Michael Naguib, PhD

Michael Naguib is a Professor in the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Prior to joining Tulane in 2018, he was a Wigner Fellow (2014-2017) and Research Staff (2017-2018) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He received his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University in 2014 where he co-invented two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides/nitrides (MXenes) in 2011. He has published more than 150 papers (with more than 70,000 citations and h-index of 79) in international journals and presented many plenary, keynote and invited lectures and seminars at a number of international conferences and universities. He has been listed as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics six times and has received many awards and recognitions, such as Humboldt Research Award, NSF CAREER Award, Robert L. Coble Award, Kroto Award, Ross Coffin Purdy Award, designated as a Senior Member of National Academy of Inventors, Rising Star Award by Tulane University, InfoMat Junior Researcher Award, MRS Gold Graduate Student Award, Graduate Excellence in Materials Science Award, Young Alumni Emerging Leader Award and listed as Forty-Under-Forty by Drexel University. He is an Associate Editor of Energy Advances, a journal published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. His research group works on the synthesis and characterization of layered materials and novel nanomaterials with a focus on 2D materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion, as well as environmental applications.