Associate Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering
Current
Research Interests
We investigate water-hydrophobe interfaces across some twelve orders of magnitude – molecular to kilometer scales – via a broad set of experimental techniques, theory, and computation. Problems of specific interest include, global food-water security through bio-inspired technologies, superhydrophobic insects and plants, chemical reactions “on-water” and in sprays, and nanoconfined liquids (dilute to ultraconcentrated).
Polymer filaments from bouncing drop Z. Yang, P. Zhang, M. Shi, A. Al Julaih, Y. Tian, H. Mishra, E. Di Fabrizio, S. Thoroddsen APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts(2021), M12. 010
Electrification at Water-Hydrophobe Interfaces J. Nauruzbayeva, Z. Sun, A. Gallo Jr, M. Ibrahim, J.C. Santamarina, H. Mishra Nature Communications (2020) 11, 5285 (Nature Communications Editors’ Highlights)
Assessing omniphobicity by immersion S. Arunachalam, R. Das, J. Nauruzbayeva, E.M. Domingues, H. Mishra Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol 534,
pp. 156-162, (2019)
Brønsted basicity of the air-water interface H. Mishra, S. Enami, L. A. Stewart, R. J. Nielsen, M. R. Hoffmann, W. A. Goddard III, A. J. Colussi Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences, 109(46) 18679-18683, (2012)
Ph.D., Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA, 2013
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Indiana, USA, 2007
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Punjab Engineering College, India, 2005
Professional Profile
2020-Present: Associate Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
2014-2020: Assistant Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
2014: The Elings Prize Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Awards
Awards and Recognitions:
2023: 1st place ITAS Arab Youth Competition - International Conference on Innovation and Technological Advances for Sustainability, 1st place (out of 117 entries) at University of Doha for Science and Technology, Qatar, awarded by the Prime Minister of Qatar
2022 - 2023: Taqadam Start-up Accelerator Program - US $140,000 non-dilutive cash award (only 10 teams chosen among > 2000 applicants)
2022: Golden Jubilee Visiting Fellowship Endowment awarded by ICT, Mumbai, India.
2022: Cover Article, Chemical Science, DOI: 10.1039/D1SC06465G
2020: Cover Article, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, DOI:10.1002/qua.26501
2020: Student delegate to the 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Interdisciplinary Meeting: Adair Gallo Jr., PhD student
2019: Invited lecture: Physical Chemistry Seminar, College of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley, CA, USA
2019: Invited lecture: Chemical Physics Seminar, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
2019: Best Poster Prize, 45th International Conference on Micro and Nano Engineering, Rhodes, Greece (Zain Ahmad, MS student) (Out of 404 entries; cash prize: 400 Euros)
2019: Session Chair, Wetting on Soft or Microtextured Surfaces, Bad Honnef, Germany (Host: Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz)
2019: Cover Article, Chemical Science, 10, 2566–2577, DOI: 10.1039/C8SC05538F
2018: Lecture at the United Nations COP-24 meeting on climate change at Katowice, Poland, got >92k views on Facebook through Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD) reporting.
2017: Elsevier Best Poster Award, 7th International Colloids Conference, Sitges-Barcelona, Spain (Presenter: H. Mishra)
2017: First Place, Doctoral Level Students Poster Contest, 5th Water Arabia Conference and Exhibition, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia (2017) (Presenter: Adair Gallo Jr., Ph.D. student)
2016: Best Presentation Award, International Conference on Science and Technology of Emerging Materials (STEMa, 2016), Thailand (Presenter: H. Mishra)
