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Odia, the language of Odisha (on the eastern coast of India), has a deep, ancient connection with nature. Like many classical Indian traditions, the Odia calendar divides the year into six seasons (known as Rutu or Ritu ), each lasting approximately two months. This system is based on the lunar calendar and the solstices, differing slightly from the four-season Western model.
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Principal Investigator, Professor of Chemistry
Panče Naumov leads the Smart Materials Lab and the Center for Smart Engineering Materials at NYUAD. His group is internationally recognized for pioneering crystal adaptronics and advancing adaptive molecular solids, with applications in sensing, robotics, optics, and energy systems.
Meet the TeamOdia, the language of Odisha (on the eastern coast of India), has a deep, ancient connection with nature. Like many classical Indian traditions, the Odia calendar divides the year into six seasons (known as Rutu or Ritu ), each lasting approximately two months. This system is based on the lunar calendar and the solstices, differing slightly from the four-season Western model.
We are proud that the Smart Materials Lab is the leading team in impactful chemistry research in the United Arab Emirates, with research output that, according to the Nature Index, accounts for 40‒60% of the total chemistry publications within the country, both in fractional count and weighed fractional count. The past and current research projects in the Smart Materials Lab have been sponsored by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC), Human Science Frontier Program Organization (HFSPO), and the UAE National Research Foundation (NRF), in addition to generous financial support from NYUAD and the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute. The members of the Smart Materials Lab work closely with NYUAD's Center for Smart Engineering Materials (CSEM).