Prof. Nikolay Kornienko

Prof. Dr. Nikolay Kornienko
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Head of Research Group

Phone: +49 228  73-2708
nkornien (a) uni-bonn.de

2nd floor, room no. 2.030
Gerhard-Domagk-Straße 1
D-53121 Bonn

Scientific Career

Independent position

  • University of Bonn, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
  • Full (W3) Professor, 2023 - Current
  • University of Montreal, Department of Chemistry
  • Adjunct Professor, 2023 - Current
  • Associate Professor, 2023
  • Assistant Professor, 2019-2022

Postdoctoral

  • Royal Society Newton Fellow, 2016-2018
  • University of Cambridge
  • Advisor: Erwin Reisner

PhD

University of California, Berkeley,  2011-2016

  • Advisor: Peidong Yang
  • Undergraduate
  • University of Pittsburgh 2007-2011
  • Advisor: Sanford Asher

Selected Awards and Distinctions:

  • ChemComm Emerging Investigator, Commended (2024)
  • ECS Supramaniam Srinivasan Young Investigator Award (2023)
  • Molecules Young Investigator Award (2023)
  • CNC IUPAC Award (2021)
  • Nano Letters Early Career Board (2020)
  • ACS PRF Doctoral Investigator (2019)
  • Corpus Christi College Fellowship (2017)
  • Royal Societey Newton Fellowship (2016)

Biography 

I am currently a Full Professor at the University of Bonn, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Montreal, Department of Chemistry. My team's overarching motivation is to discover and implement the chemistry necessary to transition to a sustainable energy-based society. Specifically, we are developing materials geared to convert renewable electricity to chemical fuels as an energy storage media.

Current Research

  1.  Materials development - electrocatalysts ranging from heterogeneous to molecular systems that carry out small molecule activation.
  2.  Electrocatalytic reaction innovation - new sustainable routes via electrification of chemicals and fuels production.
  3.  In Situ and Operando method development - visualizing catalysts and reactions as they occur for mechanistic insights.