Placidus Amama

Amama earned a Ph.D. in environmental engineering from Yokohama National University in Japan, followed by postdoctoral research at Yale and Purdue universities. Before joining the faculty at K-State, he was a research scientist at University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI). His research focuses on heterogeneous catalysis, controlled synthesis and engineering of nanomaterials, energy storage, and environmental remediation.