Emilie Ringe Now Talks about Her Research and Volunteering Interest

Emilie Ringenow talks about her research and volunteeringinterest.She completedher M.S. in

organic chemistry with Prof. Jim Ibers. Later she joined Ph.D. Program at Northwester in 2008. She is

highly interested in structure property relationship. She studied the various uranium based inorganic

structures and dedicatedly studiedtheir effect on conductivity and magnetic properties.While being

in the team of Marks and Van Duyne groups, she studied the effects of nanoparticles structures and

composition on optical properties includingrefractive index sensitivity, localized surface Plasmon

resonance energy. She has many active collaborating with different research groups both at and

outside the Northwestern University and many bright opportunities to interact on newprojects.

Emilie Ringe also took active interest in tutoring and mentoring students between 2007 and 2008,

she had tutored students in general chemistry. Again in 2009 and 2010, she mentored a high school

teacher in a research program for about 8 weeks with the RET program. Emilie Ringe’s Volunteering

is remarkable as she participated in many research activities, makingsignificant contributions.

Talking more about Emilie Ringe Research, she stated more, “I actively participate and lead outreach

events through the research center to which I belong, the materials research and engineering center

(MRSEC) center. I am part of the Science Speakers Corps, a group which provides research talks on

demand to high schools and community colleges. To reach a different audience through science-

themed plays, I contribute to ETOPiA. I also play an active role in the K-12 teaching program of

MRSEC, which manages an after school science club at a middle school, and occasionally teach to

elementary school kids through SITC (Science in the classroom), a program managed by chemistry

graduate students.”

About Emilie Ringe

Emilie Ringe is a Gott Junior Research Fellow at Trinity Hall and also holds a Newton International

Research Fellowship from the Royal Society. She is based in the Electron Microscopy group in the

Materials Science and Metallurgy Department at Cambridge University. She was a Ph.D. student at

Northwestern University where she held a Presidential Fellowship. Her thesis entitled “Building the

Nanoplasmonics Toolbox through Shape Modeling and Single Particle Optical Studies”. Emilie’s

current interests include atomic resolution and three dimensional elemental mapping of alloy

nanoparticles relevant for catalysis applications, as well as near-field plasmon mapping using

electron energy loss spectroscopy.

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