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I'm Thom Hersbach. Project Scientist at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource and Policy Fellow at the Woods Institute.

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About Me

I'm Thomas Hersbach, a Project Scientist at the Stanford synchrotron and a Policy Fellow at the Woods Institute.

I obtained my BSc in Molecular Science & Technology with distinction in 2012, from Leiden University and Delft University of Technology (co-op bachelors program). I did my thesis research in the Catalysis and Surface Chemistry (CASC) group at Leiden University. This electrocatalysis work was published in Topics in Catalysis.

In 2012, I began my masters at Leiden University. During this MSc progam, I followed the extracurricular Leiden Leadership Programme. I also wrote two Master's theses (published in JACS and JPCL): one with CASC at Leiden University, and one in the Jaramillo group at Stanford University. I then received my MSc degree with distinction in August 2014.

After obtaining my MSc, I started my PhD project with Marc Koper. My PhD focused on cathodic corrosion: a counter-intuitive electrochemical process that corrodes electrodes under cathodic (negative) polarization. According to conventional knowledge, this corrosion should not happen. In addition, it creates highly ordered etch pits and nanoparticles. My studies of cathodic corrosion have led to publications describing the fundamental changes underlying cathodic corrosion and their practical applications. Most of these articles were included in my PhD thesis, which I defended with distinction on December 19, 2018.

Following my graduation, I did a one-year postdoctoral fellowship in the group of Richard Crooks, where I studied fundamental interactions between dendrimers and foreign molecules. I then moved to the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, where I work on operando studies of biomass conversion and hydrogen production electrocatalysts.

I then held a 3.5-year postdoctoral appointment with Dimosthenis Sokaras at the Stanford synchrotron, where I worked on operando X-ray studies of biomass conversion and water splitting electrocatalysts.

In my free time, I enjoy running, reading, (indoor/outdoor) gardening, coffee/beer brewing, and making the world a better place. When it comes to my work, I'm interested in many things, but particularly in:

Notables

Some notable honors I have had during my career:

Publications
AT Garcia-Esparza, M Qureshi, D. Skoien, TJP Hersbach, D Sokaras
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 159, 244201
2023
MPJM van der Ham, TJP Hersbach, JJ Delgado, BD Matson, J Lim, M Führer, T van Haasterecht, MWGM Verhoeven, EJM Hensen, D Sokaras, MTM Koper
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 338, 123046
2023
Y Kashtan, J Toweh, TJP Hersbach
Nature, 612, 404
2022
TJP Hersbach, C Rabin
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 126 (46), 9632-9642
2022
X Shi, H-J Peng, TJP Hersbach, Y Jiang, Y Zeng, J Baek, KT Winther, D Sokaras, X Zheng, M Bajdich
ACS Energy Letters, 7 (7), 2228-2235
2022
TJP Hersbach, AC Garcia, T Kroll, D Sokaras, MTM Koper, AT Garcia-Esparza
ACS Catalysis, 11 (15), 9904-9915
2021
JW Strasser, TJP Hersbach, J Liu, AS Lapp, AI Frenkel, RM Crooks
ChemElectroChem, 8 (13), 2545-2555
2021
TJP Hersbach, MTM Koper
Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 26, 100653
2021
N Arulmozhi, TJP Hersbach, MTM Koper
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117 (51), 32267-32277
2020
TJP Hersbach, C Ye, AC Garcia, MTM Koper
ACS Catalysis, 10 (24), 15104-15113
2020
TJP Hersbach, IT McCrum, D Anastasiadou, R Wever, F Calle-Vallejo, MTM Koper
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10 (45), 39363-39379
2018
O Diaz-Morales, TJP Hersbach, C Badan, A Garcia, MTM Koper
Faraday Discussions, 210, 301-315
2018
TJP Hersbach, R Kortlever, M Lehtimäki, P Krtil, MTM Koper
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 19 (16), 10301-10308
2017
TJP Hersbach, AI Yanson, MTM Koper
Nature Communications 7, 12653
2016
T Albrecht, J MacPherson, O Magnussen, D Fermin, R Crooks, J Gooding, ...
Faraday Discussions 193, 387-413
2016
T Hersbach, J MacPherson, O Magnussen, R Crooks, S Higgins, ...
Faraday Discussions 193, 265-292
2016
TJP Hersbach, VA Mints, F Calle-Vallejo, AI Yanson, MTM Koper
Faraday Discussions 193, 207-222
2016
LC Seitz, TJP Hersbach, D Nordlund, TF Jaramillo
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 6 (20), 4178-4183
2015
O Diaz-Morales, TJP Hersbach, DGH Hetterscheid, JNH Reek, MTM Koper
Journal of the American Chemical Society 136 (29), 10432-10439
2014
Y Kwon, TJP Hersbach, MTM Koper
Topics in Catalysis 57 (14-16), 1272-1276
2014