Dr. Jennifer Decker

Lecturer and Research Scientist
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Dr. Jennifer Decker

Lecturer

Excellence Training Center

Ward Beecher Hall 5026A

phone: (330) 941-7105

jrdecker01@ysu.edu

  • Education
    • 2021

      Ph D, Chemistry

      Pennsylvania State University

      Dissertation/Thesis Title — "DIRECTED SELF-ASSEMBLY OF DISORDERED MEDIA TOWARDS OPTICAL APPLICATIONS "

    • 2016

      BS, Chemistry

      Youngstown State University

  • Awards and Honors
    • 2020

      Penn State Chemistry

      Chemistry Graduate Student Service Award

    • 2019

      NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium

      NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium Outreach Fellowship

    • 2019

      Penn State Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

      Materials Research Science and Engineering Center Science Mentor Award

    • 2019

      Penn State Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

      Materials Research Science and Engineering Center Outreach Leadership Award

    • 2019

      American Chemical Society

      ACS Younger Chemists Committee Leadership Development Award

    • 2018

      Pennsylvania State University

      I AM STEM Communication Winner

      Winner chosen to give keynote address at Penn State's Envision Conference for Young Women

    • 2018

      Pennsylvania State University

      Chemistry Graduate Student Teaching Award

    • 2017

      National Science Foundation

      National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

    • 2016

      Youngstown State University

      Youngstown State University Pin Award

      5 senior students chosen university-wide. Recognizes exceptional leadership and service to the university.

    • 2016

      Pennsylvania State University

      Verne M. Willaman Distinguished Graduate Fellowship

    • 2016

      Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh Award

    • 2016

      Youngstown State University

      Presidential Mentors Award

    • 2016

      Hypercube Scholars Award

    • 2016

      Youngstown State University

      ACS Student Chapter Award

    • 2015

      ACS Undergraduate Award in Organic Chemistry

    • 2015

      ACS Penn-Ohio Border Section Award

  • Intellectual Contributions
    • 2021

      "Real-Time Monitoring of Competing Nanoparticle Formation Pathways during Cation Exchange Using Benchtop Light Scattering"

      J. Miller

      Chem. Mater, volume 33, issue 11, p. 3936-3944

    • 2020

      "Particle-Based Reconfigurable Scattering Masks for Lensless Imaging"

      J. Miller

      ACS Nano, volume 14, issue 10, p. 13038-13046

    • 2019

      "On the nature of calcium magnesium acetate road deicer"

      J. Miller

      J. Solid State Chem, volume 270, p. 1-10

    • 2018

      "Controlling Disorder by Electric Field Directed Reconfiguration of Nanowires to Tune Random Lasing"

      J. Miller

      ACS Nano, volume 12, issue 7, p. 7343-7351