Yury Gogotsi is a Distinguished University Professor and Bach Endowed Chair in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University, where he serves as the founding Director of the A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute.
He is credited with developing carbon materials with tunable porosity for electrochemical capacitors and the discovery of Mxenes, a major class of two-dimensional materials. His groundbreaking work includes the first microscopic observation of water inside carbon nanotubes, the discovery of polygonal nanotubes, and the invention of the field of high-pressure surface science.
A Highly Cited Researcher and Citations Laureate, he has received numerous honors, including the ACS Chemistry of Materials Award, honorary doctorates, election as a Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors, World Academy of Ceramics, European Academy of Sciences, Academia Europaea, and many professional societies. The impact of his work is demonstrated by over 330,000 citations, with the 2025 Stanford List ranking him 21st among all scientists across all disciplines and 2nd in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology worldwide.