Dr. Baker appears on Voices of Excellence Podcast
August 21, 2024
Dr. Baker appears on the 200th episode of Voices of Excellence, a podcast produced by the Ohio State College of Arts and Sciences. In the episode, Dr. Baker give host David Staley a tour of the NeXUS lab and discusses the facility's capabilities and scientific impact. Listen to the episode here!
Baker Group Represented at NeXUS User Workshop
July 24, 2024
Baker group students Harshad Gajapathy and Lily Nichols (pictured) and postdoc Adam Jenkins presented posters at the 2024 NeXUS User Workshop. Great job representing the team!
Sam Zhu and Dr. Baker Recognized for Nature Catalysis Paper
July 19, 2024
Quansong (Sam) Zhu and Dr. Baker were recently recognized by Ohio State for their recent publication in Nature Catalysis, in which they demonstrated a new method for the conversion of carbon dioxide into methanol. Check out the news article here https://news.osu.edu/chemists-design-novel-method-for-generating-sustainable-fuel/
Nice work, Sam and Robert!
Congratulations to Emily B on completing her REU presentation!
July 21, 2022
Emily B presented on her summer work with Sam Z and Emily H, titled "Charge transfer induced spin transition in Co3Fe2", in a poster and oral session with the other Center for Emergent Materials REU students. The Baker group will miss you!
Sam and Emily present at the Hayes Research Forum
March 4, 2022
Sam and Emily presented research at the 36th annual Hayes Research Forum at OSU. Congratulations!
Quansong, Emily, and Dr. Baker present at the ACS fall 2021 national meeting
August 22-26, 2021
Quansong and Emily traveled to Atlanta to present in the "Vibrational Spectroscopy for Probing Surfaces in Complex Chemical Environments" and "Advances in Nonlinear Optics at Interfaces" symposia, respectively. Dr. Baker presented a talk, titled "Probing Interfacial Water Structure and Electric Fields During CO2 Reduction Using Plasmon-Enhanced Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy". 
Baker group participates in OSU Breakfast of Science Champions
November 6 , 2019
Columbus area middle school students traveled to OSU for the annual Breakfast of Science Champions event. The students were able to experience what it was like to be a scientist in the chemistry department. They traveled to different stations around the department to see cool demos and do hands-on experiments! The Baker group showed the students examples of solubility, molecular interactions, and lasers. The students loved seeing science happen (and taking home some cool lava lamps)!
Somnath receives the FIA Award for Excellence in Academic Achievement!
August 24, 2019
The Federation of Indian Associations selected Somnath to receive the 2019 award due to his high academic achievement while at OSU. The FIA is a group that celebrates the achievements, contributions, and diversity that Asian Indians living in Ohio facilitate. Somnath was chosen for this award from the entire FIA -- over 10,000 people. Congratulations, Somnath!
Savini passes her candidacy exam
August 15, 2019
Congratulations, Savini!
Juni gives her REU final presentation!
July 25, 2019
Juni gave a poster and oral presentation at the Consortium of Summer Undergraduate Research Experiences titled “Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 Through Au/Cu Catalysis”. Great job this summer, Juni!
Somnath is invited to attend the Lindau meeting!
June 25, 2019
Somnath has been invited to attend the meeting and present a poster on his research! The program chose to interview him after reading about his dedication to scholarship. Read the interview here.
The Baker group attends ISMS
June 18, 2019
Somnath, Elizabeth, Stephen, Spencer, Savini, Emily, and Dr. Baker gave oral presentations for the 74th annueal ISMS at UIUC. Congratulations on great talks!
Emily travels to SLAC National Accelerator Lab!
May 12, 2019
Emily spent a week working with researchers on new liquid sheet technologies at SLAC. It was a very good networking opportunity and gave lots of insight for implementing liquid phase studies!
The Baker group says “goodbye” to Dr. Husek
May 2, 2019
One final barbecue at Dr. Baker’s house before graduation!
Baker group participates in Breakfast of Science Champions at OSU
November 12, 2015
On November 4th Columbus middle school students journeyed to OSU for Breakfast of Science Champions. For this event, middle school students got to experience what it was like to be a scientist in the chemistry department. The students traveled to four different stations around the chemistry department with different chemistry demos as well as some hands on activities. The Baker group station consisted of two different activites where students learned about molecular interactions. The students were really excited to be around real scientists!
