Esmail Doustkhah received his PhD in 2017. During his PhD, he was awarded several prizes, scholarships, and internships, including a visiting research position and an internship at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan. In 2018, he was accepted as a post-doctoral researcher at NIMS, working on mesoporous and 2D materials. In late 2019, he was awarded the JSPS fellowship in Japan. From 2022-2023, He was awarded a Marie-Curie Horizon-TUBITAK co-funded fellowship and joined Koç University as principal investigator. During this period, he investigated layered titanates' photoc...
Esmail Doustkhah received his PhD in 2017. During his PhD, he was awarded several prizes, scholarships, and internships, including a visiting research position and an internship at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan. In 2018, he was accepted as a post-doctoral researcher at NIMS, working on mesoporous and 2D materials. In late 2019, he was awarded the JSPS fellowship in Japan. From 2022-2023, He was awarded a Marie-Curie Horizon-TUBITAK co-funded fellowship and joined Koç University as principal investigator. During this period, he investigated layered titanates' photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic properties with single-atom loading and heterojunction strategies. His current research interests focus on developing new nanoporous and layered materials and studying their (photo)(electro)catalytic features. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Awards:
2021-2024-Listed as top 2% researchers in chemistry according to the Standford University Ranking 2021-MRC-Horizon Fellowship at Turkey, Koc University 2020-JSPS fellowship from Japan Society for Promotion of Science at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Projects:
1-JSPS
Postdoctoral grant (2020-2022) (Role:
PI)
Place of research: National Institute
for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan
Annual fund: 2,000,000 JPY
Research title: Creation of Porous/Black Titania Nanosheet
Photocatalyst by Bursting Exfoliation of Layered Titanate
2-TUBITAK-Horizon Co-fund grant (2022-2023), (Role:
PI)
Place of research: Koç University, Türkiye
Annual fund: 9600
Euro
Research title: Synthesis
of single atom supported layered mesoporous layered titanate black layered
titanate for H2 generation and CO2 fixation
3-EIG
CONCERT-Japan 2022, (2023-2026) (Role: PI)
Attending partners: (BSC-CNS) Spain, (RIKEN
Institute) Japan, Istinye University (Türkiye)
Annual fund (only for the Turkish partner): ~30,000
USD
Role: PI
4-STI Joint Call for Proposals: Circular Economy
& Clean, Accessible and Secure Energy Supply (2025-2027),
Title: Circular
economy for waste to energy conversion: local plastic waste upcycling to
multifunctional catalysts for green H2 generation
Attending PIs:
Czech Republic (FZU), Austria (TU Wiena), Türkiye (Istinye University)
Annual fund (only for the Turkish partner): ~90,000
EURO
Role:
Coordinator