Katherine Jungjohann is a group leader at the

National Renewable Energy Laboratory The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the US specializes in the research and development of renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy systems integration, and sustainable transportation. NREL is a federally funded research and ...

(NREL) and previously worked as a scientist and engineer at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) which is part of

Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), also known as Sandia, is one of three research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Headquartered in Kirtland Air Force B ...

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Biography

Early life

Jungjohann grew up in an academic family.

Education

Jungjohann received her

Bachelor of Science A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.S., B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Scienc ...

degree in

chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...

with honors from the

University of Redlands The University of Redlands is a private university in Redlands, California, United States. The university's main, residential campus is situated on 160 acres (65 ha) near downtown Redlands. An additional eight regional locations throughout Calif ...

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

, in 2008. She completed her

Doctor of Philosophy A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of Postgraduate education, graduate study and original resear ...

degree in

materials science Materials science is an interdisciplinary field of researching and discovering materials. Materials engineering is an engineering field of finding uses for materials in other fields and industries. The intellectual origins of materials sci ...

and

engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

at the

University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Davis, California, United States. It is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University ...

, CA in 2012.

Career

Jungjohann finished off a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials at

Brookhaven National Laboratory Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is a United States Department of Energy national laboratories, United States Department of Energy national laboratory located in Upton, New York, a hamlet of the Brookhaven, New York, Town of Brookhaven. It w ...

before beginning a staff position at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies at Sandia National Laboratories in 2013. In 2021, Jungjohann joined the

(NREL) as a group manager.

Distinctions

* Nano Letters - Early Career Advisory Board (2016-2017) *

Microscopy Society of America The Microscopy Society of America (MSA), founded in 1942 as The Electron Microscope Society of America, is a non-profit organization that provides microanalytical facilities for studies within the sciences. Currently, there are approximately 3000 me ...

's Focused Interest Group on Electron Microscopy in Liquids and Gases - Co-leader and Placement Office Chair *

Materials Research Society The Materials Research Society (MRS) is a non-profit, professional organization for materials researchers, scientists and engineers. Established in 1973, MRS is a member-driven organization of approximately 13,000 materials researchers from academi ...

- Member, Speaker *

American Chemical Society The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has more than 155,000 members at all ...

- Member *

American Association for the Advancement of Science The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is a United States–based international nonprofit with the stated mission of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsib ...

- Member

Publications

Jungjohann has over 150 publications. Her most cited work has been cited over 300 times. Here is a sampling of her most cited works, each one has been cited more than 100 times: *Controlled growth of nanoparticles from solution with in situ liquid transmission electron microscopy JE Evans, KL Jungjohann, ND Browning, I Arslan (2011) *In situ transmission electron microscopy study of electrochemical sodiation and potassiation of carbon nanofibers Y Liu, F Fan, J Wang, Y Liu, H Chen, KL Jungjohann, Y Xu, Y Zhu, D Bigio, ... (2014) *Experimental procedures to mitigate electron beam induced artifacts during in situ fluid imaging of nanomaterials TJ Woehl, KL Jungjohann, JE Evans, I Arslan, WD Ristenpart, ... (2013) *In situ liquid cell electron microscopy of the solution growth of Au–Pd core–shell nanostructures KL Jungjohann, S Bliznakov, PW Sutter, EA Stach, EA Sutter (2013) *In situ liquid-cell electron microscopy of silver–palladium galvanic replacement reactions on silver nanoparticles E Sutter, K Jungjohann, S Bliznakov, A Courty, E Maisonhaute, S Tenney, ... (2014) *Atomic-scale imaging and spectroscopy for in situ liquid scanning transmission electron microscopy KL Jungjohann, JE Evans, JA Aguiar, I Arslan, ND Browning (2012) *Lithium Electrodeposition Dynamics in Aprotic Electrolyte Observed in Situ via Transmission Electron Microscopy AJ Leenheer, KL Jungjohann, KR Zavadil, JP Sullivan, CT Harris (2015)

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