Leo W. Gordon

Bio: Leo Gordon is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Materials Department at the University of California – Santa Barbara, in the group of Prof. Raphaële Clément, where he uses spatially resolved nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods to investigate fundamental phenomena in membrane and energy systems. He is primarily interested in using NMR tools to directly measure partitioning between phases, kinetic sorption of solutes into membranes, and mass transport in-situ and across multiple length-scales to better understand membrane processes for resource recovery and separations, as part of the Center for Materials for Water and Energy Systems. Dr. Gordon has been recognized as a Rising Star in Materials Science & Engineering and leads an ongoing pedagogical seminar series on NMR spectroscopy. Before his postdoctoral appointment, he earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from The City College of New York, in the group of Prof. Robert Messinger. During this time, he focused on combining electrochemical techniques with ex-situ liquid and solid-state NMR measurements to probe critical aspects of charge storage mechanisms in lithium, zinc, and aluminum-metal batteries, up from the molecular level. Dr. Gordon received his Master’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Edinburgh in his native country of Scotland.