May 2024 to April 2025

1. “Combining Single-Crystal Oxides and First Principles Computations to Understand Electro- and Photocatalysis on Oxides”, G. Hautier, American Institute of Chemical Engineers annual conference 2024, San Diego, CA, October 2024 (invited).

2. “First Principles Modeling of Polaron Formation and Optical Spectroscopy on Titanium-Based Oxides for Oxygen Evolution Photocatalysis”, S. McBride, M. Lang, T. Cuk, G. Hautier, PRiME 2024, October 5-12, 2024, Honolulu, Hawaii.

3. “Mechanisms of Water Activation and Oxygen Evolution on Well-Defined Oxide Surfaces”, J. Suntivich, Department of Chemistry, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton New York, September 2024 (invited).

4. “Tracking Water Dissociation on Well-Defined Ruthenium Oxide Surfaces. A.J. Reese, S. Gelin, M. Maalouf, N. Wadehra, D.G. Schlom, I. Dabo, J. Suntivich, ECS PRiME 2024, October 5-12, 2024, Honolulu, Hawaii.

5. “Optical and Plasmonic Properties of Epitaxial and Oxidative Controlled Titanium Nitride Thin Films,” Chris-Okoro, S. Cherono, and D. Kumar, Symposium: LH: Electronic and Photonic Devices and Systems, PRiME 2024, October 5-12, 2024, Honolulu, Hawaii.

6. “EFRC- Center for Electrochemical Dynamics and Reactions on Surfaces (CEDARS),” Tanja Cuk, Jin Suntivich, Ethan Crumlin, Geoffroy Hautier, Ismaila Dabo, Bishnu Bastakoti, Shyam Aravamudhan, Kristen Rhinehardt, Junko Yano, David Jonas, Darrell Schlom, William McMahon, Yang Shao-Horn, Dhananjay Kumar, Science Summit for Energy Earthshot Innovation, September 4-5, 2024, Washington DC.

7. “Titanium Oxynitride Thin Films as a Catalyst for Water Splitting”, (Oral Presentation) Sheilah Cherono, Ikenna Chris-Okoro, Valentin Craciun, Dhananjay Kumar, 16th annual Kenya Scholars & Studies Association (KESSA) conference, September 2024, Atlanta, Georgia.

8. “Hole Polarons and their formation at titanium-oxide surfaces undergoing oxygen evolution catalysis,” C. Boyd, M. Paolino, S. McBride, M. Lang, G. Hautier, and T. Cuk, Gordon Research Conference on Molecular Interactions & Dynamics, Stonehill College, July 2024 (Invited).

9. “Electrochemical Dynamics of Oxygen Evolution Intermediates by Time-Resolved Optical Spectroscopy,” C. Boyd, M. Paolino, S. McBride, M. Lang, G. Hautier, and T. Cuk, Gerischer-Lewerenz Symposium, Colorado State University, August 2024 (Invited).

10. “Spontaneous emission of excited state intermediates at catalytic interfaces” (Contributed Talk) Jennifer Sormberger, Sarang Yeola, and David Jonas, Symposium on Fundamentals of Catalysis & Surface Science, Fall 2024 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, August 20, 2024, Denver, CO.

11. “Potential dependent hydrogen coverage before the onset of oxygen evolution on RuO2 (110) surface through first-principles cluster expansions”, Lei Zhang, Jin Suntivich, Ismailia Dabo, Geoffroy Hautier, Computational Materials Science and Engineering Gordon Research Seminar, July 2024, Sunday River, ME.

12. “Tracking Electrode-Electrolyte Interfaces via SHG (Why not use potential as a variable?)”, J. Suntivich, Workshop on Nonlinear Optics at Interfaces, Telluride Science Research Center, June 2024 (invited).

13. "Generalized Einstein Relations between Absorption and Emission for Excited State Thermodynamics" (Poster) David M. Jonas, 2024 American Conference on Theoretical Chemistry, June 17, 2024, Chapel Hill, NC.

14. “In Situ Soft XAS Study of Electrocatalysts with an Ultrahigh Vacuum-Compatible Liquid Flow Cell," R. Soyoung Kim, Jialu Li, Jinghua Guo, Junko Yano, 245th ECS Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

15. “Computational modeling of (photo)electrocatalytic materials and interfaces, Chemistry in Solution and at Interfaces (CSI) Workshop: Deep Modeling for Molecular Simulation, I. Dabo, Princeton University, June 2024 (Invited Presentation)

May 2023 to April 2024

1.  “Computational modeling of (photo)electrocatalytic materials and interfaces, Center for Enhanced Nanofluidic Transport,” I. Dabo, Energy Frontier Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, March 2024 (Invited Presentation),

2. “Computational modeling of (photo)electrocatalytic materials and interfaces, Inaugural Workshop of the Initiative for Computational Catalysis (ICC),” I. Dabo, Flatiron Institute, New York, February 2024 (Invited Presentation).

3. “First principles modeling of polaron formation and optical signature on titanium-based oxides for oxygen evolution reaction photocatalysis”, S. McBride, M. Paolino, T. Cuk, G. Hautier, Materials Research Society Spring 2024, Seattle.

4. “Structural and Electrocatalytic Properties of Pulsed Laser-Deposited Titanium Nitride/Titanium Oxynitride Thin Films,” Sheilah Cherono, Ikenna Chris-Okoro, Valentin Craciun, Mihai Diana Maria, Dhananjay Kumar, 13th Annual Dr. Bala Ram College of Engineering Graduate Research Poster Competition, Spring 2024, (Winner Best Poster Award), North Carolina A&T University, Greensboro.

5. “Electrocatalytic Properties of Pulsed Laser-Deposited Titanium Dioxide and Titanium Oxynitride Thin Films Grown on Photo-Adsorbing Single Crystal Substrates with Different Orientations” Sheilah Cherono, Ikenna Chris-Okoro, Swapnil Shankar Nalawade, Austin Reese, Brady Bruno, Jacob Som, R. Soyoung Kim, Johannes Mahl, Junko Yano, Ethan Crumlin, Jin Suntivich, Tanja Cuk, Bishnu Bastakoti, Shyam Aravamudhan, Dhananjay Kumar, EN09 Symposium: Nanostructured Electrocatalysts for Energy Applications, Materials Research Society Spring 2024, Seattle.

6. “Enhanced (photo)electrocatalytic and photovoltaic performances of transition metal oxynitride thin films and associated heterostructures,” (Invited Presentation) Manosi Roy, Sheilah Cherono, Ikenna Chris Okoro, Valentin Craciun, J. David Schall, Jin Suntivich, Frank Wise, Dhananjay Kumar, MRM2023/IUMRS-ICA2023 Grand Meeting, December 11-16, 2023, Kyoto, Japan.

7. “First Principles Modeling of Polaron Formation and Optical Signature on Titanium-Based Oxides for Oxygen Evolution Reaction Photocatalysis”, Shay McBride, Michael Paolino, Tanja Cuk, Geoffroy Hautier, Materials Research Society Fall 2023, Boston

8. “Accuracy in first principles techniques from a high-throughput screening point of view,”, (Invited Presentation), Geoffroy Hautier, Workshop on Systematic Analysis of Errors and Uncertainty Across Scales from Materials Modeling & Discovery to Manufacturing: Towards Best Practices, Arlington, VA, USA June 2023.

9. “Decoupling Molecular Factors at Solid-Liquid Interfaces Affecting Electrocatalysis”, (Invited Presentation), J. Suntivich, Fall 2023, University of California Santa Cruz.

10. “Resolving Catalytic Mechanism at an Electrode Surface: Thermodynamics & Kinetics of Reaction Steps,” T. Cuk, Fall 2023, Taming Complexity in Materials (TA/CO), Vienna, Austria

11. “Mechanism of Oxygen Evolution in Water Splitting and Why Interfacial Water is the Frontier of Catalysis”, (Invited Presentation), J. Suntivich, Fall 2023, Max Planck Institute, Germany.

12. “Materials in Electrochemical Technologies”, (Invited Presentation), J. Suntivich, Fall 2023, U.S. Military Academy, USA.

13. “Morphology of RuO2(110) Films during Electrochemistry”, A. J. Reese, N. Wadehra, D.G. Schlom, J. Suntivich, Fall 2023.

14. “Controlling interfacial hydrogen bonding network for proton-coupled electron-transfer kinetics” B. Huang, A. Aggarwal, Y. Zhang, H.Iriawan, Yang Shao-Horn, 74th annual meeting of International Society of Electrochemistry, September 4-8, 2023, Lyon, France.

15. “Assessing the Activity of Transition Metal Oxides for the Electrochemical N2 Oxidation to Nitrate”, Haldrian Iriawan, Graham Leverick, C John Eom, Hongbin Xu, Sunmoon Yu, Livia Giordano, Ifan E. L. Stephens, Yang Shao-Horn, 28th North American Catalysis Society Meeting, June 18-23, 2023, Providence, Rhode Island.

16. “Phase-Controlled Growth of Cobalt Oxide using Atomic Layer Deposition for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting,” Swapnil Nalawade, Moha Feroz Hossen, Valentin Craciun, Dhananjay Kumar, and Shyam Aravamudhan, in Symposium: EN07: Emerging Electrocatalytic Materials and Devices for Clean Energy and Environmental Applications, November 26-December 1, 2023, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston.

17. “Controlled Growth of Titanium Oxynitride Thin Films for plasmonic and photovoltaic applications,” Ikenna Chris-Okoro, Sheilah Cherono, Catalin Martin, Valentin Craciun, Dhananjay Kumar, in Symposium: EL06: Metamaterials Innovation in Photonics, Acoustics, Fluidics and Thermal Sciences, November 26-December 1, 2023, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston.

18. “Structural and Electrocatalytic Properties of Pulsed Laser-Deposited Titanium Nitride/Titanium Oxynitride Thin Films,” Sheilah Cherono, Ikenna Chris-Okoro, Valentin Craciun, Mihai Maria, Dhananjay Kumar in Symposium: EN07: Emerging Electrocatalytic Materials and Devices for Clean Energy and Environmental Applications, Nov. 26-Dec.1, 2023, MRS Fall Meeting.

19. “Deposition and Characterization of Cobalt Oxide films using Atomic Layer Deposition,” Swapnil Nalawade, Moha Feroz, Hossen, Shyam Aravamudhan, Intel Day at NC A&T, Nov. 2023.

20. “Block copolymer-mediated synthesis of TiO2/RuO2 nanocomposite for efficient oxygen evolution reaction,” B. R. KC, D. Kumar and B. P. Bastakoti, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting and Exhibition, November 26- December 1, 2023, Boston, USA.

21. “Synthesis of Titanium Oxynitride for Photocatalytic Activity in Visible Light, Kennedy West and Bishnu Bastakoti, 2023 NCAT undergraduate research and creativity symposium, April 19, 2023, North Carolina A&T State University.

2022

1. “Polymer-assisted Synthesis of Porous Carbon Nitride.” Jayda Yancey and Bishnu Bastakoti, ABRCMS- Nov 9-12, 2022, Anaheim, California.

2. “Application of Parametric Modeling in Atomic Layer Deposition,” S. Shendokar, M. F. Hossen, O. Ayanbajo, S. Aravamudhan, Electrochemical Society Meeting Abstracts 242 (No. 15, pp. 813-813), 2022.

3. “Atomic Layer Deposition of Cobalt Oxide as Catalyst for Water Splitting,” S. Nalawade, M. F. Hossen, S. Aravamudhan,” CNC-ACS 21st Annual Poster Vendor Night, Greensboro, NC April 20, 2023.

4. "Pulsed laser deposition and characterization of titanium Nitride and oxynitride thin films for alternative energy applications," Ikenna Chris-Okoro, Sheilah Cherono, Brooke Smith, Jacob Som, Dhananjay Kumar, 12th COE Graduate Research Poster Presentation Competition, Spring Semester 2023, North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro.

5. “Effect of substrate temperature on the properties ruthenium oxide thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition,” Tyffani Royal, Brooke Smith, Dhananjay Kumar, 2023 NCAT undergraduate research and creativity symposium, April 19, 2023, NCAT State University, Greensboro.

6. “Role of substrate orientations on the properties of titanium nitride thin films,” Brooke Smith and Dhananjay Kumar, 2023 NCAT undergraduate research and creativity symposium, North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro.

7. “Characterization of pulsed laser-deposited titanium nitride and oxynitride thin films for alternative energy applications,” Sheilah Cherono, Manosi Roy, Kaushik Sarkar, Abiodun Odusanya, Mark Pfeifer, Darrah Dare, Dhananjay Kumar, 12th COE Graduate Research Poster Presentation Competition, Spring Semester 2023, North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro.

8. “Titanium oxynitride thin films and nanowires for ultra-high capacitance supercapacitor applications,” Panupong Jaipan and Dhananjay Kumar, MRS 2023 Spring Meeting (2nd place Best Poster Award), San Francisco.

9. “From Understanding Solids to Creating Materials,” Darrell Schlom, Frontiers in Chemical Physics, April 5, 2023, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.