In his Layered Materials and Structures Lab (LMSL) in Indianapolis, Anasori and his team investigate two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides and nitrides called MXenes; these nanostructures can be used for everything from hypersonic vehicles to carbon capture. He is one of the world's top engineering scholars in nanomaterials, and also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Graphene and 2D Materials.

Here are three prestigious honors Anasori recently received:

• Anasori was selected as the 2024 winner of The Kavli Foundation Early Career Lectureship in Materials Science by the Materials Research Society (MRS). His first lecture focused on "Atomic Order-Disorder and Compositional Tunability in 2D MXenes."
• From the journal Materials Today, Anasori won the 2024 Rising Star Award in the Energy Conversion & Storage category. "What excites and motivates me in this field is its universality and frontier nature," Anasori said, "demanding constant innovation to meet global demands."
• He received the Early Discovery Award from the American Ceramic Society.

Source: Babak Anasori, banasori@purdue.edu