Anatoly Frenkel

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Chemistry Division
Bldg. 555, Room 350
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-3013
frenkel@bnl.gov

Research | Education | Appointments | Awards

Research Activities

Structure and Dynamics of Applied Nanomaterials

Research Interests

Physico-chemical properties of nanocatalysts, structure-property function relationships in disordered systems, mechanisms of catalytic reactions, mechanisms of work of electromechanical materials (piezo-, ferro-, pyro-electrics and electrostrictors. Use of synchrotron-based techniques in materials characterization (x-ray absorption (XAFS) and emission (RIXS) spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction). Development of new in situ/operando techniques for studies of functional nanomaterials.

Education

• Post-Doctoral Fellow (Physics), University of Washington, Seattle. 1995-1996 (advisor: E. A. Stern)
• Ph.D. (Physics) Tel Aviv University, Israel: 1995 (advisor: A. V. Voronel)
• M.Sc. (Physics) St. Petersburg University, Russia: 1987 (advisor: L. N. Labzovsky)

Professional Appointments

• Professor, Stony Brook University, 2016-present
• Senior Chemist (Joint appointment), Brookhaven National Lab, 2016-present
• Professor, Yeshiva University, 2007-2016
• Associate Professor, Yeshiva University, 2001-2007
• Research Scientist, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996-2001
• Research Associate, University of Washington, Seattle, 1995-1996
• Research Assistant, Tel Aviv University, Israel, 1990-1995
• Research Engineer, Institute of Acoustics, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1987-1990

Sabbatical Appointments

• Visiting scientist, Fritz Haber Institute, 2024
• Visiting scientist, Paul Scherrer Institute, 2024
• Visiting scientist, Weizmann Institute of Science, 2024
• Visiting scientist, BNL, 2009

Synergistic Activities

• Spokesperson and co-director, Synchrotron Catalysis Consortium (SCC) at BNL, 2004-present
• Chair, Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Yeshiva University, 2008-2012
• Chair, Department of Physics, Yeshiva University, 2001-2016
• Organizer, instructor: short courses on X-ray absorption spectroscopy in US (BNL), Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Spain, Israel: 2002-present

Awards & Recognition

• Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2023
• Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2017
• Weston Visiting Professor Fellowship, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, 2015-2017, 2019-2021, 2023-2025
• Outstanding Faculty Award, Yeshiva University, 2003