Dr. Zsolt Kelemen

Assistant Professor

Head of the Carborane Laboratory

Education Coordinator of the Department

Education

PhD in chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2015

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 2017-2019

Research

Do magical compounds exist that can be used as catalyst, sensors/biosensors, doping agent of conductive polymers, nuclear waste remediation extracting or even in cancer therapies? Although three-dimensional carborane clusters do not have any magical properties, their exceptional thermal and chemical stability, tailorability, ambiphilic character and unusually low toxicity provide performance superior to that of conventional materials. Our group aims to understand and develop new carborane based materials, which might find applications as light emitting materials or as potential BNCT agent. Apart from fluorescent materials we investigate the possible interaction between three dimensional carborane cluster and two dimensional ring systems. Apart from the synthetic work, we carry out theoretical calculations for the understanding of the properties of the synthetized compounds and for designing new systems.

Honors

• Schay Géza Prize, 2013
• BME research grant, 2013

Publications

Full list: MTMT link

• Roesler, M. Kovács, C. Bruhn, Z. Kelemen, R. Pietschnig Chem. – A Eur. J. 2021, 27, 9782–9790.
• Buzsáki, Z. Kelemen, L. Nyulászi J. Phys. Chem. A 2020, 124, 2660–2671.
• Dey, D. Buzsáki, C. Bruhn, Z. Kelemen, R. Pietschnig Dalt. Trans. 2020, 49, 6668–6681.
• Kelemen, A. Pepiol, M. Lupu, R. Sillanpää, M. Hänninen, F. Teixidor, C. Viñas Chem. Comm. 2019, 55, 8927-8930.
• M. Chaari, Z. Kelemen, J. G. Planas, F. Teixidor, D. Choquesillo-Lazarte, A. B. Salah, C. Viñas, R. Núñez J. Mat. Chem. C 2018, 6, 11336-11347.

Teaching

• Inorganic Chemistry BSc, spring
• Advanced Inorganic Chemistry BSc, spring
• General Chemistry Laboratory BSc, spring
• Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory BSc, autumn