Robert C. Massé Phone: (920)698-6028 Email: rcmasse@uw.edu

Education University of Washington–Seattle Ph. D. Materials Science (expected 2018) M.S. Materials Science (expected Fall 2015) Advisor: Professor Guozhong Cao

University of Wisconsin–Madison B.S. Chemical Engineering B.S. Chemistry B.S. Physics B.S. Astronomy-Physics B.S. Mathematics, August 2014 Certificates & Honors: Sustainability in Engineering, Honors in Chemistry Senior Thesis: Enhancing a Combinatorial Method of Identifying Oxygen-Evolving Catalysts

Experience Guozhong Cao Research Group, UW-Seattle Materials Science and Engineering Department, Seattle, WA

Research Assistant, September 2014 – Present Synthesizing metal oxide cathode materials for Li-ion and Mg-ion batteries Studied experimental constraints and requirements for proper Mg electrochemistry Characterized battery and solar cell materials using transmission electron microscopy and

related techniques Shannon S. Stahl Research Group, UW-Madison Chemistry Department, Madison, WI

Undergraduate Researcher, January 2010 – May 2014 Discovered novel metal oxide oxygen-evolving catalysts for water-splitting reaction Designed, tested, and improved experimental equipment and procedures Investigated novel materials for reference electrodes in electrochemical cells

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy, Richland, WA DOE Program Intern, May 2012 – August 2012; May 2013 – August 2013

Studied materials for LIBs and Li-air cells for use in electric vehicles Used scalable methods to synthesize high-performance Si-based anode materials Studied Li-imide and Li-borate salts as replacements for LiPF6 in commercial LIB electrolytes Improved quantification estimates of Li2O2 formation in Li-air cells via titration techniques

Max G. Lagally Research Group, UW-Madison Materials Science Department, Madison, WI Student Hourly, February 2012 – June 2014

Atomic force microscopy used to study silicon substrates Raman and X-ray photoemission spectroscopy and microscopy used to study interface between

graphene and germanium substrates

Publications (Aside: I have denoted papers where I made particularly significant contributions with [‡]) Journal Articles

1. “A three layer design with mesoporous silica encapsulated by carbon core and shell for high energy Lithium ion battery anode”, Cao, X.; Chuan, X.; Massé, R.C.; Huang, D.; Li, S.; Cao, G.Z. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, DOI: 10.1007/s40843-015-0084-8

2. [‡] “Beyond Li-ion: electrode materials for sodium-and magnesium-ion batteries”, Massé, R.C.; Uchaker, E.; Cao, G.Z. Science China Materials, 2015, DOI: 10.1007/s40843-015-0084-8

3. [‡] “Accurate energies of the He atom with undergraduate quantum mechanics”, Massé, R.C.; Walker, T.G. Am. J. Phys., 2015, DOI: 10.1119/1.4921821.

4. [‡] “Assembly of a Robust and Economical MnO2-Based Reference Electrode”, Massé, R.C.; Gerken, J.B. J. Chem. Educ., 2015, DOI: 10.1021/ed500587a

5. “Formation of Interfacial Layer and Long-Term Cyclability of Li–O2 Batteries”, Nasybulin, E.N.; Xu W.; Mehdi, B.L.; Thomsen E.; Engelhard, M.H.; Massé, R.C.; et. al. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2014, DOI: 10.1021/am503390q.

6. [‡] “A survey of diverse earth abundant oxygen evolution electrocatalysts showing enhanced activity from Ni-Fe oxides containing a third metal”, Gerken, J.B.; Shaner, S.E.; Massé, R.C.; Porubsky, N.J.; Stahl, S.S. Energy Environ. Sci., 2014, DOI: 10.1039/C4EE00436A.

7. [‡] “Development of an O2-Sensitive Fluorescence-Quenching Assay for the Combinatorial Discovery of Water Oxidation Electrocatalysts”, Gerken, J.B.; Chen, J.Y.C.; Massé, R.C.; Powell, A.B.; Stahl, S.S. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201201999.

Conference Proceedings 8. “Direct Observation of Li2O2 Nucleation and Growth with In-Situ Liquid ec-(S)TEM”,

Nasybulin, E.N.; Xu W.; Mehdi, B.L.; Thomsen E.; Engelhard, M.H.; Massé, R.C.; et. al. Microsc. Microanal. 2014, DOI: 10.1017/S1431927614009775.

Patent 1. S.S. Stahl, J.B. Gerken, J.Y. Chen, R.C. Massé, S.E. Shaner, N.J. Porubsky. 2013. Catalysts

Having Mixed Metal Oxides. U.S. Patent 20,130,206,608. Filed February 8, 2013 and issued August 15, 2013.

Presentations Graduate

“Breaking Bad Habits: Best Practices for Mg-ion Battery Cathode Studies,” Univ. of Wash., Pacific Northwest Energy Storage Symposium, September 2015

Undergraduate “Enhancing a Combinatorial Method for Identifying Oxygen-Evolving Catalysts,”

UW-Madison, Undergraduate Symposium, April 2012. “Conductivity dependence on the rate performance of Si-based Li-ion battery anodes,”

PNNL, Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) Symposium, July 2012. “Alternative Electrolytes for High Temperature Li-Ion Batteries,” PNNL, Science

Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) Symposium, July 2013.

“Surveying Ternary Oxide Diversity-Space for Oxygen Evolution Catalysts,” CCI Solar Conference, January 2014.

“SQUIRL,” UW-Madison, Burrill Business Plan Competition, May 2014.

Skills Software & Languages

MS Office MATLAB Mathematica MathCad Engineering Equation Solver

Python JavaScript PHP HTML/CSS

Selected Techniques and Experience Cyclic voltammetry (CV) Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) Atomic force microscopy (AFM) X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) X-ray diffraction (XRD) Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) Raman spectroscopy Glove box experience Circuit design and analysis

Involvement Clean Energy Institute, Seattle, WA Clean Energy Ambassador, January 2015 – Present

Volunteered ~4 hr/mo at various Seattle-area elementary schools Demo’d PV toy cars as introduction to solar energy materials and devices

Greater University Tutoring Service, Madison, WI Academic Tutor, October 2010 – December 2011

Volunteered 4 hr/wk as an undergraduate tutor Subjects included math, chemistry, physics, history, Spanish and psychology Honored as one of the top tutors in the program for the Spring 2011 semester

UW-Madison Athletic Department, Madison, WI Academic Tutor, October 2013 – May 2014

Worked 6-12 hr/wk as a tutor for underclassmen athletes Subjects included calculus, physics and chemistry

Professional and Student Memberships

Electrochemical Society member American Chemical Society (former student member) AIChE (former student member)

Awards & Honors Graduate Fellowships Clean Energy Institute Graduate Fellowship Delimitros Fellowship

Honors National Merit Scholar Finalist Dean’s List each of 9 full-time semesters Roncalli High School valedictorian, 2009

Scholarships Holstrom Environmental (Wisc) Kemper K. Knapp (Wisc) Walter B. Schulte (Wisc) BP America (Wisc) Ackerman (Wisc)