Dr. Meagan Elinski

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Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Dr. Elinski is an assistant professor of chemistry and joined the Hope faculty in 2020.

Structure-function relationships at surfaces and interfaces
Surface chemistry and intermolecular forces
Tribology (friction, adhesion, lubrication, and wear), nanotribology
Tribochemistry/mechanochemistry
Surface analysis: AFM (atomic force microscopy), ATR-FTIR (attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy), SEM/EDS (scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive spectroscopy)

Phi Beta Kappa, inducted 2013
Texas A&M U.S. Senator Phil Gramm Doctoral Fellowship for Research and Teaching, 2017
Postdoctoral Academic Diversity Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 2018
麻豆视频 10 Under 10 Award Recipient, 2020
麻豆视频 Towsley Research Scholars Program Finalist, 2023
Cottrell Scholar Award, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, 2024

Dr. Meagan Elinski

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