Faculty Profile for Dr. Craig A Damin

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Dr. Craig A Damin
Assoc Professor of Instruction — Chemistry and Biochemistry
CHEM 308
phone: (512) 245-1093

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • 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
  • Ying, Y., Godinez Salomon, J. F., Lartundo-Rojas, L., Moreno, A., Meyer, R., Damin, C. A., & Rhodes, C. P. (2021). Hydrous Cobalt-Iridium Oxide Two-Dimensional Nanoframes: Insights into Activity and Stability of Bimetallic Acidic Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts. Nanoscale Advances, 3(7), 1976–1996. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0na00912a
  • Perera, S. D., Archer, R. B., Damin, C. A., Mendoza-Cruz, R., & Rhodes, C. P. (2017). Controlling interlayer interactions in vanadium pentoxide-poly(ethylene oxide) nanocomposites for enhanced magnesium-ion charge transport and storage. Journal of Power Sources, 343, 580–591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.01.052
  • Damin, C. A., Nguyen, V. H. T., Niyibizi, A. S., & Smith, E. A. (2015). Application of scanning angle Raman spectroscopy for determining the location of buried polymer interfaces with tens of nanometer precision. Analyst, 140(6), 1955–1964.
  • Damin, C. A., & Sommer, A. J. (2013). Characterization of silver halide fiber optics and hollow silica waveguides for use in the construction of a mid-infrared ATR-FT-IR probe. Appl. Spectrosc, 67(11), 1252–1263.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Award of Honor (for exemplary service during the COVID-19 crisis), Texas State University. 2020
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Nominee for Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University. 2017

Selected Service Activities

Member
NLF Title Series Policy Committee
March 2023-Present
Member
Scholarship Committee
2020-Present
Chair
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Equipment Committee
August 2019-Present
Member
Undergraduate Curriculum Development Committee
2015-Present
Chair
NLF Evaluation Committee
February 2024-January 2025