Anna Staerz

Research Interests

Operando Spectro-Electrochemical Studies of the Metal Oxide Gas Interface

Gas Sensor Applications

Education

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

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

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