RSC Applied Interfaces Blog

Meet some of our Advisory Board members who work in electronics, photonics and optoelectronics

In February, we introduced our inaugural Advisory Board for RSC Applied Interfaces. Each month, we will be shining a spotlight on some of our new Advisory Board members and highlighting their current research interests.

This week we are delighted to introduce Clara Santato, Vivian W.-W. Yam and Malik Maaza as members of our inaugural Advisory Board.

Clara Santato is a Professor in the Department of Engineering Physics at Polytechnique Montreal. Dr Santato’s key achievements include her seminal work on WO3-catalysed water photoelectrolysis for hydrogen (H2) production, her work on organic (carbon-based) electronics, specifically on Organic Thin Film Transistors, her work on mixed electronic-ionic transport properties and biodegradability of the biopigment melanin. Clara is the PI of a Canada-wide Collaborative Research and Training Experience in Sustainable Electronics and Eco-Design (CREATE SEED, 2020-2027) initiative, funded by NSERC, bringing together some 20 universities and industrial partners in Canada and abroad.

Clara Santato will be speaking about her latest research at our free, one-day symposium in Seattle on 24 April 2024.

Find out more on our Events page.

Vivian W.-W. Yam obtained both her BSc (Hons) and PhD from The University of Hong Kong, and is currently the Philip Wong Wilson Wong Professor in Chemistry and Energy and Chair Professor of Chemistry at The University of Hong Kong. She was elected to Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, International Member (Foreign Associate) of US National Academy of Sciences, Foreign Member of Academia Europaea, Fellow of TWAS and Founding Member of Hong Kong Academy of Sciences. She was Laureate of the 2011 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award. Her research interests include inorganic/organometallic chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, photophysics and photochemistry, and metal-based molecular and nano-assembled functional materials for sensing, organic optoelectronics and energy research.

Malik Maaza is a Professor at the University of South Africa (UNISA). His research interests include nanotechnologies, nanophotonics, and photo-active nanomaterials. Professor Maaza is also interested in smart coatings for IR optical modulation and nanoplasmonics, biogenic nanoparticles and green nanochemistry, as well as neutron research reactors, neutron, X-rays scattering and nuclear based techniques.

Please join us in welcoming our new Advisory Board members to the journal community!

Meet our Advisory Board members who work in 2D materials

In February, we introduced our inaugural Advisory Board for RSC Applied Interfaces. Each month, we will be shining a spotlight on some of our new Advisory Board members and highlighting their current research interests.

This week we are delighted to introduce Paolo Samorì and Victor M. Castaño as members of our inaugural Advisory Board.

Paolo Samorì is Distinguished Professor at the Université de Strasbourg and Director of the Institut de Science et d’Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS). He is Member of the Académie des technologies, Member of ACATECH, Foreign Member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (KVAB), Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC), Member of the Academia Europaea, Fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS) and Senior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF). He has been permanent research scientist at the CNR of Bologna. His research interests encompass nanochemistry, supramolecular sciences, materials chemistry with a specific focus on 2D materials as well as functional organic/polymeric and hybrid nanomaterials for applications in optoelectronics, energy and sensing.

“RSC Applied Interfaces will offer a platform where interfacial phenomena are brought to function to address key technological questions” – Paolo Samorì

Victor M. Castaño received MSc and PhD degrees from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) and spent 2 years as a postdosctoral fellow at IBM´s Thomas J. Watson Research Center in New York. He has authored and co-authored over 800 peer-review papers. His research interests are in the area of materials science and applied physics, particularly in the development of nano-sized materials for various applications, including nanomedicine and energy. He also works on ethics of research and design of public policies for science and technology. He is full-professor and founding Director at the Centro de Fisica Aplicada y Tecnologia Avanzada (CFATA) of UNAM and a Visiting Scholar at Purdue University. His work has received over 20,000 citations and he is one of the most cited Latin-American scientists in his area.

Please join us in welcoming our new Advisory Board members to the journal community!

Meet some of our Advisory Board members who work in nanomaterials’ interfaces

We recently introduced our inaugural Advisory Board for RSC Applied Interfaces. Each month, we will be shining a spotlight on some of our new Advisory Board members and highlighting their current research interests.

This week we are delighted to introduce Giridhar U. Kulkarni, Xing Yi Ling, Xiaogang Liu and Shu-Hong Yu as members of our inaugural Advisory Board.

Giridhar U. Kulkarni holds a Ph.D. (1992) in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. After his postdoctoral studies at Cardiff University, UK (1993-95), he joined Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore. After serving as Director of Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Science, Bangalore (2015-2020), he joined JNCASR as its President. He is a Fellow of major science and engineering academies in India. His research interests include synthesis of nanomaterials of different dimensionalities and fabrication of devices. Currently, his focus is neuromorphic devices for in-memory computing and mimicking animal behaviour. He has published more than 330 papers and holds 26 patents.

“I am proud to be associated with RSC Applied Interfaces” – Giridhar U. Kulkarni

Xing Yi Ling is a Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She was the recipient of the Lectureship Awardee at the Chemical Society Japan Annual Meeting (2016), L’ORÉAL Singapore for Women in Science National Fellowship (2015), the Asian and Oceanian Photochemistry Association prize for Young Scientist (2014), Singapore National Research Foundation Fellowship (2012), Rubicon Fellowship by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (2009), and IUPAC Young Chemist award (2009). Her research group focuses on nanoparticle synthesis, surface chemistry, self-assembly, nanopatterning, nanofabrication, materials and device characterization. In particular, her group uses molecule-specific surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for fundamental studies and applications in catalysis, sensing, and diagnosis.

Xiaogang Liu earned his BE degree in Chemical Engineering from Beijing Technology and Business University, China. He received his MS degree in Chemistry from East Carolina University and completed his PhD at Northwestern University. He then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at MIT for two years before joining the faculty of the National University of Singapore. He holds a joint appointment with the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering. His research interests include luminescent materials synthesis, supramolecular chemistry, transition metal-based catalysis, and surface science for sensing, optoelectronic and biomedical applications.

Shu-Hong Yu is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Science and Technology of China. Prof. Yu’s research interests include bio-inspired synthesis of nanoscale building blocks, self-assembly and macroscopic assemblies, nanocomposites, and their functions and applications. He has authored and co-authored more than 430 refereed journal publications, 17 invited book chapters, and 26 patents. His recent awards include the 2nd Prize of National Natural Science Award awarded by Chinese Government (2010, 2016), and the Roy-Somiya Medal of the International Solvothermal and Hydrothermal Association (ISHA) (2010).

Please join us in welcoming our new Advisory Board members to the journal community!

We are delighted to introduce our inaugural Advisory Board for RSC Applied Interfaces! Our Advisory Board is comprised of internationally renowned researchers working across the fields of applied interfacial and surface science.

Please join us in welcoming our new Advisory Board members:

• Viola Birss, University of Calgary, Canada
• Victor M. Castaño, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
• Zhongwei Chen, University of Waterloo, Canada
• Yu Fang, Shaanxi Normal University, China
• Paolo Fornasiero, University of Trieste, Italy
• Carlos F. O. Graeff, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Brazil
• Vicki H. Grassian, University of California San Diego, USA
• Giridhar U. Kulkarni, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, India
• Xing Yi Ling, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Xiaogang Liu, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore
• Malik Maaza, iThemba Labs and UNISA, South Africa
• Sanjay Mathur, University of Cologne, Germany
• Teri W. Odom, Northwestern University, USA
• Paolo Samorì, University of Strasbourg, France
• Clara Santato, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada
• Fiorenzo Vetrone, Université du Québec, Canada
• Lianzhou Wang, University of Queensland, Australia
• Vivian W.-W. Yam, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
• Shu-Hong Yu, University of Science and Technology of China, China
• Karim Zaghib, Concordia University, Canada

We are excited to welcome our new Advisory Board members to our journal community and look forward to working with them as we shape and grow our new journal.