Ashley Head

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Center for Functional Nanomaterials
Bldg. 735, Room 1046
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-3245
ahead@bnl.gov

Expertise | Education | Appointments | Publications | Highlights | Awards

Expertise

metal oxides, heterogeneous catalysis, surface science, X-ray and UV photoelectron spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, in situ and operando spectroscopy

Education

• PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Arizona in 2011
• Bachelor's of Science Degree in Chemistry from James Madison University in 2005

Professional Appointments

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 2015-2017
• Postdoctoral Researcher, Division for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Lund University, 2012-2015

Selected Publications

• Ben David R, Ben Yaacov A, Head AR, Eren B (2022) Methanol Decomposition on Copper Surfaces under Ambient Conditions: Mechanism, Surface Kinetics, and Structure Sensitivity. ACS Catalysis 12:7709–7718. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.1c05933
• Karagoz B, Tsyshevsky R, Trotochaud L, et al (2021) NO2 Interactions with MoO3 and CuO at Atmospherically Relevant Pressures. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 125:16489–16497. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c02517
• Eads CN, Zhong J-Q, Kim D, Akter N, Chen Z, Norton AM, Lee V, Kelber JA, Tsapatsis M, Boscoboinik JA, Sadowski JT, Zahl P, Tong X, Stacchiola DJ, Head AR, Tenney SA (2020) Multi-modal surface analysis of porous films under operando conditions. AIP Advances 10:085109. doi: 10.1063/5.0006220
• Ma Y, Wang J, Goodman KR, Head AR, Tong X, Stacchiola DJ, White MG (2020) Reactivity of a Zirconia–Copper Inverse Catalyst for CO2 Hydrogenation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 124:22158–22172. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c06624
• Carr AJ, Head A, Boscoboinik JA, Bhatia SR, Eisaman MD (2020) Direct Evidence of Graphene-Induced Molecular Reorientation in Polymer Films. Advanced Materials Interfaces 7:2000113. doi: 10.1002/admi.202000113
• Eren B, Head AR (2020) Carbon Monoxide Adsorption on Manganese Oxide/Cobalt: an Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 124:3557–3563. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b08942
• Head AR, Gattinoni C, Trotochaud L, Yu Y, Karslioglu O, Pletincx S, Eichhorn B, Bluhm H (2019) Water (Non-)Interaction with MoO3. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123:16836–16842. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b03822
• Head AR, Karslioglu O, Gerber T, Yu Y, Trotochaud L, Raso J, Kerger P, Bluhm H (2017) CO adsorption on Pd(100) studied by multimodal ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron and infrared reflection absorption spectroscopies. Surface Science 665:51–55. doi: 10.1016/j.susc.2017.08.009

Research Highlights

Unexpected Behavior Seen in Efficient Catalysts for Clean Energy

Science Thursday: Surface Science with Ashley Head

Atomic Defect Lines Suppress Deactivation of Iron Oxide Catalysts

CFN Scientist Spotlight: Ashley Head

Awards & Recognition

James Madison University College of Science and Mathematics Alumna of the Year 2018