Christopher Rom

Christopher Rom is a postdoctoral researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) since 2022, specializing in solid-state synthesis of inorganic materials for semiconductor and battery applications. His graduate research at Colorado State University focused on ternary nitrides, with an internship at NREL exploring thin-film sputtering techniques for semiconductor discovery.

Research Focus

• Solid-state battery materials
• High-performance magnets for electric vehicles
• Ternary nitride synthesis
• X-ray scattering characterization
• Heterostructural thin-film alloys

Professional Activities

• Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Member of The American Ceramic Society

Scientific Awards

• Colorado Center for Advanced Ceramics Conference Best Scientific Talk (2022)
• Colorado State University Outstanding Scholar Award (2020)
• Colorado State University Outstanding Teaching Assistant (2020)
• Front Range Inorganic Colloquium Best Presentation Award (2021)
• North American Solid State Chemistry Conference Energy Materials 1st Place Poster (2021)