John Ferraris

National Research Council Postdoctoral Associate
NBS - 1975

Ph.D. - Organic Chemistry
Johns Hopkins University - 1974

M.A. - Organic Chemistry
Johns Hopkins University - 1971

B.A. - Chemistry
St. Michael's College - 1969

Matrimid/MOP-18 Derived Composite Material for High-Energy Aqueous Hybrid Supercapacitor (HSC) Electrodes 2024 - Journal Article

MOP−18−Derived CuO Fiber for Hybrid Supercapacitor Electrodes 2024 - Journal Article

Carbon–Carbon Composite Membranes Derived from Small-Molecule-Compatibilized Immiscible PBI/6FDA-DAM-DABA Polymer Blends 2024 - Journal Article

Carbon fiber composite electrodes derived from metal organic polyhedra-18 and matrimid for hybrid supercapacitors 2024 - Journal Article

Poultry litter-derived biochar for supercapacitor applications 2024 - Journal Article

Vanadium nitride-vanadium oxide-carbon nanofiber hybrids for high performance supercapacitors 2024 - Journal Article

(Nanocarbons Division Poster Award, 1st Place) Nd2O3 Templated Carbon Nanostructures for Energy Storage 2024 - Journal Article

Effect of the annealing temperature of polybenzimidazole membranes in high pressure and high temperature H2/CO2 gas separations 2023 - Journal Article

W.T. Doherty Award - American Chemical Society [2001]

Cecil H. and Ida Green Chair
University of Texas at Dallas [2006–2009]

Interim Dean
University of Texas at Dallas [2003–2006]

Department Head
University of Texas at Dallas [1995–2017]

Professor
University of Texas at Dallas [1992–Present]

Acting Program Head
University of Texas at Dallas [1983–1984]

Associate Professor
University of Texas at Dallas [1980–1992]

Navy/ASEE Summer Faculty Research Associate
Naval Research Laboratories [1979–1979]

Assistant Professor
University of Texas at Dallas [1975–1980]

Chemist
National Bureau of Standards [1973–1975]

Awards and Fellowships

• Wilfred T. Doherty Award (DFW-ACS, 2001)
  
• Navy/ASEE Summer Faculty Research Fellowship (NRL) (1979)
  
• National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship (1973-75)
  
• National Defense Education Act Fellowship (1971 -73)
  
• Johns Hopkins University Chemistry Department Fellowship (1971 -73)
  
• U. S. Air Force Scholarship (1967-69)
  
• St. Michael's College Scholarship (1965-67)
  
• Sealtest Foods Scholarship (1965-67)
  

Memberships in Scientific Societies

• American Chemical Society
  
• Electrochemical Society
  
• Materials Research Society
  
• North American Membranes Society
  

Patents/Applications

• Low Bandgap Polymers from Fused Heteroaromatic Monomers, Ferraris, J. P., Lambert, T. L. and Rodriguez, S., U.S. Patent No. 5,274,058, Dec. 28, 1993.
• Fused Heteroaromatic Monomers for Preparing Low Bandgap Polymers, Ferraris, J. P., Lambert, T. L. and Rodriguez U.S. Patent No. 5,315,014, May 24, 1994.
• Low bandgap polymers from fused dithiophene diester Ferraris, J. P., Lambert, T. L. and Rodriguez, S., U.S. Patent No. 5,510,438, Apr. 23, 1996
• Electrochemical Supercapacitors, A. J. Rudge, J. P. Ferraris and S. Gottesfeld, U.S. Patent No. 5,527,640, June l8, 1996
  Production of substituted polyphenylenevinylenes by polymerization of ot,ot'-dihalo-p-xylenes in the presence of anionic catalysts. , J. P. Ferraris and C. J. Neef, U.S. Patent No. 6,426,399 July 30, 2002
• Method of Creating Color-Changing Displays, J. P. Ferraris, T. Dam and D. Meeker, U.S. Patent No. 6,501,587 December 31, 2002
• Method of Creating Color-Changing Displays, J. P. Ferraris, T. Dam and D. Meeker, U.S. Patent No. 6,598,966 July 29, 2003
• Light-emitting block copolymers composition, process and use. Ferraris, John P.; Gutierrez, Jose J. U.S. Patent No. 7,135,241 Nov 1,2006 22 pp.
• Polymer-free carbon nanotube assemblies (fibers, ropes, ribbons, films), R. H. Baughman, M. Kozlov, V. H. Ebron, R. Capps and J. P. Ferraris, PCT Int. Appl. WO 2006137893 A2, 80 pp(2006)
• Electrospinning of polymer and mesoporous composite fibers Balkus, Kenneth J.; Ferraris, John P.; Madhugiri, Sudha. U.S. Pat. Appl. Publ. 2003 17 pp.
• Tunable blue lasers from alloys based on organic distyryl benzene single crystals. Wu, Chenchun; Delong, Matthew C.; Vardeny, Valy Z.; Ferraris, John. PCT Int. Appl. 2003 25 pp.
• Electrospun mesoporous molecular sieve fibers, fiber and fiber network, and electrospinning apparatus, Balkus, Kenneth J., Jr.; Ferraris, John P.; Madhugiri, Sudha; Scott, Ashley S. U.S. Pat. Appl. Publ. 2004 2l pp. ALLOWED
• Polymer electrolyte and fuel cell using the same, H-K. Kim, K. J. Balkus, H. Chang, J. P. Feiraris, D. J. Yang,Z. Yang, U.S. Pat. Appl. Publ. 2006, ll pp.
  
   

U. T. Dallas Nanotechnology Scientists Win Research Grants Worth $500,000

Nanotechnology scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) have won two federal research grants totaling more than $500,000, the university announced today. The largest of the awards is a three-year, $460,000 grant from the United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research to three members of the UTD faculty to produce prototypes of photocells from polymer nanofibers and carbon nanotubes. The co-principal investigators on the grant are Dr. Anvar A. Zakhidov, professor of physics and associate director of the UTD NanoTech Institute, Dr. John P. Ferraris, professor of chemistry and head of the Department of Chemistry, and Dr. Kenneth J. Balkus, Jr., professor of chemistry. The goal of the research is the creation of low-cost, ultra-lightweight, deployable solar cell arrays that could be used to generate electric power for spacecraft, among other applications.

Dr. John Ferraris, Head of UTD s Chemistry Department, Wins Prestigious W. T. Doherty Recognition Award

Dr. John P. Ferraris, head of the Chemistry Department at The University of Texas at Dallas, has been named this year’s winner of the W. T. Doherty Award by the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The award will be formally presented at a dinner meeting of the section in September at which Ferraris will deliver a technical lecture. The award, which includes an honorarium of $1,000, recognizes significant achievement in research, teaching and service – in Ferraris’ case, his work in the field of conducting polymers for energy storage, light emission, electrochromism and membrane separations. The award was established by the local section of the ACS to honor the memory of Wilfred Thomas “Doc” Doherty, one of the founding trustees and later president of the Robert A. Welch Foundation, a Texas-based philanthropic organization that supports chemical research. The first award was given in 1972, the year after Doherty’s death.

Dr. John Ferraris Appointed Interim Dean of UTD's School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

RICHARDSON, Texas (Aug. 28, 2003) - Dr. John Ferraris, head of the chemistry department and a longtime faculty member at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), has been appointed interim dean of UTD's School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (NS&M) while the university conducts a nationwide search for a replacement for Dr. Richard Caldwell, who resigned the deanship at the end of the 2002-2003 academic year after holding the position for the past six years and for four years in the 1980's.

Ferraris emphasized that he would oversee the operation of NS&M only until a replacement for Caldwell was hired and said he would not be a candidate for the permanent position. The 62-year-old Caldwell, who joined UTD in 1971, will remain at the university in a teaching capacity and will perform research and work on special projects.

Dr. John Ferraris Appointed Interim Dean of UTD's School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

RICHARDSON, Texas (Aug. 28, 2003) - Dr. John Ferraris, head of the chemistry department and a longtime faculty member at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), has been appointed interim dean of UTD's School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (NS&M) while the university conducts a nationwide search for a replacement for Dr. Richard Caldwell, who resigned the deanship at the end of the 2002-2003 academic year after holding the position for the past six years and for four years in the 1980's.

Ferraris emphasized that he would oversee the operation of NS&M only until a replacement for Caldwell was hired and said he would not be a candidate for the permanent position. The 62-year-old Caldwell, who joined UTD in 1971, will remain at the university in a teaching capacity and will perform research and work on special projects.

Dr. John Ferraris Recognized for 30 Years of Service to UTD

Dr. John P. Ferraris, interim dean for the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, was recognized for his 30th anniversary of service to UTD at the 19th Annual Service Awards Ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 17.

Dr. Ferraris came to UTD in 1975 after a two-year appointment as a National Research Council (NRC) postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Washington, D.C. He has been chemistry department head since 1995, and has served as interim dean of the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics since 2003.

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