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Teresa J. Bandosz holds Ph.D.  in Chemical Engineering and D.Sc. in Physical Chemistry. Prof. She has been a faculty member of the Chemistry Department of CCNY/CUNY since 1996 (full professor since 2005) and the member of CUNY Energy Institute. Dr. Bandosz has a broad experience in the field of materials preparation, and their applications to environmental problems related to development of adsorbents for gas separation. For three years she was associated with Dalian University of Technology in China as a sky scholar/ guest professor of Chemical Engineering. Dr. Bandosz is a Fulbright Senior Scholar (2016/2017). She edited the book “Activated carbon surface in environmental remediation,” published by Elsevier (2006). Her work during last 30 years has resulted in 6 US patents and over 400 publications in peer-reviewed journals. Her recent research interests include synthesis of Graphene/ MOF, Graphene/hydroxide composites for separation and energy harvesting applications, visible light photoactivity of carbonaceous materials, energy storage, and CO₂ sequestration and reduction, development of carbon  based sensors and ORR catalysts. Since 2014 she is coeditor of Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.  She was on the Advisory Board of American Carbon Society (2011-2016). Dr. Bandosz served on the Board of Directors of International Adsorption Society and on the Editorial Boards of Carbon, C, Adsorption Science and Technology, and Applied Surface Science.  She was selected as The Graffin Lecturer for 2016/2017 by The American Carbon Society. She is the Fellow of  the American Carbon Society and  The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

• PhD in Chemical Engineering- the Technical University of Krakow, Poland,  1989
• D.Sc. in Physical Chemistry/Analytical Chemistry - Marie Curie University, Poland,1998

• Chemistry for Engineers
• Quantitative Analysis
• Environmental Chemistry 
• Colloid and Surface Chemistry

  Drawing by Marie Roberts (Ligo Project)

(with examples of the relevant publications)

Adsorption and catalysis

T.J. Bandosz . J. Colloid Interface Science 2002, 246 ,1-20

Nanoengineered materials

D. A. Giannakoudakis, N. A. Travlou, J. Secor, T. J.Bandosz. Small 2017, 13, 1601758

C. Petit and T. J. Bandosz.. Advanced Materials  2009, 21, 4753-4757.

Graphene containing nanocomposites

C. Petit and T. J. Bandosz. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2009,  19, 1-8

Surface chemistry of carbonaceous materials

J. Jagiello, T. J. Bandosz, K. Putyera and J. A. Schwarz. J.  Colloid Interf. Sci. 1995, 172,341-346

Surface reactivity/photoactivity

.J. Bandosz, C.O. Ania. O. Advanced Science , 2018, 1800293

C.O Ania, P.A. Armstrong, T.J .Bandosz, F. Beguin, A.P. Carvalho, A. Celzard, E. Frackowiak,M.A. Gilarranz, K. Laszlo, J. Matos, M. F. R. Pereira. Carbon 2020, 164, 69-84

Reactive adsorption

C. Yang, M. Florent, GG. de Falco, H. Fan, T.J. Bandosz. Chem. Eng. J. 2020,394, 124906

Waste utilization

L. Nielsen, L. Bandosz T.J.  Micro. Meso. Mater. 2016, 220, 58-72

Desulfurization of fuels

M. Seredych and T.J. Bandosz. Applied Catalysis B; 2011, 106, 133-141

Development of air and water filtration media

L. Nielsen, T.J. Bandosz, Chem. Eng. J. 2016,287, 139-147

Energy storage/supercapacitors

D. Hulicova-Jurcakova, M. Seredych, G. Q. Lu, T. J. Bandosz. Advanced Functional Materials 2009, 18 ,1-10.

Gas sensors

N. A. Travlou, K. Singh, E. Rodríguez-Castellón. T.J.  Bandosz. J. Mater. Chem A. 2015,3, 11417-1142913

Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)

D. Barrera, M. Florent, K. Sapag, T.J. Bandosz. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2019, 2, 10, 7412-7424

CO₂ electrodreduction

W. Li, M. Seredych, E. Rodriguez-Castellon, T.J. Bandosz. ChemSusChem 2016, 9,  606-616

Chemical Warfare Agents  Detoxification

D.A. Giannakoudakis, M. Barczak, F. Pearsal, S. O'Brien, T.J Bandosz. Chem. Eng. J. 2020, 3984, 123280

I. Books Authored

Detoxification of Chemical Warfare Agents: From WWI to Multifunctional Nanocomposite Approaches. Dimitrios A. Giannakoudakis and Teresa J. Bandosz. Springer; 1st ed. 2018 edition (January 11, 2018) ISBN-13: 978-3319707594

II. Books Edited

Activated Carbon Surfaces in Environmental Remediation, Bandosz, T. J. Ed. pp. 159-230. Elsevier, Oxford, 2006.

III. Peer Reviewed publications  (2024-2026) ( February) : Total 446 ( for   complete publication list look at www.tbandosz.com)

1. Advancing Porous Carbons: Understanding the Importance of Surface Chemistry for the Energy−Environment Nexus. Conchi Ania, Teresa J. Bandosz,* Diego Cazorla-Amoros, M. Fernando R. Pereira. Chem. Rev. in press (2026) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.5c00719
2. evealing the Hidden Electrochemical Pathway for Cathode Electrolyte Interface Formation in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries with Carbonate-Based Electrolytes.  F. J. García-Soriano, J.Jerovsek, S. A. Maldonado-Ochoa, F. Vaca Chávez, D. Japhet Tarimo, V.Presser, B. Genorio, M. Florent, T.  J. Bandosz, R.Dominko, Ch.Prehal, A. Vizintin ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.5c02970
3. Towards cleaner indoor air: Analyzing the effects of molecule chemistry and steric constraints on the chemisorption of formaldehyde and its derivatives on functionalized graphene surfaces. Kowalska, K.; Bandosz, T.J.; Borowski, P. Carbon 243 (2025) 120574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120574
4. Moisture and porous carbon surface chemistry-mediated H₂S catalytic oxidation on ZnO-MgO/activated carbon to boost H₂S removal at moist and anaerobic conditions.Liu, X.; Yang, C.; Chen, H.; Su, Z.; Wang, Y.; Fan, H.; Wang, H.; Bandosz, T.J. Chem. Eng. J  526 (2025) 170998 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.170998
5. Importance of S‑Doped Porous Carbon Acidity and Visible Light Photoactivity for Its Antibacterial Activity. Sadikaj, D.; Fekri, A.; Bautista, I.; Davis, N.; Alkal, T.A.; Mirza, M.M.H.; Wang, J.; Stallworth, P.; Hudson-Smith, N.; Bandosz, T.J.; Yu, X.; Greenbaum, S.; Li, Wanlu. ACS Appl.Mater Interfaces.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c14239
6. Surface-Engineered Carbon Textiles for Selective Hydrolysis and Dehydrohalogenation Decomposition of Toxic 2-Chloroethyl Ethyl Sulfide. Wang, J.; Pauletto, P.S.; Florent, M.; Bandosz, T.J., Carbon, 247 (2026) 121029, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2025.121029
7. Interface-Engineered UiO-66 Nanoparticles on Porous Carbon Textiles for Reactive Protection Against Toxic 2-Chloroethyl Ethyl Sulfide. Giannakoudakis, D.A.; Pauletto, P.S.; Florent, M.; Bandosz, T.J., RSC Applied Interfaces, 2 (2025) 1275-1287. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5LF00142K
8. Secondary Waste to Highly Efficient Nanoporous Carbon: The Role of Acidic Minerals in Diesel Fuel Desulfurization. Eleni D Salonikidou, Dimitrios A Giannakoudakis, Jovana Prekodravac, Spyros Kiartzis, Evanthia Nanaki, Mariusz Barczak, Fotiadis Kyriakos, Penelope Baltzopoulou, Georgios Karagiannakis, Teresa J Bandosz, Konstantinos S Triantafyllidis. Carbos 240 (2025) 120347. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120347
9. Insight into the effect of electrolyte ions docked in subnanopores of metal-free carbon cathode on the ORR activity. M. Florent, R. Dupuis, K. Ioannidou, R. J.M. Pellenq, T. J. Bandosz. Carbon 239 (2025) 120324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120324
10. Exploring the potential use of odor-control waste carbon as a sustainable fertilizer. P. S. Pauletto, M. Florent, T.J. Bandosz, Chemosphere 378 (2025) 144372. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2025.144372
11. Surface-modified nanoporous carbon textiles as effective and convenient diclofenac adsorbents: Experimental and theoretical insights. M. Barczak, K. Kowalska, P. Borowski, D.A. Giannakoudakis, K. Terpilowski, M. Florent, T. J. Bandosz. Chem. Eng. J. 506 (2025) 159803. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.159803
12. Impact of humidity on the adsorption and decomposition of mustard gas simulant on heteroatom-modified nanoporous carbon textiles. D. A. Giannakoudakis , P.S. Pauletto, M. Florent, T. J. Bandosz. J. Haz. Mater. 487 (2025) 137155. 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.137155 .
13. The role of carbon textile surface functionalities in reactive adsorption of vapor and liquid 2‐chloroethyl ethyl sulfide: Evaluating interactions at the interface. Paola Pauletto, D. Giannakoudakis, M. Florent, T. J. Bandosz. Carbon 230 (2024)119673.. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2024.119673
14. Combined Effect of Oxygen Vacancies and Mesopore Sizes in ZnO/SiO₂ Adsorbents on Boosting the H₂S Removal Efficiency in Moist Conditions. C. Yang, Z. Liu, Z. Su, Y.Wang, M. Liang, H. Fan, T.J. Bandosz. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202409214.
15. Metalorganic Polyhedra Polyoxometalate Hybrid Salts for Tandem Photooxidative-Hydrolytic Pesticide Detoxification. C. Perona-Bermejo, R. Vismara, N. M. Padial, N.Almora-Barrios, C. R. Maldonado, T. J. Bandosz, P.Garrido-Barros, F. J. Carmona, J. A. R. Navarro.  Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 2405785. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202405785.
16. Transient chemical and structural changes in graphene oxide during ripening. H. Otsuka , K. Urita. A .N. Honma , T. Kimuro , Y. Amako , R.  Kukobat, T. Bandosz, J. Ukai, I. Moriguchi, K. kaneko.  NCOMMS-23-20205C, Nature Communications | (2024)15:1708. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46083-4
17. Testing of black-carrots-derived fluorescence imaging and anti-metastatic potential. M. Algarra, C. Carrillo, M. D Nešić, J. Filipović Tričković, J. Žakula, L Korićanac, J. Jiménez-Jiménez, E. Rodriguez-Castellón, T. J Bandosz, M.Petković, J. Soto. J. Molecular Structure 1300 (2024) 137245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.137245.
18. Doping of porous carbons with sulfur and nitrogen markedly enhances their surface activity for formaldehyde removal. N. Unglaube, M. Florent, T. Otto, M.  Stotzer, J. Grothe, S. Kaskel, T. J. Bandosz.  J. Colloid Interf.  Sci. 653 (2024) 594-605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2023.09.099.
19. Regulating the spatial arrangement of CuO and MgO within activated carbon matrix to maximize their room temperature H₂S removal. C. Yang, Z. Liu, Z. Su, Y. Wang, Y.Feng, Ji. Luo, M. Liang, H. Fan, T. J Bandosz.  J. Colloid Interf. Sci. 661 (2024) 897-907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2024.01.216.
20. Zirconium-metal–organic framework@activated carbon composites for prevention of secondary emission of nerve agent. C. Perona, E. Borrego-Marin, P. Delgado, R. Vismara, C. R. Maldonado, E.Barea, T.J Bandosz, J. A. R. Navarro. J. Mater. Chem. A 12 (2024) 1772-1778. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TA06108F.
21. Valorization of spent vetiver roots for biochar generation. S. Neve, D. Sarkar, M. Warke, T. Bandosz, R. Datta.  Molecules 29 (2024) 63. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29010063..
22. Sulfur-Tuned Advanced Carbons (STACs) of novel properties and scalable productivity. M. Barczak, M. Florent, S. Bhalekar, K. Kaneko, R. J. Messinger, T. J. Bandosz, Adv.^.. Funct. Mater. 34, 2310398 (2024). DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202310398.

IV. Patents:
1. Activated Carbons Molecularly Engineered
  J.A. Schwarz, K. Putyera, J. Jagiello, and T. J. Bandosz.U.S. Patent 5,385,876 (1995).
2. Microporous Carbons for Fuel Gas Storage
  J.A. Schwarz, K. Putyera, J. Jagiello, and T. J. Bandosz. U.S. Patent 5,614,460 (1997).
3. Composite Microporous Carbons for Fuel gas Storage
  J.A. Schwarz, K. Putyera, T. J. Bandosz, J. Jagiello and K.A. Amankwah. U.S. Patent 5,837,741 (1998).
4. Preparation of adsorbents from organic fertilizer and mineral oil and their application for removal of acidic gases from sulfur containing wet gas streams,
  T.J. Bandosz, A. Bagreev,  D. Locke. US Patent 6,962,616 (2005)
6. Preparation of MOF/Graphene composites and their application for toxic gases removal
  T.J. Bandosz and C. Petit. US patent 8,633,331 (2014)
7. Compositions comprising zirconium hydroxide and Graphite oxide and methods for use
  T.J. Bandosz, M. Seredych, Ch. Karwacki. G. Peterson. US patent 8,658,555 (2014)
8. Catalytic adsorbents obtained from municipal sludges, industrial sludges, compost and tobacco waste and process for their production.
  T.J. Bandosz. US  Patent 9808761B2 (2016)
9. Barium-containing nanoparticles as a detoxification agent
  T.J. Bandosz, D. Ginnakoudakis, S. O'Brian, F. Paersal.
  US patent filed on June 21, 2019; APPL# 62/864,772.

H Index  98  Scopus ( 106 Google Scholar)

Fulbright Senior Scholar
American Carbon Society Fellow

Fellow of the International Adsorption Society

Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Graffin Lecturer in Carbon Science and Technology; The American Carbon Society  Award
Invited  by Japanese Carbon Society as Plenary Speaker at Carbon 2020, Kyoto, Japan.
Plenary Speaker at Carbon for Energy and Environmental Applications, Alicante, Spain, Oct. 2019. Appointed to the Expert Panel of the Research Foundation Flanders ( 2019-2021)
Appointed to National Academies Committee on Examination of the Disposal of Activated Carbon from the Heating, Ventilation and Air Condition Systems at Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities (May 2008- May 2009).
Visiting Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Australia; Fall 2006
Guest Professor/ Sky Scholar, Dalian University of Technology, China 2006-2009.
Visiting Professor, University of Orleans, France, Fall 2009.
Visiting Professor, University of Malaga, Spain,  Fall 2013.
Visiting Professor, Shinshu University, Japan, Spring-Summer 2014
Visiting Professor, University of Adelaide, Australia, winter 2014.
Invited speaker to 1st International Symposium on Chemistry of Energy Conversion and Storage (Germany; February 2001).
Plenary speaker 9Th International Symposium on Particle Size Analysis, Environmental Protection and Powder Technology, Balatonfured, Hungary September 5-7, 2004.
Plenary speaker at 2-nd South American Conference of Adsorbents and Adsorption. San Luis, Argentina, February 20-23, 2013.
Plenary speaker at 4th World Colloid Conference: Surface design and Engineering. Madrid Spain, June 15-18, 2014;
Plenary speaker at III Workshop on Adsorption Catalysis and Porous Materials, August 29-31 2016, Bogota, Colombia.
Invited speaker, Graphchina 2016, Qingadao, China Sept. 2016. Moderator at USA-China Forum.
Plenary speaker at TLMC=2, Termas de Chile, Chile Nov 14-Nov 19, 2016
Plenary speaker  at  IX ( 2016 ) and X (2018)  International  Symposium of Physics and Chemistry of Carbon and Nanoenergetic Materials, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Keynote speaker at Carbon 2018, Madrid, Spain, July 2, 2018.
Keynote speaker at 3rd Ibero-American Congress on Adsorption, Gijon, Spain, Sept. 3, 2018
Invited Keynote speaker at XVII meeting of Brazilian Materials Research Society, Natal, Brazil, Sept 18, 2018
Excellence in Review Award; Environmental Science and Technology, 2005
Excellence in Review Award; Carbon, 2008
Excellence in Review Award; Carbon, 2012
Excellence in Review Award; Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2012.

Editor: Journal of Colloids and Interface Science (2014-present)

Editorial Board Member: Adsorption Science and Technology (2005-present); Chemical Engineering Journal (2017-present); Applied Surface Science (2014- present); Carbon (2014- present); Adsorption (2013-present); Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2008-2010)’ C (2015-present); Eurasian  Chemical Technological Journal

Ad hoc and Panel Reviewer for Federal and International Agencies: National Science Foundation, The American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund,  National Center of Science and Technology (Kazakhstan), Czech National Foundation, Polish Science Foundation;  European Research Council; Flounder Research Foundation; Australian Research Council; CNRF (France); US Army Research Office, DTRA, DoE, European Science Council, European Science Council

Ph.D. Theses Reviewer: The University of Queensland, Australia; Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada; University of Malaga, Spain; India Institute of Technology

Host of  international students and scholars from: Australia, Spain, India, Poland, Argentina,  Colombia, Brazil, Greece,  Finland, Denmark, China, France, Italy, Mexico, Kazakhstan

Reviewer for International peer-reviewed Journals: Nature, Science, Nature Materials. Advanced Science, Scientific  Reports, Nature Nanotechnology, Adgewandte Chemie, Journal of American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials,  Advanced Materials Interfaces, ChemSusChem, Chemistry of Materials, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Applied Catalysis A,  Analytical Chemistry,  ACS Catalysis,  ACS Applied Materials  Interfaces, ACS Applied Bio Materials, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Environmental Science and Technology, Carbon, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Journal of Chromatography A, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Langmuir, ChemPhysChem, Catalysis Today, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Chemosphere, Green Chemistry, Fuel, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Chemical Engineering Journal, , Journal of Chromatography B, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, Fuel Processing Technology, Energy and Fuel, Materials Chemistry and Physics, Colloids and Surfaces A, Industrial and Chemical Engineering Research, Applied Surface Science, Adsorption, Water Research

Service to  CCNY and CUNY
1.    On the CUNY Intellectual Property Transfer Committee (since 2005-2010)
2.    On the Chemistry Department Executive Committee (since 2007-2014)
3.    On the Core Facility Committee (2008)
4.    On the CCNY Laboratory Safety Committee
5.    Chemistry Department Deputy Chair (2011-2014)
6.    CCNY Department of Chemistry Executive Committee (2008-2014)
7.    On the CUNY Doctoral Program Executive Committee (2011-2014)
8.    Chemistry Department representative to  School of Engineering

"Carbon lab  " seen by an artist ( LIGO project). Carbon drawings by Marie Roberts