Nathaniel Rosi

Nathaniel Rosi is the Covestro Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh's Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Chemistry. His research focuses on designing and synthesizing new materials using chemical building blocks like metal clusters and biomolecules to create hierarchical structures with tailored properties for energy, medicine, and other applications.

Research interests span inorganic and materials chemistry, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), nanoparticle assembly, and sustainable energy materials. The Rosi Lab develops unifying design principles for organizing building blocks across multiple length scales, employing diverse synthetic methods and characterization techniques including NMR, TEM, X-ray diffraction, and sorption analysis.

Scientific awards include:

• Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award (2014)
• Kavli Fellow (2012)
• ChemComm Emerging Investigator (2011)
• NSF CAREER Award (2010-2015)
• US Delegate for Transatlantic Frontiers of Chemistry Conference (2008)

The Rosi Research Laboratory trains students in interdisciplinary approaches at the chemistry-biophysics interface and welcomes graduate students to explore its multi-disciplinary research environment.