Djire recognized among nation’s top emerging scientific leaders
Texas A&M’s Dr. Abdoulaye Djire has been recognized as a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow, securing support for the next two years of innovative research.
Dr. Abdoulaye Djire’s research is shaping new design principles for electrochemical synthesis and separations, with far-reaching impact on sustainable chemical manufacturing and next-generation energy storage.
Dr. Abdoulaye Djire, chemical engineering professor at Texas A&M University, has been named a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow. The annual distinction represents the most promising scientific researchers working today. Their achievements and potential place them among the next generation of scientific leaders in the United States and Canada.
“Being selected for a Sloan Research Fellowship is deeply meaningful to me,” Djire said. “The fellowship recognizes not only past accomplishments, but the originality and future potential for visionary research. It is especially rewarding because it affirms the risk I took in establishing multiple independent research directions.”
The fellowship will support Djire’s work in nitride MXenes and operando spectroelectrochemistry with $75,000 over a two-year span.
He aims to establish new design principles for electrochemical synthesis and separations, with implications for sustainable chemical manufacturing and energy storage.
“We will expand the synthesis of new nitride MXenes and develop operando spectroelectrochemical tools to directly observe how nonmetal lattice atoms, such as nitrogen, actively participate in electrochemical transformations,” Djire said. “It positions us to lead a new direction in materials electrochemistry.”
According to Djire, the additional funding will enhance his research group’s visibility and enable them to attract outstanding students, postdoctoral scholars and collaborators.
53 past fellows have gone on to receive Nobel Prizes. Others have shaped entire disciplines by becoming members of national academies and receiving major federal awards.
“The fellowship provides both validation and freedom,” Djire said. “The flexible funding allows us to pursue ambitious, foundational questions that can redefine how we think about electrochemical materials.”
Professors are nominated for the fellowship by senior faculty and evaluated by a panel of leading experts.
“Knowing that respected peers in the scientific community believe in the long-term trajectory of my work is particularly meaningful,” Djire said.
