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Dr. Alexandra Brozena
​I started AEE to help scientists and engineers to publish faster and in higher impact factor journals. With my B.A. in English and Environmental Science, and Ph.D. in Chemistry, I am uniquely positioned to polish a wide range of manuscripts for publication and review. I provide more than just proof-reading - also editing for style, flow, comprehension, and technical feedback, helping you to learn what sections of your argument may need further clarification for maximum impact on your audience.

I have provided this service in a university setting since 2009 and have helped many scientists publish with the aid of my constructive comments and editing. 

Education
University of Maryland - College Park, MD, USA
Ph.D. in Chemistry, June 2013
Advisor: Dr. YuHuang Wang
Cumulative GPA: 4.00/4.00
DOE Office of Science Graduate Fellow (2010-2013)

Tulane University - New Orleans, LA, USA               
B.A. English
B.A. Environmental Science
Cumulative GPA: 3.87/4.00 
Dean’s Scholarship

Honors
Dean’s Fellowship for excellence in academics and publishing, University of Maryland (2012)
ACS Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry Student Poster Presentation Award (2012)
Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Grant Recipient (2012)
International Conference Student Support Award Recipient (2012)
Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Fellowship Recipient (2010)
Department of Defense SMART Fellowship Recipient: (2009, not accepted due to location)
Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award (2009) 
Member of Phi Beta Kappa (2008)
Tulane University Dean’s List Student (2004-2008)
Dean’s Scholarship of Tulane University (2004-2008)
Calverton High School Salutatorian (2004)
National Honor Society member (2002 to 2004)
Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Award:  (2002)

Publications
  1. Zhao, X.; Brozena, A. H.; Hu, L., Critical roles of pores and moisture in sustainable nanocellulose-based super-thermal insulators. Matter 2021, 4 (3), 769–772. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2021.02.002
  2. Li, T.;  Chen, C.;  Brozena, A. H.;  Zhu, J.;  Xu, L.;  Driemeier, C.;  Dai, J.;  Rojas, O. J.;  Isogai, A.; Wågberg, L., Developing fibrillated cellulose as a sustainable technological material. Nature 2021, 590 (7844), 47–56. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-03167-7
  3. Li, T.;  Yao, Y.;  Huang, Z.;  Xie, P.;  Liu, Z.;  Yang, M.;  Gao, J.;  Zeng, K.;  Brozena, A. H.; Pastel, G., Denary oxide nanoparticles as highly stable catalysts for methane combustion. Nature Catalysis 2021, 4 (1), 62–70. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-020-00554-1
  4. Hong, M.;  Dong, Q.;  Xie, H.;  Wang, X.;  Brozena, A. H.;  Gao, J.;  Wang, C.;  Chen, C.;  Rao, J.; Luo, J., Tailoring grain growth and densification toward a high-performance solid-state electrolyte membrane. Materials Today 2021, 42, 41–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2020.10.002
  5. Wang, X.;  Dong, Q.;  Qiao, H.;  Huang, Z.;  Saray, M. T.;  Zhong, G.;  Lin, Z.;  Cui, M.;  Brozena, A.;  Hong, M.;  Xia, Q.;  Gao, J.;  Chen, G.;  Shahbazian-Yassar, R.;  Wang, D.; Hu, L., Catalytic Materials: Continuous Synthesis of Hollow High-Entropy Nanoparticles for Energy and Catalysis Applications (Adv. Mater. 46/2020). Advanced Materials 2020, 32 (46), 2070341. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202070341
  6. Ping, W.;  Wang, C.;  Wang, R.;  Dong, Q.;  Lin, Z.;  Brozena, A. H.;  Dai, J.;  Luo, J.; Hu, L., Printable, high-performance solid-state electrolyte films. Science Advances 2020, 6 (47), eabc8641. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abc8641
  7. Wang, X.;  Dong, Q.;  Qiao, H.;  Huang, Z.;  Saray, M. T.;  Zhong, G.;  Lin, Z.;  Cui, M.;  Brozena, A.;  Hong, M.;  Xia, Q.;  Gao, J.;  Chen, G.;  Shahbazian-Yassar, R.;  Wang, D.; Hu, L., Continuous Synthesis of Hollow High-Entropy Nanoparticles for Energy and Catalysis Applications. Advanced Materials 2020, 32 (46), 2002853. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202002853
  8. Wang, C.;  Ping, W.;  Bai, Q.;  Cui, H.;  Hensleigh, R.;  Wang, R.;  Brozena, A. H.;  Xu, Z.;  Dai, J.;  Pei, Y.;  Zheng, C.;  Pastel, G.;  Gao, J.;  Wang, X.;  Wang, H.;  Zhao, J.-C.;  Yang, B.;  Zheng, X.;  Luo, J.;  Mo, Y.;  Dunn, B.; Hu, L., A general method to synthesize and sinter bulk ceramics in seconds. Science 2020, 368 (6490), 521-526. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz7681
  9. Huang, D.; Wu, J.; Chen, C.; Fu, C.; Brozena, A. H.; Zhang, Y.; Gu, P.; Li, C.; Yuan, C.; Ge, H.; Lu, M.; Zhu, M.; Hu, L.; Chen, Y. Precision Imprinted Nanostructural Wood. Adv. Mater. 2019, 31, 1903270. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201903270
  10. Zhou, Y.; Chen, C.; Zhu, S.; Sui, C.; Wang, C.; Kuang, Y.; Ray, U.; Liu, D.; Brozena, A.; Leiste, U. H.; Quispe, N.; Guo, H.; Vellore, A.; Bruck, H. A.; Martini, A.; Foster, B.; Lou, J.; Li, T.; Hu, L. A printed, recyclable, ultra-strong, and ultra-tough graphite structural material. Mater. Today 2019, 30, 17–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2019.03.016
  11. Kong, W.; Li, T.; Chen, C.; Chen, G.; Brozena, A. H.; Liu, D.; Liu, Y.; Wang, C.; Gan, W.; Wang, S.; He, S.; Hu, L. Strong, Water-Stable Ionic Cable from Bio-Hydrogel. Chem. Matter. 2019, 31, 9288–9294. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b02463
  12. Xu, S.; Zhong, G.; Chen, C.; Zhou, M.; Kline, D.J.; Jacob, R.J.; Xie, H.; He, S.; Huang, Z.; Dai, J.; Brozena, A. H.; Shahbazian-Yassar, R.; Zachariah, M. R.; Anlage, S. M.; Hu, L. Uniform, Scalable, High-Temperature Microwave Shock for Nanoparticle Synthesis through Defect Engineering. Matter, 2019, 1, 759–769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2019.05.022
  13. Barnes, B.; Brozena, A. H.; Wang, Y. H. Chemically tailored carbon nanotubes as a new toolbox for biomedicine and beyond. Biochem. 2019, 41, 10–13. https://doi.org/10.1042/BIO04104010
  14. Brozena, A. H.; Kim, M.; Powell, L. R.; Wang, Y. H. Controlling the optical properties of carbon nanotubes with organic colour-centre quantum defects. Nat. Rev. Chem.  2019, 3, 375–392. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41570-019-0103-5
  15. Faucher, S. J.; Aluru, N. R.; Bazant, M. Z.; Blankschtein, D. Brozena, A. H.; Cumings, J.; de Souza, J. P.; Elimelech, M.; Epsztein, R.; Fourkas, J. T.; Rajan, A. G.; Kulik, H. J.; Levy, A.; Majumdar, A.; Martin, C.; McEldrew, M.; Misra, R. P.; Noy, A.; Pham, T. A.; Reed, M. A.; Schwegler, E.; Siwy, Z. S.; Wang, Y. H.; Strano, M. S. Critical Knowledge Gaps in Mass Transport through Single-Digit Nanopores: A Review and Perspective. J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123, 21309–21326. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b02178
  16. Mousa, M. B.; Ovental, J. S.; Brozena, A. H.; Oldham, C. J.; Parsons, G. N. Modeling and experimental demonstration of high-throughput flow-through spatial atomic layer deposition of Al2O3 coatings on textiles at atmospheric pressure. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 2018, 36, 031517. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.5022077
  17. Boothby, T. C.; Tapia, H.; Brozena, A. H.; Piszkiewicz, S.; Smith, A. E.; Giovannini, I.; Rebecchi, L.; Pielak, G. J.; Koshland, D.; Goldstein, B. Tardigrades Use Intrinsically Disordered Proteins to Survive Desiccation. Mol. Cell 2017, 65, 975–984. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2017.02.018
  18. Brozena, A. H.; Oldham, C. J.; Parsons, G. N. Atomic layer deposition on polymer fibers and fabrics for multifunctional and electronic textiles. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 2016, 34, 010801. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.4938104
  19. Burns, N. A.; Williams, P.; Brozena, A. H.; Sen, D.; Atanasov, S.; Parsons, G. N.; Khan, S. A. Delayed Dissolution and Small Molecule Release from Atomic Layer Deposition Coated Electrospun Nanofibers. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2015, 2, 1500229. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.201500229
  20. Burns, N. A.; Burroughs, M. C.; Gracz, H.; Pritchard, C. Q.; Brozena, A. H.; Willoughby, J.; Kahn, S. A. Cyclodextrin facilitated electrospun chitosan nanofibers. RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 7131–7137. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ra09662b
  21. Dandley, E. C.; Needham, C. D.; Williams, P. S.; Brozena, A. H.; Oldham, C. J.; Parsons, G. N. Temperature-dependent reaction between trimethylaluminum and poly(methyl methacrylate) during sequential vapor infiltration: experimental and ab initio analysis. J. Mater. Chem. C 2014, 2, 9416–9424. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4TC01293C
  22. Brozena, A. H.; Leeds, J. D.; Zhang, Y.; Wang, Y. H. Controlled Defects in Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes Promote Efficient Generation and Luminescence of Trions. ACS Nano, 2014, 8, 4239–4247. https://doi.org/10.1021/nn500894p
  23.  Zhang, Y.; Valley, N.; Brozena, A. H.; Piao, Y.; Song, X.; Schatz, G. C.; Wang, Y. H. Propagative Sidewall Alkylcarboxylation that Induces Red-Shifted Near-IR Photoluminescence in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2013, 4, 826−830. https://doi.org/10.1021/jz400167d
  24. Deng, S.;* Zhang, Y.;* Brozena, A. H.;* Mayes, M. L.; Banerjee, P.; Chiou, W. A.; Rubloff, G. W.; Schatz, G. C.; Wang Y. H. Confined propagation of covalent chemical reactions on single-walled carbon nanotubes. Nat. Comun. 2011, 2, 382. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1384 *Equal Contribution
  25. Brozena, A. H.; Wang Y. H. Nanoarray Bionanotechnology. In CRC Handbook on Nanobiomaterials; Sitharaman, B., Ed.; CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL, 2011, pp 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1201/b10970
  26. Deng, S.; Piao, Y.; Brozena, A. H.; Wang Y. H. Outerwall selective alkylcarboxylation and enrichment of double-walled carbon nanotubes. J. Mater. Chem. 2011, 21, 18568–18574. https://doi.org/10.1039/C1JM13346B
  27. Deng, S. L.; Brozena, A. H.; Zhang, Y.; Piao, Y. -M.; Wang, Y. H. Diameter-dependent, progressive alkylcarboxylation of single-walled carbon nanotubes. Chem. Comm. 2011, 47, 758–760. https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC03896B
  28. Shen, C.; Brozena, A. H.; Wang Y. H. Double-walled carbon nanotubes: Challenges and opportunities. Nanoscale. 2011, 3, 503–518. https://doi.org/10.1039/C0NR00620C
  29. Brozena, A. H.; Moskowitz, J.; Shao, B.; Deng, S. L.; Liao, H. W.; Gaskell K. J.; Wang, Y. H. Outer Wall Selectively Oxidized, Water-Soluble Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 3932–3938.  https://doi.org/10.1021/ja910626u