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Outstanding Junior Faculty for Excellence in Research Award

by Ambarish Kulkarni
September 19, 2021

Each year, the UC Davis College of Engineering recognizes faculty members who have demonstrated excellence in teaching, research, and community with the Outstanding Faculty Awards. Prof. Kulkarni was recognized through the Outstanding Junior Faculty for Excellence in Research Award. This is a direct result of the continuing research excellence of the students. Nice job team!

Prof. Kulkarni wins the NSF CAREER award

by Ambarish Kulkarni
January 28, 2021

Chemical engineering assistant professor Ambar Kulkarni is one of 500 recipients nationwide to receive a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award this year. The NSF CAREER Award, the agency’s most prestigious award for early-career faculty, recognizes researchers who have the potential to be role models and leaders in research and education by funding research projects that can serve as the foundation for the rest of their careers.

Our zeolite toolkit (MAZE) is now published in SoftwareX

by Ambarish Kulkarni
September 19, 2021

The Multiscale Atomistic Zeolite Simulation Environment (MAZE) paper is now available online.

New paper on MOF electrochemistry

by Ambarish Kulkarni
October 04, 2020

Ty's first paper that illustrates the design of 3-D active site environments in MOFs for ORR is now published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. Congratulations Ty!

New perspective on pair-site catalysts published in ACS Catal.

by Ambarish Kulkarni
August 25, 2020

This article provides a nice overview of the various experimental and computational methods that have been used to characterize paired-site catalysts. An excellent start to a new multi PI collaboration between UC Berkeley (Katz), LBNL (Ciston), SSRL (Bare), and the UC Davis team!

Prof. Kulkarni honored for Graduate Advising and Mentoring

by Ambarish Kulkarni
August 20, 2020

The Graduate Advising and Mentoring Awards are part of a new initiative by UC Davis Graduate Studies to showcase and promote positive advising and mentoring experiences for graduate students. Prof. Kulkarni is one of four College of Engineering faculty members to receive the award.