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Affiliations

Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry
Faculty Affiliate, Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy
Faculty Affiliate, International Institute for Nanotechnology
Faculty Member, Applied Physics Graduate Program
Director, Graduate Curriculum
Senior Editor, The Journal of Physical Chemistry (American Chemical Society)

Research Statement

Using cutting-edge laser spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and computational techniques, we focus on the special role that surfaces and interfaces play in geochemistry, atmospheric chemistry and biophysics.

Selected Publications

“Bridging Molecular-Scale Interfacial Science to Continuum-Scale Models”
Nature Communications, 15, 5326 (2024)

“Interfacial Water Flipping and Electrostatic Fields at the Electrode:Electrolyte Interface from operando Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy”
chemRxiv (2024)

“Evidence for dark oxygen production at the abyssal seafloor”
Nature Geoscience, 17, 737-9 (2024)

“NaCl, MgCl2, and AlCl3 Surface Coverages on Fused Silica and Adsorption Free Energies at pH 4 From Nonlinear Optics”
J. Phys. Chem. A, 128, 2162-8 (2024)

“Studying formation pathways of highly oxygenated organic molecules (hom) from α-pinene ozonolysis using selective deuteration”
Rep. Ser. Aerosol. Sci., 271, 242 (2024)

Selected Honors/Awards

• ACS National Award Canvassing Committee, 2021—2024
• Appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board of Cell Reports Physical Science, 2021-224
• ACS Nobel Laureate Signature Award in Graduate Education in Chemistry, with Dr. Paul Ohno, 2021
• Appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board of Chem, 2019-22
• Appointed Member, National Academy of Sciences Chemical Sciences Roundtable, 2018-21 and 2021-24
• Chair, ACS National Awards Selection Committee, 2017-18
• Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Prize of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 2017
• Faculty Diversity Award from NU's Graduate School, 2016
• Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), 2016
• Elected Vice Chair, Division of Experimental Physical Chemistry, ACS Division of Physical Chemistry, 2016
• ACS National Award Selection Committee, 2015—2017
• Elected Member at Large, Executive Committee, ACS Division of Physical Chemistry, 2015
• Telluride Science Research Center, General Member, 2015
• Appointed Senior Editor, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2014
• Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2012
• Baker Lecturer, Cornell University, 2012
• Gordon Research Conference on Vibrational Spectroscopy, Co-Chair, 2012
• Telluride Science Research Center, Board Member, 2011—2013
• Appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board of Chemical Physics Letters, 2011
• SAS Tour Speaker for the Society for Applied Spectroscopy, 2009
• Appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board of The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2007—2013
• ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry Certificate of Merit, 2007
• Sloan Fellowship, 2007—2009
• PLU Lecture, Texas A&M University, 2007
• Dow Chemical Company Professorship, 2006—2008
• “Interdisciplinary Problems in Chemistry and Physics” Lecture, University of Maryland, 2006
• Ralph Grim Mineralogy Lecture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2006
• Appointed to Editorial Board, Geochemical Transactions, 2005-present
• Distinguished Teaching Award, ±¬ÁϳԹÏÍø Undergraduate Chemistry Council, 2005
• Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award in Environmental Chemistry, 2004
• Searle Teaching Scholar, 2004
• NSF-CAREER Award, 2004—2009
• Harold N. Glassman Award, 2001
• NOAA Postdoctoral Fellow in Climate and Global Change with Mario Molina, 1999—2001
• NASA Fellowship in Earth System Sciences with Janice Hicks, 1996—1998