PhD research topic: spectroelectrochemical and catalytic studies of gold materials.Experiments were conducted at the Physics department of Stockholm University and at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY, Hamburg, Germany).- Designing a thin-film electrochemical cell for operando spectroscopy experiments.- Investigating how electrochemical protocols affect the surface properties of gold films after oxide-derived gold (OD-Au) is formed.- CO oxidation studies using gold nanoparticles supported on TiO2 and Fe2O3 as catalysts.- Defining safety protocols for handling CO in the lab.- Lab management: buying chemicals and equipment, overseeing chemical inventory.Techniques:- Operando optical sum frequency generation spectroscopy (laser spectroscopy)- High-pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy- X-ray absorption spectroscopy (HERFD-XANES)- Mass spectrometrySupervisor: Prof. Tony HanssonCo-supervisor: Dr. Sergey Koroidov

I supervise the lab activities of two courses. My role is to prepare the equipment before the courses start, assess students' learning, and facilitate discussions. I also helped to design one of the two lab activities and to write a Python script used by the student during the course.

Member of two committees for Naturvetenskapliga fakultetsrådet (NFR): Studentrepresentant (representative for math/physics) and Samverkansberedningen.

Research work for my Master's thesis (6 months Erasmus+ traineeship) consisting of synthesis and characterization of hematite (Fe2O3) nanorods and cuprous oxide (Cu2O) on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) surfaces to investigate their photocatalytic properties with respect to energy conversion and storage. The main achievement is the simultaneous photoelectrochemical oxidation of benzylamine at the cathode and hydrogen production at the anode.Description:- Hematite nanorods grown on dense-layer-coated FTO substrates: spin coating and hydrothermal synthesis were used (photoelectrodes).- Electrodeposition of cuprous oxide on hematite nanorods surface (heterojunction, solar cell).Characterization methods:X-ray diffraction, UV-Vis spectroscopy, electrochemical characterization, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.Supervisors: Prof. Alberto Vomiero and Prof. Francesco GonellaAssistant supervisor: Dr. Raffaello MazzaroThis work is published in Nano Energy (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.04.013)

Research for my Bachelor's thesis: Synthesis and characterization of Au/TiO2 and Au−CuO/TiO2 mesoporouscomposites for the eco-sustainable purification of hydrogen (photocatalytic oxidation of CO to CO2 in H2-rich streams) as an energy carrier for fuel cell technology.Description: - Acid and basic hydrolysis to prepare the different samples of ordered mesoporous materials based on titania.- Characterization techniques: morphological and compositional (X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD)), structural (N2 physisorbtion, Raman spectroscopy and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy) and optical (UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy) techniques.- Photocatalytic activity investigated for Carbon Monoxide Preferential Oxidation (CO-PROX) with a solar lamp and gas chromatography.Supervisor: Prof. Elisa MorettiCo-supervisor: Dr. Loretta Storaro