Woehl, Taylor J.
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 2013
Research Interests
Nanomaterial assembly, nucleation, protein aggregation, in situ electron microscopy, plasmonics and tunable optical materials, active matter and collective behavior, (electro)catalyst degradation, radiation chemistry.
Current Research Projects
1.) In situ electron beam induced synthesis of electrocatalyst nanoparticles for operando electrochemistry inside a transmission electron microscope (TEM).
2.) Life-inspired assembly processes: dissipative assembly of colloids in electric fields and collective behavior of highly concentrated bacteria suspensions.
3.) Stability of monoclonal antibodies: directly observing transient antibody assemblies using liquid cell electron microscopy; development of advanced TEM techniques for imaging low contrast biomolecules.
4.) In vitro aggregation mechanisms of pathogenic proteins such prions and amyloids using light scattering and liquid cell electron microscopy.
Honors and Awards
- 2014 NRC Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 2014 NIST MML Accolade award for service
- 2013 Zuhair Munir award for best dissertation in the College of Engineering, University of California, Davis