Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Nicholas Leventis received his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Athens, Greece (1980) and his Ph.D. in organic chemistry/photochemistry from Michigan State University with the late Peter J. Wagner (1985). He was a postdoctoral associate with Mark S. Wrighton at MIT (1985–1988). In 1992, he completed Harvard University’s One-Year Graduate Program in Administration and Management and received the Katie F. Young Award. Dr. Leventis began his independent career in the private sector (1988–1994). He joined the Chemistry Department at Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS&T) in 1994 as Assistant Professor, advancing to Associate Professor (1999), Professor (2007), and Curators’ Distinguished Professor (2010). In 1998, he was a Senior Faculty Fellow at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. During a leave from MS&T (2002–2006), he served as a GS-14/15 Civil Servant at NASA Glenn Research Center, where he established the aerogel research program. From 2014–2017, he served as Professor at the Materials Science Department of the University of Patras, Greece. Dr. Leventis retired from MS&T in 2019 and served as Director of Research at Aspen Aerogels, Inc. in Northborough, MA until May 2025. Currently, he serves as an Adjunct Professor at the ICCBS of the University of Karachi, Pakistan. His honors include the 1992 Arthur K. Doolittle Award (ACS) for work on electrochromic polymers and the 2005 NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (under the auspices of the President) for pioneering polymer-crosslinked aerogels. He also received the Society for American Military Engineers Award (2008) and the Nano50™ Award twice, in 2005 and 2007, for innovations in aerogel materials. Dr. Leventis’ research interests span nanotechnology, physical organic chemistry, electrochemistry, and materials science. He has published over 215 peer-reviewed articles, 19 book chapters, and co-edited the Springer Handbook of Aerogels (2023 – https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-27322-4) and Aerogels Handbook (2011 – https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4419-7589-8 – Chinese translation 2014 – https://www.etaoyo.com/Item/3633475?utm_source=chatgpt.com). He holds 45 U.S. patents (12 since 2020) and is co-inventor on 32 pending & published patent applications (26 since 2020). He has served as an expert witness in Federal Court (2019) and the International Trade Commission (2017). His work has received over 13,500 citations. His h-index is 61. Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mP6rPakAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao