Michel W Barsoum

Prof. Michel W. Barsoum is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University. He is an internationally recognized leader in the area of MAX phases and the 2D solids MXenes, which are derived from the MAX phases. Most recently he discovered a new universal mechanism - ripplocation - in the deformation of layered solids. With over 500 refereed publications and a Google h-index of 130, his work has been cited almost 100,000 times to date. Professor Barsoum has been listed as a Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers since 2018. In 2020, according to a recent Stanford University study, he had the highest c-index (combines citations and h-index) in the Materials Science subfield. In a recent listing of the world's highest cited researchers in the Materials Science field, he was ranked 209 in the world and 95 in the USA. Professor Barsoum is a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Society of Engineering Sciences and Fellow of both the American Ceramic Society and the World Academy of Ceramics. He is the author of MAX Phases: Properties of Machinable Carbides and Nitrides and Fundamentals of Ceramics, a leading textbook in the field. In 2020, he was awarded the International Ceramics Prize for basic science by the World Academy of Ceramics. This prize is awarded quadrennially and is one of the highest in his field. The prize was awarded for outstanding contribution in opening new horizons in material research and specifically for your pioneering work in MAX phases and their derivatives.