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Luis A. Echegoyen

Director
PREM

Professor Emeritus
Chemistry and Biochemistry

Office Building: Chemistry and Computer Science Building
Office Room: 2.0304
Phone: (915) 747-7573
Email: echegoyen@utep.edu

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Education

Ph D in Chemistry, University Puerto Rico (1974)

Publications

Synthesis and Characterization of U≡C Triple Bonds in Fullerene Compounds Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 46 (2023), Yang-Rong Yao, Jing Zhao, Qingyu Meng, Han-Shi Hu, Min Guo, Yingjing Yan, Jiaxin Zhuang, Shangfeng Yang, Skye Fortier, Luis A. Echegoyen, W. H. Schwarz, Jun Li, Ning Chen.
Cylindrical C-96 Fullertubes: A Highly Active Metal-Free O-2-Reduction Electrocatalyst ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION 61 21 (2022), Mohamed F. Sanad, Hannah M. Franklin, Basant A. Ali, Alain R. Puente-Santiago, Aruna N. Nair, Venkata S. Chava, Olivia Fernandez-Delgado, Nageh K. Allam, Steven Stevenson, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Diazonium functionalized fullerenes: a new class of efficient molecular catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction Nanoscale 14 10 (2022), Olivia Fernandez-Delgado, Alain R. Puente Santiago, Jolaine Galindo Betancourth, Mohamed F. Sanad, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Luis A. Echegoyen.
MXene-Based Tailoring of Carrier Dynamics, Defect Passivation, and Interfacial Band Alignment for Efficient Planar p–i–n Perovskite Solar Cells ACS Applied Energy Materials 4 11 (2021), Venkata S. Chava, P. S. Chandrasekhar, Ashley Gomez, Luis A. Echegoyen, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan.
A New Class of Molecular Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution: Catalytic Activity of M3N@C2n (2n = 68, 78, and 80) Fullerenes Journal of the American Chemical Society 143 16 (2021), Alain R. Puente Santiago, Mohamed F. Sanad, Antonio Moreno-Vicente, Md A. Ahsan, Maira R. Cerón, Yang-Rong Yao, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Antonio Rodriguez-Fortea, Josep M. Poblet, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Co–Cu Bimetallic Metal Organic Framework Catalyst Outperforms the Pt/C Benchmark for Oxygen Reduction Journal of the American Chemical Society 143 10 (2021), Mohamed F. Sanad, Alain R. Puente Santiago, Sarah A. Tolba, Md A. Ahsan, Olivia Fernandez-Delgado, Mina Shawky Adly, Elhussein M. Hashem, Mohamed Mahrous Abodouh, M. S. El-Shall, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Nageh K. Allam, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Tuning the Intermolecular Electron Transfer of Low-Dimensional and Metal-Free BCN/C60 Electrocatalysts via Interfacial Defects for Efficient Hydrogen and Oxygen Electrochemistry J. Am. Chem. Soc. 143 2 (2021), Md Ariful Ahsan, Tianwei He, Kamel Eid, Aboubakr M. Abdullah, Michael L. Curry, Aijun Du, Alain Puente Santiago, Luis A. Echegoyen, Juan C. Noveron.
Glucose oxidation reaction at palladium-carbon nano-onions in alkaline media JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY 25 1 (2021), Carlos A. Velez, Joesene J. Soto-Perez, Juan Corchado-Garcia, Eduardo Larios, Pasquale F. Fulvio, Luis A. Echegoyen, Carlos R. Cabrera.
Multicolor Fluorescent Graphene Oxide Quantum Dots for Sensing Cancer Cell Biomarkers ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS 4 1 (2021), Lisandro Cunci, Viviana Gonzalez-Colon, Brenda L. Vargas-Perez, Joed Ortiz-Santiago, Miraida Pagan, Paola Carrion, Jomari Cruz, Agustin Molina-Ontoria, Namyr Martinez, Walter Silva, Luis A. Echegoyen, Carlos R. Cabrera.
Synthesis, characterization, and applications of graphene quantum dots Elsevier (2021), Ashley Gomez, Deepesh Gopalakrishnan, Luis Echegoyen, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan.
Tuning the Intermolecular Electron Transfer of Low-Dimensional and Metal-Free BCN/C-60 Electrocatalysts via Interfacial Defects for Efficient Hydrogen and Oxygen Electrochemistry JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 143 2 (2021), Md A. Ahsan, Tianwei He, Kamel Eid, Aboubakr M. Abdullah, Michael L. Curry, Aijun Du, Alain R. Santiago, Luis A. Echegoyen, Juan C. Noveron.
Multicolor Fluorescent Graphene Oxide Quantum Dots for Sensing Cancer Cell Biomarkers ACS Appl. Nano Mater (2020), Lisandro Cunci, Viviana Gonzalez-Colon, Brenda Lee Vargas-Perez, Joed Ortiz-Santiago, Miraida Pagan, Paola Carrion, Jomari Cruz, Agustin Molina-Ontario, Namyr Martinez, Walter Silva, Luis A. Echegoyen, Carlos Cabrera.
A nanocomposite containing carbon nano-onions and polyaniline nanotubes as a novel electrode material for electrochemical sensing of daidzein Electroanal (2020), Piotr Olejnik, Marianna Gniadek, Luis A. Echegoyen, Marta Plonska-Brzezinska.
High blocking temperatures for DyScS endohedral fullerene single-molecule magnets Chem. Sci. 11 (2020), Cai, Joshua D. Bocarsly, Ashley Gomez, Rony Letona Lee, Alejandro Metta-Magana, Ram Seshadri, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Tailoring the Interfacial Interactions of van der Waals 1T-MoS2/C60 Heterostructures for High-Performance Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysis Journal of the American Chemical Society 142 42 (2020), Alain R. Puente Santiago, Tianwei He, Oscar Eraso, Md A. Ahsan, Aruna N. Nair, Venkata S. Chava, Ting Zheng, Srikanth Pilla, Olivia Fernandez-Delgado, Aijun Du, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Tailoring the Interfacial Interactions of van der Waals 1T-MoS2\/C60 Heterostructures for High-Performance Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysis J. Am. Chem. Soc 142 42 (2020), Alain R. Puente Santiago, Tianwei He, Oscar Eraso, Md Ariful Ahsan, Aruna N. Nair, Venkata S. Chava, Ting Zheng, Srikanth Pilla, Olivia Fernandez-Delgado, Aijun Du, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells enabled by inhibition of self-aggregation of fullerene electron-transporting compounds Sci. Bull. (2020), Chengbo Tian, German Betancourt-Solis, Ziang Nan, Kaikai Liu, Jiaxun Lu, Liqiang Xie, Luis A. Echegoyen, Zhanhua Wei.
Tuning of Trifunctional NiCu Bimetallic Nanoparticles Confined in a Porous Carbon Network with Surface Composition and Local Structural Distortions for the Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction, Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions Journal of the American Chemical Society 142 34 (2020), Md A. Ahsan, Alain R. Puente Santiago, Yu Hong, Ning Zhang, Manuel Cano, Enrique Rodriguez-Castellon, Luis A. Echegoyen, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Juan C. Noveron.
Fullerenes as key components for low‐dimensional (photo)electrocatalytic nanohybrid materials Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 132 (2020), Alain R. Puente Santiago, Olivia Fernandez, Ashley Gomez, Md Ariful Ahsan, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Tuning of Trifunctional NiCu Bimetallic Nanoparticles Confined in a Porous Carbon Network with Surface Composition and Local Structural Distortions for the Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction, Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 142 34 (2020), Md A. Ahsan, Alain R. Santiago, Yu Hong, Ning Zhang, Manuel Cano, Enrique Rodriguez-Castellon, Luis A. Echegoyen, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Juan C. Noveron.
Tuning of tri-functional NiCu bimetallic nanoparticles confined in a porous carbon network with surface composition and local structural distortions for the electrocatalytic oxygen reduction, oxygen and hydrogen evolution reactions J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142 34 (2020), Md Ariful Ahsan, Alain R. Puente Santiago, Yu Hong, Ning Zhang, Manuel Cano, Enrique Rodriguez-Castellon, Luis A. Echegoyen, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Juan C. Noveron.
Glucose oxidation reaction at palladium-carbon nano-onions in alkaline media J Solid State Electrochem (2020), Carlos A. Velez, Joesene J. Soto-Perez, Juan Corchado-Garcia, Eduardo Larios, Pasquale F. Fulvio, Luis A. Echegoyen, Carlos R. Cabrera.
Interconversions between Uranium Mono-metallofullerenes: Mechanistic Implications and Role of Asymmetric Cages J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142 30 (2020), Wenting Cai, Janet Alvarado, Alejandro Metta-Magana, Ning Chen, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Sc3N@Ih-C80 based donor-acceptor conjugate: Role of thiophene spacer in promoting ultrafast excited state charge separation RSC Adv. 10 (2020), Ruben Caballero, Luis D. Servian, Habtom B. Gobeze, Olivia Fernandez-Delgado, Luis A. Echegoyen, Francis D'Souza, Fernando Langa.
“-DTC70 Fullerene Performs Significantly Better than -DTC70 as Electron Transporting Material in Perovskite Solar Cells J. Mater. Chem. C. (2020), Edison Castro, Olivia Fernandez-Delgado, Albert Artigas, Gerardo Zavala, Fang Liu, Antonio Moreno-Vicente, Antonio Rodriguez-Fortea, Jose D. Velasquez, Josep Poblet, Luis A. Echegoyen.
In Situ Aniline-Polymerized Interfaces on GO–PVA Nanoplatforms as Bifunctional Supercapacitors and pH-Universal ORR Electrodes ACS Appl. Energy Mater. (2020), Josiel Barrios Cossio, Prospero Acevedo Pena, Agileo Hernandez-Gordillo, Luis F. Desdin Garcia, Alain Puente Santiago, Luis A. Echegoyen, Edilso Reguera.
Facile synthesis of C60-nano materials and their application in high-performance water splitting electrocatalysis Sustainable Energy & Fuels (2020), Olivia Fernandez-Delgado, Alain R. Puente Santiago, Manuel Cano, Juan J. Giner-Casares, Alejandro J. Metta-Magana, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Nanostructural catalyst: metallophthalocyanine and carbon nano-onion with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity towards organic pollutants RSC Advances 10 18 (2020), Elzbieta Regulska, Piotr Olejnik, Halyna Zubyk, Justyna Czyrko-Horczak, Manuel Chaur, Monika Tomczykowa, Olena Butsyk, Krzysztof Brzezinski, Luis A. Echegoyen, Marta Plonska-Brzezinska.
Sc3N@C80 and La@C82 doped graphene for a new class of optoelectronic devices J. Mater. Chem. C (2020), Kishan Jayanand, Srishti Chugh, Nirmal Adhikari, Misook Min, Luis A. Echegoyen, Anupama Kaul.
Single-Molecule Transport of Fullerene-Based Curcuminoids J. Phys. Chem. C. 124 4 (2019), Diana Dulic, Alfredo Rates, Edison Castro, Jacqueline Labra-Munoz, Daniel Aravena, Alvaro Etcheverry-Berrios, Daniel Riba-Lopez, Eliseo Ruiz, Nuria Aliaga-Alcalde, Monica Soler, Luis A. Echegoyen, Herre S.J. van der Zant.
Diuranium(IV) Carbide Cluster U2C2 Stabilized Inside Fullerene Cages J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141 51 (2019), Jiaxin Zhuang, Laura Abella, Dumitru-Claudiu Sergentu, Yangrong Yao, Meihe Jin, Wei Yang, Xingxing Zhang, Xiaomeng Li, Duo Zhang, Yiming Zhao, Xiaohong Li, Shuao Wang, Luis A. Echegoyen, Jochen Autschbach, Ning Chen.
Chemical Reactions of Cationic Metallofullerenes: An Alternative Route for Exohedral Functionalization Chem. Eur. J 26 8 (2019), Yajing Hu, Albert Sole-Daura, Yang-Rong Yao, Xuechen Liu, Sijie Liu, Ao Yu, Ping Peng, Josep Poblet, Antonio Rodriguez-Fortea, Luis A. Echegoyen, Fang-Fang Li.
Carbon nano-onion and zinc oxide composites as an electron transport layer in inverted organic solar cells ChemNanoMat 5 (2019), Diana Bobrowska, Edison Castro, Luis A. Echegoyen, Marta E. Plonska-Brzeszinska.
Highly selective encapsulation and purification of U-based C78-EMFs within a supramolecular nanocapsule Nanoscale (2019), Carlos Fuertes, Jesse Murillo, Marco Soto, Roser Morales-Martines, , Antonio Rodriguez-Fortea, Josep M. Poblet, Luis A. Echegoyen, Xavi Ribas .
Th@C1(11)-C86: an actinide encapsulated in an unexpected C86 fullerene cage Chem. Commun. 55 63 (2019), Yaofeng Weng, Roser Morales Martinez, Wenting Cai, Jiaxin Zhuang, Wei Yang, Luis A. Echegoyen, Josep M. Poblet, Antonio Rodriguez-Fortea, Ning Chen.
Mechanical Synthesis of Fullerene-Graphene/Morphed Graphene Architectures Microsc. Microanal 25 2 (2019), Hector A. Calderon, Omar Velazques Meraz, Luis A. Echegoyen, Francisco C. Robles Hernandez.
Variation of Interfacial Interactions in PC61BM-like Electron-Transporting Compounds for Perovskite Solar Cells ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 11 37 (2019), Olivia Fernandez-Delgado, Edison Castro, Carolina R. Gavinet, Kaylin Fosnacht, Fang Liu, Tom Mates, Ying Liu, Xiaojun Wu, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Integration of Fullerenes as Electron-Acceptors in 3D Graphene Networks: Enhanced Charge Transfer and Stability Through Molecular Design ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 11 32 (2019), Maira R. Ceron, Cheng Zhan, Patrick G. Campbell, Megan C. Freyman, Christy Santoyo, Luis A. Echegoyen, Brandon C. Wood, Juergen Biener, Tuan Anh Pham, Monika M. Biener.
Carbon nanoonion-ferrocene conjugates as acceptors in organic photovoltaic devices Nanoscale Adv. 1 (2019), Diana M. Bobrowska, Halyna Zubyk, Elzbieta Regulska, Elkin Romero, Luis A. Echegoyen, Marta E. Plonska-Brzezinska.
Fullerenes as Nanocontainers that Stabilize Unique Actinide Species Inside: Structures, Formation, and Reactivity Acc.Chem. Res. 52 7 (2019), Wenting Cai, Chia-Hsiang Chen, Ning Chen, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Dramatic Enhancement of Optoelectronic Properties of Electrophoretically Deposited C60−Graphene Hybrids ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 11 27 (2019), Srishti Chugh, Nirmal Adhikari, Ji Hyung Lee, Diana Berman, Luis A. Echegoyen, Anupama B. Kaul.
Correlation between the catalytic and electrocatalytic properties of nitrogen-doped carbon nanoonions and the polarity of the carbon surface: Experimental and theoretical investigations Carbon 151 (2019), Grzegorz S. Szymanski, Marek Wisniewski, Piotr Olejnik, Stanislaw Koter, Edison Castro, Luis A. Echegoyen, Artur P. Terzyk, Marta E. Plonska-Brzezinska.
Enhanced Open-Circuit Voltage in Perovskite Solar Cells with Open-Cage [60]Fullerene Derivatives as Electron-Transporting Materials Materials (2019), Edison Castro, Albert Artigas, Anna Pla-Quintana, Anna Roglans, Fang Liu, Frank Perez, Agusti Lledo, X.-Y. Zhu, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Small cage Uranofullerenes: 27 years after their first observation Helv. Chim. Acta (2019), Alejandra Gomez-Torres, Ronda Esper, Paul W. Dunk, Roser Morales-Martinez, Antonio Rodriguez-Fortea, Josep M. Poblet, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Zinc Porphyrin-Functionalized Fullerenes for the Sensitization of Titania as a Visible-Light Active Photocatalyst: River Waters and Wastewaters Remediation Molecules 24 6 (2019), Elzbieta Regulska, Danisha M. Rivera-Nazario, Joanna Karpinska, Marta E. Plonska-Brzezinska, Luis A. Echegoyen.

Presentations

Biografía de las Ciencias ACS Puerto Rico - Dr. Luis Echegoyen (2020), Volume Virtual, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Virtual Conversations with a Scientist (2020), Volume Virtual, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Actinide-based Buckyball Maracas: Fullerene Nanocontainers that Stabilize Unusual Atoms and Clusters Inside (2020), Volume Virtual, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Quimica Basica y Progreso Tecnologico: Historia de los Fulerenos (2020), Volume Virtual, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Strategic Planning and Serendipity for Professional Success (2020), Volume Virtual, Luis A. Echegoyen.
The Importance of Fundamental Research (2020), Volume Virtual, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Buckyball Maracas: Fullerene Nanocontainers that Stabilize Unusual Atoms and Clusters Inside (2020), Volume Rehovot, Israel, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Fullerene nanocontainers that stabilize unusual atoms and clusters inside (2020), Volume Jerusalem, Israel, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Buckyball Maracas: Fullerene Nanocontainers that Stabilize Unusual Atoms and Clusters Inside (2020), Volume Newark, NJ, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Is My Professional Success the Result of Luck? (2020), Volume Atlanta, GA, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Buckyball maracas: Fullerene Nanocontainers that Stabilize Unusual Atoms and Clusters Inside (2020), Volume Atlanta, GA, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Buckyball maracas: Fullerene Nanocontainers that Stabilize Unusual Atoms and Clusters Inside (2020), Volume Boston, MA, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Fullerene Nanocontainers that Stabilize Unusual Atoms and Clusters Inside (2019), Volume Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Actinide-based buckyball maracas: Fullerene cages as nanocontainers that stabilize monometallic and actinide clusters inside (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Buckyball maracas: New endohedral fullerene structures, reactivity and mechanistic aspects (2019), Volume El Paso, TX , Luis A. Echegoyen.
Actinide-based buckyball maracas: Fullerene cages as nanocontainers that stabilize monometallic and actinide clusters inside (2019), Volume Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Actinide-based buckyball maracas: Fullerene cages as nanocontainers that stabilize monometallic and actinide clusters inside (2019), Volume Savannah, GA, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Fullerene Nanocontainers that Stabilize Unusual Atoms and Clusters Inside (2019), Volume Santiago, Chile , Luis A. Echegoyen.
Fullerene Nanocontainers that Stabilize Unusual Atoms and Clusters Inside (2019), Volume Clemson, South Carolina, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Chemistry without Borders: Global Advocacy and Sustainability (2019), Volume Columbus, Ohio , Luis A. Echegoyen.
Fullerene Nanocontainers that Stabilize Unusual Atoms and Clusters Inside (2019), Volume San Marcos, Texas, Luis A. Echegoyen.
ACS international engagement (2019), Volume Paris, France, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Fullerene Cages as Nano-containers that Stabilize Unique Clusters and Metals Inside (2019), Volume Santa Clara Cuba, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Uranium-based Endohedral Fullerene: Completely Unexpected and Unusual Cage Structures Dictated by the Tetracationic Metal Ions (2019), Luis A. Echegoyen.
Fullerene Nanocontainers that Stabilize Unique Uranium Clusters and Oxidation States (2019), Luis A. Echegoyen.
Fullerene Nanocontainers that Stabilize Unusual Atoms and Clusters Inside (2019), Luis A. Echegoyen.
Inhibitory Role of Functionalized Fullerenes in HIV-1 Maturation (2019), Volume El PAso, Texas, Alejandro Rodriguez, Zachary Martinez, Edison Castro, Manuel Llano, Luis A. Echegoyen, Ricardo A. Bernal.
Is Serendipity Serendipitous? (2019), Luis A. Echegoyen.
A Personal Perspective (2019), Luis A. Echegoyen.
Future Plans as President Elect (2019), Volume Orlando, FL, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Future Plans as President Elect (2019), Volume Orlando, FL, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Fulerenos Endoedricos: Nueva Estructuras, Mecanismos de Formaciόn y Reactividad (2019), Volume Universidad del Valle, Luis A. Echegoyen.
From Serendipitous Discoveries to Practical Applications: The Buckyball Story (2019), Luis A. Echegoyen.
Best Practices – PREM Program (2019), Luis A. Echegoyen.
Strategic Planning and Serendipity for Profesional Success (2019), Volume Atlanta, GA, Luis A. Echegoyen.

Grants

Fullerene Cages as Molecular Nanocontainers to Stabilize Unprecedented Uranium Clusters and Bonding Motifs

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Term	Course	Section
Fall 2022	ESE 6399 - Dissertation	13224
Spring 2022	ESE 6398 - Dissertation	25871
Spring 2022	ESE 6399 - Dissertation	22518
Fall 2021	ESE 6396 - Doctoral Research	10701
Fall 2021	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	19272
Summer 2021	CHEM 6399 - Dissertation	36215
Spring 2021	CHEM 6399 - Dissertation	29154
Spring 2021	CHEM 5396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	29037
Spring 2021	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	29151
Spring 2021	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	29306
Spring 2021	CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research	20560
Spring 2021	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	23691
Fall 2020	CHEM 6398 - Dissertation	11649
Fall 2020	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	11909
Fall 2020	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	12613
Fall 2020	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	12585
Fall 2020	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	13934
Spring 2020	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	22057
Spring 2020	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	22791
Spring 2020	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	21691
Spring 2020	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	22508
Spring 2020	CHEM 4176 - Introduction to Research	20692
Spring 2020	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	24188
Fall 2019	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	12035
Fall 2019	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	12792
Fall 2019	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	12763
Fall 2019	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	13024
Fall 2019	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	14231
Summer 2019	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	32969
Spring 2019	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	22184
Spring 2019	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	21794
Spring 2019	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	24523
Fall 2018	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	12187
Fall 2018	CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research	10605
Fall 2018	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	14575
Summer 2018	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	33246
Spring 2018	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	23231
Spring 2018	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	22858
Spring 2018	CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research	20682
Fall 2017	CHEM 6399 - Dissertation	12546
Fall 2017	CHEM 5196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	11051
Fall 2017	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	12289
Fall 2017	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	13129
Fall 2017	CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research	10637
Summer 2017	CHEM 5196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	31502
Summer 2017	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	31493
Summer 2017	CHEM 5399 - Thesis	30378
Spring 2017	CHEM 6399 - Dissertation	22180
Spring 2017	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	22440
Spring 2017	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	22001
Spring 2017	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	22978
Spring 2017	CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research	20690
Spring 2017	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	25297

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Bio

Ph D in Chemistry, University Puerto Rico (1974)

Publications

Synthesis and Characterization of U≡C Triple Bonds in Fullerene Compounds Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 46 (2023), Yang-Rong Yao, Jing Zhao, Qingyu Meng, Han-Shi Hu, Min Guo, Yingjing Yan, Jiaxin Zhuang, Shangfeng Yang, Skye Fortier, Luis A. Echegoyen, W. H. Schwarz, Jun Li, Ning Chen.
Cylindrical C-96 Fullertubes: A Highly Active Metal-Free O-2-Reduction Electrocatalyst ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION 61 21 (2022), Mohamed F. Sanad, Hannah M. Franklin, Basant A. Ali, Alain R. Puente-Santiago, Aruna N. Nair, Venkata S. Chava, Olivia Fernandez-Delgado, Nageh K. Allam, Steven Stevenson, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Diazonium functionalized fullerenes: a new class of efficient molecular catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction Nanoscale 14 10 (2022), Olivia Fernandez-Delgado, Alain R. Puente Santiago, Jolaine Galindo Betancourth, Mohamed F. Sanad, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Luis A. Echegoyen.
MXene-Based Tailoring of Carrier Dynamics, Defect Passivation, and Interfacial Band Alignment for Efficient Planar p–i–n Perovskite Solar Cells ACS Applied Energy Materials 4 11 (2021), Venkata S. Chava, P. S. Chandrasekhar, Ashley Gomez, Luis A. Echegoyen, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan.
A New Class of Molecular Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution: Catalytic Activity of M3N@C2n (2n = 68, 78, and 80) Fullerenes Journal of the American Chemical Society 143 16 (2021), Alain R. Puente Santiago, Mohamed F. Sanad, Antonio Moreno-Vicente, Md A. Ahsan, Maira R. Cerón, Yang-Rong Yao, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Antonio Rodriguez-Fortea, Josep M. Poblet, Luis A. Echegoyen.

Presentations

Biografía de las Ciencias ACS Puerto Rico - Dr. Luis Echegoyen (2020), Volume Virtual, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Virtual Conversations with a Scientist (2020), Volume Virtual, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Actinide-based Buckyball Maracas: Fullerene Nanocontainers that Stabilize Unusual Atoms and Clusters Inside (2020), Volume Virtual, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Quimica Basica y Progreso Tecnologico: Historia de los Fulerenos (2020), Volume Virtual, Luis A. Echegoyen.
Strategic Planning and Serendipity for Professional Success (2020), Volume Virtual, Luis A. Echegoyen.

Fullerene Cages as Molecular Nanocontainers to Stabilize Unprecedented Uranium Clusters and Bonding Motifs

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Fall 2022

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ESE 6399 - Dissertation

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13224

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Spring 2022

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ESE 6398 - Dissertation

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25871

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Spring 2022

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ESE 6399 - Dissertation

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22518

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Fall 2021

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ESE 6396 - Doctoral Research

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10701

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Fall 2021

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CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

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19272

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Summer 2021

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CHEM 6399 - Dissertation

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36215

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Spring 2021

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CHEM 6399 - Dissertation

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29154

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Spring 2021

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CHEM 5396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

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29037

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Spring 2021

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CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

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29151

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Spring 2021

Course

CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

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29306

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Spring 2021

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CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research

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20560

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Spring 2021

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RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

23691

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Fall 2020

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CHEM 6398 - Dissertation

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11649

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Fall 2020

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CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

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11909

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Fall 2020

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CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

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12613

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Fall 2020

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CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

Section

12585

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Fall 2020

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RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

13934

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Spring 2020

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CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

Section

22057

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Spring 2020

Course

CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

Section

22791

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

Section

21691

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

Section

22508

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

CHEM 4176 - Introduction to Research

Section

20692

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

24188

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

Section

12035

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

Section

12792

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

Section

12763

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

Section

13024

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

14231

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2019

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

32969

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

Section

22184

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

Section

21794

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

24523

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

Section

12187

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research

Section

10605

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

14575

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2018

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

33246

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

Section

23231

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

Section

22858

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research

Section

20682

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2017

Course

CHEM 6399 - Dissertation

Section

12546

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2017

Course

CHEM 5196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

Section

11051

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2017

Course

CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

Section

12289

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2017

Course

CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

Section

13129

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2017

Course

CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research

Section

10637

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2017

Course

CHEM 5196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

Section

31502

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2017

Course

CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

Section

31493

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2017

Course

CHEM 5399 - Thesis

Section

30378

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2017

Course

CHEM 6399 - Dissertation

Section

22180

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2017

Course

CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

Section

22440

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2017

Course

CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

Section

22001

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2017

Course

CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry

Section

22978

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2017

Course

CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research

Section

20690

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2017

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

25297

Syllabus

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