Yury is currently the leader of the Nanochemistry Research Group at the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL). His 15+ years of work in Inorganic Chemistry and Material Science has centered on synthesis, functionalization, and assembly of inorganic and hybrid nanomaterials for clean energy technology applications, such as catalysis, electrocatalysis, and thermoelectrics. Particular emphasis is placed on structure–property relationships in functional nanocrystals. Before joining INL, he spent 2 years at Tokyo Institute of Technology, 3 years at Fritz-Haber-Institute of Max-Planck-Society, and 2 years at University of Santiago de Compostela. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2004 from M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University.

• Chauhan, N. S.; Lebedev, O. I.; Kovnir, K.; Pyrlin, S. V.; Marques, L.; Ramos, M. M. D.; Korgel, B. A.; Kolen’ko, Yu. V.
  Scalable colloidal synthesis of Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 plate-like particles give access to high-performing n-type thermoelectric material for low temperature application
  Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 5699–5709

• Sapountzi, F- M.; Orlova, E. D.; Sousa, J. P. S.; Salonen, L. M.; Lebedev, O. I.; Zafeiropoulos, G.; Tsampas, M. N.; Niemantsverdriet, J. W. H.; Kolen’ko, Yu. V.
  FeP Nanocatalyst with Preferential [010] Orientation Boosts Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Polymer-Electrolyte Membrane Electrolyser
  Energy Fuels, 2020, 34, 6423–6429

• Sousa, V.; Gonçalves, B. F.; Rosen, Y. S.; Virtuoso, J.; Anacleto, P.; Cerqueira, M.F.; Modin, E.; Alpuim, P; Lebedev, O. I.; Magdassi, S.; Sadewasser, S.; Kolen’ko, Yu. V.
  Over 6% Efficient Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cell Screen-Printed from Oxides on FTO
  ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2020, 3, 3120–312

• Ayodele, O. B.; Cai, R; Wang, J.; Ziouani, Y.; Liang, Z.; Spadaro, M. C; Kovnir, K.; Arbiol, J.; Akola, J; Palmer, R. E.; Kolen’ko, Yu. V.
  Synergistic Computational–Experimental Discovery of Highly Selective PtCu Nanocluster Catalysts for Acetylene Semihydrogenation
  ACS Catal., 2020, 10, 451–457

• Sousa, V.; Gonçalves, B.F.; Franco, M.; Ziouani, Y.; González-Ballesteros, N.; Cerqueira, M.F.; Yannello, V.; Kovnir, K.; Lebedev, O. I.; Kolen’ko, Yu. V
  Superstructural Ordering in Hexagonal CuInSe2 Nanoparticles
  Chem. Mater., 2019, 31, 260–267