Congratulations to JMU Chem ’24 Grads, Ava Galgano and Erin Schell!
The Baber Lab celebrated Ava Galgano and Erin Schell as they graduated with JMU’s Class of 2024.
Read update →Research milestones, student accomplishments, publications, presentations, and life in the Baber Lab.

The Baber Lab celebrated Ava Galgano and Erin Schell as they graduated with JMU’s Class of 2024.
Read update →Dr. Baber reunited with graduate advisor Charlie Sykes and postdoctoral advisor Dario Stacchiola at AVS 69.
Read update →Dr. Baber met with alum Maxwell Gillum (’19) and Dr. Erin Iski at AVS 69.
Read update →Baber Lab undergraduates traveled to Portland, Oregon, to participate in AVS 69.
Read update →Dr. Baber co-organized the Mentoring Undergraduate Surface Science Research Symposium at ACS Fall 2023.
Read update →Erin Schell, Ava Galgano, Haley Frankovich, John Yoo, and Joey Loiselet completed a productive 2023 REU in the Baber Lab.
Read update →Alumni Jeremy Wilke (’18) and Hasan Kaleem (’20) returned for a Baber Lab reunion during REU 2023.
Read update →Baber Lab students visited NIST for the Mid-Atlantic AVS meeting during the 2023 REU.
Read update →Congratulations to Will Hemmingson and the JMU Class of 2023.
Read update →Eight JMU undergraduates coauthored a Baber Lab paper on small-alcohol desorption and defect sites on Au(111).
Read update →The lab celebrated the research accomplishments of Ava Galgano, Charles Grant, Jona Carmany, Erin Schell, Haley Frankovich, and John Yoo at the end of REU 2022.
Read update →The lab celebrated 2022 JMU graduates Clayton Rogers, Lyssa Garber, and Jessie Berry.
Read update →Dr. Baber received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor at JMU in 2020.
Read update →Hasan Kaleem, Eric Maxwell, and Jordon Baker presented their research at the virtual AVS Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting.
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A Baber Lab collaboration on ethanol adsorption at Ag(111) defect sites was published as a featured article in the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A.
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The lab celebrated Max Gillum, Daniel Schlosser, and Maria DePonte as members of JMU’s Class of 2019.
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Maria DePonte was initiated into the Argentum Chapter of Iota Sigma Pi.
Read update →Baber Lab undergraduate research on low-temperature hydrogen–deuterium exchange on Au(111) was published in Surface Science.
Read update →Dr. Baber and Dr. Reisner received JMU Research and Scholarship Outstanding Faculty Awards.
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Dr. Baber, Eric Maxwell, Maria DePonte, and Max Gillum celebrated the conclusion of the 2018 REU.
Read update →Dr. Baber received the 2018 JMU Goodman Faculty Award.
Read update →Research Corporation for Science Advancement named Dr. Baber a 2018 Cottrell Scholar.
Read update →Dr. Baber received a 2018 Madison Vision Teaching Award recognizing excellence in teaching and engagement.
Read update →The lab celebrated the graduations of Jeremy Wilke, Vivian Lam, Nick Tosti, and Dylan Schlosser, joined by alumni David Boyle and Wil Andahazy.
Read update →The Baber Lab’s surface science and catalysis research was featured by project sponsor 4-VA.
Read update →David Boyle and Wil Andahazy became the first Baber Lab graduates in 2017.
Read update →The first Baber Lab paper, on active sites for ethanol reaction on TiO₂/Au(111), was published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
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