Research Interests

• Aerogels
• Sol-gel chemistry
• Nuclear magnetic resonance
• Transition metal ceramics.

Ph.D., Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2015

B.S., Physics, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2010

B.S., Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2010

• Economical synthesis of vanadia aerogels via epoxide-assisted gelation of VOCl3, TM Fears, C Sotiriou-Leventis, JG Winiarz, N Leventis, Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 77 (1), 244-256
• A study of perfluorocarboxylate ester solvents for lithium ion battery electrolytes, TM Fears, RL Sacci, JG Winiarz, H Kaiser, H Taub, GM Veith, Journal of Power Sources 299, 434-442
• Direct determination of solid-electrolyte interphase thickness and composition as a function of state of charge on a silicon anode, GM Veith, M Doucet, JK Baldwin, RL Sacci, TM Fears, Y Wang, JF Browning, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119 (35), 20339-20349

• DOE Office of Science, Graduate Student Research Fellowship, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2015
• NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship for Neutron Scattering, University of Missouri, 2013