Staff Scientist
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
Kinga A. Unocic is a R&D Staff Scientist in the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) since 2009. Her current research at ORNL focuses on characterization of various catalysts used in conversion of biomass to fuels, high temperature materials and high temperature oxidation mechanisms of various alloys. She has demonstrated notable expertise in using analytical transmission electron microscopy to understand the structural and chemical nature of materials and study their behavior under extreme environments, which can lead to understanding degradation and limits their lifetime. She has 16 years of experience in advanced structural and chemical characterization of materials systems using high-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), STEM-based microanalysis methods including energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), and most recently, the development of in situ microscopy techniques to study materials behavior under relevant pressures, temperatures and gas environments. Her recent in situ work focuses on introducing water vapor into gas-reaction cell and primarily aims at understanding environmental effects at atomic and nano-scale level and when combined with her expertise in microscopy, has allowed her to be at the forefront of a relatively new scientific field – in situ electron microscopy.
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Tuesday, July 25, 2023
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US CST
P01.5 - Revealing the Working Morphology of Energy Materials and Its Impact on Performance
Thursday, July 27, 2023
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US CST