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• 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)

• Cobalt porphyrin intercalation into zirconium phosphate layers for electrochemical water oxidation Sustainable Energy & Fuels (2021), Dino Villagran.
• 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.
• 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.
• “Integrated 3D printing and corona poling process of PVDF piezoelectric films for pressure sensor application” Smart Materials and Structures 94 (2017), Hoejin Kim, Fernando Torres, Yanyu Wu, Dino Villagran, Yirong Lin, Tzu-Liang (Bill) Tseng.
• 3D printing of BaTiO3/PVDF composites with electric in situ poling for pressure sensor applications Macromolecular Materials and Engineering 302 11 (2017), Hoejin Kim, Fernando Torres, Dino Villagran, Calvin Stewart, Yirong Lin, Tzu-Liang (Bill) Tseng.
• Electrocatalytic hydrogen gas generation by cobalt molybdenum disulfide (CoMoS2) synthesized using alkyl-containing thiomolybdate precursors International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 42 32 (2017), Yanyu Wu, Maryam Zarei-Chaleshtori, Brenda Torres, Tahmina Akter, Carlos Diaz Moreno, Geoffrey B. Saupe, Jorge A. Lopez, Russell R. Chianelli, Dino Villagran.
• Electrocatalytic hydrogen gas generation by cobalt molybdenum disulfide (CoMoS2) synthesized using alkyl-containing thiomolybdate precursors International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 42 32 (2017), Yanyu Wu, Maryam Zarei-Chaleshtori, Brenda Torres, Tahmina Akter, Carlos Diaz Moreno, Geoffrey B. Saupe, Jorge A. Lopez, Russell R. Chianelli, Dino Villagran.
• Electrocatalytic hydrogen gas generation by cobalt molybdenum disulfide (CoMoS2) synthesized using alkyl-containing thiomolybdate precursors International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 42 32 (2017), Yanyu Wu, Maryam Zarei-Chaleshtori, Brenda Torres, Tahmina Akter, Carlos Diaz Moreno, Geoffrey B. Saupe, Jorge A. Lopez, Russell R. Chianelli, Dino Villagran.
• Introducing Students to Inner Sphere Electron Transfer Concepts through Electrochemistry Studies in Diferrocene Mixed-Valence Systems Journal of Chemical education 94 (2017), Karen Ventura, Mark B. Smith, Jacob Prat, Lourdes Echegoyen, Dino Villagran.
• Increased CO2 adsorption in heterobimetallic MOFs obtained by post-synthetic transmetalations of HKUST-1 ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 253 (2017), Jose Veleta, Roy Arrieta, Miguel Baeza, Edith Barajas, Karen Castaneda, Cecyl Castanon, Zacnite Garcia, Dino Villagran.
• Magnetic porous nanocomposites for water remediation ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 253 (2017), Karen Ventura, Roy Arrieta, Vahid Jabbari, Dino Villagran.
• Study of multielectron redox chemistry through multiple bonded bimetallic asymmetric systems ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 253 (2017), Nancy Rodriguez, David Portillo, Dino Villagran.
• Synthesis and characterization of molybdenum bimetallic complexes with non-symmetric formamidinate ligands ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 253 (2017), Ivan Cervantes, Dino Villagran.
• Unprecedented W2(0) quadruply bonded complex supported by π-donor ligands Chemical Communications (2016), Karen Ventura, Jacob Prat, Luis Aguirre-Quintana, Alan Goos, Dino Villagran.
• 4. Band gap and Schottky barrier engineered photocatalyst with promising solar light activity for water remediation. RSC Advances (2016), Dino Villagran, Vahid Jabbari.
• [U(bipy)(4)]: A Mistaken Case of U-0? CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL 22 6 (2016), Skye Fortier, Jose Veleta, Amelie Pialat, Le Roy, Jennifer, Kamran B. Ghiassi, Marilyn M. Olmstead, Alejandro Metta-Magana, Muralee Murugesu, Dino Villagran.
• Enhanced charge carrier efficiency and solar light-induced photocatalytic activity of TiO2 nanoparticles through doping of silver nanoclusters and C-N-S nonmetals JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY 35 (2016), Vahid Jabbari, Masood Hamadanian, Sajad Karimzadeh, Dino Villagran.
• Fluorinated porphyrin as a metal-free electrocatalyst for hydrogen generation ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 251 (2016), Yanyu Wu, Dino Villagran.
• Integrating undergraduate research with teaching and learning: Expanding opportunities and broadening participation ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 251 (2016), Lourdes Echegoyen, Stephen B. Aley, Cristian E. Botez, Guadalupe Corral, Harry H. Meeuwsen, Dino Villagran.
• Synthesis of cysteine, cobalt and copper-doped TiO2 nanophotocatalysts with excellent visible-light-induced photocatalytic activity MATERIALS SCIENCE IN SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING 41 (2016), Masood Hamadanian, Sajad Karimzadeh, Vahid Jabbari, Dino Villagran.
• Electrocatalytic hydrogen gas generation by Cobalt Molybdenum Disulfide (CoMoS2)/Amines: Syntheses, Characterizations and Electrochemical studies RSC (in press), Yanyu Wu, Maryam Zarei Chaleshton, B Torres, T T. Alter, Geoffrey B. Saupe, Russell R. Chianelli, Dino Villagran.
• Green synthesis of magnetic MOF@GO and MOF@CNT hybrid nanocomposites with high adsorption capacity towards organic pollutants Chemical Engineering Journal 304 (2016), V Jabbari, J M. Veleta, Maryam Zarei Chaleshton, Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, Dino Villagran.
• Enhanced Charge Carrier Efficiency and Solar Light-Induced Photocatalytic Activity of TiO2 Nanoparticles through Doping of Silver Nanoclusters and C-N-S Nonmetals Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Journal of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry (in press), Vahid Jabbari, Dino Villagran, Masood Hamadanian.
• Synthesis of Cysteine, Cobalt and Copper-doped TiO2 Nanophotocatalysts with Excellent Visible-Light-Induce Photocatalytic Activity Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 41 (2016), Masood Hamadanian, Vahid Jabbari, Dino Villagran, Sajad Karimzadeh.

• 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.
• “Multifunctional magnetic nanocomposites (Overview talk)” (2017), Volume Los Angeles, CA, Dino Villagran.
• “Overview of Thrust 1 in NEWT.” (2017), Volume Houston, TX, Dino Villagran.
• “Química redox de complejos bimetalicos y macrociclos orgánicos para la activacion de moléculas pequeñas y remediacion de agua” (2017), Volume Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Dino Villagran.
• “Redox chemistry of bimetallic complexes and organic macrocycles for small molecule activation and water remediation” (2017), Volume Lubbock, TX, Dino Villagran.
• “Redox chemistry of bimetallic complexes and organic macrocycles for small molecule activation and water remediation (2017), Volume Chapel Hill, NC, Dino Villagran.
• Outreach efforts at UTEP on Solar Energy (2017), Volume Huntington Beach, CA, Dino Villagran.
• Redox chemistry of bimetallic complexes and organic macrocycles for small molecule activation and water remediation (2017), Volume Houston, TX, Dino Villagran.
• 2. “Redox chemistry of bimetallic complexes and organic macrocycles for small molecule activation and water remediation” (2016), Volume Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Dino Villagran.
• 2. “Redox chemistry of bimetallic complexes and organic macrocycles for small molecule activation and water remediation” (2016), Volume Detroit, MI, Dino Villagran.
• “Overview of Thrust 1 in NEWT.” (2016), Volume New Haven CT, Dino Villagran.
• Starting a Freshman Year Research Intensive Sequence (FYRIS): Asking the Right Questions! (2016), Volume Florida International University, Miami, FL, Dino Villagran, Christina E. D'Arcy, Ann Darnell, Lourdes Echegoyen, Stephen B. Aley.
• “Redox chemistry of bimetallic complexes and organic macrocycles for small molecule activation and water remediation” (2016), Volume El Paso, TX, Dino Villagran.
• “Overview of Thrust 1 in NEWT.” (2016), Volume Arizona State University, Dino Villagran.
• “Integrating undergraduate research with teaching and learning: Expanding opportunities and broadening participation” (2016), Volume San Diego, CA, Dino Villagran, Lourdes Echegoyen, Stephen B. Aley, Cristian E. Botez, Harry H. Meeuwsen.
• Integrating undergraduate research with teaching and learning: Expanding Opportunities and Broadening Participation (2016), Volume San Diego, CA, Lourdes Echegoyen, Stephen B. Aley, Cristian E. Botez, Guadalupe Corral, Harry H. Meeuwsen, Dino Villagran.
• Integrating undergraduate research with teaching and learning: Expanding Opportunities and Broadening Participation (2016), Volume San Diego, CA, Lourdes Echegoyen, Stephen B. Aley, Cristian E. Botez, Guadalupe Corral, Harry H. Meeuwsen, Dino Villagran.

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