Dr. Meagan Elinski
Assistant Professor of Chemistry616.395.6899elinski@hope.edu
Dr. Elinski is an assistant professor of chemistry and joined the Hope faculty in 2020.
Areas of Expertise
- Structure-function relationships at surfaces and interfaces
- Surface chemistry and intermolecular forces
- Tribology (friction, adhesion, lubrication, and wear), nanotribology
- Tribochemistry/mechanochemistry
- Surface analysis: AFM (atomic force microscopy), ATR-FTIR (attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy), SEM/EDS (scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive spectroscopy)
Education
- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 2018–2020
- Ph.D. Chemistry, Texas A&M University, 2018
- B.S. Chemistry, ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ, 2013
Honors, Grants & Awards
- Phi Beta Kappa, inducted 2013
- Texas A&M U.S. Senator Phil Gramm Doctoral Fellowship for Research and Teaching, 2017
- Postdoctoral Academic Diversity Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 2018
- ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ 10 Under 10 Award Recipient, 2020
- ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ Towsley Research Scholars Program Finalist, 2023
- Cottrell Scholar Award, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, 2024
Dr. Meagan Elinski
616.395.6899
elinski@hope.eduA. Paul Schaap Science Center 2126 35 East 12th Street Holland, MI 49423