Rachel Wallick

Rachel Wallick is a postdoctoral researcher in the Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Science group in the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division. Her research focuses using X-rays to probe the role of counterions in solvated transition metal complexes.

Education

PhD., Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2024

Selected Publications

Wallick, R. F., Chakrabarti, S., Burke, J. H., Gnewkow, R., Chae, J. B., Rossi, T. C., Mantouvalou, I., Kanngiesser, B., Fondell, M., Eckert, S., Dykstra, C., Smith, L. E., Vura-Weis, J., Mirica, L. M., van der Veen, R. M. Excited-State Identification of a Nickel-Bipyridine Photocatalyst by Time-Resolved X-ray Spectroscopy. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2024. 

Rossi, T. C., Dykstra, C., Haddock, T. N., Wallick, R. F., Burke, J. H., Gentle, C. M., Doumy, G., March, A. M., van der Veen, R. M. Charge Carrier Screening in Photoexcited Epitaxial Semiconductor Nanorods Revealed by Transient X-ray Absorption Linear Dichroism. Nano Lett., 2021.

Burke, J. H., Bae, D. Y., Wallick, R. F., Dykstra, C. P., Rossi, T. C., Smith, L. E., Leahy, C. E., Schaller, R. D., Mirica, L. M., Vura-Weis, J., van der Veen, R. M. High-Spin State of a Ferrocene Electron Donor Revealed by Optical and X-ray Transient Absorption Spectroscopy. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024.