Eva Nichols

Dr. Eva Nichols is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the Faculty of Science at UBC Vancouver.  

Dr. Nichols grew up in Arizona and earned her Bachelor of Science from Caltech, working with Professor Theodor Agapie. In 2012, she began her graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley, with Professor Christopher Chang, where she examined the role of second coordination sphere groups in promoting electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction and developed hybrid bio-materials platforms for artificial photosynthesis. Dr. Nichols moved to Yale University in 2018 as an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow with Professor James Mayer, where she used infrared spectroscopy to study the potential dependence of proton transfers at electrode interfaces.

She is the Principal Investigator at the Nichols Lab, an inorganic research group with interests in the preparation and interrogation of molecular and interfacial electrocatalysts for sustainable energy applications. Her research group uses cyclic voltammetry, spectroelectrochemistry, time-resolved FT-IR spectroscopy and SEIRA spectroscopy to gain a deeper understanding of relevant governing parameters and mechanisms, which will contribute to the development of solar materials and devices. 

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