DrEric Gabilondo

Eric Gabilondo is a Lecturer and Assistant Professor of Sustainable/Environmental Chemistry at University College Dublin. He received his BSc from Kennesaw State University (Georgia, USA, 2016) and his Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from North Carolina State University (North Carolina, USA, 2023) studying under Professor Paul A. Maggard Jr. During his work with Paul, he synthesized the first salvo of Sn(II)-based perovskite oxides, using low-temperature ion-exchange methods to extract and replace lead from functional ferroelectric materials and reduce their toxicity while evolving new photocatalytic properties under visible light. He then pursued his postdoctoral research with Professor P. Shiv Halasyamani at the University of Houston (Texas, USA, 2024) in the crystal growth of new non-linear optical materials based on biodegradable anionic functional-groups. Now he studies the synthetic discovery of metastable materials using earth-abundant metal cations and eco-friendly anionic groups to promote next-generation material performance while simultaneously reducing both cost and global toxicity.