Rate My Professor Panče Naumov

Naumov's research explores smart materials with properties such as reshaping, memorizing, moving, self-repairing, and efficient transduction of light or heat into mechanical work, pioneering crystal adaptronics and adaptive molecular crystals for applications in energy, water, health, optics, electronics, and soft robotics. His portfolio includes approximately 300 publications, over USD 15 million in extramural funding, approximately 400 presentations including over 90 invited talks, and mentorship of more than 60 students since 2012. He serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Chemical Society overseeing solid-state chemistry, photochemistry, crystallography, and crystal engineering, and sits on editorial boards for Angewandte Chemie, Chemistry - A European Journal, Chemistry - an Asian Journal, and others. Major awards and honors include Fellowships of the American Chemical Society and Royal Society of Chemistry, Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award (2015), Radcliffe Institute Fellowship at Harvard University (2018), Human Frontier Science Program award (2011), Asian and Oceanian Photochemistry Association Prize (2014), and UAE's 10-year golden residency visa (2020).