Sanjubala Sahoo Joins IMS as Assistant Research Professor

From the Institute of Materials Science

Sanjubala Sahoo joined the Materials Science and Engineering department as an assistant research professor with an appointment in the Institute of Materials Science (IMS). She is also the program coordinator for the Global Hydrogen Alliance multi-national collaboration initiative and developing UConn’s strategic positioning in the ecosystem.

Her research focuses on materials modeling in multi-scale regime using a combination of first-principles and quantum-chemical tools. She brings a decade of experience in developing novel concepts for catalysis research, generating clean energy from fuel cells, and carbon capture for environmental pollution control.

Her research interests also include magnetic, electronic, optical and thermodynamic properties of metal surfaces, complex alloys, nanomaterials and graphene-like (2D) materials for advanced applications.

Sahoo earned her Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany) Magna cum Laude, and was a Gold Medalist in M.Sc. Physics (India). Her postdoctoral experience from the Argonne National Laboratory, which is a strategic destination for advanced science, carrying out research on physics and chemistry of materials. She was nominated for the Blavatnik Regional Award from the UConn School of Engineering in 2019.