Regents Professor

(940) 369-8832

francis.dsouza@unt.edu

CHEM 307C

Biography:

FRANCIS D’SOUZA Recieved Ph. D. from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India in 1992, and post-doctoral studies at the University of Houston and University of Dijon, France. He was a Professor of Chemistry at Wichita State University, Wichita, KS from 1994 to 2011, and joined the faculty of University of North Texas in 2011.   

Francis D'Souza's research covers wide areas of chemistry, nanophotonics and materials science. Principal research interests include chemistry and supramolecular chemistry of porphyrins and carbon nanomaterials, light energy harvesting, photoelectrochemistry and photovoltaics, ultrafast spectroscopy, electrochemical and photochemical sensors and catalysts, fluorescent chemosensors and biosensors, conducting nanocomposite hybrid materials for energy storage and conversion.

Awards and Fellowships

•        Robert C. Haddon Research Award, Electrochemical Society, 2023

•        Research Leadership Award - UNT, 2022

•        Regents Professor - UNT,  2021

•        Fellow, International Association of Advanced Materials, 2020

•        CRSI-Medal, Chemical Research Society, India, 2020

• Toulouse Scholar – UNT, 2019 

• ACS-DFW Doherty Research Award, 2018

• Fulbright Specialist Scholar, 2018

• GIAN Fellow, Govt. of India, 2018

• Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, London, 2015

• University Distinguished Research Professor, 2013

• Fellow, Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, 2010

• JSPS Fellow, 2008

• Excellence in Research Award, 2006

• University Board of Trustees Young Faculty Scholar Award, 1998

• National Merit Scholarship, 1982-84

• Gold Medal Winner in M.S. for Securing University First Rank,1984

Editorial

• Associate Editor, Journal of the Electrochemical Society

• Associate Editor, Electrochemical and Solid State Letters

• Associate Editor, Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines

• Editorial Board, ChemPhotoChem, Wiley-VCH