Over the past two decades, significant effort has been dedicated to developing electrochemical reactions to address grand challenges in the chemical industry, ranging from the green decontamination of pollutants to the valorization of inexpensive and abundant feedstock. However, the development of efficient electrosynthetic reactions is inextricably linked to: i) an accurate understanding of the reaction pathway and ii) the development of electrode materials with precise control over composition and morphology.

In this context, our research group is broadly interested in studying: (1) the analysis of the microenvironment of heterogeneous electrocatalysis, (2) engineering the electrode-solvent interface for electroorganic reactions, and (3) the electrochemistry of environmental pollutants. The electroanalytical platform will be coupled with other analytical techniques, such as spectroscopic methods, advanced surface analysis approaches, and nanofabrication processes, to enable a systematic analysis of electrochemical reactions of interest.

Contact information: University of South Carolina, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 631 Sumter Street, Room 109, Columbia, SC 29208

Email: Hosseini@mailbox.sc.edu