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Patick Cappillino

faculty

Patrick Cappillino, PhD

Associate Professor / Graduate Program Director

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Cappillino Research Group

Contact

508-910-6639

508-999-9167

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Education

Boston UniversityPhD

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

An advanced treatment of special topics in chemistry with an emphasis on recent developments. The subject matter varies from year to year.

Original chemical research and preparation of thesis. Required for Plan A master's degree. Graded P/F.

Original chemical research and preparation of thesis. Required for Plan A master's degree. Graded P/F.

Research

Research awards

  • $ 330,643 awarded by National Science Foundation for Collaborative Research: Designing Solid Boosters and Electrolytes for Redox-Targeting Flow Batteries
  • $ 8,000 awarded by University of Massachusetts Lowell | MassVentures for Mushroom-Inspired Vanadium Extraction
  • $ 40,110 awarded by University of Massachusetts - Lowell | Office of Naval Research for High Energy Density Redox Flow Batteries with Solid Boosters for Naval Installations
  • $ 65,000 awarded by MassVentures for Extraction of Critical Minerals for Battery Applications
  • $ 466,035 awarded by Office of Naval Research for UMassD MUST III: Durability and Performance of Flow Batteries for Applications in Marine and Undersea Technology

Patrick Cappillino received his PhD in the areas of bioinorganic and synthetic inorganic chemistry from Boston University. His dissertation work focused on elucidating the important role of iron in oxygen-activating enzymes. He continued his research career as a postdoctoral appointee at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, CA. There he focused on the synthesis of nanoporous and nanostructured metals, as well as the application of transition metal compounds to electrochemical energy storage. Dr. Cappillino began a faculty post in the Chemistry Department at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in the Fall of 2014. He has since initiated projects in critical areas of energy research, including grid-scale energy storage and novel materials for electrocatalysis. His areas of expertise include molecular and solid-state inorganic chemistry, meso- and nano-structured materials, electrochemistry, surface chemistry, and bioinorganic chemistry. Cappillino was a recipient of the 2015/16 Electrochemical Society/Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship and was recognized by the Journal of Materials Chemistry in their 2017 Emerging Investigators issue.