Professor Vilas Pol Elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Vilas Pol, Professor of Chemical Engineering, was recently elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in the spring of 2024.
Established in 1982 in the U.K., the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is committed to advancing excellence in the chemical sciences. With a membership exceeding 54,000, it stands as an influential champion of chemical sciences.
Attaining Fellow status within this esteemed society signifies a distinguished level of achievement in the profession of chemistry. Individuals bestowed with this honor are RSC Members with at least five years of professional experience, recognized for their remarkable contributions to advancing chemical sciences. Becoming a Fellow denotes a position of influence within the scientific community, reflecting invaluable expertise, experience, and dedication to advancing the value of chemical sciences.
Professor Pol’s research focuses on electrochemical energy storage technologies. This includes the scalable design and optimization of electrode materials, separator designs, and electrolyte discovery for various battery types such as lithium-ion, potassium ion, sodium-ion, lithium-sulfur, and solid-state batteries, with an emphasis on thermal safety aspects.
Professor Pol has received numerous accolades, including the 2023 Foreign Fellow Chemical Sciences Maharashtra Academy of Science Award and Purdue’s 2023 and 2022 Most Impactful Faculty Inventor Awards. Professor Pol is also honored with numerous prestigious awards from professional American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), American Chemical Society (ACS), Materials Research Society (MRS), American Ceramic Society (ACerS), The Materials, Metals and Minerals (TMS) and Carbon societies. In addition, the Vilas Pol Energy Research (ViPER) group was awarded the Guinness World RecordTM for The Lowest Temperature (-100 Degrees Celsius) to Charge a Lithium-ion Battery in 2022.