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Branch, K. L. ; Johnson, E. R. ; Nichols, E. M. Porphyrin Aggregation Under Homogeneous Conditions Inhibits Electrocatalysis: A Case Study On Co2 Reduction. ACS Central Science 2024.
Teindl, K. ; Patrick, B. O. ; Nichols, E. M. Linear Free Energy Relationships And Transition State Analysis Of Co2 Reduction Catalysts Bearing Second Coordination Spheres With Tunable Acidity. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023, 145, 17176-17186.
Derrick, J. S. ; Loipersberger, M. ; Nistanaki, S. K. ; Rothweiler, A. V. ; Head-Gordon, M. ; Nichols, E. M. ; Chang, C. J. Templating Bicarbonate In The Second Coordination Sphere Enhances Electrochemical Co2 Reduction Catalyzed By Iron Porphyrins. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022, 144, 11656-11663.
Delley, M. F. ; Nichols, E. M. ; Mayer, J. M. Interfacial Acid–Base Equilibria And Electric Fields Concurrently Probed By In Situ Surface-Enhanced Infrared Spectroscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2021, 143, 10778-10792.

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Real name: 
Eva Nichols
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Office Room Number(s): 
A227
Office Phone Number: 
604-822-3187
Lab Room: 
A216, A220, A224
Lab Phone: 
604-822-5834

Curriculum Vitae

B.S. Chemistry, California Institute of Technology (2012)

Ph.D. Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley (2017)

NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University (2018-2020)

Publications

2024

Branch, K. L. ; Johnson, E. R. ; Nichols, E. M. Porphyrin Aggregation Under Homogeneous Conditions Inhibits Electrocatalysis: A Case Study On Co2 Reduction. ACS Central Science 2024.
Xie, S. L. ; Nichols, E. M. Molecularly Defined Electrodes Host A Concert Of Protons And Electrons. Nature Chemistry 2024, 16.
Conlin, S. K. ; Mehrabi, H. ; Parette, D. N. ; Nichols, E. M. ; Coridan, R. H. Characterizing Catalyst Function And Transformations In The Plasma Reduction Of Co2 On Atomic Layer Deposition-Synthesized Catalysts. RSC Appl. Interfaces 2024, 1, 552-563.

2023

Teindl, K. ; Patrick, B. O. ; Nichols, E. M. Linear Free Energy Relationships And Transition State Analysis Of Co2 Reduction Catalysts Bearing Second Coordination Spheres With Tunable Acidity. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023, 145, 17176-17186.
Nichols, E. M. Electrochemistry Cracks The P–O Bond: Sustainable Reduction Of Phosphates To Phosphorus. ACS Central Science 2023, 9, 343-345.
Allen, M. ; Bediako, K. ; Bowman, W. J. ; Calabrese, M. ; Caretta, L. ; Cersonsky, R. K. ; Chen, W. ; Correa, S. ; Davidson, R. ; Dresselhaus-Marais, L. ; Eisler, C. N. ; Furst, A. ; Ge, T. ; Hook, A. ; Hsu, Y. - T. ; Jia, C. ; Lu, J. ; Lunghi, A. ; Messina, M. S. ; Moreno-Hernandez, I. A. ; Nichols, E. ; Rao, R. ; Seifrid, M. ; Shulenberger, K. Emily; Simonov, A. N. ; Su, X. ; Swearer, D. F. ; Tang, E. ; Taylor, M. K. ; Tran, H. ; Trindade, G. F. ; Truby, R. ; Utzat, H. ; Yang, Y. ; Yee, D. W. ; Zhao, S. ; Cranford, S. 35+1 Challenges In Materials Science Being Tackled By Pis Under 35(Ish) In 2023. Matter 2023, 6, 2480-2487.

2022

Agarwal, R. G. ; Coste, S. C. ; Groff, B. D. ; Heuer, A. M. ; Noh, H. ; Parada, G. A. ; Wise, C. F. ; Nichols, E. M. ; Warren, J. J. ; Mayer, J. M. Free Energies Of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reagents And Their Applications. Chemical Reviews 2022, 122, 1-49.
Delley, M. F. ; Nichols, E. M. ; Mayer, J. M. Electrolyte Cation Effects On Interfacial Acidity And Electric Fields. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2022, 126, 8477-8488.
Derrick, J. S. ; Loipersberger, M. ; Nistanaki, S. K. ; Rothweiler, A. V. ; Head-Gordon, M. ; Nichols, E. M. ; Chang, C. J. Templating Bicarbonate In The Second Coordination Sphere Enhances Electrochemical Co2 Reduction Catalyzed By Iron Porphyrins. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022, 144, 11656-11663.

2021

Delley, M. F. ; Nichols, E. M. ; Mayer, J. M. Interfacial Acid–Base Equilibria And Electric Fields Concurrently Probed By In Situ Surface-Enhanced Infrared Spectroscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2021, 143, 10778-10792.

2020

Smith, P. T. ; Nichols, E. M. ; Cao, Z. ; Chang, C. J. Hybrid Catalysts For Artificial Photosynthesis: Merging Approaches From Molecular, Materials, And Biological Catalysis. Accounts of Chemical Research 2020, 53, 575-587.

2019

Nichols, E. M. ; Chang, C. J. Urea-Based Multipoint Hydrogen-Bond Donor Additive Promotes Electrochemical Co2 Reduction Catalyzed By Nickel Cyclam. Organometallics 2019, 38, 1213-1218.

2018

Smith, P. T. ; Benke, B. Punja; Cao, Z. ; Kim, Y. ; Nichols, E. M. ; Kim, K. ; Chang, C. J. Iron Porphyrins Embedded Into A Supramolecular Porous Organic Cage For Electrochemical Co2 Reduction In Water. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57, 9684-9688.
Diercks, C. S. ; Lin, S. ; Kornienko, N. ; Kapustin, E. A. ; Nichols, E. M. ; Zhu, C. ; Zhao, Y. ; Chang, C. J. ; Yaghi, O. M. Reticular Electronic Tuning Of Porphyrin Active Sites In Covalent Organic Frameworks For Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140, 1116-1122.
Nichols, E. M. ; Derrick, J. S. ; Nistanaki, S. K. ; Smith, P. T. ; Chang, C. J. Positional Effects Of Second-Sphere Amide Pendants On Electrochemical Co2 Reduction Catalyzed By Iron Porphyrins. Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 2952-2960.
Cao, Z. ; Derrick, J. S. ; Xu, J. ; Gao, R. ; Gong, M. ; Nichols, E. M. ; Smith, P. T. ; Liu, X. ; Wen, X. ; Copéret, C. ; Chang, C. J. Chelating N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands Enable Tuning Of Electrocatalytic Co2 Reduction To Formate And Carbon Monoxide: Surface Organometallic Chemistry. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57, 4981-4985.

2017

Gong, M. ; Cao, Z. ; Liu, W. ; Nichols, E. M. ; Smith, P. T. ; Derrick, J. S. ; Liu, Y. - S. ; Liu, J. ; Wen, X. ; Chang, C. J. Supramolecular Porphyrin Cages Assembled At Molecular–Materials Interfaces For Electrocatalytic Co Reduction. ACS Central Science 2017, 3, 1032-1040.

2016

Cao, Z. ; Kim, D. ; Hong, D. ; Yu, Y. ; Xu, J. ; Lin, S. ; Wen, X. ; Nichols, E. M. ; Jeong, K. ; Reimer, J. A. ; Yang, P. ; Chang, C. J. A Molecular Surface Functionalization Approach To Tuning Nanoparticle Electrocatalysts For Carbon Dioxide Reduction. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2016, 138, 8120-8125.

2015

Liu, C. ; Gallagher, J. J. ; Sakimoto, K. K. ; Nichols, E. M. ; Chang, C. J. ; Chang, M. C. Y. ; Yang, P. Nanowire–Bacteria Hybrids For Unassisted Solar Carbon Dioxide Fixation To Value-Added Chemicals. Nano Letters 2015, 15, 3634-3639.
Jurss, J. W. ; Khnayzer, R. S. ; Panetier, J. A. ; Roz, K. A. El; Nichols, E. M. ; Head-Gordon, M. ; Long, J. R. ; Castellano, F. N. ; Chang, C. J. Bioinspired Design Of Redox-Active Ligands For Multielectron Catalysis: Effects Of Positioning Pyrazine Reservoirs On Cobalt For Electro- And Photocatalytic Generation Of Hydrogen From Water. Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 4954-4972.
Lin, S. ; Diercks, C. S. ; Zhang, Y. - B. ; Kornienko, N. ; Nichols, E. M. ; Zhao, Y. ; Paris, A. R. ; Kim, D. ; Yang, P. ; Yaghi, O. M. ; Chang, C. J. Covalent Organic Frameworks Comprising Cobalt Porphyrins For Catalytic Co2 Reduction In Water. Science 2015, 349, 1208–1213.
Nichols, E. M. ; Gallagher, J. J. ; Liu, C. ; Su, Y. ; Resasco, J. ; Yu, Y. ; Sun, Y. ; Yang, P. ; Chang, M. C. Y. ; Chang, C. J. Hybrid Bioinorganic Approach To Solar-To-Chemical Conversion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2015.
Dalton, D. M. ; Ellis, S. R. ; Nichols, E. M. ; Mathies, R. A. ; F. Toste, D. ; Bergman, R. G. ; Raymond, K. N. Supramolecular Ga4L612– Cage Photosensitizes 1,3-Rearrangement Of Encapsulated Guest Via Photoinduced Electron Transfer. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2015, 137, 10128-10131.

2012

Skonieczny, K. ; Ciuciu, A. I. ; Nichols, E. M. ; Hugues, V. ; Blanchard-Desce, M. ; Flamigni, L. ; Gryko, D. T. Bright, Emission Tunable Fluorescent Dyes Based On Imidazole And Π-Expanded Imidazole. J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 20649-20664.