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Welcome to the Research Group!
Welcome to the Research Group!
Dr. D'Souza would like to welcome two new undergraduate students to his research team: Hunter Smith and Zachary Masters on August 22, 2025.
Congratulations Dr. Manan Guragain!
Congratulations Dr. Manan Guragain!
Dr. Manan Guragain, Ph. D., successfully defended his dissertation, Synthesis Harnessing Solar Energy Through Supramolecular Donor-Acceptor Systems and Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Catalysts for Sustainable Catalysis and Energy Conversion. Dr. Guragain has taken a prestigous position as a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Rice University in Houston, TX. Congratulations on this incredible achievement, and best of luck in your future endeavors!
Welcome to the Research Group!
Welcome to the Research Group!
Dr. D'Souza would like to welcome three new undergraduate students to his research team: Austen Willard, Milyon Redae (REU Student), and Jorge Galvan on May 23, 2025.
Congratulations Piumi Kularathne and Ram Kaswan!
Congratulations Piumi Kularathne and Ram Kaswan!
Piumi Kularathne was awarded first place and Ram Kaswan was awarded second place in the Analytical division presentation series of the ACS DFW Meeting in Miniature. There was incredible representation from the Dr. Francis D'Souza group at this series of presentations. Congratulations to them both and their achievement on April 26, 2025.
Congratulations Andrew Dawson!
Congratulations Andrew Dawson!
Andrew Dawson was awarded the The Ed & Julia Hodges Memorial Scholarship in Chemistry for the Fall 2025 -
Spring 2026 semesters on April 25, 2025.
Congratulations Ram Kaswan and Andrew Dawson!
Congratulations Ram Kaswan and Andrew Dawson!
Ram Kaswan and Andrew Dawson were both awarded second place in their respective UNT PhD Candidate Third Year Talk presentation rooms. This is an opportunity given to all students who pass their CHEM 6010 sequence, and present alongside their peers and front of the entire chemistry department. Congratulations to them both and their achievement on April 18, 2025!
Congratulations Dr. Francis D'Souza!
Congratulations Dr. Francis D'Souza!
Congratulations Professor Francis D'Souza for being awarded the UNT Foundation's 2025 Eminent Faculty Award, the university's highest honor for faculty. Formal recognition of this honor will take place at the Spring university award ceremony in April of 2025. Along with this award, the news team from UNT came and recorded footage for a short congratulatory video to present before receiving this prestigious award. The link to that video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQLm2qf8APM.
Welcome to the Research Group!
Welcome to the Research Group!
WOW! Dr. D'Souza would like to welcome five new graduate students (pictured above) to his research team: Snigdha Dutta, Justin Ratliff, Swatej Sabbarwal, Sainyam Sikka, and Hasanka Rathnayaka on November 1, 2024.
Welcome to the Research Group!
Welcome to the Research Group!
Dr. D'Souza would like to welcome Post-doctoral Fellow Dr. Alankar Kafle to the research group!
Congratulations Dr. Shahrzad Kazemi!
Congratulations Dr. Shahrzad Kazemi!
Dr. Shahrzad Kazemi, Ph. D., successfully defended her dissertation, Synthesis and Studies of BODIPY-Derived Multimodular Donor-Acceptor Systems for Electron Transfer Modulation. Congratulations on this incredible achievement, and best of luck in your future endeavors!
Congratulations Dr. Ajyal Alsaleh!
Congratulations Dr. Ajyal Alsaleh!
Dr. Ajyal Alsaleh, Ph. D., successfully defended her dissertation, A Comprehensive Investigation of Photoinduced Electron Transfer and Charge Transfer Mechanisms in Push-Pull Donor-Acceptor Systems: Implications for Energy Harvesting Applications. Congratulations on this incredible achievement, and best of luck in your future endeavors!
Congratulations Dr. Ashwin Ganesan!
Congratulations Dr. Ashwin Ganesan!
Dr. Ashwin Ganesan, Ph. D., successfully defended his dissertation, Synthesis and Study of Thin Films for Energy Harvesting and Catalysis Applications. Congratulations on this incredible achievement, and best of luck in your future endeavors!
Congratulations Dr. Anuradha Liyanage!
Congratulations Dr. Anuradha Liyanage!
Dr. Anuradha Liyanage successfully, Ph. D., defended her dissertation, Spectral, Electrochemical and Photochemical Characterization of Donor-Acceptor Supramolecular Systems. Congratulations on this incredible achievement, and best of luck in your future endeavors!
Congratulations Dr. Dilliraj Subedi!
Congratulations Dr. Dilliraj Subedi!
Dr. Diliraj Subedi, Ph. D., successfully defended his dissertation, Synthesis and Studies of Platinum and Palladium-Based Porphyrin-Fullerene Conjugates to Study the Long-Lived Charge-Separated States. Congratulations on this incredible achievement, and best of luck in your future endeavors!
Welcome to the Research Group!
Welcome to the Research Group!
Dr. D'Souza would like to welcome Post-doctoral Fellow Dr. Somnath Das to the research group!
Congratulations to Shahrzad Kazemi, Youngwoo Jang, and Anuradha Liyanage!
Congratulations to Shahrzad Kazemi, Youngwoo Jang, and Anuradha Liyanage!
Their work has been featured as an inside cover in the latest issue of Angew Chem Int Ed. (Volume 61, Issue 49; December 5, 2022.)
Congratulations Dr. Francis D'Souza!
Congratulations Dr. Francis D'Souza!
Congratulations Professor Francis D'Souza for being selected as the winner of the 2023 Electrochemical Society’s Nanocarbons Division Robert C. Haddon Research Award. This honor is in recognition of Dr. D’Souza’s work in advancing the knowledge of nanocarbon materials built on supramolecular principles for the fundamental understanding of the process of light-induced charge-separation to building light energy harvesting devices from fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and graphene. Formal recognition of this honor will take place during the 243rd Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts in May 2023.
Welcome to the Research Group!
Welcome to the Research Group!
Dr. D'Souza would like to welcome Fullbright Scholar Dr. Ahmed Radwan to the research group on October 11, 2022!
Welcome to the Research Group!
Welcome to the Research Group!
Dr. D'Souza would like to welcome Mohammad (MK) Altafi to the research group on September 27, 2022!
Welcome to the Research Group!
Welcome to the Research Group!
Dr. D'Souza would like to welcome two new graduate students to his research team, Ram Ratan Kaswan from the Indian Institute of Tech and Viyanga Ileperuma from the University of Peradeniya on September 15, 2022.
Congratulations Dr. Youngwoo Jang!
Congratulations Dr. Youngwoo Jang!
Dr. Youngwoo Jang successfully defended his dissertation, Ultrafast Charge Transfer and Electron Transfer in Donor and Acceptor Constructs on June 29, 2022 and has now obtained his PhD in analytical chemistry. Congratulations on this incredible achievement, and best of luck in your future endeavors!
Welcome to the Research Group!
Welcome to the Research Group!
Dr. D'Souza would like to welcome three new undergraduate students to his research team Alyssa Jesse A. Hugo, Dylan Harrison, and Patrick F. D'Souza on June 23, 2022.
Congratulations Joshua Martinez!
Congratulations Joshua Martinez!
Joshua Martinez was awarded The ReCalderon Chemistry Scholarship for the 2022-2023 academic year on April 16, 2022.
Congratulations Ashwin Ganesan!
Congratulations Ashwin Ganesan!
Ashwin Ganesan was awarded The James and Ruth Spurlock Scholarship for the 2022-2023 academic year on April 11, 2022.
Congratulations Dr. Alejandro D. Benitz!
Congratulations Dr. Alejandro D. Benitz!
Dr. Alejandro Benitz successfully defended his dissertation, Porphyrin and BODIPY Derived Donor-Acceptor Multi-Modular Systems: Synthesis, and Excited State Energy and Electron Transfer Studies on December 3, 2021 and has now obtained his PhD in organic chemistry. Congratulations on this incredible achievement, and best of luck in your future endeavors!
Welcome to the Research Group!
Welcome to the Research Group!
Dr. D'Souza would like to welcome Aida Yahagh to the research group on November 22, 2021!
Welcome to the Research Group!
Welcome to the Research Group!
Dr. D'Souza would like to welcome Greek Fullbright Scholar Manos Nikoloudakis to the research group on August 24, 2021!
Congratulations Dr. Sai Seetharaman!
Congratulations Dr. Sai Seetharaman!
Sai Seetharaman successfully defended his dissertation, Donor-Acceptor Artificial Photosynthetic Systems: Ultrafast Energy and Electron Transfer on July 11, 2021 and has now obtained his PhD in analytical chemistry. He recently accepted a position at PPD in Madison, WI as Senior Scientist. Congratulations on this massive achievement, and best of luck in your future endeavors!
Shahrzad Kazemi was awarded the R.B Escue Chemistry Education Research Scholarship for the 2021-2022 academic year on May 10, 2021.
Congratulations Dili Subedi!
Congratulations Dili Subedi!
Dili Subedi was awarded Zhibing Hu Scholarship for the 2021-2022 academic year on April 12, 2021.
Welcome to the Research Group!
Welcome to the Research Group!
Dr. D'Souza would like to welcome Jatan Kumar Sharma to the research group on March 15, 2021.
Congratulations Dr. Francis D'Souza!
Congratulations Dr. Francis D'Souza!
Congratulations Professor Francis D'Souza for being named a UNT Regents Professor! The Regents Professorship is an honorary title given only to those faculty who have achieved the highest level of national and international recognition for their contributions to teaching, research, and service. This is considered among the highest honors for faculty at UNT.
Welcome to the Research Group!
Welcome to the Research Group!
Dr. D'Souza would like to welcome two new graduate students to his research team, Andrew Dawson and Manan Guragain on November 20, 2020
Congratulations Dr. Francis D'Souza!
Congratulations Dr. Francis D'Souza!
We're pleased to announce that University Distinguished Research Professor Dr. D'Souza has been awarded a medal by the Chemical Research Society of India. He hopes to present at the CRSI conference in 2021 and share the story of his research journey in the United State. Read more about it here .
Congratulations Dr. Michael Thomas!
Congratulations Dr. Michael Thomas!
Dr. Michael Thomas successfully defended his dissertation, Donor-Acceptor Systems: Photochemistry and Energy Harvesting Applications on March 18, 2020 and he has now obtained his PhD in analytical chemistry. He recently accepted a Postdoctoral position with Savanna River National Lab, SC. Congrats! We are so proud of you!
Congratulations Dr. Shuai Shao!
Congratulations Dr. Shuai Shao!
Dr. Shuai "Nick" Shao successfully defended his dissertation, Synthesis and Studies of Wide-Band Capturing BODIPY-Fullerene Based Donor-Acceptor Systems on November 25, 2019 and he has now obtained his PhD in organic chemistry. Dr. Shao has accepted a position with PPD, a pharmaceutical company in Wisconsin.
Farewell Dr. Habtom Gobeze!
Farewell Dr. Habtom Gobeze!
Dr. Gobeze will begin a new position as a post doctoral fellow at Louisiana State University. We were able to spend one last group lunch together before he begins the next exciting chapter of his career. The D'Souza Eagles wish you all the best, Dr. Gobeze!
Congratulations Dr. Whitney Webre!
Congratulations Dr. Whitney Webre!
Dr. Whitney Webre successfully defended her dissertation entitled Spectral, Electrochemical, Electron Transfer, and Photoelectrochemical Studies of Tetrapyrrole Derived Supramolecular Systems on July 23, 2019, thus obtaining her PhD in analytical chemistry. Dr. Webre has accepted a position with Texas State University which is located in San Marcos, TX. She will be teaching general and analytical chemistry as well as coordinating the general chemistry labs.
Congratulations Alejandro Benitz!
Congratulations Alejandro Benitz!
In May, Alejandro Benitz was selected as a the 2019 winner of the R. B. Escue Chemistry Education Research Scholarship!
Congratulations Youngwoo!
Congratulations Youngwoo!
Youngwoo Jang was awarded the George Vaughn Memorial Award in May 2019!
Congratulations Nick!
Congratulations Nick!
Shuai "Nick" Shao was selected for the second time as the winner of the 2019 Ed & Julia Hodges Memorial Scholarship in May 2019.
Congratulations Jacob!
Congratulations Jacob!
In May 2019, Jacob Schaffner was awarded the Robert Wade Brown Award! Jacob was also accepted and intends to attend the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities to obtain a PhD in physical chemistry. Best of luck Jacob!
Congratulations Whitney Webre!
Congratulations Whitney Webre!
Congratulations to Whitney Webre for placing third for her talk at the 2019 American Chemical Society DFW Meeting in Miniature
Congratulations Ajyal Alsaleh!
Congratulations Ajyal Alsaleh!
Ajyal Alsaleh has successfully defended her thesis on Spectral, Electrochemical, and Solar Cell Studies of Peripheral Modified Carboxy Zinc Porphyrins on March 27, 2019.
Congratulations Robert Cantu!
Congratulations Robert Cantu!
Robert Cantu has successfully defended his thesis on SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF TRIPHENYLENE-BODIPY PADDLE WHEEL CONJUGATES FOR ULTRA-FAST LIGHT INDUCED CHARGE SEPARATION YIELDING HIGH-ENERGY CHARGE-SEPARATED STATES on March 21, 2019.
Congratulations Whitney Webre!
Congratulations Whitney Webre!
Congratulations to Whitney Webre for being awarded a 2019 ACS Women Chemists Committee Travel Award, sponsored by Eli Lily & Company!
Welcome to the Research Group!
Welcome to the Research Group!
Dr. D'Souza would like to welcome a promising new graduate student to his research team, Anuradha Liyanage, on February 1, 2019.
Congratulations Dr. D'Souza!
Congratulations Dr. D'Souza!
Chemistry research professor Dr. Francis D'Souza won the 2018 ACS Doherty award. This award is given for excellence in chemical research or chemistry teaching, meritorious service to ACS, establishment of new chemical industry, solution of pollution problems, and advances in curative or preventive chemotherapy. Dr. D'Souza was honored at the DFW Local Section Meeting on November 1, 2018. He gave a talk "Light Capture and Conversion by Mimicking Nature."
Welcome to the Research Group!
Welcome to the Research Group!
Dr. D'Souza would like to welcome two new graduate students to his research team, Youngwoo Jang and Ashwin Ganesan on October 1, 2018.
Congratulations Mellissa Collini!
Congratulations Mellissa Collini!
Mellissa Collini has successfully defended her thesis on Synthesis and Studies of azaBODIPY derived Donor-Acceptor Systems for Light Induced Charge Separation on September 20, 2018.
Congratulations Michael!
Congratulations Michael!
Michael Thomas was selected to receive the Externally Funded Graduate Student Scholarship in July 2018.
Congratulations Whitney Webre!
Congratulations Whitney Webre!
Whitney was awarded Chemistry Centennial Celebration Student Endowment on May 2018.
Congratulations Nick!
Congratulations Nick!
Shuai "Nick" Shao was selected as the winner of the 2018 Ed & Julia Hodges Memorial Scholarship in May 2018.
Congratulations Jacob!
Congratulations Jacob!
In May 2018, Jacob Schaffner was selected to receive the W. N. Masters Award!
Congratulations Dr. Christopher Obondi!
Congratulations Dr. Christopher Obondi!
Christopher Obondi, Ph.D., sucessfully defended his dissertation "High-Energy, Long-Lived Charge Separated States via Molecular Engineering of Donor-Acceptor Systems" on Februrary 27, 2018.
Congratulations Dr. Habtom Gobeze!
Congratulations Dr. Habtom Gobeze!
Habtom Gobeze, Ph.D., sucessfully defended his dissertation on "Ultrafast Photoinduced Energy and Electron Transfer Studies In Closely Bound Molecular and NanoCarbon Donor-Acceptor Systems" on February 26, 2018.
Congratulations Michael!
Congratulations Michael!
Michael Thomas was selected as the Chair of the Photochemistry division for the 2019 Gordon Research Seminar in July 2017
Congratulations Michael!
Congratulations Michael!
Michael Thomas was chosen to receive the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship!!
This highly prestigious and very competitive Fellowship is awarded to outstanding graduate research students who demonstrate the ability to conduct research on real-world issues both as an independent scientist and as a member of a collaborative team. Personal contribution to the field as well as global impact of the researcher’s work are critically examined. This Fellowship is awarded to less than 5% of the applicants.
Congratulations Alejandro Benitz!
Congratulations Alejandro Benitz!
Alejandro Benitz was selected as a the 2017 winner of the Tina Mewhinney Scholarship for PhD Studies in Chemical Education
Way to go Whitney Webre!
Way to go Whitney Webre!
Whitney's seminar won first place on third year talks day for the UNT Chemistry Department on April 2017.
Nick has excellent presenting skills!
Nick has excellent presenting skills!
Shuai "Nick" Shao was selected as a first place speaker for his room at the Graduate Student Seminar Day .
Whitney the Winner!
Whitney the Winner!
Whitney Webre was awarded the National Science Foundation EAPSI Grant to provide funding to study supramolecualr systems in Japan on June 2016.
Congratulations Whitney!
Congratulations Whitney!
Whitney was awarded the UNT College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Student Support Grant on May 2016.
Congratulations Dili Subedi!
Congratulations Dili Subedi!
Dili Subedi was awarded twice! In May 2016, Dili recieved the Academic Achievement Scholarship Award and the Texas Public Education Grant.
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