Prof. Nitash BalsaraCharacterization and Measurement of PEO Lithium-ion BatteriesWork will include glovebox battery assembly, experimentally-appropriate electrochemical characterization techniques, and modeling

Prof. Ali JaveyWearable Sweat SensorsCalibration and TestingVoltammetry and Impedance MeasurementsData Analysis with Python

Research Topic: "Developing functionalized peptoid nanosheets as promising bio-nanomaterials to capture rare earth elements"Mentor: Dr. Sabari Ghosh• Synthesized and purified peptoid biopolymer sequences (poly N-substituted glycine) through the solid-phase submonomer synthesis method, reverse-phase HPLC and UPLC-MS• Designed and constructed two types of REE-selective nanosheets with different peptoid compositions• Evaluated the stability of both types of functionalized nanosheets in different conditions using TIR fluorescence microscopy and processed images with ImageJ • Characterized and evaluated the binding selectivity of both types of functionalized nanosheets towards Europium with UV-Vis Spectroscopy • Presented my work to the Facility Director, Staff Scientists, and Postdocs of the NanoBio Floor of the Molecular Foundry, as well as to Board Members of the California Section of ACS• Utilized and practiced online modeling of proteins with UCSF ChimeraX and WinCoot during a two-week long bioinformatics program organized by the NanoBio Facility

Research Topic: “Studying the performance of transition metal hydroxides in the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) of the water-splitting reaction in high salt conditions”The Qiu Group • Performed cathodic deposition of nickel & cobalt oxyhydroxide catalysts on indium tin oxide glass (ITO)• Conducted cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electron impedance spectroscopy (EIS) with a potentiostat• Synthesized and annealed citrate gold nanoparticles onto ITO • Characterized gold nanoparticles with UV-VIS Spectroscopy• Received the ACS Mark Frishberg Memorial Award for my presentation at the capstone symposium• Awarded the ACS Project SEED Scholarship as a Project SEED 2022 summer research program alum • Co-authored a research paper in the ACS Journal of Chemical Education: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00176 (Editor's Choice)