Veronica Augustyn
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{{Short description|American materials scientist and academic}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Veronica Augustyn
| workplaces = University of Texas at Austin
North Carolina State University
| alma_mater = University of Arizona
University of California, Los Angeles
| thesis_title = Characterization of nanostructured materials for lithium-ion batteries and electrochemical capacitors
| thesis_url = https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9598g3x2
| thesis_year = 2013
| website = [https://www.mse.ncsu.edu/augustyn/ Augustyn Group]
}}
Veronica Augustyn is an American materials scientist who is a professor and the Jake & Jennifer Hooks Distinguished Scholar in Materials Science & Engineering at North Carolina State University. Her research considers the behavior of materials at electrochemical interfaces for next-generation technologies.
Early life and education
Augustyn was an undergraduate student in materials science at the University of Arizona.{{cite web | title=Augustyn Research Group - Team - Principal Investigator - Veronica Augustyn| website=North Carolina State University | date=2021-08-20 | url=https://mse.ncsu.edu/augustyn/members/ | access-date=2024-07-14}} She moved to the University of California, Los Angeles for graduate studies, where she completed a doctorate in materials science. Her research considered nanostructure materials for lithium-ion batteries and electrochemical capacitors.{{Cite thesis |title=Characterization of nanostructured materials for lithium-ion batteries and electrochemical capacitors |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9598g3x2 |publisher=UCLA |date=2013 |language=en |first=Veronica |last=Augustyn}} After earning her PhD, Augustyn moved to the Materials Institute at University of Texas at Austin where she spent two years as a postdoctoral fellow.
Research and career
Augustyn joined North Carolina State University in 2015. Her research considers next-generation energy materials for environmental technologies.{{Cite web |date=March 7, 2017 |title=Veronica Augustyn |url=https://www.mse.ncsu.edu/people/vaugust/ |access-date=2022-10-08 |website=Department of Materials Science and Engineering |language=en-US}} These include layered metal oxides, which show potential for electrochemical energy storage materials.{{Cite web |last=mcdaniel |date=December 12, 2016 |title=Augustyn receives NSF CAREER Award |url=https://www.mse.ncsu.edu/2016/12/augustyn-receives-nsf-career-award/ |access-date=2022-10-08 |website=Department of Materials Science and Engineering |language=en-US}}
Augustyn joined the Journal of Materials Chemistry A as associate editor in 2021.{{Cite web |title=Welcome to our new Associate Editor Veronica Augustyn – Journal of Materials Chemistry Blog |url=https://blogs.rsc.org/jm/2021/08/05/welcome-to-our-new-associate-editor-veronica-augustyn/ |access-date=2022-10-08 |language=en-US}} Together with John Paul Eneku, Augustyn leads SciBridge, a science program that connects scientists in the United States with those working in Africa.{{Cite web |title=Team |url=https://www.scibridge.org/team.html |access-date=2022-10-08 |website=SciBridge |language=en}}
Selected publications
- {{Cite Q|Q43526337}}
- {{Cite journal |last1=Augustyn |first1=Veronica |last2=Simon |first2=Patrice |last3=Dunn |first3=Bruce |date=2014 |title=Pseudocapacitive oxide materials for high-rate electrochemical energy storage |url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01171774/file/Simon_13900.pdf.pdf |journal=Energy & Environmental Science |volume=7 |issue=5 |pages=1597 |doi=10.1039/c3ee44164d |s2cid=22211583 |issn=1754-5692}}
- {{Cite Q|Q96767752}}
- {{Cite Q|Q46649897}}
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Category:University of Arizona alumni
Category:UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni
Category:North Carolina State University faculty
Category:American materials scientists