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Monika Blum

Staff Scientist
APXPS & Chemical Sciences, Photon Science Operations

Contact

mblum@lbl.govMailstop: 6R2100510-495-2234 (Office)
510-610-0516 (Mobile)
Location(s): 006-2228

Responsibilities

Beamline scientist of  soft X-ray beamlines 11.0.2 (LARaXS endstation) and 9.3.2 (S-APXPS endstation).

  • Ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (APXPS)
  • Ambient pressure Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering (APRIXS)
  • Liquid jet systems

Biographical Information

Staff Scientist, ALS and CSD (2023 – now)

Research Scientist, ALS and CSD (2019 – 2023)

Scientific Engineering Associate, ALS (2017-2019)

Assistant Research Professor, University of Nevada Las Vegas (2013-2017)

Sales Engineer, SPECS, Germany (2011-2012)

Postdoc, University of Nevada Las Vegas and ALS (2009-2011)

Ph.D., Physics, University of Würzburg, Germany, (2009)

 

Research Interests

My research focus has always been on the electronic and chemical properties of liquids, solutions, and interfaces and how to make X-ray and photoelectron in situ / operando measurements possible.

Selected Publications

Chen, H.; Lian, Z.; Zhao, X.; Wan, J. W.; Pieters, P. F.; Oliver-Meseguer, J.; Yang, J.; Pach, E.; Carenco, S.; Treps, L.; et al. The role of manganese in CoMnO catalysts for selective long-chain hydrocarbon production via Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (vol 15, 10294, 2024). Nat Commun 2025, 16 (1). DOI: ARTN 863 10.1038/s41467-025-56202-4.

Siebert, A.; Goodman, K.; Blum, M. CO2 Absorption Process at the Liquid-Vapor Interface of Aqueous Monoethanol and Diethanol Amine Solutions. J Phys Chem C 2024, 128 (46), 19541-19549. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c06460.

Krinninger, M.; Kraushofer, F.; Refvik, N. B.; Blum, M.; Lechner, B. A. J. Interface Effects in the Stability of 2D Silica, Silicide, and Silicene on Pt(111) and Rh(111). Acs Appl Mater Inter 2024, 16 (21), 27481-27489. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c05137.

Hoek, H.; Gerber, T.; Richter, C.; Dupuy, R.; Rapf, R. J.; Oertel, H.; Buttersack, T.; Trotochaud, L.; Karslioglu, O.; Goodacre, D.; et al. Compression of a Stearic Acid Surfactant Layer on Water Investigated by Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2024, 128 (15), 3755-3763. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c00451.

Lahiri, N.; Song, D.; Zhang, X.; Huang, X. P.; Stoerzinger, K. A.; Carvalho, O. Q.; Adiga, P. P.; Blum, M.; Rosso, K. M. Interplay between Facets and Defects during the Dissociative and Molecular Adsorption of Water on Metal Oxide Surfaces. J Am Chem Soc 2023, 145 (5), 2930-2940. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c11291.

Meyer, F.; Hauschild, D.; Benkert, A.; Blum, M.; Yang, W. L.; Reinert, F.; Heske, C.; Zharnikov, M.; Weinhardt, L. Resonant Inelastic Soft X-ray Scattering and X-ray Emission Spectroscopy of Solid Proline and Proline Solutions. J Phys Chem B 2022, 126 (48), 10185-10193. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c06557.

Zhang, X. Q.; Kirilin, A.; Rozeveld, S.; Kang, J. H.; Pollefeyt, G.; Yancey, D. F.; Chojecki, A.; Vanchura, B.; Blum, M. Support Effect and Surface Reconstruction in In2O3/m-ZrO2 Catalyzed CO2 Hydrogenation. Acs Catal 2022, 12 (7), 3868-3880. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c00207.

Goodacre, D.; Blum, M.; Buechner, C.; Jovic, V.; Franklin, J. B.; Kittiwatanakul, S.; Söhnel, T.; Bluhm, H.; Smith, K. E. Methanol Adsorption on Vanadium Oxide Surfaces Observed by Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem C 2021, 125 (42), 23192-23204. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c07403.

Ahmed, M.; Blum, M.; Crumlin, E. J.; Geissler, P. L.; Head-Gordon, T.; Limmer, D. T.; Mandadapu, K. K.; Saykally, R. J.; Wilson, K. R. Molecular Properties and Chemical Transformations Near Interfaces. J Phys Chem B 2021, 125 (32), 9037-9051. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c03756.