Alane Lim

Experience

Alane received her Ph.D. after working as a graduate research scholar in materials science at Northwestern University's Huang Lab. Her research focuses on the potential applications of graphene, a sheetlike carbon material. 

Previously, Alane was a Fulbright Scholar at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology's Kappes Lab, where she researched carbon nanotubes. She also worked as an undergraduate research assistant at the Bowen Lab at Johns Hopkins University, where she helped to construct and design a high vacuum apparatus for studying groups of similar chemicals in the gas phase.

Alane has written on topics in chemistry, physics, neuroscience, and psychology for ThoughtCo since 2017. 

Education

Alane received her Ph.D. in materials science and engineering at Northwestern University. Previously, she was a Fulbright Research Scholar at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. She holds a B.A. in chemistry and a B.A. in cognitive science from Johns Hopkins University. 

Awards and Publications

• Fulbright Research Scholar, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany (2013-14)
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship 
• Cui, C.; Lim, A. T. O.; and Huang, J. A cautionary note on graphene anti-corrosion coatings. (2017). Nature Nanotechnology. 12, 834-835.
• Lim, A.; and Huang, J. Fluorescence quenching microscopy: imaging two-dimensional materials. (2015). Material Matters 10, 64-66.
• Tang, X.; Bumueller, D.; Lim, A.; Schneider, J.; Heiz, U.; Gantefoer, G.; Fairbrother, D.H.; and Bowen, K.H. Catalytic dehydration of 2-propanol by size-selected (WO3)n and (MoO3)n in metal oxide clusters. (2014). Phys. Chem. C 118, 29278-29286.
• Zhang, X.; Wang, H.; Collins, E.; Lim, A.; Gantefoer, G.; Kiran, B.; Schnoeckel, H.; Eichhorn, B.; and Bowen, K.H. (2013). Photoelectron spectroscopy of the aluminum hydride anions: AlH3–, Al2H6–, Al3H9–, Al4H12– and AlH2–. Chem. Phys. 138, 124303-124311.
• Zhang, X.; Wang, Y.; Wang, H.; Lim, A.; Gantefoer, G.; Bowen, K.H.; Reveles, J.; and Khanna, S. H. (2013). On the existence of designer magnetic superatoms. Am. Chem. Soc. 135(12), 4856-4861.

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