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Yogesh Surendranath is a Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research focuses on addressing global challenges in chemical catalysis, energy storage and utilization, and environmental stewardship. The Surendranath Lab emphasizes bottom-up, molecular-level engineering of functional inorganic interfaces with a current focus on electrochemical energy conversion. His work includes pioneering organic-inorganic hybrid interfaces, developing methods to modulate reactivity at solid-liquid interfaces, and creating multi-component catalysts for selective electroreduction of carbon dioxide. Surendranath promotes a combination of rigorous hypothesis-driven synthesis and physical characterization to optimize catalytic systems. Students and postdoctoral scholars in his lab gain expertise in synthesizing inorganic coordination compounds and employ various characterization tools, particularly emphasizing electrochemical techniques. He collaborates with the MIT Energy Initiative.