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SUMMARY:Harvesting Photons with Semiconductor Quantum Dots
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. P. Kamat (University of Notre Dame\, USA)  \nBio: Prash
 ant V. Kamat is a Rev. John A. Zahm\, C.S.C.\, Professor of Science in the
  Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Radiation Laboratory  and C
 oncurrent Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Enginee
 ring.  A native of Binaga\, India\, he earned the masters (1974) and doct
 oral degree (1979) in Physical Chemistry from the Bombay University\, and 
 carried out his postdoctoral research at Boston University (1979-1981) and
  University of Texas at Austin (1981-1983).   He joined Notre Dame in 19
 83. Professor Kamat has for nearly three decades worked to build bridges b
 etween physical chemistry and material science by developing advanced nano
 materials for cleaner and more efficient light energy conversion\nProfesso
 r Kamat’s research has made significant contributions to four areas: (1)
  Photoinduced catalytic processes using semiconductor and metal nanopartic
 les\, nanostructures and nanocomposites\, (2) Development of light energy 
 harvesting assemblies (e.g.\, quantum dots and inorganic-organic hybrid as
 semblies) for next generation solar cells\, (3) Utilization of carbon nano
 structures (SWCNT and graphene) as conducting scaffolds to collect and tra
 nsport charge carriers in solar cells and fuel cells\, and (4) Environment
 al remediation using advanced oxidation processes and chemical sensors.. H
 e has directed DOE funded solar photochemistry research for the past 20 ye
 ars.  In addition to large multidisciplinary interdepartmental and resear
 ch center programs\, he has actively worked with industry-sponsored resear
 ch.\nHe has served on many national panels on nanotechnology and energy co
 nversion processes.  He has published more than 400 scientific papers tha
 t have been well received by the scientific community (27000+ citations). 
 and  has an h-index of  93.  Science Watch of ISI included him among th
 e Top  100 chemists of the decade  2000-2010.\nIn 2010\, Kamat was named
  by the American Chemical Society as the deputy editor of \, the Journal o
 f Physical Chemistry Letters. He is a member of the advisory board of scie
 ntific journals\, Langmuir\, Research on Chemical Intermediates\, Applied 
 Electrochemistry and Interface.  He was awarded Honda-Fujishima Lecturesh
 ip award by the Japanese Photochemical Society in 2006 and CRSI medal by t
 he Chemical Research Society of India in 2011. He is a Fellow of the Elect
 rochemical Society\,  American Academy of Science (AAAS)\, and the Americ
 an Chemical Society (ACS).\nISIC Seminar  
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