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Anna Staerz

Assistant Professor

Contact Information

astaerz@mines.edu 303-273-3098

358 Hill Hall

  • Materials Science
  • Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Education

Dr. Rer. Nat., Chemistry, Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen, Germany

Research

Operando Spectro-Electrochemical Studies of the Metal Oxide Gas Interface

Gas Sensor Applications

Labs & Research Centers

Staerz Research Group

Publications

  1. Seo, H.*; Staerz, A.*; Kim, D.S.; Klotz, D. ; Nicollet, C.; Xu, M.; LeBeau, J.M.; Tuller, H.; Reactivation of chromia poisoned oxygen exchange kinetics in mixed conducting solid oxide fuel cell electrodes by serial infiltration of lithia, in preparation for submission. *contributed equally
  2. Staerz, A.; Kobald, A.; Russ, T.; Weimar, U.; Hémeryck, A.; Barsan, N.; Thermal Water Splitting on the WO3 Surface: Experimental Proof. ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 2020, (2) 10, 3254–3262.
  3. Staerz, A.; Somacescu, S.; Epifani, E.; Kida, T.; Weimar, U.; Barsan, N.; WO3-Based Gas Sensors: Identifying Inherent Qualities and Understanding the Sensing Mechanism. ACS Sens. 2020, 5 (6) 1624–1633.
  4. Sukee, A; Alharbi, A; Staerz, A; Wisitsoraat, A; Weimar, U; Barsan, N; Liewhiran, C; Effect of AgO loading on flame-made LaFeO3 p-type semiconductor nanoparticles to acetylene sensing. Sensors Actuators B Chem. 2020 (312) 127990.
  5. Staerz, A.; Gao, X.; Cetmi, F.; Weimar U.; Zhang T.; Barsan N.; Dominant Role of Heterojunctions in Gas Sensing with Composite Materials. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12 (18 ) 21127–21132.
  6. Staerz, A.; Bahri, M.; Brinkmann, H.; Weimar, U.; Ersen, O.; Barsan, N.; Direct Microscopic Proof of the Fermi Level Pinning Gas Sensing Mechanism: The Case of Platinum Loaded WO3. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2020, 11 (1) 166–171.
  7. Staerz, A.; Liu, Y.; Geyik, U.; Brinkmann H.; Weimar U.; Zhang T.; Barsan N.; The effect of platinum loading on WO3 based sensors. Sensors Actuators B Chem. 2019 (291) 378-384.
  8. Staerz, A.; Boehme, I.; Degler, D.; Bahri, M.; Doronkin, D.; Zimina, A.; Brinkmann, H.; Hermann, S.; Junker, B.; Ersen, O.; Grunwaldt, J.D.;Weimar, U.; Barsan, N.; Rhodium Oxide Surface Loaded Gas Sensors. Nanomaterials, 2018, 8, 892.
  9. Staerz, A.; Kim, T.; Lee, J.; Weimar, U.; Barsan, N.; Nano-Level Control of Gas Sensing Characteristics via P-N Heterojunction between Rh2O3 Clusters and WO3 Crystallites. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121 (44), 24701–24706. Staerz, A.; Berthold, C.; Russ, T.; Wicker, S.; Weimar, U.; Barsan

Additional Information

Professional Experience

Colorado School of Mines

Assistant Professor, 01/2023 – Current

IMEC, Leuven Belgium

Postdoctoral Researcher (Adviser: Philippe M. Vereecken), 01/2022 – 12/2022

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Postdoctoral Researcher (Adviser: Harry Tuller), 10/2020 – 12/2021

Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen, Germany

Graduate Research Assistant, Chemistry, (Thesis Advisers: Nicolae Barsan and Udo Weimar), 10/2015 – 04/2020

Kumamoto University, Applied Chemistry, Japan

JSPS Fellowship (Adviser: Tetsuya Kida) 04/2019 – 07/2019

Website

Research Pillars

Environment | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas

Carbon Management & Air Quality

Research Keywords

Air Quality Monitoring