Dr. Kampouri joined Rice University in 2024 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. She is also jointly appointed in the Departments of Chemistry and Materials Science and NanoEngineering. She earned her B.S./M.S. in Environmental and Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Crete (TUC), Greece, in 2015. In 2020, she completed her Ph.D. in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) under the supervision of Professors Berend Smit and Kyriakos Stylianou. Her doctoral research focused on optimizing metal-organic framework (MOF)-based photocatalytic systems for hydrogen production and water remediation. She then joined Prof. Mircea Dincă's group in the Department of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a Postdoctoral Researcher, where she worked on the design of new conductive MOFs.
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Research Areas
The Kampouri Research Group develops advanced materials to help build a more sustainable future. Our work addresses challenges in energy storage, solar fuel production, water remediation, and resource recovery from waste by designing porous, multifunctional materials known as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). By combining chemical engineering, chemistry, and materials science, we create next-generation materials for technologies that address pressing environmental and energy needs.
Education
Postdoctoral Research, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA (2020–2023)
2020, Ph.D., Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
2015, B.S./M.S., Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Technical University of Crete (TUC)
Honors & Awards
ACS Petroleum Research Fund New Investigator Award