Biography

Vadym Mochalin holds Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from L. M. Litvinenko Institute of Physical Organic & Coal Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He is an Associate Professor in Chemistry at Missouri University of Science & Technology with joint appointment in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering. His research concerns synthesis, characterization, purification, modification, modeling, and applications of nanodiamond, MXenes, other nanomaterials for composites, energy storage, biomedicine, and optoelectronics.

Dr. Mochalin has co-authored many research papers, several book chapters and reviews, and is an inventor on 7 international patents. Additionally, he serves on the editorial board Scientific Reports and as an editor for Diamond and Related Materials.

Disciplines

Chemistry, Materials Science & Engineering, Physics

Education

• 2001 – Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Institute of Physical Organic and Coal Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
• 1993 – B.S. in Biochemistry, Donetsk National University, Donetsk, Ukraine

Honors and Awards

• 04/2021 – Certificate in Effective College Instruction from the Association of College and University Educators and the American Council on Education
• 11/2020 -The 2020 Missouri S&T Faculty Research Award in recognition of excellence in research and scholarship
• 02/2018 – One of the six Nanotechnology Highlights of 2017
• 09/2016 – One of the top 10 most often downloaded papers
• 09/2014 – Best Poster Award (P-15 Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Carbides for Energy Storage Application, O. Mashtalir, M. Naguib, V. N. Mochalin, et al.)
• 05/2014 – Quoted and asked to comment about the work of others at PhysicsWorld (http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2014/may/28/structural-supercapacitors-take-a-load-on)
• 02/2014 — Inside Front Cover Image “MXenes: A New Family of Two-Dimensional Materials”