Dr. Raymond Unocic

Biography

Raymond Unocic is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and serves as a Research and Development Staff Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Division. He holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science Engineering from Ohio State University, which he earned in 2008. He participated in the Alvin M. Weinberg Early Career Distinguished Fellowship Program from 2009 to 2011 before becoming a converted R&D staff member at ORNL. Unocic is actively involved in several professional societies, including the Microscopy Society of America, Materials Research Society, and Electrochemical Society, where he leads a focused interest group on in situ microscopy of liquids and gases. His current research is centered on the development and application of novel electron microscopy-based characterization methods within multidisciplinary materials science, particularly in situ and operando scanning transmission electron microscopy. His work includes investigating materials transformations and functionality under various environmental conditions. Unocic has published over 90 peer-reviewed journal articles and holds one U.S. patent. He has received multiple significant research awards for his contributions to battery technology and graphene research, and he frequently organizes symposia and workshops on materials characterization.

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