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Shane Ardo is a Professor of Chemistry with a joint appointment in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine. His research focuses on understanding and controlling spatiotemporal mechanisms of non-equilibrium processes relevant to desalination, atmospheric water harvesting, solar fuels devices, photovoltaics, electrolyzers, fuel cells, and electric heat pumps.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Photo-Physical Inorganic Chemistry from Johns Hopkins University (2010)
- M.A. in Photo-Physical Inorganic Chemistry from Johns Hopkins University (2008)
- M.S. in Nutrition & Food Science from University of Maryland, College Park (2005)
- B.S. in Mathematics from Towson University (1999)
Dr. Ardo's research program centers on understanding and controlling dynamics of non-equilibrium processes relevant to photoelectrochemical desalination, oceanic carbon capture, solar photocatalytic hydrogen production, liquid solar fuels, protonic photovoltaics, electrolyzer and fuel cell membranes, interfacial ion-transfer catalysis, excited-state proton-transfer dynamics, and ionic ratchets. His team designs and fabricates kinetically asymmetric systems using chemical synthesis and molecular-level engineering of molecule-material structures to control photo-induced charge separation, current rectification, catalysis of proton-coupled electron transfer reactions, and local temperature using photonic and heat transfer processes.
Analysis of Dr. Ardo's recent publications (2024-2025) reveals a strong focus on solar energy conversion, water treatment technologies, and carbon capture. His work spans fundamental studies on proton transfer kinetics and interfacial phenomena to applied research on membrane technologies, photocatalytic systems, and scalable solar fuel production. Key themes include protonic diodes, bipolar membranes, water splitting, hydrogen production, and energy-efficient desalination processes.
Dr. Ardo's research is generously supported by multiple funding agencies including the Department of Energy (Office of Science, EERE, ARPA-E), National Science Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the UCI Beall Family Foundation.
The Ardo Research Group is a diverse team of innovators and educators committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, opportunities, research integrity, and dissemination of knowledge. Current students and team members include Nathaniel (Gebel Award recipient), Deniz Keskin, Eric, Nate, Brad, and Holly Shafer.
