Resume

Currently

Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Rochester

Education

2019 - May 2023 (Expected) University of Rochester PhD in Chemistry

2019 - 2020 University of Rochester MS in Chemistry

2014 - 2018 Autonomous University of the State of Morelos (UAEM) BS in Molecular Design and Nanochemistry

Work Experience

DAAD RISE Professional Intern, BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany - Fall 2021

Teaching Assistant, University of Rochester SEM Practicum - Spring 2021

Advanced Laboratory Techniques - Spring 2020

Chemical Concepts, Systems and Practices II - Spring 2019

Awards

2022 Younger Leader Track Award, Leadership Institute, American Chemical Society

2021 Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester

2021 Volunteer of the Year Award, Rochester Local Section of the American Chemical Society

2021 Elon Huntington Hooker Fellowship, Dean of Graduate Studies, University of Rochester

2021 RISE Professional Scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

2019 and 2020 Samuel A. and Ellen F. Lattimore Fellowship, Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester

2018 Center for Chemical Research (CIQ) Scholar Award for Outstanding Academic Performance, Autonomous University of Morelos State (UAEM)

2016 Undergraduate Research Fellowship, National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT)

2016 Youth of Excellence Undergraduate Fellowship, Mexican Foundation for Education, Technology and Science (FUNED)/Citibanamex

2015-2018 UAEM Scholar Award for Outstanding Academic Performance, 2015-2018

Publications

Chakraborty, S.;‡ Schreiber E.;‡ Sanchez-Lievanos, K. R.; Tariq, M.; Brennessel, W. W.; Knowles, K. E.; Matson E. Modelling local structural and electronic consequences of proton and hydrogen-atom uptake in VO2 with polyoxovanadate clusters. Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 12744-12753 link

Sanchez-Lievanos, K. R.; Stair J. L; Knowles, K. E. Cation Distribution in Spinel Ferrite Nanocrystals: Characterization, Impact on their Physical Properties, and Opportunities for Synthetic Control. Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 7, 4291–4305 link

Sanchez-Lievanos, K. R.; Tariq, M.; Brennessel, W. W.; Knowles, K. E. Heterometallic Trinuclear Oxo-centered Clusters as Single-Source Precursors for Synthesis of Stoichiometric Monodisperse Transition Metal Ferrite Nanocrystals. Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 16348-16358 link

Presentations

2021 The Solvent Matters: Size, Crystal Phase and Morphology of Ternary Spinel Ferrite Nanocrystals from a Single-Source Precursor. Talk, International Materials Research Conference. Cancun, Mexico, August 15-20, 2021.

2020 Synthesis of nanostructured spinel metal ferrites for energy conversion and water remediation. Poster, Women in Renewable Energy. Barcelona (Virtual), October 16, 2020.

2020 Single-Source Precursors: A Springboard to the Synthesis of Monodisperse Metal Ferrite Nanocrystals. Poster, LatinXChem. Twitter Conference, September 7, 2020.

2020 Heterobimetallic mixed-valence mixed-metal oxo-carboxilate clusters for the synthesis of ternary metal oxide nanocrystals. Talk, Spring 2020 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Philadelphia (Virtual), September 7, 2020.

2017 Poly(pyrazolyl)aluminates as metalloligands. Poster, International Conference on Polymers and Advanced Materials (POLYMAT)