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Mercouri G Kanatzidis - P* Professor (Joint with Argonne National Lab)
Professor

B.S. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 1979
Ph.D. University of Iowa 1984

Room:Tech K260
Phone: NU:847-467-1541 Argonne: 630-252-5544
m-kanatzidis@northwestern.edu

Kanatzidis Research Group


Research Statement
Inorganic chemistry, solid state and coordination chemistry of chalcogenide compounds. Design of new materials, exploratory synthesis, thermoelectric materials, nanostructured materials, intermetallics, mesoporous semiconductors, phase-change materials, conducting polymers, intercalation chemistry.

Selected Publications

Editorial Advisory Board: Inorganic Chemistry, 1994-1998, Chemistry of Materials, 1993-2000, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Zeitschift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie, Bulletin Kor. Chem. Society.

 Editor-in-Chief: Journal of Solid State Chemistry

Most Significant Awards
Presidential Young Investigator Award. National Science Foundation, 1989-1994
ACS Inorganic Chemistry Division Award: EXXON Faculty Fellowship in Solid State Chemistry, 1990
Beckman Young Investigator, 1992-1994
Alfred P. Sloan Fellow 1991-1993
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar 1993-1998
Michigan State University Distinguished Faculty Award 1998
Sigma Xi 2000 Senior Meritorious Faculty Award
University Distinguished Professor MSU 2001
John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellow 2002
Alexander von Humboldt Prize, 2003
Morley Medal, American Chemical Society, Cleveland Section, 2003.


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