Inferring layer-by-layer composition in Au-Ag nanoparticles using a combination of X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Monte Carlo simulations
Arif-2020-inferring
CV
Downloadable document: Resume
Education
- Ph.D in Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 2025 (expected)
- M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2020
- B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay, India, 2018
Work experience
- Jan 2021 - Present : Graduate Student Researcher, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Worked with Prof Alex Mironenko towards designing catalyst materials computationally
- Jan 2020 - Dec 2020 : Graduate Student Researcher, CMU
- Worked with Prof John Kitchin towards my master’s independent project
- Used tools like Density-Functional Theory, Machine learning and Monte Carlo methods to study surface segregation on CuAgAu alloys. More info available at GitHub
- Jul 2018 - Apr 2019: Process Engineer at Dr. Reddy’s Labs, India
- Responsible for scale-up of coating operation: Wet drug layering on sugar spheres
- Developed thermodynamic model in python to investigate parameter dependence and coating efficiency
Skills
- Python, MATLAB
- Code editing/Version-Control
- Git
- Emacs
- Linux commands
Publications
Defect Engineering of WO3 by Rapid Flame Reduction for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Conversion of Methane into Liquid Oxygenates
Woo-2023-wo3-ch4-oxidation
Implication of surface oxidation of nanoscale molybdenum carbide on electrocatalytic activity
Yu-2024-beta-mo2c
Role of surface oxygen in α-MoC catalyst stability and activity under electrooxidation conditions
Gautam-2025-amoc-faeo
Planar chiral metallopolymers for electrochemically-mediated enantioselective separations
Jeon-2025-planar-selectivity