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Postdoctoral Research Associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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I am a postdoctoral scientist with more than nine years of laboratory research experience. My scientific expertise centers around physical chemistry research to improve understanding of air pollution and byproduct formation in ignition and petrochemical processing. In addition to lab work I have experience in freelance science writing, manuscript editing, and coaching clients in scientific and technical communication. I am proficient in MATLAB and Python and have a basic command of Mandarin Chinese.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Chemistry
• ★ Physical Chemistry
• ☆ Spectroscopy
• ☆ Combustion & Ignition
• ☆ Earth & Atmospheric Science
• ☆ Pollution Control & Waste Management
• ☆ Air Pollution
• ☆ Lasers & Photonics
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Product Development

Work Experience

Communication Fellow

MIT Communication Lab

April 2018 - Present

Postdoctoral Associate

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

September 2017 - Present

Visiting Research Associate

Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica

January 2014 - June 2017

Education

PhD (Chemistry)

University of California Berkeley

August 2011 - August 2016

B.S. (Chemistry)

Western Washington University

September 2007 - June 2011

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2018). Kinetics of the reaction of the simplest Criegee intermediate with ammonia: A combination of experiment and theory . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20. (47). p. 29669-29676.

Smith, M.C., Chao, W., Kumar, M., Francisco, J.S., Takahashi, K., Lin, J.J.-M.(2017). Temperature-Dependent Rate Coefficients for the Reaction of CH<inf>2</inf>OO with Hydrogen Sulfide . Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 121. (5). p. 938-945.

Smith, M.C., Chao, W., Takahashi, K., Boering, K.A., Lin, J.J.-M.(2016). Unimolecular Decomposition Rate of the Criegee Intermediate (CH<inf>3</inf>)<inf>2</inf>COO Measured Directly with UV Absorption Spectroscopy . Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 120. (27). p. 4789-4798.

(2016). Competition between H<inf>2</inf>O and (H<inf>2</inf>O)<inf>2</inf> reactions with CH<inf>2</inf>OO/CH<inf>3</inf>CHOO . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 18. (6). p. 4557-4568.

(2015). Strong negative temperature dependence of the simplest criegee intermediate CH&lt;inf&gt;2&lt;/inf&gt;OO reaction with water dimer . Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 6. (14). p. 2708-2713.

Garofalo, L.A., Smith, M.C., Dagdigian, P.J., Kłos, J., Alexander, M.H., Boering, K.A., Lin, J.J.-M.(2015). Electronic quenching of O(&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; D) by Xe: Oscillations in the product angular distribution and their dependence on collision energy . Journal of Chemical Physics. 143. (5).

Ting, W.-L., Chen, Y.-H., Chao, W., Smith, M.C., Lin, J.J.-M.(2014). The UV absorption spectrum of the simplest Criegee intermediate CH<inf>2</inf>OO . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 16. (22). p. 10438-10443.

Smith, M.C., Ting, W.-L., Chang, C.-H., Takahashi, K., Boering, K.A., Lin, J.J.-M.(2014). UV absorption spectrum of the C2 Criegee intermediate CH<inf>3</inf>CHOO . Journal of Chemical Physics. 141. (7).

Bowker, R.H., Smith, M.C., Carrillo, B.A., Bussell, M.E.(2012). Synthesis and hydrodesulfurization properties of noble metal phosphides: Ruthenium and palladium . Topics in Catalysis. 55. (14-15). p. 999-1009.

Bowker, R.H., Smith, M.C., Pease, M.L., Slenkamp, K.M., Kovarik, L., Bussell, M.E.(2011). Synthesis and hydrodeoxygenation properties of ruthenium phosphide catalysts . ACS Catalysis. 1. (8). p. 917-922.

Gaudette, A.F., Burns, A.W., Hayes, J.R., Smith, M.C., Bowker, R.H., Seda, T., Bussell, M.E.(2010). Mössbauer spectroscopy investigation and hydrodesulfurization properties of iron-nickel phosphide catalysts . Journal of Catalysis. 272. (1). p. 18-27.

Hayes, J.R., Bowker, R.H., Gaudette, A.F., Smith, M.C., Moak, C.E., Nam, C.Y., Pratum, T.K., Bussell, M.E.(2010). Hydrodesulfurization properties of rhodium phosphide: Comparison with rhodium metal and sulfide catalysts . Journal of Catalysis. 276. (2). p. 249-258.

CONFERENCE PAPER

Bowker, R.H., Smith, M.C., Bergquist, L.E., Moak, C.E., Bussell, M.E.(2011). Synthesis and hydrodesulfurization properties of noble metal phosphide hydrodesulfurization catalysts . ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts.

Bussell, M.E., Bowker, R.H., Hayes, J.R., Smith, M.C., Bergquist, L.E., Layan Savithra, G.H., Brock, S.L.(2010). Hydrodesulfurization properties of bimetallic and noble metal phosphide catalysts . ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts.