Rate My Professor Evangelos Miliordos

In physical chemistry, Miliordos specializes in theoretical and computational methods, including multi-reference configuration interaction, coupled cluster, and density functional theory, to explore electronic structure, bonding, excited states, and reactivity of transition metal complexes. His research addresses energy challenges through studies on catalytic water splitting, methane C-H activation, and novel materials like solvated electron precursors for magnetic and quantum computing applications. Key publications include "Spontaneous formation of urea from carbon dioxide and ammonia in aqueous droplets" (Science, 388, 1426, 2025, with M.A. Mohajer et al.), "Selective conversion of methane to methanol facilitated by molecular metal-methoxy complexes via a self-correcting chemical cycle" (Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 26, 23136, 2024), "Electrides with Tunable Electron Delocalization for Applications in Quantum Computing and Catalysis" (ACS Materials Letters, 7, 3604, 2025), and earlier works such as "The role of O(1D) in the oxidation mechanism of ethylene by iodosobenzene" (Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19, 18152, 2017). With over 2,746 citations, his contributions have earned the NSF CAREER Award (2020-2025), OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty Award in Computational Chemistry from the American Chemical Society (2021), Dean’s Research Award from the College of Sciences and Mathematics (2022), and Young Investigator Scholar Award (2025). Miliordos guest-edited a special issue for Molecules (2022-2023) and collaborates with experimental groups on actinides, lanthanides, and organic synthesis.