GebbieLab

I am excited to announce that I am going to launch my own research group as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at @Tulane ! I am m so grateful for the experiences and support I have had at @GebbieMatthew’s @GebbieLab and looking forward to this new chapter💚

Excited about our paper on why aromatic cations are unique promoters of CO2 reduction! @WenxiaoGuo_o’s sendoff work links catalytic activity to an unexplored interaction that is the electrostatic mirror of cation-pi interactions - a 2024 JMCA HOT paper 🔥 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

In our newest paper, out now in @softmatter, we look at how ion entropy influences double layer formation and electrocatalysis: doi.org/10.1039/D3SM01…

Interested in how interfacial ions impact electrocatalysis? Check out our Invited Perspective in @ACSCatalysis! Linking Electric Double Layer Formation to Electrocatalytic Activity | ACS Catalysis pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Interested in the interplay between ion correlations and electrocatalysis? Check out our new invited @ACSCatalysis perspective! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Curious about how proton donation impacts interfacial electric fields? Using CO2 reduction and planar cations as reporters, we discovered relative charges of proton donors can help explain "local pH effects" in electrocatalysis. Congrats @WenxiaoGuo_o! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Check out our latest work, led by @WenxiaoGuo_o! We show suppressing anionic co-ion generation using cationic proton sources amplifies interfacial electric fields, leading to higher activity of electrochemical CO2 reduction in nonaqueous electrolytes. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Best highlights from group meeting today: “High-fives make you your best self.” “Your brain doesn’t know if a high-five is from yourself or someone else.” “Here’s the economics of a high-five.”

The electric double layer is emerging as a hot research topic for sustainable electrochemistry technologies.⚡️ Learn the fundamentals in our newest post by Sam Johnstone and Seth Anderson. interfaces.che.wisc.edu/what-is-an-ele…

If you happen to be around @NCState and attending the ACS Colloid and Surface Sciences conference, make sure to stop by and hear Ryan’s talk about measuring ion diffusion in ion-rich electrolytes!

Gebbie group boating trip to celebrate the end of a great year!

This year, our group had many students recognized for their achievements! This includes: Hrishikesh Tupkar : @NDSEG Fellowship @umana_elvis : @NSF GRPF Fellowship and Ragatz Teaching Award @Ryan_Cashen : Bird Steward Lightfoot Fellowship and Ragatz Teaching Award Congrats!

At the last @UWMadCBE seminar for the year, two graduate students present their thesis work before the department announces research and teaching awards for graduate students around the department. This is a super fun tradition that allows us to reflect on student successes.

Check out our latest work, led by Jack McAlpine! We show that modulating entropic driving forces using molecular rigidity can suppress lithium coordination to anions, enabling high lithium mobility in solid organic electrolytes! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

We're very happy to have a featured customer story from @Photometrics about our imaging work on ion transport and structuring! Very happy with our imaging capabilities.

Thanks to all of the members of the Gebbie lab for volunteering and logistics, and to the @NSF for funding this activity!

A little demonstration of our group’s activity at the @UWMadEngr Engineering EXPO! Let’s see how different electrolytes help us control how efficiently we can generate sustainable fuels from water! Thanks to the @UWMadCBE graduate students for volunteering!

Come check out our Engineering EXPO outreach activities! Our group put together a demonstration illustrating the role of electrolyte design in sustainable production of energy!

We are happy to announce that Hrishikesh Tupkar, a 2nd year PhD student in our lab, has been awarded the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (@NDSEG) Fellowship! Hrishikesh is working on next-generation batteries with enhanced safety and performance. Congrats!

Congrats to our own Elvis Umaña for receiving the highly prestigious @NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Elvis studies ion transport properties in concentrated electrolytes using both experimental and data science approaches, and is co-advised with the Zavala Lab.