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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society For enabling discoveries in the syntheses of functional porous materials.
  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1990 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Joseph T. Hupp is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with significant contributions in the subfields of Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Joseph T. Hupp has contributed to various research papers, some of which have attracted a notable number of citations. Key recent publications include:

  • Metal-organic framework (MOF) materials as polymerization catalysts: a review and recent advances, 2020, Chemical Communications
  • Zirconium-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks for the Catalytic Hydrolysis of Organophosphorus Nerve Agents, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Node-Accessible Zirconium MOFs, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Charge Transport in Zirconium-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks, 2020, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Structural Diversity of Zirconium Metal-Organic Frameworks and Effect on Adsorption of Toxic Chemicals, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Their frequent coauthors include Omar K. Farha, Subhadip Goswami, Jian Liu, Jiaxin Duan, and Timur İslamoğlu.

Joseph T. Hupp has published extensively in several venues with the most frequent being The Cambridge Structural Database, followed by the Journal of the American Chemical Society, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Chemistry of Materials, and Langmuir.

The scientist has received several fellowships throughout their career, including:

  • Fellow of the Materials Research Society (2016) for enabling discoveries in the syntheses of functional porous materials
  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2015)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2011)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1990)

Best Publications

  • Metal–organic framework materials as catalysts

    JeongYong Lee;Omar K. Farha;John T. Roberts;Karl A. Scheidt

  • Metal–Organic Framework Materials as Chemical Sensors

    Lauren E. Kreno;Kirsty Leong;Omar K. Farha;Mark Allendorf

  • 2D Homologous Perovskites as Light-Absorbing Materials for Solar Cell Applications

    Duyen H. Cao;Constantinos C. Stoumpos;Omar K. Farha;Omar K. Farha;Joseph T. Hupp

  • Metal-organic framework materials with ultrahigh surface areas: is the sky the limit?

    Omar K. Farha;Ibrahim Eryazici;Nak Cheon Jeong;Nak Cheon Jeong;Brad G. Hauser

  • Ruddlesden-Popper Hybrid Lead Iodide Perovskite 2D Homologous Semiconductors

    Constantinos C. Stoumpos;Duyen H. Cao;Daniel J. Clark;Joshua Young;Joshua Young

  • Chemical, thermal and mechanical stabilities of metal–organic frameworks

    Ashlee J. Howarth;Yangyang Liu;Peng Li;Zhanyong Li

  • Imparting functionality to a metal–organic framework material by controlled nanoparticle encapsulation

    Guang Lu;Shaozhou Li;Zhen Guo;Omar K. Farha

  • De novo synthesis of a metal–organic framework material featuring ultrahigh surface area and gas storage capacities

    Omar K. Farha;A. Özgür Yazaydın;Ibrahim Eryazici;Christos D. Malliakas

  • A facile synthesis of UiO-66, UiO-67 and their derivatives

    Michael J. Katz;Zachary J. Brown;Yamil J. Colón;Paul W. Siu

  • Rational Design, Synthesis, Purification, and Activation of Metal-Organic Framework Materials

    Omar K. Farha;Joseph T. Hupp

  • Large-scale screening of hypothetical metal-organic frameworks

    Christopher E. Wilmer;Michael Leaf;Chang Yeon Lee;Omar K. Farha

  • Gold Nanoparticle-Based Sensing of “Spectroscopically Silent” Heavy Metal Ions

    Youngjin Kim;Robert C. Johnson;Joseph T. Hupp

  • Metal−Organic Frameworks as Sensors: A ZIF-8 Based Fabry−Pérot Device as a Selective Sensor for Chemical Vapors and Gases

    Guang Lu;Joseph T. Hupp

  • Methane Storage in Metal–Organic Frameworks: Current Records, Surprise Findings, and Challenges

    Yang Peng;Vaiva Krungleviciute;Vaiva Krungleviciute;Ibrahim Eryazici;Joseph T. Hupp

  • Vapor-Phase Metalation by Atomic Layer Deposition in a Metal–Organic Framework

    Joseph E. Mondloch;Wojciech Bury;Wojciech Bury;David Fairen-Jimenez;David Fairen-Jimenez;Stephanie Kwon

  • Destruction of chemical warfare agents using metal–organic frameworks

    Joseph E. Mondloch;Michael J. Katz;William C. Isley;Pritha Ghosh

  • ZnO Nanotube Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

    Alex B.F. Martinson;Jeffrey W. Elam;Joseph T. Hupp;Michael J. Pellin

  • Porous organic polymers in catalysis: Opportunities and challenges

    Parminder Kaur;Joseph T. Hupp;Joseph T. Hupp;SonBinh T. Nguyen;SonBinh T. Nguyen

  • Beyond post-synthesis modification: evolution of metal–organic frameworks via building block replacement

    Pravas Deria;Joseph E. Mondloch;Olga Karagiaridi;Wojciech Bury;Wojciech Bury

  • A metal–organic framework material that functions as an enantioselective catalyst for olefin epoxidation

    So Hye Cho;Baoqing Ma;Son Binh T. Nguyen;Joseph T. Hupp

  • Advancing beyond current generation dye-sensitized solar cells

    Thomas W. Hamann;Thomas W. Hamann;Rebecca A. Jensen;Alex B. F. Martinson;Hal Van Ryswyk;Hal Van Ryswyk

Frequent Co-Authors

Omar K. Farha
Omar K. Farha Northwestern University
SonBinh T. Nguyen
SonBinh T. Nguyen Northwestern University
Randall Q. Snurr
Randall Q. Snurr Northwestern University
Alex B. F. Martinson
Alex B. F. Martinson Argonne National Laboratory
Michael J. Pellin
Michael J. Pellin Argonne National Laboratory
Amy A. Sarjeant
Amy A. Sarjeant Bristol Myers Squibb
Christopher J. Cramer
Christopher J. Cramer UL Research Institutes
Charlotte L. Stern
Charlotte L. Stern Northwestern University
J. Fraser Stoddart
J. Fraser Stoddart Northwestern University
Karena W. Chapman
Karena W. Chapman Stony Brook University

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