Tanya Prozorov

Ph.D.

Phone: 515-294-3376
Email: tprozoro@ameslab.gov
Office: 332 Wilhelm
Websites:
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Credentials

Education

  • Ph.D. in Materials Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, 2004
    M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 1997
    M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry, Moscow National University of Science
    and Technology (MISiS), Moscow, 1992

Professional Appointments

  • 2023-present Scientist III, US DOE Ames Laboratory, Ames IA.
    2019-present Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, ISU, Ames IA.
    2021-2023 Scientist II, US DOE Ames Laboratory, Ames IA.
    2012-2021 Associate Scientist, US DOE Ames Laboratory, Ames IA.
    2010-2012 Assistant Scientist III, US DOE Ames Laboratory,
    Ames IA.
    2007-2010 Assistant Scientist II, US DOE Ames Laboratory,
    Ames IA.
    2005-2007 Postdoctoral Research Associate, US DOE Ames
    Laboratory, Ames IA.
    2004-2005 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of
    Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
    1999-2004 Graduate Research Assistant, University of Illinois,
    Urbana-Champaign.
  • 1995-1998 Graduate Research Assistant, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan
    1989-1992 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Moscow National University of Science and Technology (MISiS)

Honors & Awards

  • 2011 US DOE BES Early Career Award
    2007 Outstanding Mentor Award (SULI program)
    2006 Outstanding Mentor Award (SULI program)
    1995-1997 Scholarship of the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology
    1990-1992 Academic Council Scholarship (MISiS)

Areas of Expertise

  • Interfacial phenomena
  • Imaging and characterization approaches of soft and beam-sensitive materials
  • Nanomaterials synthesis, biomineralization, and template-mediated reaction pathways

Research

Research Interests

  • Interfacial phenomena probed with advanced analytical electron microscopy techniques
  • Geologically-inspired separation of rare earth elements
  • Application of biomineralization approaches to imaging and characterization of low-contrast nanostructures: metallization of DNA origami probed with advanced analytical electron microscopy techniques in situ. Biomineral crystal formation, evolution, and maturation.

Publications

Wendy J. Shaw Michelle K. Kidder Simon R. Bare Massimiliano Delferro James R. Morris Francesca M. Toma Sanjaya D. Senanayake Tom Autrey Elizabeth J Biddinger Shannon Boettcher Mark E. Bowden Phillip F. Britt Robert C. Brown R. Morris Bullock Jingguang G. Chen Claus Daniel Peter K. Dorhout Rebecca A. Efroymson Kelly J. Gaffney Laura Gagliardi Aaron S. Harper David J. Heldebrant Oana R. Luca Maxim Lyubovsky Jonathan L. Male Daniel J. Miller Tanya Prozorov Robert Rallo Rachita Rana Robert M. Rioux Aaron D. Sadow Joshua A. Schaidle Lisa A. Schulte William A. Tarpeh Dionisios G. Vlachos Bryan D. Vogt Robert S. Weber Jenny Y. Yang Elke Arenholz Brett A. Helms Wenyu Huang James L. Jordahl Canan Karakaya Kourosh Kian Jotheeswari Kothandaraman Johannes Lercher Ping Liu Deepika Malhotra Karl T. Mueller Casey P. O’Brien Robert M. Palomino Long Qi José A. Rodriguez Roger Rousseau Jake C. Russell Michele L. Sarazen David S. Sholl Emily A. Smith Michaela Burke Stevens Yogesh Surendranath Christopher J. Tassone Ba Tran William Tumas Krista S. Walton

A US perspective on closing the carbon cycle to defossilize difficult-to-electrify segments of our economy

Nature Reviews Chemistry, 8, 376–400 (2024), 2024