Research Interests

• Synthesis & Characterization of Electrode Materials for Solid-State Batteries

Current Position

• Visiting PhD candidate, GEM Fellow - LLNL (Co-Advisor: Dr. Erika Ramos-Guzman)

Career Path

• Graduate Intern, NASA (Langley)
• Graduate Research Assistant, Clemson University (Advisor: Dr. Tianyu Zhu, Anticipated Graduation: December 2026)
• Legislative Intern, Senator Jose Rodriguez (District 29) - Texas Senate

Subject Matter Expertise

• Synthesis & Characterization of Materials for Energy-related Applications (Batteries, Fuel cells, Solar cells, Single-molecule magnets).
• Utilizing: Carbon Nanomaterials and Perovskite Oxides

PhD, Materials Science & Engineering, Clemson University, (2021-current)

B.S., Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, (2018)

B.A., Political Science, University of Texas at El Paso, (2014)

1. V. S. N. Chava; S. C. Pakanati; A. Gomez; L. Echegoyen; S. T. Sreenivasan. "MXene-Based Tailoring of Carrier Dynamics, Defect Passivation, and Interfacial Band Alignment for Efficient Planar p–i–n Perovskite Solar Cells," ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 4(11), p. 12137–12148, 2021. (DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.1c01669)
2. A. Gomez; D. Gopalakrishnan; L. Echegoyen; S. Sreenivasan, “Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications of Graphene Quantum Dots,” in “Handbook of Carbon-based Nanomaterials,” 1st Ed, Elsevier, 2021. p. 247-297. 
3. W. Cai; J. D. Bocarsly; A. Gomez; R. J. Letona; A. J. Metta-Magana; R. Seshadri; L. Echegoyen, “High blocking temperatures for DyScS endohedral fullerene single-molecule magnets,” Chem. Sci., 11, 13129-13136, 2020. (DOI: 10.1039/d0sc05265e)
4. A. R. Puente Santiago; O. Fernandez-Delgado; A. Gomez; M. A. Ahsan; L. Echegoyen, “Fullerenes as key components for low-dimensional (photo)electrocatalytic nanohybrid materials,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59, 2020. (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202009449)