Sara E. Skrabalak

Sara E. Skrabalak is the James H. Rudy Professor and Robert & Marjorie Mann Chair in the Department of Chemistry at Indiana University Bloomington. She serves as Editor-in-Chief for ACS Materials Letters and Chemistry of Materials and held associate editor roles for Nanoscale journals (2017-2020). Her research focuses on designing nanomaterials with controlled crystal size, shape, composition, and architecture for applications in energy science, chemical sensing, and secured electronics.

• Education: B.A. in Chemistry from Washington University in St. Louis (2002), Ph.D. in Chemistry from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2006), Postdoctoral Research at University of Washington-Seattle.

Research Themes:

• Nanomaterial Synthesis: Developing scalable methods for inorganic nanocrystals with defined properties.
• Plasmonics: Exploring symmetry-reduced metal nanostructures for optical applications.
• Electrocatalysis: Building durable multimetallic catalysts from intermetallic seeds.
• Solar-to-Fuel Conversion: Engineering heteroanionic photocatalysts for visible light water splitting.

Scientific Recognition:

• NSF CAREER and DOE Early Career Awards
• Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar (2012)
• Sloan Research Fellow (2013)
• Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar (2014)
• Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowships (2017)
• ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (2014)

Labs & Collaborations: Leads the Skrabalak Group in Chem C310, 318, 326 at IU Bloomington and collaborates with the Center for Single-Entity Nanochemistry and Nanocrystal Design (NSF-funded). Her work emphasizes diversity and inclusion in scientific innovation.