Veronica Augustyn

Veronica Augustyn is an American materials scientist who is a professor and the Jake & Jennifer Hooks Distinguished Scholar in Materials Science & Engineering at North Carolina State University. Her research considers the behavior of materials at electrochemical interfaces for next-generation technologies.

Early life and education

Augustyn was an undergraduate student in materials science at the University of Arizona. She moved to the University of California, Los Angeles for graduate studies, where she completed a doctorate in materials science. Her research considered nanostructure materials for lithium-ion batteries and electrochemical capacitors. After earning her PhD, Augustyn moved to the Materials Institute at University of Texas at Austin where she spent two years as a postdoctoral fellow.

Research and career

Augustyn joined North Carolina State University in 2015. Her research considers next-generation energy materials for environmental technologies. These include layered metal oxides, which show potential for electrochemical energy storage materials.

Augustyn joined the Journal of Materials Chemistry A as associate editor in 2021. Together with John Paul Eneku, Augustyn leads SciBridge, a science program that connects scientists in the United States with those working in Africa.

Selected publications

• Veronica Augustyn; Jérémy Come; Michael A Lowe; et al. (April 14, 2013). "High-rate electrochemical energy storage through Li+ intercalation pseudocapacitance". Nature Materials. 12 (6): 518–522. doi:10.1038/NMAT3601. ISSN 1476-1122. PMID 23584143. Wikidata Q43526337.
• Augustyn, Veronica; Simon, Patrice; Dunn, Bruce (2014). "Pseudocapacitive oxide materials for high-rate electrochemical energy storage". Energy & Environmental Science. 7 (5): 1597. doi:10.1039/c3ee44164d. ISSN 1754-5692. S2CID 22211583.
• Simon Fleischmann; James B Mitchell; Ruocun Wang; Cheng Zhan; De-en Jiang; Volker Presser; Veronica Augustyn (June 28, 2020). "Pseudocapacitance: From Fundamental Understanding to High Power Energy Storage Materials". Chemical Reviews. doi:10.1021/ACS.CHEMREV.0C00170. ISSN 0009-2665. PMID 32597172. Wikidata Q96767752.
• Zuhuang Chen; Veronica Augustyn; Jing Wen; Yuewei Zhang; Meiqing Shen; Bruce Dunn; Yunfeng Lu (February 1, 2011). "High-performance supercapacitors based on intertwined CNT/V2O5 nanowire nanocomposites". Advanced Materials. 23 (6): 791–795. doi:10.1002/ADMA.201003658. ISSN 0935-9648. PMID 21287644. Wikidata Q46649897.