Habib Baydoun Ph.D.

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Summary

• A highly self-motivated chemist with 8 years of research, method development, problem solving, ASTM testing, and quality control experience that thrives independently and in a collaborative work environment.

• Well-versed in verbal presentations and written documentation to audiences of varying technical competency

• A proven track record of collaboration on cross-functional teams that resulted in 11 publications

• Developed and utilized functional coatings and materials for electrocatalytic applications

• Operation and method development using a variety of analytical techniques

Education

• Doctorate of Chemistry, 08/2012 – 12/2017

Wayne State University; Detroit, MI

Dissertation: Water splitting using cobalt-based amidopyridine complexes Advisor: C. N. Verani

• Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, English Language minor, 08/2008 – 06/2011 American University of Beirut; Beirut, Lebanon

Advisor: A. Ghauch

Professional Experience

Graduate Researcher 08/2012 – 12/2017

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

• Established standard methods for electrocatalytic water splitting

• Functionalized surfaces with nanoparticles and amphiphilic cobalt complexes for electrocatalytic water oxidation

• Reported the first application of Langmuir-Blodgett coatings as electrodes for water oxidation catalysis

• Determined the electronic nature of the active state of a water reduction catalyst, and studied the mechanistic aspects of catalyst deactivation

• Discovered a unique example of bimetallic cooperativity for electrocatalytic water reduction

• Worked on and lead cross-functional teams from a variety of departments and divisions such as chemical engineering, physics, physical chemistry, and inorganic chemistry leading to the publication of 8 research papers

• Supervised lab safety, prepared SOPs for lab-specific activities, and managed instrument purchases and upgrades

• Assisted in the preparation and submission of several grant proposals to NSF, and DOE that lead to the procurement of $450,000 in federal funding

Laboratory Technician 11/2011 – 06/2012

DTE Energy, Detroit, MI

• Conducted tests on coal and fuel oil samples in a fast-paced dynamic environment

• Supported multiple simultaneous testing projects while and ensured that accurate results were delivered in a timely manner

• Developed standard operating procedures based on ASTM methods, and introduced new safety measures Research Assistant 06/2009 – 06/2011

American University of Beirut, Beirut; Lebanon

• Performed laboratory scale water treatment experiments on pharmaceuticals as models for environmental contaminants using zero valent iron catalyzed advanced oxidation processes

• Developed LCMS methods for the analysis of targeted pharmaceuticals and their degradation byproducts

• Published three papers, two of which received a top cited certification from the Chemical Engineering Journal Habib Baydoun Ph.D.

Laboratory Skills

• Material synthesis: Air-free synthesis of organic and inorganic materials using standard glovebox and Schlenk line techniques

• Material characterization using spectroscopic, chromatographic and electrochemical techniques: LCMS, GC, AAS, SEM, UV-Vis-NIR, NMR, FTIR, cyclic voltammetry, TGA, and calorimetry

• Surface analysis: SEM, FTIR, and XPS

• Crystallography: Small molecule X-ray crystallographic structure determination

• Process development: Continuous improvement, analytical method development, ASTM testing, and SOP preparation

• Languages: English (full bilingual proficiency), Arabic (Native Speaker)

Selected Publications (7 of 11)

1. Baydoun, H.; Mazumder, S.; Schlegel, H. B.; Verani, C.*; Deactivation of a cobalt catalyst for water reduction via valence tautomerism, Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 9266. 2. Li, D.; Baydoun, H.; Kulikowski, B.; Brock, S.*; Boosting the Catalytic Performance of Iron Phosphide Nanorods for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction by Incorporation of Manganese, Chem. Mater. 2017, 29, 3048. (Ranked as one of the most read papers for April 2017)

3. Li, D.; Baydoun, H.; Verani, C.; Brock, S.*; Efficient water oxidation using CoMnP nanoparticles, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 4006.

4. Gonawala, S.; Baydoun, H.; Wickramasinghe, L.; Verani, C.*; Efficient water oxidation with Langmuir-Blodgett films of procatalytic [CoIII(N2O3)] surfactants on electrodes, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 8440. 5. Basu, D.; Mazumder, S.; Shi, X.; Baydoun, H.; Niklas, J.; Poluektov, O.; Schlegel, H. B.*; Verani, C.*; Ligand transformations and efficient proton/water reduction with cobalt catalysts based on pentadentate pyridine-rich environments, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 2105. 6. Ghauch, A.*; Baydoun, H.; Dermesropian, P.; Degradation of aqueous carbamazepine in ultrasonic/Fe0/H2O2 systems, Chem. Eng. J. 2011, 172, 18. (Chosen for the journal cover; top cited paper) 7. Ghauch, A.*; Abou Assi, H.; Baydoun, H.; Tuqan, A.; Bejjani, A; Fe0-based trimetallic systems for the removal of aqueous diclofenac: mechanism and kinetics, Chem. Eng. J. 2011, 172, 1033. (top cited paper)

Honors and Awards

• Recipient of the Mary G. Wood Endowed Scholarship for 2017-2018

• Recipient of the Summer Dissertation Fellowship; Spring/Summer 2017

• Second place poster winner at the Graduate and Postdoc Research Symposium in the Graduate Student category, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 2016

• Recipient of the Thomas C. Rumble Graduate fellowship; academic year 2015/2016

• Honorable mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program 2014

• Recipient of the Makhlouf Haddadin Award for Outstanding Chemistry Undergraduate Student, American University of Beirut 2011

Outreach and Volunteering

• Session Chair at the 2017 Central Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society Dearborn, MI 2017

• Poster Judge at the Graduate and Postdoc Research Symposium: Master’s Category Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 2017

• Poster Judge at the Graduate and Postdoc Research Symposium: Master’s Category Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 2016

• GO-GIRLS Go Material Girls session leader: Introduced a group of high school students to the principles governing the operation and design of batteries

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 2015

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