Ryan Jorn

Research Interests:

• Mesoscale Electron And Ion Transport Theory/simulation
• Chemistry And Energy Transfer At Surfaces
• Electrochemical Energy Storage And Energy Conversion
• Method Development For Scattering Theory
• Molecular Machines And Molecular Electronics
• Vibrational Relaxation And Dissipative Processes

Area of Expertise:

• Computational Chemistry
• Classical Molecular Dynamics
• Quantum Simulations and Scattering Theory

Education:

• Ph. D. in Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (2009)
• B.A. in Chemistry and Physics, Ripon College, Ripon, WI (2003)

Companies

• Assistant Professor of Chemistry Villanova University (2013)
• Postdoctoral Fellow University of Chicago (2010 — 2013)

Publications:

• Kankanmge, S. R. G.; Li, K.; Fulfer, K. D.; Du, P.; Jorn, R.; Kumar, R.; Kuroda, D.G. Mechanism behind the Unusually High Conductivities of High Concentrated Sodium Ion Glyme-Based Electrolytes. J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 25237-25246.
• Raguette, L. and Jorn, R. Ion Solvation Dynamics at Solid Electrolyte Interphases: A Long Way from Bulk? J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 3219-3232.
• Li, K.; Kankanamge, S. R. G.; Weldeghioghis, T. K.; Jorn, R., Kuroda, D. G.; Kumar, R. Predicting Ion Association in Sodium Electrolytes: A Transferrable Model for Investigating Glymes. J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 4747-4756. (awarded cover)
• Jorn, R. and Kumar, R. Breaking the Scales: Electrolyte Modeling in Metal-Ion Batteries. Electrochem. Soc. Interface 2017, 26, 55-59.
• Wahlers, J.; Fulfer, K. D.; Harding, D. P.; Kuroda, D. G.; Kumar, R.; Jorn, R. Solvation Structure and Concentration in Glyme-Based Sodium Electrolytes: A Combined Spectroscopic and Computational Study. J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120, 17949-17959.