Dr. Kampouri joined Rice University in 2024, as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. She earned her B.S./M.S. in Environmental and Chemical Engineering at the Technical University of Crete (TUC) in 2015. In 2020, she completed her Ph.D. in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering with Professors Berend Smit and Kyriakos Stylianou at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL). Her doctoral research focused on optimizing photocatalytic systems based on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), for hydrogen production and water remediation. Following this, she joined the research group of Professor Mircea Dincă in the Department of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a Postdoctoral Researcher to work on the design of new conductive MOFs.
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Research Areas
Dr. Kampouri's research resides at the crossroads of materials chemistry and engineering, with a primary emphasis on the meticulous design of porous, task-specific, functional materials — exemplified by Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs). The Kampouri Research Group delves into unraveling the intricate structure-property relationships of these materials and their applications in semiconductor technologies, dedicated to addressing pressing environmental problems. Dr. Kampouri's research interests span a spectrum of applications, encompassing light-driven catalysis for fuel synthesis, the valorization of waste, and the remediation of water.
Education
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)