Tuesday, May 3, 2022

The National Science Foundation (NSF) selected Diamond T. Jones, a recent Ph.D. graduate from the University of Iowa Department of Chemistry, for a prestigious Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (MPS-Ascend).

Diamond Jones stands outside of the Department of Chemistry building on the University of Iowa campus

Diamond, who completed her doctorate in the research group of Professor Sara E. Mason, received a three-year, $300,000 award to support her early-career research and advancement toward a faculty position. The fellowship will fund Diamond to work with Prof. Andrew M. Rappe at the University of Pennsylvania to combine and advance computational methods to model chemical mechanisms associated with the synthesis of MXenes—an emerging class of two-dimensional nanomaterials with distinct properties and a wide range of potential applications. Alongside the technical goals of the project, Dr. Jones will invigorate ongoing outreach activities at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as develop and lead a new workshop for WOC to develop strategies and discuss specific struggles associated with the final stages of graduate school training.

Check out the NSF's public summary of the project and learn more about the MPS-Ascend fellowship.