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Luisa Whittaker-Brooks
Born
Panama
Alma materState University of New York at Buffalo
University of Panama
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Utah
Princeton University
ThesisSynthesis, characterization and phase transitions of single-crystalline vanadium(IV) oxide nanostructures (2011)

Luisa Whittaker-Brooks is an American chemist who is an associate professor at the University of Utah. She was named a L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science honouree in 2013 and one of Chemical & Engineering News' Talented 12 in 2017.

Early life and education

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Whittaker grew up in Panama. As a child, she became interested in the hydroelectric dams that powered Panama.[1] She started to think about alternative sources of energy.[1] Whittaker earned her bachelor's degree at the University of Panama, where she studied analytical chemistry.[2] She moved to the United States for her graduate studies, where she joined the University at Buffalo as a Fulbright Program fellow.[3] There she completed her master's and doctoral degrees within three and a half years.[4][5] For her doctoral research Whittaker studied vanadium oxide.[5] Vanadium oxide is opaque when hot and transparent when cold, and Whittaker wondered whether it could be used to coat windows and keep buildings cool.[6] Throughout her doctoral research she worked to lower the transition temperature that this phase change occurs at, and eventually commercialised her technology.[6] Whittaker-Brooks worked as a postdoctoral scholar with Yueh-Lin Loo, where she used low-temperature hydrothermal methods to study zinc oxide nanostructures.[7][8]

Research and career

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Whittaker studies novel photovoltaic and thermoelectric materials for energy generation and storage.[1] She is particularly interested in chalcogenides and perovskites and how their composition and structure impacts their electronic properties.[2] Whittaker has researched how bias stress and sample heterogeneity impact the performance and operational lifetime of organic-inorganic halide perovskites (OIHPs).[9] She has also studied the role of excitons in their operational stability and impact of moisture and oxygen.[9] In 2019 she was elected to the advisory board of ChemNanoMat.[10]

Awards and honours

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Select publications

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  • Lee, Vincent; Whittaker, Luisa; Jaye, Cherno; Baroudi, Kristen M.; Fischer, Daniel A.; Banerjee, Sarbajit (2009-08-25). "Large-Area Chemically Modified Graphene Films: Electrophoretic Deposition and Characterization by Soft X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy". Chemistry of Materials. 21 (16): 3905–3916. doi:10.1021/cm901554p. ISSN 0897-4756.
  • Whittaker, Luisa; Jaye, Cherno; Fu, Zugen; Fischer, Daniel A.; Banerjee, Sarbajit (2009-07-01). "Depressed Phase Transition in Solution-Grown VO2 Nanostructures". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131 (25): 8884–8894. doi:10.1021/ja902054w. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 19505072.
  • Whittaker, Luisa; Patridge, Christopher J.; Banerjee, Sarbajit (2011-04-07). "Microscopic and Nanoscale Perspective of the Metal−Insulator Phase Transitions of VO2: Some New Twists to an Old Tale". The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2 (7): 745–758. doi:10.1021/jz101640n.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Luisa Whittaker-Brooks". Chemical & Engineering News. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  2. ^ a b Whittaker-Brooks, Luisa (2018-11-29). "Fundamentals, State-of-the-Art, & Recent Trends in Nanostructured Materials for Energy & Electronic Applications". Public Lecture Series.
  3. ^ a b "2018 Stanley Corrsin Award Recipient". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  4. ^ "Luisa Whittaker-Brooks - Department of Chemistry - The University of Utah". chem.utah.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  5. ^ a b "The Nanomaterial Scientist". www.buffalo.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  6. ^ a b "Tiny Particles, Massive Rewards". www.buffalo.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  7. ^ "Group Alumni | Organic and Polymer Electronics Laboratory". loogroup.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  8. ^ "Every Rose Has Its Thorn!". Princeton University. 2010. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  9. ^ a b "Chemistry Department Seminar: Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (U Utah) | Chemistry Events | Carleton College". apps.carleton.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  10. ^ Cobley, Claire M. (2020). "Introducing our Inaugural Early Career Advisory Board". ChemNanoMat. 6 (1): 4. doi:10.1002/cnma.201900721. ISSN 2199-692X.
  11. ^ "LUISA WHITTAKER-BROOKS - Service - Faculty Profile - The University of Utah". faculty.utah.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  12. ^ "Postdoc Whittaker-Brooks Awarded L'Oreal USA Fellowship For Women in Science | Chemical and Biological Engineering". cbe.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  13. ^ "AWARD: Two Princeton postdocs receive 2013 L'Oréal USA Fellowships For Women in Science". Princeton University. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  14. ^ "Milligan Mason Award for Women in the Chemical Sciences Winners". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  15. ^ "Utah chemist studying how to generate electricity from exercise". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  16. ^ "Dr. Lloyd N. Ferguson Professional Award". www.nobcche.org. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  17. ^ "Journal of Materials Chemistry A profiles: Contributors to the Emerging Investigators 2018 issue". Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6 (44): 21641–21653. 2018-11-13. doi:10.1039/C8TA90238K. ISSN 2050-7496.
  18. ^ "2021 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards". Dreyfus Foundation. 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
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