Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

Dr. Christopher Peter Rhodes

  • Professor - Chemistry and Biochemistry
Portrait of Dr. Christopher Peter Rhodes
  • Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Principal), Percent Contribution: %40, Tate, Jitendra S (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Chen, Yihong (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Droopad, Ravindranath (Other), Percent Contribution: %5, Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Other), Percent Contribution: %5. MRI: Development of triaxial Vibrating Sample Magnetometry for Research and Education, NSF, Federal, $119461. (Submitted: January 19, 2022, Funded: September 2022 - August 2025). Grant.
  • 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), Percent Contribution: %40, Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Myers, Thomas H (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Zakhidov, Alexander (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Tate, Jitendra S (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Miyahara, Yoichi (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10. 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.
View all grants
  • 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
  • Adame-Solorio, J., Kimmel, S. W., Bailey, K. O., & Rhodes, C. P. (2025). Chromium Substitution Within Ruthenium Oxide Aerogels Enables High Activity Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting. Crystals, 15(2), 116. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst15020116
View all scholarly/creative works
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Formosa Innovation Award. 2024 - 2025
  • 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
View all awards
  1. Chair

    Student Review Ad Hoc Committee, Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization (MSEC) program

  2. University Mentor

    Mentor for new faculty member

  3. Chair

    Ad Hoc Academic Program Review Committee, Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization (MSEC) program

  4. University Mentor

    Mentor for faculty member

  5. Member

    Scholarship Committee, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

  6. Member

    Space Committee, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

  7. View all activities