​Prof. Rodionov’s interests include catalytic micelles and nanoparticles, physical organic chemistry (reaction mechanisms, reactivity and kinetics), supramolecular chemistry and self-assembly, chemoinformatics and chemical ontologies.

• An Efficient and Stable Hydrophobic Molecular Cobalt Catalyst for Water Electro-oxidation at Neutral pH
  B.-T. Chen, N. Morlanés, E. Adogla, K. Takanabe, V.O. Rodionov
  ACS Catal., 6 (7), 4647-4652, (2016)
• Simultaneous Reduction of CO2 and Splitting of H2O by a Single Immobilized Cobalt Phthalocyanine Electrocatalyst
  N. Morlanés, K. Takanabe, V. Rodionov
  ACS Catal., 6 (5), 3092-3095, (2016)
• Cooperative Organocatalysis of Mukaiyama-Type Aldol Reactions by Thioureas and Nitro Compounds
  K. Bukhryakov, V. Desyatkin and V. Rodionov
  Chem. Commun., (2016)
• Ring opening metathesis polymerization of cyclopentene using a ruthenium catalyst confined by a branched polymer ar...
  C. Mugemana, K.V. Bukhryakov, O. Bertrand, K.B. Vu, J.-F. Gohy, N. Hadjichristidis, V.O. R...
  Polym. Chem. 2016, 7, 2923-2928, (2016)
• Amplification of Chirality through Self-Replication of Micellar Aggregates in Water
  K.V. Bukhryakov, S. Almahdali, V.O. Rodionov
  Langmuir, 31 (10), 2931-2935, (2015)
• Enzyme-inspired functional surfactant for aerobic oxidation of activated alcohols to aldehydes in water
  B.-T. Chen, K.V. Bukhryakov, R. Sougrat, V.O. Rodionov
  ACS Catal., 5 (2), 1313-1317, (2015)
• Nanocapsules with fluorous filling: a “molecular zipper” approach
  Z. Merican, C. Mugemana, S. Almahdali, B.K. Vu, J.-P. O’Shea, R. Sougrat, and V.Rodionov
  Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, volume 53, issue 2, pa..., (2015)
• Palladium N-Heterocyclic Carbene Precatalyst Site Isolated in the Core of a Star Polymer
  K. V. Bukhryakov, C. Mugemana, K. B. Vu, and V. O. Rodionov
  Org. Lett., 17 (19), 4826-4829, (2015)
• Perfluorinated cobalt phthalocyanine effectively catalyzes water electrooxidation
  N. Morlanés, K.S. Joya, K. Takanabe, V. Rodionov
  Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 49-52, (2015)
• Surface-bound ligands modulate chemoselectivity and activity of a bimetallic nanoparticle catalyst
  K.B. Vu, K.V. Bukhryakov, D.H. Anjum, V.O. Rodionov
  ACS Catal., 5 (4), 2529-2533, (2015) 

• PhD, The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, USA,  2008
• M.Sc., University of Maryland, College Par, USA , 2002
• B.Sc., Chemistry, Higher Chemical College of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia 1997-1999
• N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia 1996-1999,  
• N.S. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia 1997,
• Moscow Chemical Lyceum, Moscow, Russia 1994-1997

• 2010– present: Assistant  Professor of Chemical Sciences, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
• 2008– 2010: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA

• SSEP (Soros Foundation) Undergraduate Student Fellowship, 1997-1998
• ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Graduate Student Fellowship (sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim), 2005-2006

• KAUST Catalysis Center(KCC)
  
• Division of Physical Science and Engineering(PSE)