Nominating Institution: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

During his PhD, Mostapha’s research tackled the amount of energy and resources wasted in separating chemicals in industrial processes by developing next-generation membranes to replace current energy-intensive technologies. As a Schmidt Science Fellow, Mostapha pivoted from engineering to chemistry. He studies the effects of solvent confinement around metal active sites confined between two-dimensional nanosheets and … Continued