Mita  Dasog

Education:

• BSc: University of Saskatchewan
  
• PhD: University of Alberta
  
• PDF: California Institute of Technology
  

Research Interests

Dasog lab research group focuses on the development of photocatalysts, electrocatalysts, porous nanomaterials, and plasmonic nanostructures using solid-state methods. We study the reaction mechanisms and the influence of reaction parameters on product formation during solid-state syntheses to better engineer the nanomaterials for their intended applications. The synthesized nanomaterials are used for chemical fuel production, desalination, water treatment, environmental remediation, and mining.

Selected Awards and Honors

• The Keith Laidler Award, 2026
• Clean50 Research and Development Award, 2026
• Nanoscale Horizons Emerging Investigator, 2025
• Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, 2024

Selected Publications

• 鈥淧hotocatalytic Versus Stoichiometric Hydrogen Generation Using Mesoporous Silicon Catalysts: The Complex Role of Sacrificial Reagents鈥� S. H. Putwa, S. A. Martell, B. Reis, S. Schwarz and M. Dasog* (Advanced Functional Materials, 2026, 36, 2507914)
• 鈥淐orrelating Porosity with Water-Quality Tolerance for Practical On-demand Hydrogen Generation Using Porous Silicon.鈥� S. A. Martell, T. Hynes, S. Knight, A. Kutulska, and M. Dasog* (International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2026, 199, 152899)
• 鈥淪alty Silicon Synthesis: Enabling Fast and Scalable Hydrogen Generation from Porous Silicon鈥� T. Hynes, S. A. Martell, and M. Dasog* (Energy & Fuels, 2025, 39, 22830)
• 鈥淪ynthesis of Free鈥怱tanding Alloyed Plasmonic ZrxHf1鈥恱N Nanoparticles鈥� B. Fiss and M. Dasog* (Small, 2025, 21, e06480)
• 鈥淒eveloping Solar Evaporation Technologies of the Future鈥� H. Xu, Y. Zhu, M. Dasog, P. Wang (Cell Reports Physical Sciences, 2024, 6)

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