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Beni Bahadur Dangi

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
EMAIL
PHONE
850-599-8419
OFFICE
Chemistry

Office Hours

Science Research Center, room 120

About Me

Dr. Dangi was born and raised in the himalayan nation, Nepal. After receiving a Master's degree in chemistry, he moved to Nevada, where he received Ph. D. degree in physical chemistry developing mass spectrometric instrumentation. After a short postdoctoral work at university of Kentucky, Dr. Dangi moved to Hawaii for another postdoctoral research where he worked on gas phase and gas-surface chemistry relevant to hydrocarbon combustion and astrochemical environments. Dr. Dangi joined Department of chemistry at Florida A&M University as an assistant professor in the Fall of 2016, and was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2022.

In addition to teaching and research, Dr. Dangi is equally interested in professional and community services. Some of the examples include serving in the executive committee of the Florida section of the American Chemical Society, review committee of the Florida state high school teacher licensing, university faculty senate of FAMU, NASA proposal review team, and science, technology, and innovation committee of the Non-Resident Nepali Association of the U.S.A.

Areas of Interest

  • Astrochemistry
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Soccer
  • Community Service

Education

 
  • Ph.D. in Chemistry • 2011
    University of Nevada, Reno

Work History

  • Associate Professor • 2022 - Present
    Florida A&M University (FAMU), Tallahassee, FL
  • Assistant Professor • 2016 - 2022
    Florida A&M University (FAMU), Tallahassee, FL
  • Postdoctoral scholar • 2012-2016
    University of Hawaii at Manoa
  • Postdoctoral scientist • 2011-2012
    University of Kentucky 

Academic Accomplishments

Peer-reviewed Publications

  • Amrutha S. V.; Batista B. C.; Dangi, B.B.; Steinbock, O. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2025, 59, 26, 13286–13293
  • Dangi, D. B.; Dangi, B. B.; Steinbock, O. ACS Omega 2025. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.5c01150
  • Hadidi, R.; Pinckney, V. D.; Shaw, S. A.; Steinbock, O.; Dangi, B. B. J. Phys. Chem. B 2025, 129, 11, 3028-3040
  • Batista, B. C.; Amrutha S. V.; Yan, J.; Dangi, B. B.; Steinbock, O. Digital Discovery 2025, 4, 1030-1041. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4dd00333k
  • Ghoshal, S.; Carnegie, N.; Ezeakunne, C.; Dangi, B. B.; Kattel, S. Chem. Phys. Chem. 2025, 26, 7. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202401061
  • Dangi, B. B.; Cooper, M. A.; Carnegie, N.; Clark, J. J. Chem. Educ. 2025, 102, 2, 754-759
  • Agada, R.; Srinivasan S.; Obeidat, R; Montepeque P.; Graves, J.; Steinbock, O.; Dangi, B. B.; Yan, J. IEEE CCWC 2025, Las Vegas, paper #1571096433
  • Dangi, D. B.; Dangi, B. B.; Steinbock, O. arXiv 2025, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2412.10587
  • Batista, B. C.; Tekle, S. D.; Yan, J.; Dangi, B. B.; Steinbock, O. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2024, 121(27), e2405963121, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2405963121
  • Nakamura, T.; Dangi, B. B.; Wu, L.; Zhang Y.; Schoendorff, G.; Gordon, M. S.; Yang, D-S. J. Chem. Phys. 2023, 159(24), 244303 (1-11)
  • Lynn, M.; Ologunagba, D.; Dangi, B. B.; Kattel, S. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2023, 25, 5156-5163.
  • He, C.; Thomas, A. M.; Dangi, B. B.; Yang, T.; Kaiser, R. I.; Lee, H.-C.; Sun, B.-J.; Chang, A. H. H. J. Phys. Chem. A 2022, 126, 3347-3357.
  • Regmi, B. P.; Adhikari, P. L.; Dangi, B. B. Chemosensors 2021, 9(8), 194.
  • Dangi, B. B.; Dickerson, D. J. ACS Omega 2021, 6, 15, 10447–10453.
  • Dangi, B. B.; Kattel, S. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2020, 137248.
  • Dangi, B. B.; Dixon, J. M.; Alexander, S.; Noel, E. Res. J. Chem. Sci. 2020, 10(2), 32.

Awards

  • Effects of Gravity on Creeping Salts and Salt Mixtures: Developing Image-based and AI-enhanced Diagnostics for Determining Chemical Compositions National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), MUREP DEAP: PI, $1,500,000. 2023-2026.
  • Investigation of Heterogeneous Chemistry in Planetary and Exoplanetary Atmospheres. National Science Foundation, HBCU UP RIA: PI, $299,900. 2022-2025.
  • Partnership for Research and Education in Materials: Fueling Opportunities for Successful and TransformativE Retention of Chemistry Majors (PREM to FOSTER- Chem) in Graduate Programs. National Science Foundation: Collaborator, $600,000. 2021-2024.
  • Unravelling the Role of Catalytic Surfaces in Planetary Atmospheres. NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium: PI, $50,578. 2020-2022.
  • Get to Know FAMU Chemistry. NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium: PI, $900. 2020-2021.
  • Acquisition of a Dielectric Permittivity Measurement Systems up to 50GHz. US Department of Defense: Collaborator, $207,323. 2021-2022.
  • Development of Custom Built Reaction Dynamics Instrument. Florida A & M University, World Scholars Program: PI, $17,000. 2019.
  • A Laboratory for Understanding of Planetary and Exoplanetary Atmospheres. NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium: PI, $50,578. 2017-2018.
  • Start-up Fund. Florida A & M University, College of Science and Technology: PI, $140,000. 2016-2017.

Courses Taught At FAMU

  • Chm 1045 Chm1045L & Chm 1046: General Chemistry
  • Chm 4410/4410L and 4411/4411L: Physical Chemistry Lecture and Laboratory
  • Chm 4501: Biophysical Chemistry,Chm5490C: Spectroscopy
  • Chm 5460: Statistical Thermodynamics

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