Yao Yang

Assistant Professor

Publications

  1. Operando Studies Reveal Active Cu Nanograins for CO2 Electroreduction. Nature 2023, 614, 262.
  2. Inverse Kinetic Isotope Effects on the Oxygen Reduction Reaction at Pt Single Crystals. Nat. Chem. 2023, 15, 271. 
  3. Octahedral Spinel Electrocatalysts for Alkaline Fuel Cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2019, 116, 244425.
  4. A Completely Precious-Metal-Free Alkaline Fuel Cell with Enhanced Performance Using a Carbon-Coated Nickel Anode. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2022, 119, e2119883119
  5. Revealing the Atomic Ordering of Binary Intermetallics Using In Situ Heating Techniques at Multilength Scales. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2019, 116, 1974.
  6. In Situ X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of a Synergistic Co−Mn Oxide Catalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 1463.
  7. Elucidating Cathodic Corrosion Mechanisms with Operando Electrochemical Transmission Electron Microscopy. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 15698.
  8. Operando Resonant Soft X‑ray Scattering Studies of Chemical Environment and Interparticle Dynamics of Cu Nanocatalysts for CO2 Electroreduction. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 8927.
  9. Operando High-Energy-Resolution X-ray Spectroscopy of Evolving Cu Nanoparticle Electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 20208.
  10. Chemical and Structural Evolution of AgCu Catalysts in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 10116.
  11. Cobalt-Based Nitride-Core Oxide-Shell Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 19241.
  12. Combinatorial Studies of Palladium-Based Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts for Alkaline Fuel Cells, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 8, 3980.
  13. Metal−Organic-Framework-Derived Co−Fe Bimetallic Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts for Alkaline Fuel Cells. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 10744.
  14. A Strategy for Increasing the Efficiency of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Mn-Doped Cobalt Ferrites. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 4412.
  15. Pt-Decorated Composition-Tunable Pd-Fe@Pd/C Core-Shell Nanoparticles with Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity towards the Oxygen Reduction Reaction. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 7248.
  16. Nonprecious Transition Metal Nitrides as Efficient Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts for Alkaline Fuel Cells. Sci. Adv. 2022, 8, eabj1584.
  17. Electrocatalysis in Alkaline Media and Alkaline-Based Energy Technologies. Chem. Rev. 2021, 122, 6117-6321.
  18. Yang,* Operando Methods: A New Era of Electrochemistry. Curr. Opin. Electrochem. 2023, 42, 101403.
Klarman Hall
No Address Supplied
yy639@cornell.edu

Education

Miller Fellow, UC Berkeley (2021-2024)

PhD, Cornell University (2021)

BS, Wuhan University (2015)

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Nicholas L. Abbott

Tisch University Professor

Klarman Hall
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University
nla34@cornell.edu
607/2553601

Education

  • Postdoc, Harvard University
  • PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • BE, University of Adelaide, Australia

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Nozomi Ando

Associate Professor

Publications

Link to Google Scholar page.

Klarman Hall
297 Physical Sciences Building
nozomi.ando@cornell.edu
607/255-9454

Education

• Postdoc, Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• PhD, Physics, Cornell University

• BS, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

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Susan Daniel

Fred H. Rhodes Professor

Klarman Hall
120 Olin Hall
sd386@cornell.edu
607/255-4675

Education

  • PhD, Lehigh University
  • MS, Lehigh University
  • BS, Lehigh University

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David B. Zax

Associate Professor

Publications

Klarman Hall
G36 Baker Lab
david.zax@cornell.edu
607/255-3646

Education

  • Research Staff, Weizmann Institute of Science
  • Postdoc, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Postdoc, Weizmann Institute of Science
  • PhD, University of California, Berkeley
  • AB, Harvard University

Departments and programs

Keywords

Study of novel solid materials using solid state magnetic resonance

Justin J. Wilson

Associate Professor

Publications

  • Aohan Hu and Justin J. Wilson. “Advancing Chelation Strategies for Large Metal Ions for Nuclear Medicine Applications.” Acc. Chem. Res. 2022, 55, 904–915.
  • Chilaluck C. Konkankit, Sierra C. Marker, Nicholas P. Bigham, Darren S. Dale, David B. Zax, Daniel R. Lorey II, and Justin J. Wilson. “Development and Implementation of Nuclear Chemistry Experiments at the Undergraduate Level.” J. Chem. Educ. 2021, 98, 3831–3840.
  • Aohan Hu, Eduardo Aluicio-Sarduy, Victoria Brown, Samantha N. MacMillan, Kaelyn V. Becker, Todd E. Barnhart, Valery Radchenko, Caterina F. Ramogida, Jonathan W. Engle, and Justin J. Wilson. “Py-Macrodipa: A Janus Chelator Capable of Binding Medicinally Relevant Rare-Earth Radiometals of Disparate Sizes.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 10429–10440.
  • Joshua J. Woods and Justin J. Wilson. “A Dinuclear Persulfide‐Bridged Ruthenium Compound is a Hypoxia‐Selective Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Donor.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 1588–1592.
  • Sierra C. Marker, A. Paden King, Robert V. Swanda, Brett Vaughn, Eszter Boros, Shu-Bing Qian, and Justin J. Wilson. “Exploring Ovarian Cancer Cell Resistance to Rhenium Anticancer Complexes.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 13391–13400.
Klarman Hall
G50A Baker Lab
jjw275@cornell.edu

Education

  • Seaborg Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • BS, University of California, Berkeley

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medicinal inorganic chemistry, radiopharmaceuticals, inorganic synthesis, ligand design

 

Frank C. Schroeder

Professor

Publications

On Google Scholar

Our BTI Page

Klarman Hall
Boyce Thompson Institute/Cornell University
schroeder@cornell.edu
607/254-4391

Education

  • Postdoc, Harvard University Medical School
  • Postdoc, Cornell University
  • PhD, University of Hamburg
  • Diploma, University of Hamburg
     

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Keywords

Chemical Biology Metabolomics Synthesis Bioorganic Chemistry

Fred McLafferty

Peter J.W. Debye Professor, Emeritus

Publications

Publications: >500, h-index 97.

Narayan, M.; Welker, E.; Zhai, H.; Han, X.; Xu, G.; McLafferty, F. W.; Scheraga, H. A. Detecting native folds in mixtures of proteins that contain disulfide bonds, Nat. Biotechnol. 2008, 26, 427-429.

Steinberg, M. Z.; Elber, R.; McLafferty, F. W.; Gerber; R. B. Breuker, K.  Early structural evolution of native Cytochrome c after solvent removal, ChemBioChem, 2008, 9, 2417-2423.

Breuker, K.; Jin, M.; Han, X.; Jiang, H.; McLafferty, F. W. Top-Down Identification and Characterization of Biomolecules by Mass Spectrometry, J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2008, 19, 1045-1053.

Breuker, K.; McLafferty, F. W. Stepwise Evolution of Protein Native Structure with Electrospray into the Gas Phase, 10-12 - 102 s, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2008, 105, 18145-18152.

McLafferty, F. W. Mass Spectrometry across the Sciences, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2008, 105, 18088-18089.

Han, X.; Smith, N. L.; Sil, D; Holowka, D.; McLafferty, F. W.; Baird, B. A. IgE Receptor Mediated Alteration of Membrane-Cytoskeletal Interactions by Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Detergent-Resistant Membranes, Biochemistry, 2009, 48, 6540-6550.

Kong, X.; Lin, C.; Infusini, G.; Oh, H.-B.; Jiang, H.; Breuker, K.; Wu, C.-C.; Charkin, O. P.; Chang, H.-C.; McLafferty, F. W. Numerous Isomers of Serine Octamer Ions Characterized by Infrared Photodissociation Spectroscopy, ChemPhysChem, 2009, 10, 2603-2606.

McLafferty, F. W. Registry of Mass Spectral Data (and Registry combined with NIST), 9th Ed.,Wiley-Blackwell: Hoboken, N. J., 2009; 662,000 (796,000) spectra of 592,000 (667,000) compounds with 565,000 searchable structures.

McLafferty, F. W.; Castro, S.; Breuker, K. Multistep Evolution of Protein Conformation on Electrospray into the Gas Phase, Eur. J. Mass Spectrom., 2010, 16, 437-442.

McLafferty, F. W. A Century of Progress in Molecular Mass Spectrometry, Annu. Rev. Anal. Chem. 2011, 4, 1-22.

Breuker, K.; Skinner, O. S.; McLafferty, F. W.  Femtosecond laser vaporization preserves protein folded structure: an unproven idea. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2012, 109, E206.

Skinner, O. S.; Breuker, K.; McLafferty, F. W.  How Ubiquitin Unfolds after Transfer into the Gas Phase. J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2012, 23, 1011-1014.

Begley, T. P.; Ealick, S. E.; McLafferty, F. W. Thiamin Biosynthesis: Still Yielding Fascinating Biological Chemistry. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 2012, 40, 555-560.  

Skinner, O. S.; Breuker, K.; McLafferty, F. W.  Charge Site Spectra:  Conformation-Sensitive Components of the Electron Capture Dissociation Spectrum of a Protein. J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2013, 24, 807-810.

Klarman Hall
fwm5@cornell.edu

Education

  • Postdoc, University of Iowa   
  • PhD, Cornell University 
  • MS, University of Nebraska
  • BS, University of Nebraska                                                                   

 

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John A. Marohn

Professor

Publications

Search PubMed for articles by “JA Marohn”.
For a current list of publications go here.
For current publications also see Orcid and Google Scholar. 

Representative Publications

Nanoscale magnetic resonance imaging
  • C. E. Isaac, C. M. Gleave, P. T. Nasr, H. L. Nguyen, E. A. Curley, J. L. Yoder, E. W. Moore, L. Chen, and J. A. Marohn, Dynamic nuclear polarization in a magnetic resonance force microscope experiment, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, 18, 8806 – 8819, URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6CP00084C, PMC5609491.
  • J. G. Longenecker, H. J. Mamin, A. W. Senko, L. Chen, C. T. Rettner, D. Rugar, and J. A. Marohn, High-gradient nanomagnets on cantilevers for sensitive detection of nuclear magnetic resonance, ACS Nano, 2012, 6, 9637 – 9645, URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn3030628.
  • E. W. Moore, S.-G. Lee, S. A. Hickman, S. J. Wright, L. E. Harrell, P. P. Borbat, J. H. Freed, and J. A. Marohn, Scanned-probe detection of electron spin resonance from a nitroxide spin probe, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2009, 106, 22251 – 22256, URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0908120106.
  • S. R. Garner, S. Kuehn, J. M. Dawlaty, N. E. Jenkins, and J. A. Marohn, Force-gradient detected nuclear magnetic resonance, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2004, 84, 5091 – 5093, URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1762700.
Nanoscale fluctuations
  • S. Lekkala, J. A. Marohn, and R. F. Loring, Electric force microscopy of semiconductors: Theory of cantilever frequency fluctuations and noncontact friction, J. Chem. Phys., 2013, 139, 184702, URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4828862.
  • N. Hoepker, S. Lekkala, R. F. Loring, and J. A. Marohn, Dielectric fluctuations over polymer films detected using an atomic force microscope, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2011, 115, 14493 – 14500, URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp207387d.
  • S. M. Yazdanian, N. Hoepker, S. Kuehn, R. F. Loring, and J. A. Marohn, Quantifying electric field gradient fluctuations over polymers using ultrasensitive cantilevers, Nano Lett., 2009, 9, 2273 – 2279, URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl9004332.
  • S. Kuehn, J. A. Marohn, and R. F. Loring, Noncontact dielectric friction, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2006, 110, 14525 – 145258, URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp061865n.
Charge and ion motion in unconventional semiconductors
  • R. P. Dwyer, S. R. Nathan, and J. A. Marohn, Microsecond photocapacitance transients observed using a charged microcantilever as a gated mechanical integrator, Sci. Adv., 2017, 3, e1602951, URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1602951.
  • A. M. Tirmzi, R. P. Dwyer, T. Hanrath, and J. A. Marohn, Coupled slow and fast charge dynamics in cesium lead bromide perovskite, ACS Energy Lett., 2017, 2, 488 – 496, URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00722.
  • R. P. Dwyer, L. E. Harrell, and J. A. Marohn, Lagrangian and impedance spectroscopy treatments of electric force microscopy, Phys. Rev. Appl., 2019, 11, 064020, URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.11.064020.
  • J. L. Luria, K. A. Schwarz, M. J. Jaquith, R. G. Hennig, and J. A. Marohn, Spectroscopic characterization of charged defects in polycrystalline pentacene by time- and wavelength-resolved electric force microscopy, Adv. Mater., 2011, 23, 624 – 628, URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201003073.
  • T. N. Ng, W. R. Silveira, and J. A. Marohn, Dependence of charge injection on temperature, electric field, and energetic disorder in an organic semiconductor, Phys. Rev. Lett., 2007, 98, 066101, URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.066101.
  • J. D. Slinker, J. A. DeFranco, M. J. Jaquith, W. R. Silveira, Y.-W. Zhong, J. M. Moran-Mirabal, H. G. Craighead, H. D. Abruña, J. A. Marohn, and G. G. Malliaras, Direct measurement of the electric-field distribution in a light-emitting electrochemical cell, Nat. Mater., 2007, 6, 894 – 899, URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat2021.
  • E. M. Muller and J. A. Marohn, Microscopic evidence for spatially inhomogeneous charge trapping in pentacene, Adv. Mater., 2005, 17, 1410, URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.200401174.
Klarman Hall
150 Baker Lab
john.marohn@cornell.edu
607/255-2004

Education

  • National Research Council Postdoctoral Associate, US Army Research Laboratory
  • PhD, California Institute of Technology
  • BS, Chemistry, University of Rochester
  • BA, Physics, University of Rochester

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Keywords

Pi-conjugated systems, electric force and magnetic resonance force microscopies

Melissa A. Hines

Professor

Publications

Klarman Hall
B-48 Baker Lab
melissa.hines@cornell.edu
607/255-3040

Education

  • Postdoc MTS, AT&T Bell Laboratories
  • PhD, Stanford University
  • SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Keywords

Surface science, scanning probe microscopies, nanofabrication, chemical etching

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