Margaret Patrick Email & Phone Number

San Diego, Ca, Us

San Diego, California, United States

Responsible for project development and employee resource management to ensure on-time completion of orders, with an emphasis on high-level custom orders. Became a member of Synthesis Team Leadership, where I contribute to planning weekly team member time allocations, improve Standard Operating Procedures, interface with different departments to execute processes, and provide technical support to lab workers. Additionally, as part of the Electron Microscopy Technical Team, I am the main technician responsible for maintenance, upkeep, and user training for the transmission electron microscope.

Research Associate II Nanoparticle Chemist focusing on R&D in nanomaterials for a variety of research purposes as the senior RA on Synthesis Team, which is responsible for the production of nearly all add-to-cart and custom orders. Focused on optimization of fabrication and processing methods for nanoparticles, and provided training to RA 1s and Lab Technicians. Additionally joined Safety Team to contribute to a productive and safe work environment.

Leads introductory chemistry lab and lecture courses on a part-time contract basis. Responsible for designing course content, writing exams, and coordinating resources for students as-needed. Lectures are designed to engage students with a mix of group work, individual check-ins, and concept tests. Received top score in evaluation.

Leads introductory chemistry lab and lecture courses on a part-time contract basis. Works closely with fellow educators to overcome the challenges associated with 2+ years of online learning to provide the best outcome for students. Teaching style includes visual aids, real life comparisons, and an emphasis on student engagement.

Margaret worked as a Teaching Associate for the Chemistry Department at San Diego State University. She lead classes of up to 72 students in laboratory experiments as well as provided lectures on course material. Lecture material includes chemical reactions and nomenclature, significant figures, VSEPR theory, ideal gas theory, acid-base chemistry, thermodynamics and calorimetry, as well as problem solving skills. In Spring 2021, Margaret won the SDSU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry’s Best Returning Teaching Associate Award.

San Diego, California, United States

Margaret worked as a researcher in the Chemistry Department at San Diego State University under Dr. Jing Gu. Margaret's focus is optimization of silicon-based nanomaterials for photoelectrochemical water splitting, she is working to achieve refined shape control during etching of silicon interfaces using magnetically guided metal nanoparticles to create more durable and catalytically active forms of black silicon to be used in the hydrogen evolution reaction. She also specializes in synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals, and works on creating quantum dot-catalyst hybrids to probe hydrogen evolution and carbon dioxide reduction mechanisms and properties of single atom catalysts. Her acquired skills include electron microscopy (TEM, SEM, STM), electrochemistry (potentiometry, voltammetry, chronoamperometry), photoelectrochemistry, photocatalysis, and characterization including XRD, NMR, photoluminescence, and optical spectroscopy (UV-Vis, FTIR, Raman, ICP-AES). In her time as a Master's of Science student, she has published and/or submitted five publications and presented her work at four conferences and symposiums, including the 2019 ACS Fall National Meeting.

After teaching introductory chemistry for one year at SDSU, Margaret was promoted to Assistant Coordinator for CHEM 200 (General Chemistry). Her supervisor was Theresa Carlson. In this position, she managed course content for Summer Semester classes, coordinated exams including lab practicals, prepared Laboratory Teaching Associates for their weekly experiments and aided in troubleshooting, as well as testing course materials, in addition to her concurrent role as a Discussion Lecture Teaching Associate for CHEM 200. As part of this role, she assisted in the training of newly hired TAs, teaching them effective communication strategies, explanation and listening skills, student engagement, and classroom management. Unfortunately, this position was terminated for Fall 2020 due to class going virtual as a result of COVID-19.

Seattle, Washington, United States

Margaret's focus in the group of Prof. Daniel Gamelin was on the optical, electrochemical, and catalytic properties of colloidal semiconductor nanocrystal materials. Her primary mentor was Dr. Carl Brozek, a postdoc in Daniel’s group. She worked on optimizing of the synthesis of perovskite nanocrystals, primarily CsPbBr3, and their subsequent transformation using cation and anion exchange reactions. Most of her work centered on the preparation of metallic nanoparticles and molecular clusters, including nickel, silver, gold, platinum, and molybdenum disulfide, which the group is targeting for use as colloidal hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalysts via coupling to zinc oxide nanocrystal photoabsorbers. As part of this work she has also worked on chemical routes for doping zinc oxide using gallium, aluminum, and indium, in order to tune bandgap and band edge energies. She developed a good toolkit of chemical synthesis and characterization techniques, including Schlenk and glovebox techniques, characterization under inert atmosphere conditions, potentiometry and cyclic voltammetry, as well as standard analytical techniques like ICP-AES, XRD, UV-VIS, photoluminescence and Raman spectroscopies.

Master'S Of Science

Major: Chemistry Field: Inorganic (nanomaterials) Research Advisor: Dr. Jing Gu

Bachelor'S Of Science, Chemistry

Major: Chemistry Minor: Mathematical Physics Research Advisor: Dr. Daniel Gamelin