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Kathleen Schwarz (Fed)

I develop and apply computational tools to investigate the electrochemical double layer at an atomistic level. These tools are used to model electrocatalytic reactions at metal surfaces, solvation of charged molecules and surfaces, and properties of the interface such as the differential capacitance. The goal of my work is to apply these atomistic tools to address fundamental challenges in corrosion, electrocatalysis and electrodeposition.

If you are a postdoctoral candidate, we have openings that are immediately available to all US Citizens through the NRC Research Associateship Program.(link is external) Our current NRC postings include:

Computational Electrochemistry and Dielectric Spectroscopy(link is external)

Electrochemical Surface Science of Metal-Electrolyte Interfaces: Theory and Experiment(link is external)

If you are interested or have any questions, please email me.

Project Pages

Electric-acoustic spectroscopy

Professional Awards and Recognition

  • NIST NRC Fellowship, 2014-2016
  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2009
  • Barry Goldwater Scholarship, 2005

Publications

See Google Scholar(link is external) for recent publications. 

Publications

NMR Spectroscopy and Multiscale Modeling Shed Light on Ion–Solvent Interactions and Ion Pairing in Aqueous NaF Solutions

Author(s)
Gosia Musial, Demian Riccardi, Chris Suiter, Ethan Sontarp, Samantha Miller, Robert Lirette, Kyle Covington-Rehmeier, Avik Mahata, Chris Muzny, Angela Stelson, Kathleen Schwarz, Jason A. Widegren
The balance between ion solvation and ion pairing in aqueous solutions modulates chemical and physical processes from catalysis to protein folding. Yet, despite
Created September 24, 2019, Updated December 8, 2022