Annabella Selloni
Department of Chemistry, Princeton University
E-Mail: [email protected]
Tel (609) 258-3837
Education and Training
University of Rome, Italy
``Laurea'' in Physics (highest honors)
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral experience: IBM T.J.Watson Research Center
1974
1979
1980-1982
Appointments
7/1/2008-present
David B. Jones Professor of Chemistry, Princeton University
7/1//2002-6/30/2008 Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Princeton University
1999-2002 Senior Research Staff and Lecturer, Dept. of Chemistry, Princeton University
1996-1999 Maître d’Enseign. et Recherche, Dept. Physical Chemistry, Geneva, Switzerland
1988-1995 Associate Professor, International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy
1982-1988 Assistant Professor, Universita’ La Sapienza and Universita’ Roma II, Italy
Visiting and Short-Term Appointments
9/2014 Visiting Professor, Universita’ di Milano-Bicocca, Italy
7/2013 Visiting Professor, Theory Department, Fritz-Haber Institut of the Max-PlanckGesellschaft, Berlin, Germany
6/2012 Visiting Professor, Universita’ di Cagliari, Italy
7/2010-8/2010 Visiting Professor, CECAM, Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne, Switzerland
2/2009 – 7/2009 Visiting Professor, Theory Department, Fritz-Haber Institut of the Max-PlanckGesellschaft, Berlin, Germany
7/2008 Visiting Professor, Materials Science Department, Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne,
Switzerland
2/1993 – 5/1993 Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
9/1988-10/1988 Visiting Scientist, IBM-Zurich Research Laboratory, Zurich, Switzerland
Special Recognitions
Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (2016)
Fellow of the American Physical Society (2008)
APS Outstanding Referee (2012).
J. D. Lindsay Lectures Speaker at Texas A&M University (Fall 2012)
Max Planck Fellowship (Fritz-Haber-Institut, Berlin, Feb.-Jul. 2009; Jul. 2013)
Plenary talks: 22nd General Conference of the Condensed Matter Division of the European
Physical Society, Rome 2008; FemEx-Oslo, Oslo 2014; NanoTr10, Istanbul 2014
Keynote Speaker, Royal Australian Chemical Institute National Congress, Adelaide 2014
Invited Lecturer, European Doctorate in Physics and Chemistry of Advanced Materials,
Università di Milano-Bicocca, Sept 2014
Synergistic Activities
Guest Editor: Thematic Issue “Titanium Dioxide Nanomaterials”, in Chemical Reviews (2014);
2015 and 2013 MRS Spring Meeting Proceedings (Symposium on Titanium Dioxide); Special
Issue “Doping and Functionalization of Semiconducting Metal Oxides”, in Chemical Physics
(2006-2007).
Editorial Advisory Board: Journal of Physical Chemistry (2008-2010), The Journal of Chemical
Physiscs (2005-2010), Surface Science (2006-2010).
Co-organizer: 2015 MRS Spring Meeting (Symposium on TiO2); ACS 2013, Adamson Award
Symposium in honor of U. Diebold, New Orleans, 2013; CECAM Workshop, U. Bremen,
Germany, Sept. 2010; Symposium on “Organic Electronics”, Psi-k Conference 2010, Berlin,
Germany, Sept. 2010; CECAM Workshop, EPFL, Switzerland, Feb. 2011; Focus session on
Photocatalysis, 2008 APS March Meeting.
Panel/Proposal Reviewer for: DOE NSF, ARO, PRF, European Research Council, etc
Referee for: Nature, Science, PNAS, Phys. Rev. Lett., Phys. Rev., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew.
Chemie, etc.
Research Programme
Recent research is focused on the surfaces of metal oxide materials (e.g. TiO2, Co3O4, etc) and
their interfaces with water and aqueous solutions using first principles electronic structure
calculations and ab initio Molecular Dynamics simulations. The main goal is to understand the
detailed microscopic mechanisms of photovoltaic and photocatalytic processes relevant to
environmental remediation and energy applications, and how these mechanisms are related to the
fundamental structural and electronic properties of the materials and their interfaces.
Ongoing and recently concluded research projects include:
Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences, Catalysis and Chemical Transformations
Program: “Understanding Surfaces and Interfaces of Photocatalytic Oxide Materials ” Award #:
DE-FG02-12ER16286
(PI; $990,000; 11/15/2011-11/14/2018)
Air Force Office Of Scientific Research
AFOSR: Smart Functional Nanoenergetic Materials
(Co-PI; PI: Ilhan Aksay, Princeton University; $216,000 to Selloni and Car; 11/01/13 - 10/31/17)
Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences, Biomolecular Materials
Program “Theoretical Research Program on Bio-inspired Inorganic Hydrogen generating
Catalysts and Electrodes”, Award # DE-FG02-06ER-46344
(PI, $1,350,000, 3/15/2007-3/14/2013
Teaching and Mentoring:
Supervised ~ 25 post-docs and 15 graduate students; ~ 20 former co-workers now hold faculty
positions.
Professional Affiliations:
Member of the American Physical Society (Fellow), American Chemical Society, Materials
Research Society