Group Leader "Switchable molecularly functionalized surfaces" / Field of Research "Explorative Projects"
Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM)
Permoserstr. 15 / 04318 Leipzig / Germany
+49 (0)341 235-3286
kirill.monakhov(at)iom-leipzig.de
Fields of Expertise
- Inorganic synthesis
- Molecular electronics and spintronics
- Molecule-based memories and neuromorphic computing
Scientific Career
- since 2018 Research Group Leader at the Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM)
- 2018 – 2021 Emmy Noether Junior Research Group Leader at the Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM)
- 2015 – 2018 Emmy Noether Junior Research Group Leader at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University
- 2014 Visiting scientist at the Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (Prof. A. Proust), Sorbonne University, France
- 2014 Visiting scientist in the High Field Magnet Laboratory (HFML), Radboud University, the Netherlands
- 2013 – 2015 PostDoc at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry (Prof. P. Kögerler), RWTH Aachen University
- 2011 Visiting scientist in the Quantum Chemistry Group (Prof. J.M. Poblet), Rovira i Virgili University, Spain
- 2010 – 2012 PostDoc in the Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination (Prof. P. Braunstein), University of Strasbourg, France
- 2010 Visiting scientist in the Division of Theoretical Chemistry (Prof. F.M. Bickelhaupt), VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- 2010 PhD in Chemistry (Prof. G. Linti, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Heidelberg University)
Selected Publications
- M. Moors, J. Warneke, X. López, C. de Graaf, B. Abel, K.Y. Monakhov. Insights from adsorption and electron modification studies of polyoxometalates on surfaces for molecular memory applications. Acc. Chem. Res. 2021, 54, 3377–3389. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00311
- M. Stuckart, K.Y. Monakhov. Polyoxometalates as components of supramolecular assemblies. Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 4364–4376. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9SC00979E
- O. Linnenberg, M. Moors, A. Notario-Estévez, X. López, C. de Graaf, S. Peter, C. Bäumer, R. Waser, K.Y. Monakhov. Addressing multiple resistive states of polyoxovanadates: Conductivity as a function of individual molecular redox states. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 16635–16640. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b08780
Further Activities
- Mentor in the mentoring program of the International Younger Chemists Network (IYCN), 2023
- Guest Editor of Frontiers in Chemistry for the Research Topic "Nanoscale Imaging of Coordination Compounds and Their Assemblies", 2019
Memberships
- Since 2020 member of the international research network "IRN-POM Smart Molecular Oxides". www.irn-pom.uvsq.fr
- Since 2014 member of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) and the Wöhler Association for Inorganic Chemistry
Awards
- Nomination and participation in the "Young European Talent" Project in Maastricht, 2017
- DFG Emmy Noether Fellowship, 2015
- The Academia Europaea Burgen Scholarship in recognition of excellent academic achievements, 2011
- DFG Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 2011
- Graduate Student Award to participate in the 59th Meeting of Nobel Laureates and Students in Lindau, 2009
- Graduate College 850 Scholarship, "Modeling of Molecular Properties", Heidelberg, 2007 - 2010