Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin

Mission

Perovskite Solar Cells

•  Molecular Engineering of Charge transporting Materials
•  Molecular Engineering of Sensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells 
• Organic Light-Emitting Diodes 
•  Design and development of molecular probes for heavy metal ions 
• Photophysics and Photochemistry of Molecular Assemblies 
• Perovskite Solar Cells
•  Molecular Engineering of Charge transporting Materials
•  Molecular Engineering of Sensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells 
• Organic Light-Emitting Diodes 
•  Design and development of molecular probes for heavy metal ions 
• Photophysics and Photochemistry of Molecular Assemblies 
  
  
  
  
  

Biographie

Nazeeruddin is a Professor of Chemistry at the EPFL Sion campus, and his current research at EPFL focuses on Perovskite Solar Cells and Light-emitting Diodes. He has published more than 980 peer-reviewed papers , ten book chapters, and is the inventory/co-inventor of over 103 patents. His work's high impact has been recognized by invitations to speak at over 450 international conferences. He appeared in the ISI listing of most cited chemists and has more than 194,333 citations with an h-index of 197 (https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=j4rH8MkAAAAJ). He teaches the "Functional Materials" course at EPFL, Korea University and Southeast University, China.

• According to the Web of Science in 2016, he is the 5th most cited chemist in the world.
• He is one of the 19 scientists identified by Thomson Reuters as the World's Most Influential Scientific Minds in 2015. 
• One of the 24 Highly Cited researchers was named in three ESI fields in 2018. https://hcr.clarivate.com/ . 
• Thomson Reuters' "Highly Cited Researcher" from 2014 to 2024.
• Top 10 researchers in the perovskite solar cell research field by the Times Higher Education. 
• Based on the Career Long Impact, Nazeeruddin has been listed as one of the top 2% of most cited scientists in the world from the list published by Stanford University in October 2022. He directs and manages several industrial, national, and European Union projects. Several industrial partners, Panasonic, NEC, TOYOTA-AISIN, TOYOTA-Europe Motors, Solaronix, and ABENGOA, have funded his research. His total funding during the last 8 years is CHF 18 million. 

He has been appointed a world-class university professor by Korea University and an adjunct professor by King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU) and Southeast University, China.
He is an elected member of the European Academy of Engineering, of the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC), a Member of the Swiss Chemical Society, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and a Fellow of the Telangana Academy of Sciences. He won the 34th Khwarizmi International Award (KIA) Laureate in Fundamental Sciences in 2021.

Curriculum Vitae

•  Nazeeruddin is a Professor of Chemistry at the EPFL Sion campus, and his current research at EPFL focuses on Perovskite Solar Cells and Light-emitting diodes. He has published more than 980 peer-reviewed papers , ten book chapters, and he is the inventory/co-inventor of over 103 patents. His work's high impact has been recognized by invitations to speak at over 450 international conferences. He appeared in the ISI listing of most cited chemists and has more than 191,333 citations with an h-index of 197 (https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=j4rH8MkAAAAJ). Several industrial partners, Panasonic, NEC, TOYOTA-AISIN, TOYOTA-Europe Motors, Solaronix, and ABENGOA, have funded his research. His total funding during the last 8 years is CHF 18 million. He teaches the "Functional Materials" course at EPFL and Korea University. According to the Web of Science in 2016, he is the 5th most cited chemist in the world and is one of the 19 scientists identified by Thomson Reuters as the World's Most Influential Scientific Minds in 2015. One of the 24 Highly Cited researchers was named in three ESI fields in 2018. https://hcr.clarivate.com/ . He was named Thomson Reuters' "Highly Cited Researcher" from 2014 to 2024 and was listed among the Top 10 researchers in the perovskite solar cell research field by the Times Higher Education. Based on the Career Long Impact, Nazeeruddin has been enlisted as one of the top 2% of most cited scientists in the world from the list published by Stanford University in October 2022. He directs and manages several industrial, national, and European Union projects. He has been appointed a world-class university professor by Korea University and an adjunct professor by King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU) and Southeast University, China. 
• He is an elected member of the European Academy of Engineering, of the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and a Fellow of the Telangana Academy of Sciences. He won the 34th Khwarizmi International Award (KIA) Laureate in Fundamental Sciences in 2021. He is on the Editorial Board of several Journals. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS 

 B. Sc (Chemistry and Biology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India) 1978
 M. Sc (Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India) 1980
 Ph. D (Inorganic Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India) 1986
 
 APPOINTMENTS

2024-2028 : Professor at Southeast University, IC Department, Wuxi campus, China. 2023-2028 : Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Basic Sciences, ISIC, Group for Molecular Engineering of Functional Materials, EPFL, Switzerland 2012-2022 : Professor, Faculty of Basic Sciences, ISIC, Group for Molecular Engineering of Functional Materials, EPFL, Switzerland 2009-2014 : World Class University Professor, Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Korea University (Sejong Campus), Korea 2014-2019 : BKPLUS 21, Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Korea University (Sejong Campus), Korea 2014-2023 : Visiting Professor, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 2014-2025 : Participating in the Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to University ("111" Program), supported by the Ministry of Education of China, North China Electric Power University 2019-2025 : Advisory Board Member, University of Sharjah-College of Sciences 2024-2026 : International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) Scientific Advisory Board, Braga, Portugal 2024-2025 : Distinguished Researcher, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU), Dammam, Saudi Arabia1985-1986: Lecturer (Deccan College of Engineering and Technology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India).                                                              
1986-1987: Research Associate (Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, India)                                                              
1987-1988: Post-doctral fellow.                                                              
 
 
RESEARCH INTERESTS                                                              
1. Perovskite Solar Cells                                                              
2. Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells                                                               
3. Organic Light-Emitting Diodes                                                              
4. Design and development of molecular probes for heavy metal ions.                                                              
5. Development of Chemical Sensors.                                                              
6. Photophysics and Photochemistry of Molecular Assemblies.

GROUP

 PRESENT POST-DOCs        
 
 (1). Dr. Gao Peng        
 
 (2). Dr. Yong Hui Lee        
 
 (3). Dr. Peng Qin        
 
 (4). Dr. Yella Aswani        
 
 (5). Dr. Abate Antonio        
 
 (6). Paramaguru Ganesan         
 
 (7). Dar Ibraheem         
 
 (8). Michael Saliba         
 
 (9). Li Xiong         
 
 
 
 PRESENT DOCTORAL STUDENTS:        
 
 (1). Chandiran Aravind        
 
 (2). Dualeh Amalie        
 
 (3). Labouchère Philippe Pierre        
 
 (4). Aghazada Sadig        
 
 (5). Gratia Paul        
 
 (6). Rakstys Kasparas        
 
 (7). Hyeju Choi        
 
 (8). Konrad Domanski        
 
 (9). Im Jeong-Hyeok (guest student)        
 
 
 
 Alumni        
 
 Dr. Wu Kuan-Lin         
 
 Dr. Simon Mathew        
 
 Dr. Tom Holcombe        
 
 Dr. Lauren Polander        
 
 Dr. Mine Nice        
 
 Dr. Soo-Jin Moon        
 
 Dr. Yum Jun Ho        
 
 Dr. Shavaleev Nail Malikovich        
 
 Dr. Dr. Jared Delcamp        
 
 Dr. Florian Kessler        
 
 Dr. Baranoff Etienne        
 
 Rebecca Mitchell        
 
 Dr. Lee Hyo Joong        
 
 Dr. Nick Evans        
 
 Dr. Cedric Klein        
 
 Dr. Thierry Renouard        
 
 Dr. Jean-Jacques Lagref        
 
 Dr. Zhang Xianxi        
 
 Dr. E. Yoneda        
 
 Vulcano Rosaria        
 
 Teocoli Francesca

PROJECTS

Projects:               
 
 (17). PEROVSKITE, AISIN, JAPAN, 2013-PRESENT.               
 
 (16). Novel Ruthenium Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, SOLVAY-DSC, 2010-PRESENT               
 
 (15). NANOMATCELL, research project, FP7-ENERGY, 2013-2015.               
 
 (14). GLOBASOL, FP7-ENERGY-2012.10.2.1: FUTURE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, 2013-2015.               
 
 (13). ABENGOA, Soil state DSC, 2012-2016.               
 
 (12). Sino-Swiss Science and Technology Cooperation, 2012-2014.               
 
 (11). New Redox couples, NEC, JAPAN, 2010-2012.               
 
 (10). POWERWEAVE, NMP.2011.4.0-3, ADVANCED TEXTILES FOR THE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MARKETS, 2012-2014.               
 
 (9). MOLESOL: All-carbon platforms for highly efficient molecular wire-coupled dye-sensitized solar cells, Collaborative Project / Small or medium-scale focused research project, FP7-ENERGY-2010-FET, 2010-2013.               
 
 (8). SANS: Sensitizer Activated Nanostructured Solar Cells, EU-FP7, 2010-2013.               
 
 (7). ESCORT: Efficient Solar Cells based on Organic and hybrid Technology, 2010-2014.               
 
 (6). CELLO: Cost-Efficient Lighting devices based on Liquid processes and ionic Organometallic complexes, Grant Agreement Number 248043, EU FP7, 2010-2012.               
 
 (5). ORION: Ordered Inorganic-Organic Hybrids using Ionic liquids for Emerging Applications, EU FP7, Ordered Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Materials for Colloidal Dots Sensitized Solid State Solar Cells, EU FP7, 2009-2013.               
 
 (4). GLOBAL RESEARCH LAB PROGRAM 2007, Korea Foundation for International Cooperation of Science and Technology, 2008- PRESENT.               
 
 (3). Design and Development of Blue Light Emitting Neutral Iridium Complexes for OLED Applications, Solvay, Belgium, 2008-2012.               
 
 (2). Organic Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, DONGJIN, 2009-PRESENT               
 
 (1). Self Organized NanoStructures (SONS) 2008-2010.
 
 

Awards

·      FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARD2014-2022      Lists of Most Cited in Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering Researchers.2020-2021      Evaluation panel for the 2020 Kuwait prize.2018– 2020     Jury member of the Rei Jaume I foundation, Spain.2012                Swiss Chemical Society (SCS, 102343)2013                Elected as a member of the European Academy of Engineering (https://eae.edu.eu/members/EnergyandResourceEngineering/Mohammad%20Khaja%20Nazeeruddin.html)2017                Elected to the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC) and Member of the Swiss Chemical Society.2017                Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry.2019                Fellow of Telangana Academy of Sciences.2021                Awarded the 34th Khwarizmi International award in Basic Sciences.1998-2006      EPFL Award/ISIC/Switzerland, Brazilian FAPESP fellowship award in 1999, Japanese Government Science & Technology Agency Fellowship 1998, EPFL Award/ISIC/Switzerland 1998.1987-1989       Government of India National Scholar Award, only two people were selected from all over India.1980-1985       Research Fellowship award, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India.AwardsHighly Cited Researcher in the field of Chemistry – 2024Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Environment and Ecology – 2024Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Chemistry – 2023Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Engineering - 2023Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Environment and Ecology – 2023Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Materials Science - 2023Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Chemistry - 2022Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Environment and Ecology – 2022Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Chemistry - 2021Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Materials Science – 2021Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Materials Science - 2020Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Chemistry – 2020Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Chemistry - 2019Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Materials Science – 2019Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Materials Science - 2018Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Physics - 2018Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Chemistry – 2018Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Chemistry - 2017Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Chemistry - 2016Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Materials Science - 2015Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Chemistry - 2015Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Chemistry - 2014

REVIEW ARTICLES AND BOOK CONTRIBUTIONS

REVIEW ARTICLE, BOOK CONTRIBUTIONS
(34). Phosphorescent Neutral Iridium (III) Complexes for Organic Light Emitting Diodes, Abd. Rashid bin Mohd Yusoff, Aron J. Huckaba and Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin. Springer publisher, Edited by Henk Bolink and Nicola Armoroli.
(33). Charge selective contact materials for Perovskite Solar Cells (PSCs), by Peng Gao, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, a book chapter edited by Dr. Tze-Chien Sum and Nripan Mathews, Wiley-VCH publishers (the publishers of Angewandte Chemie and Advanced Materials). The book is titled "Halide Perovskites: Photovoltaics, Light Emitting Devices and Beyond".
(32). Recent progress in organohalide lead perovskites for photovoltaic and optoelectronic applications , Yusoff, Abd Rashid Bin Mohd; Gao, Peng; Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja, COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS Volume: 373 Special Issue: SI Pages: 258-294 Published: OCT 15 2018.
(31). All that glitters is not gold: Recent progress of alternative counter electrodes for perovskite solar cells , Liang, Lusheng; Cai, Yu; Li, Xin; Nazeeruddin, M. K:, NANO ENERGY Volume: 52 Pages: 211-238 Published: OCT 2018.
(30). Low-Dimensional Perovskites: From Synthesis to Stability in Perovskite Solar Cells , Yusoff, Abd Rashid bin Mohd; Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja, ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS Volume: 8 Issue: 26 Article Number: 1702073 Published: SEP 14 2018.
(29). Ruthenium Complexes as Sensitizers in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells , Aghazada, Sadig; Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja, INORGANICS Volume: 6 Issue: 2 Article Number: 52 Published: JUN 2018.
(28). Frontiers, opportunities, and challenges in perovskite solar cells: A critical review , Ansari, Mohammed Istafaul Haque; Qurashi, Ahsanulhaq; Nazeeruddin, Mohammad KhajaJOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C-PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS Volume: 35 Pages: 1-24 Published: JUN 2018.
(27). Phosphorescent Neutral Iridium (III) Complexes for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes , Yusoff, Abd. Rashid Bin Mohd; Huckaba, Aron J.; Nazeeruddin, Mohammad KhajaTOPICS IN CURRENT CHEMISTRY Volume: 375 Issue: 2 Article Number: 39 Published: APR 2017. 
(26). Strategies for Tuning Emission Energy in Phosphorescent Ir(III) Complexes , Huckaba, Aron J.; Nazeeruddin, Mohammad K. COMMENTS ON INORGANIC CHEMISTRY Volume: 37 Issue: 3 Pages: 117-145 Published: 2017.
(25). Perovskite Solar Cells: Influence of Hole Transporting Materials on Power Conversion Efficiency , Ameen, Sadia; Rub, Malik Abdul; Kosa, Samia A.; et al., CHEMSUSCHEM Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Pages: 10-27 Published: JAN 8 2016.
(24). I nfluence of Ancillary Ligands in Dye-​Sensitized Solar Cells,, Pashaei, Babak; Shahroosvand, Hashem; Graetzel, Michael; Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja, Chemical Reviews (Washington, DC, United States) (2016), 116(16), 9485-9564.
(23). CHAPTER 6, Chemistry of Sensitizers for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, PENG GAO, MICHAEL GRAÅNTZEL AND MDK NAZEERUDDIN, Published on 10 July 2014 on http://pubs.rsc.org | doi:10.1039/9781849739955-00186.
(22). rganohalide lead perovskites for photovoltaic applications , Gao, Peng; Gratzel, Michael; Nazeeruddin, Mohammad K. Energy & Environmental Science (2014), 7(8), 2448-2463.
(21). Meso-​Substituted Porphyrins for Dye-​Sensitized Solar Cells , Urbani, Maxence; Gratzel, Michael; Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja; Torres, Tomas, From Chemical Reviews (Washington, DC, United States) (2014), 114(24), 12330-12396.
(20). Meso-Substituted Porphyrins for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells , Urbani, Maxence; Graetzel, Michael; Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja; et al., CHEMICAL REVIEWS Volume: 114 Issue: 24 Pages: 12330-12396 Published: DEC 24 2014.
(19). Organohalide lead perovskites for photovoltaic applications , Gao, Peng; Graetzel, Michael; Nazeeruddin, Mohammad K., ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Volume: 7 Issue: 8 Pages: 2448-2463 Published: AUG 2014.
(18). Perovskite as Light Harvester: A Game Changer in Photovoltaics, Kazim, Samrana; Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja; Graetzel, Michael; et al., ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION Volume: 53 Issue: 11 Pages: 2812-2824 Published: MAR 10 2014.(17). Mesoscopic dye-​sensitized solar cells, By Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja; Ko, Jaejung; Graetzel, Michael, Edited by Torres, Tomas; Bottari, Giovanni, From Organic Nanomaterials (2013), 579-597, 1 plate.
(16). Metal-​oxide nanoparticles for dye-​sensitized solar cells, By Sauvage, Frederic; Nazeeruddin, Mohammad K.; Gratzel, Michael, Edited by Ogale, Satishchandra B.; Venkatesan, Thirumalai V.; Blamire, Mark G, From Functional Metal Oxides (2013), 341-383.
(15). Metal free sensitizer and catalyst for dye sensitized solar cells, Ahmad, Shahzada; Guillen, Elena; Kavan, Ladislav; et al., ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Volume: 6 Issue: 12 Pages: 3439-3466 Published: DEC 2013.
(14). Heteroleptic ruthenium complex containing substituted triphenylamine hole-transport unit as sensitizer for stable dye-sensitized solar cell, Yum, Jun-Ho; Moon, Soo-Jin; Karthikeyan, Chedarampet S.; et al., NANO ENERGY Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Pages: 6-12 Published: JAN 2012.
(13). , Baranoff, Etienne; Yum, Jun-Ho; Graetzel, Michael; et al., JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY Volume: 694 Issue: 17 Pages: 2661-2670 Published: AUG 1 2009.
(12). Molecular Engineering of Sensitizers for Conversion of Solar Energy into Electricity, by Jun-ho Yum and Md. K. Nazeeruddin, Monograph on “Dye Sensitized Solar Cells” K. Kalyanasundaram, Editor, to be published by EPFL Press 2009.
(11). Recent progress in solid state dye-sensitized solar cells, Jun-Ho Yum, Peter Chen, M. Grätzel and Md. K. Nazeeruddin, ChemSusChem, 1, 699-707, 2008.
(10). Molecular Engineering of Iridium Complexes and their Application in Organic Light Emitting Devices, Md. K. Nazeeruddin, C. Klein, M. Grätzel, L. Zuppiroli and D. Berner, edited by H. Yersin, Wiley-VCH OLED book, CODEN: 69KPPB AN 2008:615587 pages 363-390, 2008.
(9). “Transition metal Complexes for Photovoltaic and OLED Applications” Md. K. Nazeeruddin, and M. Grätzel, Structure and Bonding, Springer DE, page 430-493, 2007.
(8). Transition metal complexes for photovoltaic and light emitting applications , Nazeeruddin, MK; Graetzel, M. PHOTOFUNCTIONAL TRANSITION METALS COMPLEXES Book Series: Structure and Bonding Volume: 123 Pages: 113-175 Published: 2007.
(7). Stepwise assembly of amphiphilic ruthenium sensitizers and their applications in dye-sensitized solar cell, Nazeeruddin, M.K.; Zakeeruddin, SM; Lagref, JJ; et al., COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS Volume: 248 Issue: 13-14 Pages: 1317-1328 Published: JUL 2004.
(6). Nazeeruddin, M.K.; Editor. Special Issue: Michael Graetzel Festschrift, A tribute for this 60th Birthday: Dye Sensitized Solar Cells. [In: Coord. Chem. Rev.; 2004, 248(13-14)]. (2004), 369 pp. CAN 142:394997 AN 2004:937842.
(5). Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy using Dye-sensitized Nanocrystalline TiO2 Cells, Md. K. Nazeeruddin and M. Grätzel, Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry –2, Volume 9, Chapter 3, edited by M. Ward, Elsevier Science Ltd, 2003.
(4). Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Mesoscopic Oxide Semiconductor films, Md. K. Nazeeruddin and M. Grätzel, Molecular and Supramolecular Photochemistry, Series, Volume 9, edited by V. Ramamurthy and KS Schanze, Marcel-Dekker, 2002, 301-343.
(3).Dyes for Semiconductor Sensitization, Md. K. Nazeeruddin and M. Grätzel, Encyclopedia of Electrochemistry: Semiconductor Electrodes and Photoelectrochemistry, Editors-in-Chief: Allen Bard, Martin Stratmann; Editor: Stuart Licht, 2002, Volume 6, Chapter 5.2, pages 407-431.
(2). Electric load forecasting: literature survey and classification of methods , Alfares, HK; Nazeeruddin, M, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE Volume: 33 Issue: 1 Pages: 23-34 Published: JAN 2002.
(1). Inter-chromophore electronic interactions in ligand-bridged polynuclear complexes: a comparative study of various bridging ligands, K. Kalyanasundaram and Md. K. Nazeeruddin, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 226, 213-230 (1994).

Publications

Communicated in 2010   
 
 Communicated / Accepted in 2011   
 
 (239). Y Aswani Yella, Nok Tsao Hoi, Yi Chenyi, Eric Wei-Guang Diau, Chen Yu Yeh, Shaik M Zakeeruddin, Md. Khaja Nazeeruddin and Michael Grätzel, communicated to Science, 2011. 

Talks

 (55). Ordered Organic-Inorganic Hybrids using Ionic Liquids for Emerging Applications, Kick-off meeting, Hotel Palacio de Aiete, November 12, 2009.
 
 
 (54). Progress in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, MANA presentation at Advanced
 Photovoltaics Center at NIMS, Japan, December 9th -15th, 2009.
 
 (53). Molecular Engineering of Sensitizers for dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, The 6th Korea-Japan Symposium on Frontier Photoscience (Joint Meeting with the 2009 International Conference on Frontier Photoscience and Functional Materials), October 30 ~ November 3, 2009, Korea University(Sejong Campus), Chungnam, Korea.
 
 (52). Artificial Photosynthesis, Chochiwon Science High School, Korea, October 30, 2009.
 
 (51). Power from the Sun using the Mesoscopic Solar Cells, Korean Chemical Society, Daejeon, Korea, October 29, 2009.
 
 (50). Artificial Photosynthesis, ChungNam Science High School, Korea, October 21, 2009.
 
 (49). Molecular Engineering of Sensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell, Advanced Materials Division, KRICT, Korea, October 20, 2009.
 
 (48). Artificial Photosynthesis, ChungBuk Science High School, Korea, October 16, 2009.
 
 (47). Molecular Engineering of Sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells, Dongjin, SemiChem, Korea, October 14, 2009.
 
 (46). Power from the Sun using Mesoscopic Solar Cells, WCU International Workshop on Dye-Sensitized and Organic Solar Cells, College of Science and Technology Hall #234, Korea University (Sejong Campus), October 13, 2009.
 
 (45). Molecular Engineering of Materials for Photovoltaic and Optoelectronic Applications, Program of the solar cell workshop in Visp organized by Lonza, 8th October, 2009.
 
 (44). Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination compounds, Chemistry and Physics of Materials for Energetics. A European School in Materials Science, University of Milano-BicoccaMilano, 14-19 September 2009.
 http://pcamschool.mater.unimib.it/index.html
 
 (43). Design and Development of Molecular Sensitizers for Solar Cell Applications, First International Meeting on Organic Materials for a Better Future, Ostuni, Italy, September 12-16, 2009.
 http://futurmat1.mdbenterprise.it/program.html
 
 (42) Swiss Chemical society meeting 4th Semtember 2009
 (41). Organic Light Emitting Diodes, CELLO meeting at Brussels, 3rd September 2009.
 
 (40). Design and Development of Molecular Sensitizers for Solar Cell Applications, First International Meeting on Organic Materials for a Better Future, Ostuni, Italy, September 12-16, 2009.
 http://futurmat1.mdbenterprise.it/program.html
 
 (39). Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination compounds, Chemistry and Physics of Materials for Energetics. A European School in Materials Science, University of Milano-BicoccaMilano, 14-19 September 2009
 http://pcamschool.mater.unimib.it/index.html
 
 (38). Sensitizers for Solar Cell Applications, ISOPHOS 09, International School on Organic Photovoltaics - Valencia, 13-15 July 2009
 http://www.hopvconference.org/ISOPHOS09/index.php
 
 (37). MOLECULAR ENGINEERING OF MATERIALS FOR SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION, Nanoforum, Turin, Italy, June 9-11, 2009 http://www.nanoforum.it/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=4〈=en.
 
 (36). Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON MATERIALS AND DEVICES FOR SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION, Location of Workshop: McKinley Hall, Wichita State University, Kanas, USA, May 22 -23, 2009
 http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=chem&p=/solar/
 
 (35). Molecular Engineering of Colorants for Solar Cell Applications, Convention on Colorants 2009, 5th - 6th February 2009, Mumbai, India.
 
 (34). Molecular Engineering of Sensitizers for Solar Cell Applications, Joint ICTP-KFAS workshop on Nanoscience for Solar Energy Conversion, 27-29th October 2008, Trieste, Italy.
 
 (33). Cyclometallated Ruthenium Sensitizers as a New Paradigm Towards High Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, IPS 17, 27th July -1st August 2008, Sydney, Australia.
 
 (32). "Molecular Engineering of triplet emitters for OLED Applications" at the Business Line Electronic Materials, Ciba Specialty Chemicals Inc. CH-4002 Basel
 Switzerland, on 9th August 2007.
 
 (31). Solar Fuels: Making them a reality, workshop sponsored by the Imperial College Energy Futures Laboratory, in the Council Room, 170 Queens Gate, London SW7, 20th July 2007.
 
 (30). Symposium on Solar Energy Conversion for the Fall 06 Materials Research Society meeting to be held in Boston, MA, USA, on November 27-December 1, 2006.
 
 (29). “Sensitizers for Image Sensing” at Samsung, SAIT, Korea (Dr. Woncheol jung) 13th October 2006.
 
 (28). “Molecular Engineering of Sensitizers for Solar Cell Applications" at the Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Jochiwon, Chungnam 339-700, Korea (Prof. Jaejung Ko), 12th October 2006.
 
 (27). “Dye-sensitized Solar Cells" at Graduate school of Engineering, Toin University of Yokohama, Japan (Professor Tsutomu Miyasaka), 10th October 2006.
 
 (26). “Molecular Engineering of Sensitizers for Conversion of Light to Electricity and Electricity to Light” at Department of Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science (Tokyo Rika Daigaku), 1-3, Kagurazaka, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, 10th October 2006.
 
 (25). “Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells” at International Summer School 2006, Krutyn, Poland, 28th May 2006.
 
 (24). “Molecular Engineering of Sensitizers for Solar Cell Applications" at International Summer School 2006, Krutyn, Poland, 28th May 2006.
 
 (23). “Platinum group metal complexes for mesoscopic Solar Cells" at International Summer School 2006, Krutyn, Poland, 29th May 2006.
 
 (22). “Molecular Engineering of Light Emitting complexes for OLED Applications” at International Summer School 2006, Krutyn, Poland, 29th May 2006.
 
 (21). “Light Emitting complexes for OLED Applications” OLED colloquium, at Philips Research, Aachen, Germany, 13th March 2006.
 
 (20). “Molecular Engineering of Sensitizers for Solar Energy Conversion and Light Emitting Diodes” at Imperial college London, 12th June, 2005.
 
 (19). “Molecular Engineering of Novel Sensitizers and their Application in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells” at Symposium on Physical Studies on Photo- or Electron responsive Materials, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, Institute of Chemistry, Taiwan, March 9, 2005.
 
 (18). “Efficient Conversion of Sunlight to Electric Power by Dye Sensitized Solar Cells” at Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Nanotechnology Research Center, Taiwan, March 8, 2005
 
 (17). “Engineering of Sensitizers for Conversion of Light to Current and Current to Light” Symposium on Inorganic Materials and Photochemistry, at Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua university, Taiwan, March 7, 2005.
 
 (16). “Engineering of Efficient Panchromatic Sensitizers for Nanocrystalline TiO2 Based Solar Cells” Photochemistry centre, Faculty of Science, Ain SHAMS University, Cairo, December 29, 2004.
 
 (15). “Generation of Electric power from sunlight by dye sensitized nanocrystalline solar cells” and Electricity to Light" at Korea Conference on Innovative Science and Technology (KCIST) – 2004, “New Frontiers in Photovoltaics.” held on September 1-4, 2004 at Hyundai Hotel in Gyeongju, Korea.
 
 (14). “Molecular Engineering of Sensitizers for Conversion of Light to Electricity and Electricity to Light" at Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (Host Sang Il Seok) 30th August 2004.
 
 (13). “Molecular Engineering of Sensitizers for Conversion of Light to Electricity “ Plenary talk at IICT, India, on the occasion of diamond jubilee ceremony, “Catalysis in Organic Synthesis: New Horizons” August 3-4th 2004.
 
 (12). “Dye sensitized solar cells “ Invited talk at ISPPCC, Hong Kong, July 4-9th 2004.
 
 (11). “Oxygen Sensors”, at Centre for Chemical Sensors and Chemical Information Technology (CCS), ETH Technopark, Technoparkstr. 1, CH-8005 Zürich, March 18, 2004.
 
 (10). “Microwave Synthesis of Sensitizers” at CEM conference, Basel, April 10, 2003.
 
 (9). “Engineering of Efficient Panchromatic Sensitizers for Nanocrystalline TiO2 Based Solar Cells” The 4th NIMC International Symposium on Photoreaction Control and Photofunctional Materials, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, March 14-16, 2001.
 
 (8). “Dyes for Semiconductor Sensitization” at NIMC, Tsukuba Science Center, Tsukuba, Japan (host Dr. Arakawa) March 12, 2001.
 
 (7). “Modulation of Nanocrystalline Titanium Dioxide Photoelectrodes by the Dyes Containing Different Degrees of Protons and cations” at 13th International Symposium on the Photophysics and Photochemistry of Coordination Compounds, Isle of Lipari, Italy, July 26- July 1, 1999.
 
 (6). “Photophysics and Photochemistry of Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complexes” at Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka, (Prof. Takeshi Ohno), 27th March 1998.
 
 (5). “Engineering of Efficient Sensitizers for Nanocrystalline TiO2 Based Solar Cells” at NIMC, Tsukuba Science Center, Tsukuba, Japan, (Dr. Arakawa) 23rd March 1998.
 
 (4). “Efficient Panchromatic sensitization of nanocrysatlline TiO2 films by novel ruthenium complexes” at The First NIMC International Symposium on Photoreaction Control and Photofunctional Materials, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, March 16-18, 1998.
 
 (3). “Dye Sensitized Solar Cells” at Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, (Prof. Yanagida) 3rd August 1996.
 
 (2). “Molecular Engineering of Sensitizers for Solar Energy Conversion Applications” at CMCRI, Bhavnagar, India, (Prof. M. M. Taquikhan) 17th December 1991.
 
 (1). “Dye Sensitized Solar Cells” at Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, (Prof. Raveendhra Reddy) 9th December 1993. 

POSTER PRESENTATION

 (26). Y. Zhang, C. Barolo, R. Buscaino, E. Barni, P. Quagliotto, G. Viscardi, MK Nazeeruddin, M. Graetzel 2,2'-dipyridylamino-based tetradentate ligands for novel ruthenium photosensitizers in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC) in XVIII Congresso Nazionale sulla Scienza e Tecnologia del Vuoto – Giornate di Studio sulle Tecnologie del Fotovoltaico, Firenze (FI) 2-4 April 2007.           
 
 (25). R. Buscaino, C. Baiocchi, C. Barolo, C. Medana, M. Graetzel, MK Nazeeruddin, G. Viscardi, A Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Sensitizer Solution used for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell in XVIII Congresso Nazionale sulla Scienza e Tecnologia del Vuoto – Giornate di Studio sulle Tecnologie del Fotovoltaico, Firenze (FI) 2-4 April 2007.           
 
 (24). Y. Zhang, C. Barolo, R. Buscaino, E. Barni, P. Quagliotto, G. Viscardi, MK Nazeeruddin, M. Graetzel 2,2'-dipyridylamino-based tetradentate ligands for novel rithenium photosensitizers in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC) in VI International School of Organometallic Chemistry, Camerino 8-12 September 2007.           
 
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 22). A Magnetically Controlled Wireless Intraocular Oxygen Sensor, (172), presentation at the 29th International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society in conjunction with the Biennial Conference of the French Society of Biological and Medical Engineering (SFGBM) to be held in Lyon, France from 23rd - 26th August, 2007.           
 
 (21). Novel High Molar Extinction Coefficient Charge Transfer Sensitizer for Solar Cell Applications, Takeru Bessho, Seigo Ito, Cedric Klein, Pascal Comte, Paul Liska, Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin and Michael Graetzel, Abstract, Solar 2006, Gizah, Egypt.           
 
 (20). Organized Mesoporous TiO2 Thin Films for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells, Ladislav Kavan, Markéta Zukalova, Arnot Zukal, Paul Liska, Md K. Nazeeruddin and Michael Graetzel, Abstract Solar 2006, Gizah, Egypt.           
 
 (19). "Highly Selective and Reversible Optical, Colorimetric and           
 Electrochemical Detection of Mercury (II) by Amphiphilic Ruthenium complexes Anchored onto Mesoporous Oxide Films" by Md. K. Nazeeruddin, C. Klein, D. Di Censo, R. Humphry-Baker and M. Graetzel, poster in the Analytical Chemistry session of the Swiss Chemical Society, October 13, 2005. The abstract has been published in the last issue 59(9) 2005 of CHIMIA and carries number 14.           
 
 (18). Synthesis of Ru Complexes of Carboxylated Phenanthroline, and Application to Dye-Sensitized Solar-Cells, H. Sugihara, LP Singh, K. Sayama, H. Arakawa, Md. K Nazeeruddin and M. Greatzel, ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 1999, Vol 217, Iss MAR, pp 320-INOR.
 
 (17). Modulation of Nanocrystalline Titanium Dioxide Photoelectrodes by the Dyes Containing Different Degrees of Protons and cations, Md. K. Nazeeruddin, SM Zakeeruddin, R. Humphry-baker and M. Grätzel, Oral presentation at 13th International Symposium on the Photophysics and Photochemistry of Coordination Compounds, Isle of Lipari, Italy, July 26- July 1, 1999, Extended abstracts O-29.      
 
 (16). Efficient Panchromatic sensitization of nanocrystalline TiO2 films by novel ruthenium comlexes, Md. K. Nazeeruddin, SM Zakeeruddin, R. Humphry-Baker, M. Jirousek, P. Liska, N. Vlachopoulos and M.Graetzel, Paper presented at The First NIMC International Symposium on Photoreaction Control and Photofunctional Materials, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, March 16-18, 1998, Extended abstracts P2-7.      
 
 (15). MLCT and Redox regulation in ruthenium (II) polypyridyl complexes of 2,6-bis(1-methylbenzimidazol-2