Dr. Thompson

Rebecca Thompson

Becca is originally from Evanston, IL, just north of Chicago. She earned her B.A. in Chemistry from Amherst College in 2012 and then worked for two years at a healthcare software company in Madison, WI. In 2014 she moved to back to Chicago to begin her Ph.D. at The University of Chicago working with Professor Steven Sibener. Her graduate research focused on the interaction between gases and solid interfaces, with applications ranging from astrophysical ice formation to the destruction of chemical warfare agents. After receiving her doctorate in early 2020, she joined the faculty at St. Edward’s University in Austin, TX as an assistant professor.

Recent Work

• Havens, A.; El-Shaer, E.; Garcia, L.; Godino, J. L.; Thompson, R. S. Protein Adsorption on Mixed Self-Assembled Monolayers: Influence of Chain Length and Terminal Group. Langmuir 2023, 39, 16712–16720. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c01250.
• Shebaro, B.; DeMuynck, J. P.; Hauser, C. R.; Holgado, A.; Thompson, R. S.; Walter, P. J. Closing the gap: building internship programs for career readiness. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 2022, 37, 40-47.
• Brann, M. R.; Thompson, R. S.; Sibener, S. J. Reaction Kinetics and Influence of Film Morphology on the Oxidation of Propene Thin Films by O(\(^3\)P) Atomic Oxygen. J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124, 7205–7215.
• Thompson, R. S.; Brann, M. R.; Sibener S. J. Sticking Probability of High-Energy Methane on Crystalline, Amorphous, and Porous-Amorphous Ice Films. J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123, 17855-17863.
• Thompson, R. S.; Brann, M. R.; Purdy, E. H.; Graham, J. D.; McMillan, A. A.; Sibener S. J. Rapid Laser- Induced Temperature Jump Decomposition of the Nerve Agent Simulant Diisopropyl Methylphosphonate under Atmospheric Conditions. J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123, 21564-21570.