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Mark LevensteinNanosciences et Innovation pour les Matériaux, la Biomédecine et l'Énergie Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire sur l'Organisation Nanométrique et Supra Moléculaire |
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Status
Permanent CEA researcher
- Responsible for the liquid-phase platform of the FastNano project (PEPR DIADEM)
Research Interests
- Non-classical crystal nucleation and growth pathways of inorganic materials
- Fluidic sample environments for in situ X-ray scattering: automation for high-throughput materials synthesis and characterization
- Optimization of cementitious and carbonation reactions in low-CO2 cements
CV
| 2021- | Permanent researcher in the LIONS Laboratory, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, FR |
| 2019-2020 |
Postdoctoral research associate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA Supervisor: Amy J. Wagoner Johnson Topic: Inorganic materials for coral reef restoration |
| 2015-2019 |
PhD, University of Leeds, UK Supervisors: Nik Kapur and Fiona Meldrum Thesis: Micro- and Milli-fluidic Systems for X-ray Scattering Analysis of Crystallization Processes |
| 2014-2015 | MSc, University of Leeds, UK |
| 2014 | US-UK Fulbright Scholar |
| 2010-2014 | BS (Mechanical Engineering) - Old Dominion University, Virginia, USA |
| 2010-2014 |
Research assistant in the Biomicrofluidics Laboratory, Old Dominion University Supervisors: Ali Beskok, Shizhi Qian, Michael Stacey |
Selected Publications
● Serial Small- and Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering with Laboratory Sources, M. A. Levenstein,* K. Robertson, T. Turner, L. Hunter, C. O’Brien, C. O'Shaughnessy, A. N. Kulak, P. Le Magueres, J. Wojciechowski, O. O. Mykhaylyk, N. Kapur, F. C. Meldrum, IUCrJ, 2022, 9, 538. DOI: 10.1107/S2052252522007631
● Composite Substrates Reveal Inorganic Material Cues for Coral Larval Settlement, M. A. Levenstein,* K. L. Marhaver, Z. A. Quinlan, H. M. Tholen, L. Tichy, J. Yus, I. Lightcap, L. Wegley Kelly, G. Juarez, M. J. A. Vermeij, A. J. Wagoner Johnson, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2022, 10, 3960. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c08313. Journal Front Cover
● Evaluation of Microflow Configurations for Scale Inhibition and Serial X-ray Diffraction Analysis of Crystallization Processes, M. A. Levenstein, Y.-Y. Kim, L. Hunter, C. Anduix-Canto, C. González Niño, S. J. Day, S. Li, W. J. Marchant, P. A. Lee, C. C. Tang, M. Burghammer, F. C. Meldrum and N. Kapur, Lab on a Chip, 2020, 20, 2954. DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00239A.
● Dynamic Crystallization Pathways of Polymorphic Pharmaceuticals Revealed in Segmented-Flow with Inline Powder X-ray Diffraction, M. A. Levenstein,# L. Wayment,# D. Scott, R. Lunt, P.-B. Flandrin, S. J. Day, C. C. Tang, C. C. Wilson, F. C. Meldrum, N. Kapur, and K. Robertson, Analytical Chemistry, 2020, 92, 7754. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c00860.
● Ptychographic X-ray Tomography Reveals Additive Zoning in Nanocomposite Single Crystal, J. Ihli,# M. A. Levenstein,# Y.-Y. Kim, K. Wakonig, Y. Ning, A. Tatani, A. N. Kulak, D. C. Green, M. Holler, S. P. Armes, A. Menzel, and F. C. Meldrum, Chemical Science, 2020, 11, 355. DOI: 10.1039/C9SC04670D. 2019 Chemical Science HOT Article
● Droplet Microfluidics Synchrotron XRD Identifies Effective Nucleating Agents for Calcium Carbonate, M. A. Levenstein, C. Anduix-Canto, Y.-Y. Kim, M. A. Holden, C. González Niño, D. C. Green, S. E. Foster, A. N. Kulak, L. Govada, N. E. Chayen, S. J. Day, C. C. Tang, B. Weinhausen, M. Burghammer, N. Kapur and F. C. Meldrum, Advanced Functional Materials, 2019, 29, 1808172. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201808172.
Art in Science
Finalist, Art in Science contest, MMC2019, Manchester, UK Winner, Research Image Contest, Beckman Institute, 2020
