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Benjamin Caplins (Fed)
Research Chemist
I am an experimental physical chemist with experience in time-resolved electron spectroscopy, time-resolved laser spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy. I am currently working on the extreme atom probe tomography project. I am happy to discuss my published/ongoing works or talk about possible future collaborations. Please don't hesitate to contact me via email.
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=zQjtM6wAAAAJ
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 2019-present
Research Chemist in the Nanoscale Reliability Group
Working on the Extreme Atom Probe Tomography IMS project - National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 2017-2019
National Research Council postdoctoral associate with Dr. Robert R. Keller
Developing transmission electron imaging techniques and hardware for use in the scanning electron microscope - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 2015 – 2016
Postdoctoral researcher with Professor David A. Blank
Using time-resolved spectroscopy to investigate energy transport in model organic photovoltaic materials - University of California, Berkeley, California 2009 - 2014
Graduate student researcher with Professor Charles B. Harris
Using two-photon photoemission to study the band structure and dynamics of metal/phthalocyanine interfaces & using time-resolved vibrational spectroscopy to study the photophysics of a [FeFe]-Hydrogenase mimic - European Space Agency, Greenbelt, Maryland Spring 2008
Programmer for the JHelioviewer project under Dr. Daniel Mueller
Worked closely with solar physics project team to develop a prototype of JHelioviewer, a scalable interactive image viewer for solar image data using JPEG2000 technology - Hood College, Frederick, Maryland 2006 - 2007
Undergraduate student researcher with Professor Christopher J. Stromberg in collaboration with Dr. Edwin J. Heilweil at NIST (Gaithersburg, MD)
Synthesis, characterization, DFT, and ultrafast time-resolved infrared spectroscopy of biomimetic models of the active site of the [FeFe]-Hydrogenase enzyme
Awards
- Eric Samuel Scholarship, Microscopy & Microanalysis Meeting 2018
- National Research Council Postdoctoral Associate 2017-2019
- Poster Prize (Physical Chemistry Division), National ACS Meeting 2014
- Poster Prize, Ultrafast Surface Dynamics Conference 2013
- UC Berkeley Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award 2012
- American Institute of Chemists Foundation Award 2008
- Poster Prize, UMBC Research Symposium in Chemistry & Biological Sciences 2007