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Areas of Expertise

• Physical chemistry, energy, alternative energy, fuel cells, batteries, supercapacitors, electrochemistry

Education

• B.S. in chemistry, University of Massachusetts (2004)
• Ph.D. in chemistry, Northeastern University (2010)

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What's My Why?

I came to ������ in 2013 to teach undergraduates because that is my passion. I have the pleasure of teaching students early on as first years in general chemistry and at the junior/senior level in physical chemistry. Watching their growth over these four years is the most rewarding part of my job. Physical chemistry is a notoriously challenging course. Seeing how my students attack this challenge is always inspirational. 

Professional Experience

Following the completion of my Ph.D. at Northeastern, I worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory under the guidance of Dr. Sergei V. Kalinin. During that time I used multiple scanning probe microscopy techniques to correlate material properties to the electrochemical behavior of battery and supercapacitor materials.

Media Coverage

Selected Publications

Arruda, Thomas M., et al. “Investigation into the Competitive and Site-Specific Nature of Anion Adsorption on Pt Using in Situ X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy.” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 112, no. 46, 2008, pp. 18087–97,

Dubourdieu, Catherine, et al. “Switching of Ferroelectric Polarization in Epitaxial BaTiO₃ Films on Silicon without a Conducting Bottom Electrode.” Nature Nanotechnology, vol. 8, no. 10, 2013, pp. 748–54,

Herranz, Juan, et al. “Unveiling N-Protonation and Anion-Binding Effects on Fe / N / C Catalysts for O 2 Reduction in Proton-Exchange-Membrane Fuel Cells.” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 115, 2011, pp. 16087–97.

Kramm, Ulrike I., et al. “Structure of the Catalytic Sites in Fe/N/C-Catalysts for O2-Reduction in PEM Fuel Cells.” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 14, no. 33, 2012, p. 11673,

Martin, Dominik, et al. “Ferroelectricity in Si-Doped HfO2 Revealed: A Binary Lead-Free Ferroelectric.” Advanced Materials, vol. 26, no. 48, 2014, pp. 8198–202,