EJ Brannan

Chemistry PhD Candidate

Berkeley, California, United States

About

A second-year PhD candidate in the Long Group at the University of California, Berkeley. Passionate about clean energy, and interested in slowing climate change through developing new materials as a synthetic inorganic chemist. Current research focuses on the design of porous materials for high-temperature point source capture of carbon dioxide. Graduate of the University of Washington (UW) with strong background in organic and inorganic synthesis, working on multidimensional synthetic materials such as metal–organic frameworks and covalent organic frameworks with Professors Dianne Xiao (UW), and Yunyan Qiu (National University of Singapore). Highly self-motivated and dedicated to sharing a love of chemistry, exhibited through dedication to research, mentorship, and community outreach.

Experience

  • Doctoral Student at University of California, Berkeley
    2024 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • Undergraduate Research at University of Washington
    Jul 2021 - Jun 2024 · 3 yrs

    Synthesis of highly tunable one-dimensional metal–organic chains for the investigation of charge transport and magnetism structure-property relationships in metal–organic frameworks.

  • Research Fellowship at National University of Singapore
    May 2023 - Jul 2023 · 3 mos

    Bottom-up synthesis and characterization of monolayer 2D covalent organic frameworks using interfacial synthetic techniques. Focus of work included the organic synthesis of crown ether-based monomer molecules.