Faculty Profile for Dr. Christopher Peter Rhodes

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Dr. Christopher Peter Rhodes
Associate Professor — Chemistry and Biochemistry
CHEM 310
phone: (512) 245-6721
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Godinez Salomon, J. F., Ospina-Acevedo, F., Albiter, L. A., Bailey, K. O., Naymik, Z. G., Mendoza-Cruz, R., … Rhodes, C. P. (2022). Titanium Substitution Effects on the Structure, Activity, and Stability of Nanoscale Ruthenium Oxide Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts: Experimental and Computational Study. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5(8), 11752–11775. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.2c02760
  • Godinez Salomon, J. F., Albiter, L., Alia, S. M., Pivovar, B. S., Camacho-Forero, L. E., Balbuena, P. B., … Rhodes, C. P. (2018). Self-Supported Hydrous Iridium-Nickel Oxide Two-dimensional Nanoframes for High Activity Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts. ACS Catalysis, 8, 10498–10520. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b02171
  • Niu, S., McFeron, R., Godinez Salomon, J. F., Chapman, B. S., Damin, C. A., Tracy, J. B., … Rhodes, C. P. (2017). Enhanced Electrochemical Lithium-Ion Charge Storage of Iron Oxide Nanosheets. Chemistry of Materials, 29(18), 7794–7807. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b02315
  • Godinez Salomon, J. F., Mendoza-Cruz, R., Arellano-Jimenez, M. J., Jose-Yacaman, M., & Rhodes, C. P. (2017). Metallic Two-Dimensional Nanoframes: Unsupported Hierarchical Nickel-Platinum Alloy Nanoarchitectures with Enhanced Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction Activity and Stability. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9(22), 18660–18674. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b00043
  • Kimmel, S. W., Koehne, B. D., Gibson, B., Geerts, W. J., Theodoropoulou, N., & Rhodes, C. P. (2023). Structure and Magnetism of Iron-Substituted Nickel Hydroxide Nanosheets. Magnetochemistry, 9, 25. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry9010025

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, College of Science and Engineering, Texas State University. 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Award of Honor, Texas State Alumni Association, 2020. 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, Texas State University. 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Electrochemical Society Young Professional Travel Grant, Battery Division, Electrochemical Society. 2017
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College of Science and Engineering Achievement Award 2017. 2017

Selected Grants

  • Lewis, Karen A (Principal), Luxford, Cynthia J (Co-Principal), Wheeler, Brittany Marie (Co-Principal), Webre, Whitney Ann (Co-Principal), Holland, Cory Lee (Co-Principal), Betancourt, Tania (Supporting), Brittain, William J (Supporting), Hudnall, Todd W (Supporting), Irvin, Jennifer A (Supporting), Kerwin, Sean Michael (Supporting), Kornienko, Alexander Vladimir (Supporting), Peterson, Ryan Loren (Supporting), Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Supporting). REU Site: A Chemistry REU on Molecular Innovation and Exploration (CheMIE), National Science Foundation, Federal, $378188. (Submitted: August 25, 2021, Funded: April 15, 2022 - Present). Grant.
  • Betancourt, Tania (Principal), Brittain, William J (Co-Principal), Irvin, Jennifer A (Co-Principal), Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Co-Principal), Martin, Benjamin (Co-Principal), Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Co-Principal), Wistey, Mark A (Co-Principal), Miyahara, Yoichi (Co-Principal), Kerwin, Sean Michael (Co-Principal). TxState-UT PREM Center for Intelligent Materials Assembly (CIMA), National Science Foundation, Federal, $3822000. (Funded: July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2027). Grant.
  • Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Principal), Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Co-Principal), Myers, Thomas H (Co-Principal), Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Co-Principal), Zakhidov, Alexander (Co-Principal), Tate, Jitendra S (Co-Principal), Miyahara, Yoichi (Co-Principal). Enhanced Optical, Electrical, and Magnetic Measurement capabilities for Materials and Device Studies in Research and Education, Department of Defense, Federal, $278778. (Submitted: August 28, 2020, Funded: May 10, 2021 - May 9, 2023). Grant.
  • Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Principal). Orientation in Polymers and Polymer Nanocomposites: Equipment for Spectroscopic Evaluation, Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) South Texas Section, $5750. (Funded: October 19, 2016). Grant.
  • Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Principal). Attenuated total reflection (ATR) accessory for characterization of polymers and polymer nanocomposites (GFT), Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) South Texas Section Equipment Committee, $10000. (Funded: November 3, 2015). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Member
Student Review Ad Hoc Committee, Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization (MSEC) program
2023-Present
Member
Search Committee for Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
2023-Present
Chair
Ad Hoc Academic Program Review Committee, Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization (MSEC) program
2022-Present
University Mentor
Mentor for new faculty member
2022-Present
Member
Scholarship Committee, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
2021-Present