B.S. University of Calgary, 1986
M.S. University of Toronto, 1988 (G.A. Ozin)
Ph.D. University of Toronto, 1991 (G.A. Ozin)
Post Doctorate Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Post-doctoral Fellow, Bayer AG, Germany, Corporate Research Advanced Inorganic Materials Department, 1991-1992, NSERC Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Texas, Austin (T. E. Mallouk) 1992-1993, Postdoctoral Fellow, Pennsylvania State University (T. E. Mallouk) 1993-1994
Inorganic & Organometallic Chemistry: materials synthesis
Nanoscience & Materials Chemistry: solid state and porous
Experimental Physical Chemistry: solid state
Energy & Catalysis
Our research involves materials synthesis by templating and self-assembly methods. Using polymeric, surfactant, or colloidal templates we control the architecture of porous and nanostructured materials and create products with special properties. Examples include electrodes for rechargeable lithium batteries that can be charged more quickly, cluster-based materials for single-site catalysis, polymer/graphene nanocomposites with enhanced mechanical properties, non-toxic pigments that can change colors, sorbents for toxic heavy metals and more. Students involved in our multi-disciplinary research become hand-on users of a wide range of modern instrumentation for materials characterization.
Chemistry of Materials 1k Club Author, 2018 (see Chem. Mater. 2018, 30, 4177)
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, 2008
Merck Professorship in Chemistry, 2007-2008, 2015-2020
Listed among Top 30 Materials Scientists for impact during 2000-2010 by Thomson Reuters
Listed as Highly Cited Materials Scientist in Thomson Scientific's ISIHighlyCited.com, 2007, 2014
McKnight Land-Grant Professorship, 1997-1999
DuPont Young Professor Grant, 1997-2000
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 1997-2002
David & Lucile Packard Fellowship in Science & Engineering, 1996-2001
3M Non-Tenured Faculty Grant, 1995-2000
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Post-Doctoral Scholarship, 1991-1993
NSERC 1967 Science and Engineering Scholarship, 1986-1990
University of Toronto Open Fellowship, 1990
Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award, 1986
Lash Miller Scientific Travel Award, 1986
Hoechst Canada Inc. Scholarship, 1985
Sulphur Industry Prize, 1985
Chemical Institute of Canada Medal, 1984
Professor Andreas Stein is one of three editors for six-volume Handbook of Solid State Chemistry. He edited Volume 4 on Nano and Hybrid Materials and Volume 6 on Applications: Functional Materials. He also wrote a chapter, Volume 4, Chapter 10, with Jinbo Hu, Ph.D., “Macroporous Materials Synthesized by Colloidal Crystal Templating.”
Andreas Stein
University of Minnesota
Department of Chemistry
A-19, 139 Smith Hall, 207 Pleasant St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0431