An Emerging Leader: Amanda J. Carr

Congratulations to Amanda for being selected to 2021 Emerging Leaders cohort of Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. “An emerging leader is defined as a top researcher who completed their PhD in 2011 or later (10 years excluding career breaks). A limited number of early career researchers have been nominated by the journal’s Editorial Board as the most talented and exciting researchers in their generation.” Here is the citation from the special collection:

“Amanda J. Carr is currently a Postdoctoral Appointee in the Separation Science group of the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division of Argonne National Lab where she studies graphene-based heavy elements separations with interfacial-specific synchrotron x-ray reflectivity techniques. She received her PhD in Chemistry from Stony Brook University in 2020 after working with Prof. Surita Bhatia and Prof. Matt Eisaman on x-ray and interfacial characterizations of graphene and other nanocomposites, for which she received an Excellence in Doctoral Research Award from the Stony Brook Department of Chemistry. Her infrared reflection adsorption spectroscopy measurements on graphene-polymer laminar composites, the first of their kind, netted her a nomination for the Physical Electronics Conference’s Nottingham Prize where she finished as a finalist in 2020. Dr. Carr has received multiple outstanding presentation awards from both Brookhaven and Argonne National Labs, as well as a Graduate Assistance in Area of National Need Fellowship from the US Department of Education during her PhD work. She graduated from the University of Rochester in 2016 with a major in Chemistry with distinction and a minor in Women’s Studies.”

 

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