Dr. Elinski is an assistant professor of chemistry and joined the Hope faculty in 2020. 

Areas of Expertise

• Structure-function relationships at surfaces and interfaces
• Surface chemistry and intermolecular forces
• Tribology (friction, adhesion, lubrication, and wear), nanotribology
• Tribochemistry/mechanochemistry
• Surface analysis: AFM (atomic force microscopy), ATR-FTIR (attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy), SEM/EDS (scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive spectroscopy)

Education

• Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 2018–2020
• Ph.D. Chemistry, Texas A&M University, 2018
• B.S. Chemistry, Hope College, 2013

Honors, Grants & Awards

• Phi Beta Kappa, inducted 2013
• Texas A&M U.S. Senator Phil Gramm Doctoral Fellowship for Research and Teaching, 2017
• Postdoctoral Academic Diversity Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 2018
• Hope College 10 Under 10 Award Recipient, 2020
• Hope College Towsley Research Scholars Program Finalist, 2023
• Cottrell Scholar Award, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, 2024

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