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Heather Andreas

Department Chair, Professor

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Email: heather.andreas@dal.ca
Mailing Address: 
Department of Chemistry
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6243 Alumni Crescent
P.O. Box 15000
Halifax NS B3H 4R2
 
Research Topics:
  • Physical chemistry
  • Analytical chemistry
  • Energy
  • Electrochemistry
  • Energy storage
  • Supercapacitors
  • Biosensors

Education

  • BSc, University of Calgary
  • PhD, University of Calgary
  • PDF, University of Ottawa

Research interests

Our energy storage research focuses on supercapacitors and solving the problems that prevent long-term energy storage. Our biosensor research focuses on quantifying important proteins in the body and developing methods to identify one desired protein from a proteins mixture.

Selected publications

  • Justin TomĀ and Heather A. Andreas, ā€œThe Influence of Carbon-oxygen Surface Functional Groups of Carbon Electrodes on the Electrochemical Reduction of Hemoglobinā€,Ā Carbon,Ā 2017, 112, 230-237.
  • Alicia M. Oickle, Justin TomĀ and Heather A. Andreas, ā€œCarbon Corrosion and its Influence on Self-discharge in Aqueous Electrochemical Capacitorsā€,Ā Carbon,Ā 2016, 110, 232-242.
  • Michelle A. MacDonald and Heather A. Andreas, ā€œImpact of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Experimental Variables on Adsorbed Protein Films, as Illustrated by Bovine Serum Albuminā€,Ā Electroanalysis,Ā 2015, 27, 1944-1951.
  • Heather A. Andreas ā€œSelf-Discharge in Electrochemical Capacitors: A Perspective Articleā€Ā J. Electrochem. Soc.,Ā 2015, 162 (5), A1-A7.
  • Heather A. Andreas, Jennifer M. Black,Ā andĀ Alicia M. Oickle, ā€œSelf-discharge in Manganese Oxide Electrochemical Capacitor Electrodes in Aqueous Electrolytes with Comparisons to Faradaic and Charge Redistribution Modelsā€Ā Electrochimica Acta,Ā 2014, 140, 116-124.
  • Michelle A. MacDonaldĀ and Heather A. Andreas ā€œMethod for equivalent circuit determination for electrochemical impedance spectroscopy data of protein adsorption on solid surfacesā€,Ā Electrochimica Acta,Ā 2014, 129, 290-299.