Yury Gogotsi talks about his scientific discovery-driven odyssey from Ukraine to America via Western Europe and Japan. Dr. Yury shares the importance of persistence for achievement and explores how his discovery, of MXenes, can play a role in solving some of the biggest problems of the future related to energy, environment, and health.

Yury Gogotsi is the Charles T. and Ruth M. Bach Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University. He also serves as Director of the A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute. In Stanford’s list of top 2% researchers in the world across all scientific disciplines, Yury Gogotsi was ranked #53 in 2019 among all living and deceased scientists. Dr. Yury was a part of the team that discovered a new family of 2D carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides of transition metals (MXenes). His work on carbon and carbide nanomaterials with tunable structure and porosity had a major impact on the field of capacitive energy storage. Professor Gogotsi has received three honorary doctorates and numerous awards for his research. He has co-authored two books, more than 700 papers in peer-reviewed journals, and edited 14 books. He has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher in Chemistry and Materials Science, and as a Citations Laureate by Clarivate Analytics. Professor Yury Gogotsi is the Charles T. and Ruth M. Bach Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University. He also serves as Director of the A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute. In Stanford’s list of top 2% researchers in the world across all scientific disciplines, Yury Gogotsi was ranked #53 in 2019 among all living and deceased scientists. Dr. Yury was a part of the team that discovered a new family of 2D carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides of transition metals (MXenes). His work on carbon and carbide nanomaterials with tunable structure and porosity had a major impact on the field of capacitive energy storage. Professor Gogotsi has received three honorary doctorates and numerous awards for his research. He has co-authored two books, more than 700 papers in peer-reviewed journals, and edited 14 books. He has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher in Chemistry and Materials Science, and as a Citations Laureate by Clarivate Analytics. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx