia, USA | 2016-08-21 |
| Presentation/Paper at a Conference | Chair/Symposium Organizer: Presenter "Heterogeneous Catalysis for Environmental and Energy Applications", American Chemical Society (ACS), August 16-20, 2015, Boston, USA | 2015-08-16 |
| Presentation/Paper at a Conference | Chair/Symposium Organizer, Presenter: "Heterogeneous Catalysis for Environmental and Energy Applications", American Chemical Society (ACS), August 10-15, 2014, San Francisco, USA | 2014-08-10 |
| Presentation/Paper at a Conference | Chair/Symposium Organizer, Presenter: "Heterogeneous Catalysis for Environmental and Energy Applications", American Chemical Society (ACS), September 8-12, 2013, Indianapolis, USA | 2013-09-08 |
| Lecture | Chair/Symposium Organizer: “Nanotechnology for Heterogeneous Catalysis: Environmental and Energy Applications", American Chemical Society, (ACS) | 2012 |
| Lecture | Presentation: 19th International Conference on the Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy, Caltech, 2012 | 2012 |
| Lecture | Presentation: American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, 2012 | 2012 |
| Other | American Chemical Society Committee Member for Certificate of Merit Awards | 2011-08-27 |
| Other | Chairman and Organizer, American Chemical Society Symposium on Catalysis for Energy Applications | 2011-08-27 |
| Presentation/Paper at a conference | Invited Speaker at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Denver | 2011-08-27 |
| Presentation/Paper at a conference | Invited Speaker at the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) World Congress | 2011-07-31 |
| Presentation/Paper at a conference | Invited Speaker and Organizing Committee Member at the TiO2 Photocatalysis Conference | 2010-10-10 |
| Presentation/Paper at a conference | Four presentations at American Chemical Society National Meeting in Washington DC. | 2010 |
| Seminar | Columbia University, Earth and Environmental Engineering Seminar. | 2010 |
Professional Service
| Service | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Review Boards - Agency, Institute, Gov. | UK Government (Secretary of State Appointment), Review of Current Research on Hazardous Substances and Nanotechnology | 2008 - 2014 |
| Other | Organizing Commitee, 15th International Conference on Photocatalysis, 2010 | 2010 - 2011 |
| Review Boards - Agency, Institute, Gov't | Alternate Counselor and Member of the Executive Committee, Environmental Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society. | 2017 |
| Review Boards - Agency, Institute, Gov't | Chair of Research in New Technology Committee (RANTC), American Institute of Chemical Engineers. | 2016 |
| Referee | Proposal and Research Projects reviewer for the Department of Environmental Food and Rural Affairs (UK) | 2011 |
| Referee | Proposal Reviewer for Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK) Catalysis Program | 2011 |
| Referee | Proposal Reviewer for the NSF Environmental Engineering Program | 2011 |
| Referee | Proposal Reviewer for the NSF Sustainable Energy Program | 2011 |
| Review Boards - Agency, Institute, Gov. | Proposal reviewer for Norwegian Cooperation Programme in Higher Education | 2010 |
| Review Boards - Agency, Institute, Gov. | Proposal reviewer for NSF Environmental Catalysis Program | 2010 |
| Review Boards - Agency, Institute, Gov. | Proposal Reviewer for the NSF Catalysis and Biocatalysis Program | 2010 |
| Review Boards - Agency, Institute, Gov. | Proposal Reviewer for the Research Foundation in Cyprus | 2010 |
| Presentation other than Scholarly Activity | Chair and Program Organizer: American Chemical Society Symposium on Catalysis for Environmental and Energy Applications. | 2009 |
| Other | External Ph.D. examiner at the Univeristy of Cambridge, UK | 2009 |
| Other | Member of Certificate of Merit Committee, American Chemical Society | 2009 |
| Review Boards - Agency, Institute, Gov. | NSF Proposal Review Panel: Energy for Sustainability | 2009 |
| Referee | Referee for 25 journals, approximately 10 journal papers | 2008 |
University Service
| Service | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Departmental Committee | ESG Undergraduate Committee | 2010 - 2016 |
| Departmental Committee | New Faculty Search Committee, Electrical and Computer Engineering | 2010 - 2011 |
| College/University Committee | Provost Committee for SUNY Chancellor's Awards | 2016 |
| College/University Committee | CEAS Awards Committee | 2016 |
| College/University Committee | Graduate Council Fellowship and Awards Committee | 2014 |
| College/University Committee | Senator, University Senate, SUNY | 2014 |
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