About the PI
Professor Nicholas Kotov
Email: kotov@umich.edu
Phone: (734) 763-8768
Fax: (734) 764-7453
Prof. Kotov honors commitments to in-person meetings subject to scheduling changes and transitions to hybrid and virtual formats due to the COVID19 pandemic.
Irving Langmuir Distinguished University Professor of Chemical
Sciences and Engineering
Joseph B. and Florence V. Cejka Professor of Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Biointerfaces Institute
Career
2020–present
Irving Langmuir Distinguished University Professor of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2012–present
Joseph B. and Florence V. Cejka Professor of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2008–2012
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2003–2008
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2001–2003
Associate Professor, Chemistry Department, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
1996–2001
Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
1997, 1999
Visiting Professor, Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany
1992–1996
Postdoctoral Associate, Chemistry Department, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1990–1992
Research Associate, Laboratory of Photochemistry, Chemistry Department, Moscow State University
Awards
2022
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS)
Outstanding Achievement Award in Nanoscience (ACS, USA)
2021
Turnbull Lectureship (MaterialsResearch Society)
Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum Award (American Institute of Chemical Engineers)
2020
National Academy of Investors
Newton Award (Department of Defense)
Alpha Chi Sigma Award (American Institute of Chemical Engineers)
2018
Vannevar Bush Fellowship (U.S. Department of Defense)
Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award (Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC)
Gold Prize in Mobile World Scholar Challenge (GSMA Co)
2017
Sigma Xi Honor Fellow (Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society)
Alexander von Humboldt Research Award (Humboldt Foundation)
Van ‘t Hoff Lecture (Universities of Utrecht, Amsterdam, and Leiden)
Colloid Chemistry Award (American Chemical Society, ACS)
2016
Stephanie Kwolek Award (Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC)
August T Larssons Scholar (Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet)
Fulbright Scholar (Fulbright Foundation and Commission)
UNESCO Medal for Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies
Rexford E. Hall Innovation Excellence Award (University of Michigan)
2014
MRS Medal (with Sharon Glotzer, Materials Research Society, MRS)
Best of New Technologies Award (Popular Science)
Highly Cited Researcher in Materials Science (Thompson Reuter)
Highly Cited Researcher in Chemistry (Thomson Reuter)
Materials Research Society Fellow (Materials Research Society, MRS)
MRL Seminar (California Institute of Technology)
IIN Frontiers in Nanotechnology Lecture (Northwestern University)
Fellow of the Materials Research Society (Materials Research Society, MRS)
2013
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC)
Langmuir Lecturer Award (American Chemical Society, ACS)
2012
Stine Award for Materials Research (American Institute of Chemical Engineers, AICHE)
Kennedy Family Research Team Award (University of Michigan)
2011
Top 100 Materials Scientists in 2000-2010 (Thomson Reuter)
Top 100 Chemists in 2000-2010 (Thomson Reuter)
2009
Top 100 R&D Award (Small Business, R&D Magazine)
Changjiang Scholar (Education Ministry of China)
World University Fellow (Government of Korea)
2008
Gutenberg Award (Government of Alsace)
Top 50 Award (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, Nanotech Briefs)
Top 10 Discoveries of the Year (Wired Magazine)
2007
College of Engineering Research Excellence Award (University of Michigan)
Caddell Award (University of Michigan)
2006
Walton Award (Government of Ireland)
Welliver Fellow (The Boeing Co.)
Gran Prix, Materials Research Society Entrepreneurship Challenge (Materials Research Society, MRS)
2001
Junior Faculty Award for Academic and Scholarly Excellence (Oklahoma State University)
1998
National Science Foundation CAREER (National Science Foundation, NSF)
1996
Humboldt Fellow (Humboldt Foundation, Germany)
1986
Mendeleev Fellowship (Moscow State University)