Staff

Bio

Dipak joined the Micron School of Material Science and Engineering at Boise State University
in September 2022 as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, where he is currently working in the
Quantum DNA Research Group as part of the Theory and Simulation Team with Associate
Professor Lan Li. Before joining BSU, he earned a Ph.D degree in Chemistry from the
University of Nevada, Reno, where his research was focused on the designation of transition
metal-exchanged zeolites and actinide species for the small molecule activation (N₂, H₂O, H₂,
and CH₄).

Education

• Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno (2022)
• M.Sc. in Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, Nepal (2015)

Publications

• K. Dandu, O. Adeyiga, D Panthi, S.A. Bird, and S. O. Odoh. Performance of density functional theory for describing hetero‐metallic active‐site motifs for methane‐to‐methanol conversion in metal‐exchanged zeolites. Journal of Computational Chemistry, 2018, 39, 2667.
• Panthi, O. Adeyiga, N.K. Dandu, and S. O. Odoh. Nitrogen reduction by multimetallic trans-uranium actinide Complexes: A theoretical comparison of Np and Pu to U. Inorganic Chemistry, 2019, 58, 6731.
• Adeyiga^#, D. Panthi^#, O. Suleiman^#, D. Stetler, R.W. Long, and S. O. Odoh. Activating water and hydrogen by ligand-modified uranium and neptunium complexes: A density functional theory study. Inorganic Chemistry, 2020, 59, 3102. (^# equal first author)
• Adeyiga^#, D. Panthi^#, and S.O. Odoh. Heterometallic [Cu-O-M]²⁺active sites for methane C-H activation in zeolites: stability, reactivity, formation mechanism, and relationship to other active sites. Catalysis Science & Technology, 2021, 11, 5671. (^# equal first author)
• Curtis, D. Panthi, and S.O. Odoh. Time-dependent density functional theory study of copper (II) oxo active sites for methane-to-methanol conversion in zeolites. Inorganic Chemistry, 2021, 60, 1149.
• Suleiman^#, D. Panthi^#, O. Adeyiga^#, and S.O. Odoh. Methane C–H Activation by [Cu₂O]²⁺ and [Cu₃O₃]²⁺ in copper-exchanged zeolites: Computational analysis of redox chemistry and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Inorganic Chemistry, 2021, 60, 6218. (^# equal first author)
• Suleiman, O. Adeyiga, D. Panthi, and S.O. Odoh. Copper-oxo active sites in the 8MR of zeolite mordenite: DFT investigation of the impact of acid sites on methanol yield and selectivity. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021 125, 6684.
• Panthi, O. Adeyiga, and S.O. Odoh. DFT Analysis of methane C-H activation and over-oxidation by [Cu₂O₂]²⁺ Sites in zeolite mordenite: Intra- versus inter-site over-oxidation. ChemPhyChem, 2021, 22, 2494. Cover Article.

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