Kenneth J. Balkus, Jr. is an American chemist and materials scientist. He is professor of chemistry and former department chair at The University of Texas at Dallas.[1] He is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society and a recipient of the ACS Doherty Award. His well known work is synthesis of zeolite UTD-1, the first high-silica zeolite to contain a one-dimensional, extra-large 14-ring pore system.[2][3] Other notable work include rare-earth metal organic frameworks.[4] He is editor to Journal of Porous Materials, Springer.[5] He is also co-founder of DB Therapeutics, a company developing cancer therapies.[citation needed]
Balkus joined University of Pennsylvania as postdoctoral associate in 1986 with Bradford B. Wayland. He joined The University of Texas at Dallas in 1988 where he is currently[when?] professor of chemistry and professor of materials science and engineering and leading chemistry department.
Research
Most of the research in his lab involves nanoporous metal oxides which include zeolites and related molecular sieves as well as hybrid frameworks.
Synthesis and Characterization Novel microporous and mesoporous Materials
Molecular Sieve/Polymer Composite Membranes
Nanoparticles, Nanotubes and Quantum Dots for Photoconversion Processes
Nanotube/Nanowire films for Energy Storage
Molecular Sieve Immobilized Enzymes
Drug Delivery, Wound Healing and Theranostics
Electrospinning of NanFibers and Composites
Molecular Sieve Based Optical and Electronic Chemical Sensors
↑ Lobo, Raul F.; Tsapatsis, Michael; Freyhardt, Clemens C.; Khodabandeh, Shervin; Wagner, Paul; Chen, Cong-Yan; Balkus, Kenneth J.; Zones, Stacey I.; Davis, Mark E. (September 1997). "Characterization of the Extra-Large-Pore Zeolite UTD-1". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 119 (36): 8474–8484. doi:10.1021/ja9708528.
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