Momotenko, Dmitry, Dr.

Research Interests

Dmitry's interests span across a variety of disciplines, including analytical and physical chemistry, surface science and electrochemistry. As a developer of cutting-edge electrochemical scanning probe microscopes, Dmitry is keen to apply these techniques on modern nanomaterials (nanoparticles, nanostructured interfaces) and to study electrocatalysis, nano-objects and self-assembled systems. Furthermore, having a strong background in mathematical modeling, his interest is to quantify physicochemical processes in these environments using state-of-the art simulation tools.

Personal Information

Born in Sumy, USSR, 6 May 1987

Russian citizen

Education

09/2009 - 08/2013 Doctor of Science (PhD)

Laboratory of Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

Supervisor: Prof. Hubert H. Girault

Thesis: Scanning electrochemical microscopy and finite element modeling of structural and transport properties of electrochemical systems

09/2004 - 06/2009 Chemist (Diploma, specialization: analytical chemistry)

Chemistry Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

Thesis: Liquid-liquid extraction of iron (III), copper (II) and nickel (II) ions into ionic liquid trioctylmethylammonium salicylate

Professional Experience

11/2017 - Present SNF Ambizione Fellow

Laboratory of Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ), Switzerland

07/2016 - 06/2017 University of Warwick Honorary Fellow

06/2014 - 05/2016 Marie Curie Fellow

10/2013 - 05/2014 Postdoctoral Research Assistant

University of Warwick, United Kingdom

09/2009 - 08/2013 Doctoral Assistant

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Awards

08/2017 SNF Ambizione Grant

Awarded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, SNF, for the independent project at ETH Zurich, total award CHF 680k for 4 years.

08/2017 Start-up Funding for a Junior Research Group (University of Oldenburg, Germany)

Total award €225k for 3 years. Refused.

06/2014 - 05/2016 Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship

Granted by the European Commission to conduct a 2-year research project (~€220k)

10/2011 Award for Excellence in Teaching

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Professional Activities

Referee for Chemical Science, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry

Member of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE), since 2014