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Our research focus can be summarized as analytical surface-science. Nearly all of our research is based on measurements of chemical interactions with surfaces, and most of our instrumentation is specifically designed to examine interfacial phenomena. If you've ever wondered why oil spreading on water looks like a rainbow, why you can only make sand castles with wet sand, or how Rain-X® keeps your windshield so clean, you might be interested in our work. We use precice measurements of chemical behaviors to create new, fundamental understanding of these types of questions to address important challenges in environmental remediation, materials development, and energy science. 

Detailed descriptions of our research projects and some laboratory pictures can be found within this website.  If you have questions, feel free to send us an email or arrange a visit to our lab.  Follow us on Twitter @shawschem (group) or @shawchem (Prof Shaw)

Research for All

The Shaw group accepts that scientific advancement suffers without participation from all varied communities. We proactively engage all people regardless of status or ability. We acknowledge institutional challenges within the sciences, both for and against, certain groups of people. To counter this and provide clearer pathways to success, we work to create an inviting and enjoyable environment to do, and share, good science for all. Through formal training and informal interactions, we continuously strive to improve ourselves while advocating for each others’ success. We hope our efforts will support positive changes within our field.

 

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Departmental Events

Final Thesis Defense- Andrew Kreps

Friday, June 13, 2025 1:30pm
Chemistry Building
"From Materials to Meaning: Exploring the Impact of Cognitive Scaffolding on Group Dynamics & Sensemaking"

Final Thesis Defense- Andrej Corkovic

Friday, June 20, 2025 1:30pm
Chemistry Building

Final Thesis Defense: Haley Petras

Thursday, July 3, 2025 12:30pm
Pomerantz Center
"Finite temperature electronic structure methods and applications to astronomically relevant molecules"
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Professional Development Events

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2025 Virtual Dissertation Camp

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 9:00am to 1:00pm
Virtual
The Writing Center's Dissertation Writing Camp takes place via Zoom from Tuesday May 27 to Friday June 6. Graduate students from colleges and departments across campus meet in facilitated discussion groups, write together, track their progress on blogs, meet individually with Writing Center consultants, and attend presentations on dissertation-related topics. Events include presentations from staff in the UI Libraries, the Graduate College, and Student Health about resources to support graduate...
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2025 Virtual Dissertation Camp

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 9:00am to 1:00pm
Virtual
The Writing Center's Dissertation Writing Camp takes place via Zoom from Tuesday May 27 to Friday June 6. Graduate students from colleges and departments across campus meet in facilitated discussion groups, write together, track their progress on blogs, meet individually with Writing Center consultants, and attend presentations on dissertation-related topics. Events include presentations from staff in the UI Libraries, the Graduate College, and Student Health about resources to support graduate...
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2025 Virtual Dissertation Camp

Thursday, May 29, 2025 9:00am to 1:00pm
Virtual
The Writing Center's Dissertation Writing Camp takes place via Zoom from Tuesday May 27 to Friday June 6. Graduate students from colleges and departments across campus meet in facilitated discussion groups, write together, track their progress on blogs, meet individually with Writing Center consultants, and attend presentations on dissertation-related topics. Events include presentations from staff in the UI Libraries, the Graduate College, and Student Health about resources to support graduate...
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2025 Virtual Dissertation Camp

Friday, May 30, 2025 9:00am to 1:00pm
Virtual
The Writing Center's Dissertation Writing Camp takes place via Zoom from Tuesday May 27 to Friday June 6. Graduate students from colleges and departments across campus meet in facilitated discussion groups, write together, track their progress on blogs, meet individually with Writing Center consultants, and attend presentations on dissertation-related topics. Events include presentations from staff in the UI Libraries, the Graduate College, and Student Health about resources to support graduate...
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2025 Virtual Dissertation Camp

Monday, June 2, 2025 9:00am to 1:00pm
Virtual
The Writing Center's Dissertation Writing Camp takes place via Zoom from Tuesday May 27 to Friday June 6. Graduate students from colleges and departments across campus meet in facilitated discussion groups, write together, track their progress on blogs, meet individually with Writing Center consultants, and attend presentations on dissertation-related topics. Events include presentations from staff in the UI Libraries, the Graduate College, and Student Health about resources to support graduate...
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Articles

Publications

Scott K Shaw's Google Scholar

2024

DeYoung, J.L.; Akporere, U.G.; Cheng, Z.; China, S.; Vandergrift, G.W.; Anderton, C.R.; Zhou, Y.; Zhu, Z.; Shaw, S.K. Chemical Differences in Environmental Films Collected on Surfaces with Different Hydrophilicity. ACS Earth Space Chem. 2024, 8 (12), 2411-2419. DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.4c00170

Van Den Top, M.B.; Horvath, A.; Koutsoukos, S.; Philippi, F.; Rauber, D.; Welton, T.; Shaw, S.K. Increasing Cation Ion Symmetry Reduces Ionic Liquid Ordering in Thin Films. J. Phys. Chem. B 2024, 128 (45), 11251-11257. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c04413

Duke, R.; Sweet, A.; Stumme, N.C.; Ordikhani-Seyedlar, R.; Chattopadhyay, S.; Yang, C.; Yang, H.; Perera, A.; Green, L.; Endres, K.; Losch, M.E.; Ganapathysubramanian, B.; Mason, S.E.; Sarkar, S.; Shaw, S.K.; Risko, C.; Jenkins, J.L.; Teague, C.M. In the Mix: A Workshop Merging Computational Chemistry and Electrochemistry Alongside Data Science. J. Chem. Educ. 2024, 101 (11), 5060-5067. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00727

Nelson, B.; Huang, W.; Shen, N.; Shaw, S.K.; Lamuta, C.; Ding H. Evolving surface wettability in laser-powder bed fusion printed metal parts. Manuf. Lett. 2024, 40, 45-49. DOI: 10.1016/j.mfglet.2024.02.003

Bi, J.; Witt, E.; McGovern, M.K.; Cafi, A.B.; Rosenstock, L.L.; Pearson, A.B.; Brown, T.J.; Karasic, T.B.; Absler, L.C.; Machkanti, S.; Boyce, H,; Gallo, D.; Becker, S.L.; Ishida, K.; Jenkins, J.; Hayward, A,; Scheiflinger, A.; Bodeker, K.L.; Kumar, R.; Shaw, S.K.; Jabbour, S.K.; Lira, V.A.; Henry, M.D.; Tift, M.S.; Otterbein, L.E.; Traverso, G.; Byrne, J.D. Oral carbon monoxide enhances autophagy modulation in prostate, pancreatic, and lung cancers. Advanced Science 2024, 11 (9), 2308346. DOI: 10.1002/advs.202308346

Duke, R.; Mahmoudi, S.; Kaur, A.P.; Bhat, V.; Dingle, I.C.; Stumme, N.C.; Shaw, S.K.; Eaton, D.; Vego, A.; Risko, C. ExpFlow: a graphical user interface for automated reproducible electrochemistry. Digital Discovery 2024, 3 (1), 163-172. DOI: 10.1039/D3DD00156C

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