Speaker

Prof. Dongling Ma

Biography :

FRSC, FIAAM Professor, INRS EMT Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Advanced Functional Nanocomposites.
Prof. Dongling Ma (FRSC, FIAAM), holder of the Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Advanced Functional Nanocomposites, has been a professor at Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) since 2006. Her main research interest consists in the development of various nanomaterials (e.g., semiconductor quantum dots, transition metal catalytic nanoparticles, plasmonic nanostructures) for applications in energy, environment, catalysis and biomedical sectors. She has co-authored >200 articles in a broad range of areas, centered on materials science, in selective, high-impact journals such as J. Am. Chem. Soc, Nat. Commun., Adv. Mater., Adv. Energy Mater., ACS Nano, Adv. Funct. Mater., Energy Environ. Sci., Chem. Mater. and Chem. Soc. Rev. with H-index of 69 (Google Scholar). She has co-authored 7 granted patents and 4 book chapters. She has delivered >140 invited speeches at international conferences and prestigious universities/government laboratories. She is an associate editor of ACS Applied Nano Materials and also serves/served on multiple journal editorial advisory boards, including the prestigious ACS Energy Lett., ACS Mater. Lett., Scientific Reports, Frontiers (Energy), PhotonX (Springer), etc. She also acted as the section Editor-in-Chief for the section “Solar Energy and Solar Cells” of Nanomaterials, and acts in Section Editor Group of National Science Review (NSR, Materials Science). Her recent awards include the 2022 Clara Benson Award from the Chemical Institute of Canada.

Research Interest :

1. The research interest of Professor Ma consists in the development of novel, highly functional materials and structures on the nanometer scale targeted at various energy, environmental and biomedical applications, such as solar fuels, photocatalysis, photovoltaics and long-term tracking of biological processes. Specifically, the main thrusts are centered on six topics:
   Design and realization of new high-efficiency, low-cost transition metal and metal oxide nanoparticle catalysts
   Plasmon-assisted photocatalysis
   Advanced earth-abundant nanomaterials for photocatalytic water splitting and CO2 reduction
   Advanced materials for photocatalytic biomass conversion
   Synthesis, characterization, surface modification and biomedical applications of highly luminescent and stable nanoparticles, particularly, near infrared-emitting quantum dots
   Synthesis, characterization, surface modification and biomedical applications of multifunctional nanoparticles, which integrate superparamagnetic and luminescent components into a single nano-architecture
   Dr. Ma’s research will contribute to advanced nanomaterials research by developing new synthetic routes leading to highly functional nanoparticles, by gaining more understanding of how structure, size and properties (particularly, superparamagnetic, photophysical and catalytic) are related, by achieving precise control over nanoparticle properties and by exploring exciting applications of nanoparticles in energy, environmental and biomedical sectors.