Jennifer Bjorklund

Jennifer Bjorklund serves as a Research Fellow within the Materials Science, Theory/Computation group at Brookhaven National Laboratory's Center for Functional Nanomaterials. Her research bridges quantum chemistry and environmental science through computational modeling of solid-water interface phenomena.

Her expertise spans Density Functional Theory (DFT), Atomistic Modeling, Thermodynamics, and Geochemistry, with focus areas including:

• Mechanisms of adsorption/desorption and dissolution at mineral interfaces
• Ion exchange processes in nanocluster systems
• Surface transformation dynamics relevant to environmental remediation
• Actinide chemistry for nuclear applications

As an active member of the NSF Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology, she contributes to this multi-institutional effort examining environmental impacts of engineered nanomaterials. Her publication record demonstrates consistent output in high-impact journals including The Journal of Chemical Physics, Langmuir, and Dalton Transactions, with recent work emphasizing computational-experimental integration for aluminum oxide and actinide systems. Her research trajectory shows strong alignment between theoretical modeling and practical environmental applications, particularly in sustainable materials design.

Dr. Bjorklund holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Iowa (2020), where her dissertation investigated aluminum nanocluster reactivity, and a B.A. in Chemistry from Illinois Wesleyan University (2015).