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Prof. Gary S. Harlow

Research Assistant Professor, University of Oregon

Associate Director, Oregon Center for Electrochemistry

Gary is a Research Assistant Professor and Associate Director at the Oregon Center for Electrochemistry. He has a PhD in Physics from the University of Liverpool where he worked on Surface X-ray diffraction studies of the electrochemical interface and has worked on multi-modal X-ray studies of templated electrodeposition and corrosion at the University of Lund. He also did a postdoc at the University of Copenhagen, and worked a joint project scientist at the MAX IV synchrotron and Malmö university. His research interests include fundamental reaction mechanisms in energy storage and catalysis, structure-function relationships, hierarchical nanostructures, and corrosion. He is also passionate about teaching and mentoring students. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, bouldering, camping, and scuba diving.

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Ziyan Yang (PhD Student)

Ziuan is an international student from China, graduated from the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire with a major in Material Science and Engineering. Ziyan will transfer from the Master’s degree in electrochemical technologies and start her PhD journey. During her masters Ziyan completed research credits in that, investigating single crystal gold electrochemistry with organic molecules. She will continue this work during her first PhD rotation with Prof. Harlow.

Colin Smith (PhD Student)

Collin graduated from the University of California Riverside (UCR) with his B.S. in Chemistry in 2023. His undergraduate research was under Dr. Francisco Zaera in the UCR surface chemistry and catalysis lab where he focused on the formation and size control of ultra-small gold nanoparticles on supporting materials. In the Harlow lab he is working on a project to investigate how stain and adsorption modify the surface charge and potential of zero charge at well defined electrodes. Collin is also building up our ultra-high vacuum system for electrochemical transfer experiments.

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