Projects

Instrument Testing and Deployment for the DOE CHAPS Field Campaign

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Carl Berkowitz

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

We are requesting support for EMSL participation in DOEs Cumulus Humilis Aerosol Plume Study, CHAPS. This campaign is being organized by DOEs Atmospheric Sciences Program (ASP) with support from NOAA…

Collaborative Research Projects Supported by the NCRR P41 Resource Center

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

David Camp

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The Proteomics Resource Center for Integrative Biology at PNNL was established in 2003 and builds on the unique instrumentation and the infrastructure provided by PNNLs EMSL facility. The mission of…

NMR and Computational Studies of Chemical Transformations at Complex Interfaces for Catalytic Applications

Lead Institution

University of Alabama

Principal Investigator

David Dixon

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Catalysis science is at the core of many of the DOE's programs including its core energy mission. Catalysts, both homogeneous and heterogeneous, facilitate the control of chemical reactions by…

Exploring the Boundaries of Metazoan Thermotolerance at Hydrothermal Vents: Respiration and Protein Expression of Paralvinellid Worms

Lead Institution

Harvard University

Principal Investigator

Peter Girguis

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

As evidence of global climate change mounts, there is a growing impetus to examine the responses of metazoan life to increasing thermal pressure. Organismal thermotolerance has been the subject of…

Investigation of Surface Structures on Supported Vanadium Oxide Model Catalysts

Lead Institution

University of California, Berkeley

Principal Investigator

Alexis Bell

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Vanadium oxo clusters supported on a high surface area support constitute an active, selective catalyst for several important reactions, including oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes and oxidative…

The Secretome of Metal-Reducing Shewanella oneidensis

Lead Institution

Georgia Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Thomas DiChristina

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The metabolic reactions catalyzed by metal- and radionuclide-reducing bacteria greatly influence the geochemistry of natural and contaminated environments. One of the more remarkable activities…

NMR Analysis of Bioprocess Samples

Lead Institution

Washington State University Tri-Cities

Principal Investigator

Kathleen McAteer

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The overall project is directed towards utilization of filamentous fungi for conversion of complex biomass to industrial commodity chemicals biofuels, organic acids or chemical feed-stocks for other…

ETA-Photovoltaics materials Interface optimization

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Timothy Droubay

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

We will provide a fundamental scientific foundation to understand the charge transport in novel oxide-based solar cells, and to tailor the transport by doping and/or interface modification of the…

In-situ TEM study of electrochemically-driven phase transformations in battery storage compounds

Lead Institution

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Yet-Ming Chiang

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Many battery electrode materials, such as lithium transition metal olivines ( LiMPO4, M=Fe, Mn, etc) and oxide spinels (LiMn2O4, LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4, Li4Ti5O12, etc), exhibit phase transformation…

Computational Studies of Catalyzed Chemical Transformations of Biomass

Lead Institution

University of Alabama

Principal Investigator

David Dixon

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

There is a critical need to develop new, renewable sources of energy as well as feedstocks for the chemical industry. Biomass is a carbon neutral source of energy and can also address issues related…

Epigenetic engineering to increase expression of novel feedstocks and lignocellulolytic enzymes

Lead Institution

Oregon State University

Principal Investigator

Michael Freitag

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Responses to environmental stimuli, e.g. changes in nutritional status, require space- and time-dependent transcription of genes in the context of chromatin, the assembly of DNA and proteins that…

Investigating the mechanisms for negative priming of soil organic carbon by pyrogenic carbon using NanoSIMS and LA-AMS

Lead Institution

Cornell University

Principal Investigator

Johannes Lehmann

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Reduced turnover rate (often referred to as "negative priming") of soil organic carbon (SOC) by pyrogenic black carbon (pyC) has the potential to have dramatic long-term effects on soil…

Investigations of Metal-organic Frameworks Using High-field Solid State NMR

Lead Institution

University of California, Berkeley

Principal Investigator

Jeffrey Reimer

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are emerging materials for the applications of CO2 capture from post-combustion flue gases. The knowledge of gas binding mechanisms and the in-depth understanding of…

Early Career: Reducing Scale Dependence of Physics Parameterizations for Global Cloud Resolving Climate Models

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

William Gustafson

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

New climate models with variable resolution grids combined with the anticipated two-order reduction in climate model grid spacing, from roughly 100's to 1's km grid spacing, in the next…

Fundamental Studies of Water Splitting on Model TiO2, RuO2 and Mixed TiO2-RuO2 Catalysts

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Michael Henderson

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The objective of this project is to provide fundamental insights into the roles of co-catalysts in heterogeneous photocatalytic water splitting over model TiO2 and related semiconducting oxide…

Computational Catalyst Design: Controlling Chemical Transformations to Minimize Environmental Impact

Lead Institution

University of Alabama

Principal Investigator

David Dixon

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

There is a critical need to develop new, renewable sources of energy as well as chemical feedstocks. Biomass is a carbon neutral source of energy and can also address issues related to the…

Interactions between Functionalized Graphene and Electrochemically Active Materials in Advanced Energy Storage System

Lead Institution

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Principal Investigator

Jie Xiao

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The overall goal of this project is to understand the roles of functionalized graphene in energy storage systems spanning from Li-ion, Li-S to Li-air batteries. Specifically, the morphology of…

Towards a complete structure of the intact bacterial cytokinesis machine

Lead Institution

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Principal Investigator

William Margolin

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

All bacteria need to grow and divide in order to proliferate in the environment. This involves duplication of their genetic material, partitioning the copies to daughter cells, and finally…

Electronic and Optical Properties of Doped Complex Oxide Epitaxial Films and Interfaces

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Scott Chambers

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The effect of A-cation site and anion-site doping, as well as heteroepitaxial interface formation, on the electronic and optical properties of La-based perovskites will be investigated. Specimens…

Experimental Capabilities and Fundamental Science for Geologic Carbon Sequestration: The PNNL In Situ Supercritical Suite (IS3)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

John Loring

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This Science Theme proposal requests EMSL access for investigators in the In Situ Supercritical Suite (IS3) component of PNNL's Carbon Sequestration Initiative (CSI). The CSI is a multi-million…