Current Group Members

GENESIS and CD4DC EFRC, Direct Air Capture of CO2

Ph.D., University of St Andrews, Scotland (UK), (2021) 

Project: in situ characterization of gas loaded Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) by synchrotron. 

Publication Highlight: Multifaceted Study of the Interactions between CPO-27-Ni and Polyurethane and Their Impact on Nitric Oxide Release Performance. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12 (52), 58263-58276.

Google scholar, ORCID: 0000-0001-9490-3785

QuADS NRT Fellowship (2022-2023), GENESIS EFRC

Project: Real-time monitoring and control of materials synthesis reactions.

Previous institutions: B.A. in Chemistry and Mathematics from Wheaton College (2013-2017)

 Henkel lab technician (2017-2018)

Publication Highlight: A mixing-flow reactor for time-resolved reaction measurements distributed in space. J. Appl. Cryst. 2022, 55 (2), 258-264.

Google scholar, ORCID: 0000-0002-0349-0848

QuADS NRT Fellowship (2021-2022), NECCES and GENSIS EFRC

Project: Synthesis and characterization of materials for energy storage applications. 

Previous institution: B.S. in Chemistry from Pacific Lutheran University (2014-2018)

Publication Highlight: Relative Kinetics of Solid-State Reactions: The Role of Architecture in Controlling Reactivity. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 27, 11975–11979.

Google scholar, ORCID: 0000-0001-5149-6526

Direct Air Capture of CO2

Project: in situ study of pressure-induced structural transformation in metal-organic frameworks.

Previous institutions: B.S. Chemistry, Leipzig University (2014-2018)

                                   M.S. Chemistry, Leipzig University (2018-2021)

Google scholar, ORCID: 0000-0002-0182-9174

Graduate Student, GENESIS EFRC, joined January 2023

Project: Time resolved in situ characterization of layered superconducting materials

Previous institutions: B.S in Chemistry from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (2018-2022) 

Google scholar, ORCID: 0000-0002-7566-8975

Graduate Student, CD4DC EFRC

Project: Synthesis and structural analysis of polymorphic metal oxides

Previous institutions: B.S. in Chemistry from Universidad Metropolitana, Puerto Rico (2015-2019)

ORCID: 0000-0001-5111-7514

Graduate Student, GENESIS EFRC

Project: Probing solid state reactions using a variable temperature approach to understand reaction mechanism and pathways.

ORCID: 0000-0003-3873-6921

Graduate Student, CD4DC EFRC

Project: in situ characterization of the synthesis of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) upon gas absorption 

Previous institutions: B.S. in Chemistry and minor in Mathematics from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (2018-2022)

ORCID: 0000-0002-4787-7024

Visiting Fulbright Scholar 

Home institutions: Ph. D. Candidate in Solid State Chemistry, The University of Sydney (Australia) 

Publication Highlight: Beyond the Ionic Radii: A Multifaceted Approach to Understand Differences Between the Structures of LnNbO4 and LnTaO4 Fergusonites. J. Alloys Compd. 2023, 930, 167399. 

Google scholar, ORCID: 0000-0002-1953-1077

Undergraduate student, joined May 2022

Project: Solid state synthesis and characterization

ORCID: 0000-0002-4475-9807

Undergraduate student, joined Jan 2023

ORCID: 0000-0002-2819-2548