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• Mentoring Award - BUILD UTEP (10/16/2022)
• Outstanding Graduate Student in Chemistry - Department of Chemistry (12/01/2019-12/31/2019)
• Perfect Pitch Competition 3rd. Place - National Science Foundation (10/01/2019-10/31/2019)
• Texas Desalination Association- 1st. Runner up - exas Desalination Association (09/01/2019-09/30/2019)
• Graduate Mentoring Award - Graduate School UTEP (04/16/2019)
• Outstanding Dissertation Graduate School - Graduate School, UTEP (04/16/2019)
• Outstanding Dissertation Faculty Research Mentor - College of Science UTEP (12/15/2018)
• Outstanding Undergraduate in chemistry/ Roy Arrieta - UTEP (12/15/2018)

• Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2011)
• Ph D in Chemistry, Texas A&M University (2005)
• MS in Chemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso (2001)
• BS in Chemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso (1999)

• Biophysicochemical transformations of ENMs in water (2023), Sheng Yin, Yulu Ge, Mariana Marcos Hernandez, Dino Villagran.
• “Biofilm Control in Flow-Through Systems Using Polyvalent Phages Delivered by Peptide-Modified M13 Coliphages with Enhanced Polysaccharide Affinity” Environmental Science & Technology, 56 23 (2022), Ruonan Sun, Pingfeng Yu, Penxiao Zuo, Dino Villagran, Jacques Mathieu, Pedro J. Alvarez.
• Free-base Porphyrin Polymer for Bifunctional Electrochemical Water Splitting Chemical Science 13 (2022), Yulu Ge, Zhenhua Lyu, Mariana Marcos Hernandez, Dino Villagran.
• Effect of surface functionalization of Fe3O4 nano-enabled electrodes on the electrochemical reduction of nitrate Separation and Purification Technology (2022), Mariana Marcos-Hernandez, Gabriel A. Cerron, Yulu Ge, Sergi Garcia Segura, Carlos S. , Ana S. Fajardo, Dino Villagran.
• Amine and Carbon-pretreated nickel–molybdenum disulfide as bifunctional electrocatalysts for hydrogen and oxygen gas evolution International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2022), Yulu Ge, Yanyu Wu, Lei Ma, Xiujun Li, Manuel Roman, Russel Chianell, Brenda Torres, Dino Villagran.
• “Design of nanomaterials for the removal of per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water: Strategies, mechanism, challenges, and opportunities” Science of The Total Environment (2022), Sheng Yin, Dino Villagran.
• Nano-structural effects on Hematite (α-Fe 2 O 3) nanoparticle radiofrequency heating” Nanoconvergence 8 (2021), Camilah Powell, Amanda W. Lounsbury, Zachary Fishman, Christian L. Coonrod, Miranda J. Gallagher, Dino Villagran, Julie Zimmerman, Lisa Pferfferle, Michael S. Wong.
• “Utilizing the broad electromagnetic spectrum and unique nanoscale properties for chemical-free water treatment” Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering (2021), Paul Westerhoff, Pedro J. Alvarez, Jaehong Kim, Qilin Li, Alessandro Alabastri, Naomi Halas, Dino Villagran, Julie Zimmerman, Michael S. Wong.
• Nano-structural effects on Hematite (α-Fe2O3) nanoparticle radiofrequency heating Nano Convergence 8 (2021), Camila Powell, Amanda Lounsbury, Zachary Fishman, Christian Coonrod, Miranda J. Gallagher, Dino Villagran, Julie Zimmerman, Lisa Pfefferle, Michael S. Wong.
• Superparamagnetic nanoadsorbents for the removal of trace As(III) in drinking water Environmental Advances 4 (2021), Mariana Marcos, Roy Arrieta, Karen Ventura, Jose A. Hernandez Viezcas, Camila Powell, Ariel Atkinson, Jasmina Markowski, Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, Kiril Hrivstoski, Paul Westerhoff, Michael S. Wong, Dino Villagran.
• Cobalt porphyrin intercalation into zirconium phosphate layers for electrochemical water oxidation Sustainable Energy & Fuels (2021), Dino Villagran.
• Opportunities for nanotechnology to enhance electrochemical treatment of pollutants in potable water and industrial wastewater–a perspective Environmental Science: Nano 7 (2020), Sergi garcia Segura, Xiaolei Qu, Pedro J. Alvarez, Brian Chaplin, Wei Chen, John Critternden, Yujie Feng, Guandao Gao, Zhen He, Chua HungHou, Xiao Hu, Guibin Jiang, Jaehong Kim, Jiansheng Li, Qilin Li, Jie Ma, Alec Nienhauser, Junfeng Niu, Bingcai Pan, Xie Quan, Filippo Ronzani, Dino Villagran, David Waite, W S. Walker, Can Wang, Michael S. Wong, Paul Westerhoff.
• Disparities between experimental and environmental conditions: Research steps toward making electrochemical water treatment a reality CURRENT OPINION IN ELECTROCHEMISTRY 22 (2020), Sergi Garcia-Segura, Alec B. Nienhauser, Ana S. Fajardo, Rishabh Bansal, Christian L. Coonrod, John D. Fortner, Mariana Marcos-Hernandez, Tanya Rogers, Dino Villagran, Michael S. Wong, Paul Westerhoff.
• Hydrogen Evolution Catalyzed by a Metal-Free Corrole: An Experimental and Theoretical Mechanistic Study JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 124 19 (2020), Nancy Rodriguez-Lopez, Yanyu Wu, Yulu Ge, Dino Villagran.
• Magnetic In-Pd catalysts for nitrate degradation ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE-NANO 7 9 (2020), Sujin Guo, Camilah D. Powell, Dino Villagran, Michael S. Wong.
• Magnetic nanoparticle recovery device (MagNERD) enables application of iron oxide nanoparticles for water treatment JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH 22 2 (2020), Camilah D. Powell, Ariel J. Atkinson, Yizhao Ma, Mariana Marcos-Hernandez, Dino Villagran, Paul Westerhoff, Michael S. Wong.
• Magnetically recoverable carbon-coated iron carbide with arsenic adsorptive removal properties SN APPLIED SCIENCES 2 10 (2020), Camilah D. Powell, Sujin Guo, Lea M. Godret-Miertschin, Karen Ventura, Amanda W. Lounsbury, Chelsea A. Clark, Dino Villagran, Julie B. Zimmerman, Ariel J. Atkinson, Paul Westerhoff, Michael S. Wong.
• Opportunities for nanotechnology to enhance electrochemical treatment of pollutants in potable water and industrial wastewater – a perspective Environ. Sci.: Nano 7 8 (2020), Sergi Garcia-Segura, Xiaolei Qu, Pedro J. Alvarez, Brian P. Chaplin, Wei Chen, John C. Crittenden, Yujie Feng, Guandao Gao, Zhen He, Chia-Hung Hou, Xiao Hu, Guibin Jiang, Jae-Hong Kim, Jiansheng Li, Qilin Li, Jie Ma, Jinxing Ma, Alec B. Nienhauser, Junfeng Niu, Bingcai Pan, Xie Quan, Filippo Ronzani, Dino Villagran, T. D. Waite, William S. Walker, Can Wang, Michael S. Wong, Paul Westerhoff.
• Redox Potential Tuning of Dimolybdenum Systems through Systematic Substitution by Guanidinate Ligands INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 59 5 (2020), Nancy Rodriguez-Lopez, Nathalie Metta, Alejandro J. Metta-Magana, Dino Villagran.
• Superparamagnetic MOF@GO Ni and Co based hybrid nanocomposites as efficient water pollutant adsorbents SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 738 (2020), Karen Ventura, Roy A. Arrieta, Mariana Marcos-Hernandez, Vahid Jabbari, Camilah D. Powell, Reagan Turley, Amanda W. Lounsbury, Julie B. Zimmerman, Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, Michael S. Wong, Dino Villagran.
• Synthesis of high surface area transition metal sponges and their catalytic properties NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY 43 25 (2019), Md. T. Islam, Jose Rosales, Ricardo Saenz-Arana, Roy Arrieta, Hoejin Kim, Kazi A. Sultana, Yirong Lin, Dino Villagran, Juan C. Noveron.
• Electrocatalytic Production of Hydrogen Gas by a Cobalt Formamidinate Complex JOURNAL OF THE MEXICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 63 3 (2019), Yanyu Wu, Quintana, Luis M. Aguirre, Karen Ventura, Isabel B. Alvarez, Alejandro J. Metta-Magana, Dino Villagran.
• Magnetic graphene oxide supported zeolitic imidazolate frameworks for As(III) removal from fresh water ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 257 (2019), Mariana Marcos, Roy Arrieta, Dino Villagran.
• Magnetically Recyclable In-Pd Catalysts for Nitrate Degradation ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 257 (2019), Sujin Guo, Camilah Powell, Dino Villagran, Michael Wong.
• Metal-free porphyrins as water splitting catalysts ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 257 (2019), Yulu Ge, Yanyu Wu, Dino Villagran.
• Silica Removal Using Magnetic Iron-Aluminum Hybrid Nanomaterials: Measurements, Adsorption Mechanisms, and Implications for Silica Scaling in Reverse Osmosis ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 53 22 (2019), Yan-Fang Guan, Mariana Marcos-Hernandez, Xinglin Lu, Wei Cheng, Han-Qing Yu, Menachem Elimelech, Dino Villagran.
• Synthesis of high-surface area transition metal sponges and their catalytic properties New Journal of Chemistry (2019), Md T. Islam, Jose Rosales, Saenz A. Ricardo, Roy Arrieta, Hoejin Kim, Kazi A. Sultana, Yirong Lin, Dino Villagran, Juan C. Noveron.
• Transition Metal-Modified Exfoliated Zirconium Phosphate as an Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS 2 5 (2019), Mario V. Ramos-Garces, Joel Sanchez, Del Toro-Pedrosa, Daniel E., Isabel B. Alvarez, Yanyu Yu, Eduardo Valle, Dino Villagran, Thomas F. Jaramillo, Jorge L. Colon.
• Water dispersible and magnetically recoverable carbon-coated iron carbide for organic and arsenic adsorption ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 257 (2019), Camilah Powell, Sujin Guo, Karen Ventura, Amanda Lounsbury, Reagan Turley, Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, Dino Villagran, Julie Zimmerman, Ariel Atkinson, Paul Westerhoff, Michael Wong.
• Water Splitting Electrocatalysis within Layered Inorganic Nanomaterials IntechOpen (2019), Mario V. Ramos-Garcés, Joel Sanchez, Isabel Barraza Alvarez, Yanyu Wu, Dino Villagran, Thomas F. Jaramillo, Jorge L. Colón.
• Mesoporous Composite Nanomaterials for Dye Removal and Other Applications Elsevier 1 1 (2018), Mariana Marcos, Dino Villagran.
• Magnetic and electrocatalytic properties of transition metal doped MoS2 nanocrystals Journal of Applied Physics (2018), L M. Martinez, J A. Delgado, C L. Saiz, A Cossio, Yanyu Wu, Dino Villagran, K Gandha, C Karthik, I C. Niebedim, Srinivasa Rao Singamaneni.
• Emerging opportunities for nanotechnology to enhance water security Nature nanotechnology 8 13 (2018), Pedro Alvarez, Candace Chan, Menachem Elimelech, Dino Villagran.
• Efficient Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Gas Evolution by a Cobalt-Porphyrin-based Crystalline Polymer Dalton Transactions 47 (2018), Yanyu Wu, Jose M. Veleta, Dya Tang, AD Price, Cristian E. Botez, Dino Villagran.
• Hydrogen gas generation using a metal-free fluorinated porphyrin Chemical Science 20 9 (2018), Yanyu Wu, Nancy Rodriguez, Dino Villagran.
• “High dispersions of carbon nanotubes on cotton-cellulose benzoate fibers with enhanced electrochemical generation of reactive oxygen species in water” Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (2018), Julio Padilla, Joshua Melendez, Luis Barrera, Yanyu Wu, Karen Ventura, Jose Veleta, Tariqul M. Islam, Carmen Chavez, Sai Krishna Katla, Dino Villagran, Juan C. Noveron.
• Electrocatalytic water splitting with organic macrocycles ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 256 (2018), Dino Villagran, Yanyu Wu, Nancy Rodriguez, Isabel Barraza.
• High dispersions of carbon nanotubes on cotton-cellulose benzoate fibers with enhanced electrochemical generation of reactive oxygen species in water JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 6 1 (2018), Julio E. Padilla, Joshua Melendez, Luis A. Barrera, Yanyu Wu, Karen Ventura, Jose M. Veleta, Md. T. Islam, Carmen A. Chavez, Sai K. Katla, Dino Villagran, Juan C. Noveron.
• High dispersions of carbon nanotubes on cotton-cellulose benzoate fibers with enhanced electrochemical generation of reactive oxygen species in water JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 6 1 (2018), Julio E. Padilla, Joshua Melendez, Luis A. Barrera, Yanyu Wu, Karen Ventura, Jose M. Veleta, Md. T. Islam, Carmen A. Chavez, Sai K. Katla, Dino Villagran, Juan C. Noveron.
• Water splitting electrocatalysis within zirconium phosphate layered inorganic nanomaterials ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 256 (2018), Jorge Colon, Mario Ramos-Garces, Joel Sanchez, Isabel Barraza, Yanyu Wu, Del Toro, Daniel, Dino Villagran, Thomas Jaramillo.

• Porphyrin Based materials as bifunctional electrocatalysts for water splitting (2022), Volume Baton Rouge, Dino Villagran.
• Porphyrin Based materials as bifunctional electrocatalysts for water splitting (2022), Volume Puerto Rico, Dino Villagran.
• Nano-enabled Composite Materials for Water Treatment (2022), Volume Puerto Rico, Dino Villagran.
• Roadmap to my science career (2022), Volume UT Southwestern, Dino Villagran.
• Diseño racional de materiales inspirados molecularmente para la division de agua y para su tratamiento (2022), Volume Virtual, Dino Villagran.
• First Year Research Intensive Sequence: Experiences in Inorganic and Environmental Chemistry (2022), Dino Villagran.
• Porphyrin Based materials as bifunctional electrocatalysts for water splitting (2022), Volume San Diego, Dino Villagran.
• Molecularly inspired materials for water splitting and water treatment (2021), Volume Virtual, Dino Villagran.
• Oxygen gas generation from ocean water using molecularly inspired materials (2021), Volume Virtual, Dino Villagran.
• Electrochemical Water Splitting through organic macrocycles” (2021), Volume Boston Universit, Dino Villagran.
• Overview of Thrust 1 (2021), Dino Villagran.
• Rational design of molecularly inspired materials for water splitting and water treatment (2020), Volume Virtual, Dino Villagran.
• Electrocatalytic water splitting with metal free organic macrocycles (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, Dino Villagran.
• Nineteen years of guiding leaders to deliver facilitated learning at UTEP (2019), Volume Indianapolis, IN, James E. Becvar, Geoffrey B. Saupe, Mahesh Narayan, Juan C. Noveron, Dino Villagran, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Magnetic and Electrocatalytic Properties of Transition Metal Doped MoS2 Nanocrystals (2019), Volume Phoenix, L. M. Martinez, J. A. Delgado, C. L. Saiz, A. Cosio, Y. Wu, Dino Villagran, K. Gandha, C. Karthik, I. C. Nlebedim, Srinivasa Rao Singamaneni.
• Thrust 1 status update (2018), Volume New Haven, CT, Dino Villagran.
• Thrust 1 status update (2018), Volume El Paso, TX, Dino Villagran.
• Electrocatalytic water splitting with organic macrocycles (2018), Volume Boston, MA, Dino Villagran.
• Química redox de complejos bimetalicos y macrociclos orgánicos para la activacion de moléculas pequeñas y remediacion de agua (2018), Volume Mexico, Dino Villagran.

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