Overview
Christina is interested in applying nanofabrication techniques to
control the properties of materials as well as use this precise control of
materials and their properties to help researchers solve challenging nanoscale
scientific problems in areas ranging from medicine and biology to chemistry,
physics, engineering, and beyond. She has experience with lithography, thin
film and chemical vapor deposition, spectroscopy, bulk electrical
characterization, and scanning probe microscopy (AFM/KPFM/EFM). In VINSE,
Christina manages and trains users on the Angstrom Multimode and Resistive
deposition systems, tube furnaces, electrical probe station and four-point probe,
Elionix EBL, and Heidelberg laser writer. She additionally developed and leads
workshops on microfluidic device fabrication. Christina leads the development
and facilitation of cleanroom teaching and outreach in VINSE including
microfluidics, solar cells, and 2D materials.
Awards
-Judges' Pick at the Reach Out Science Slam sponsored by the NSF and Boston Museum of Science, 2020 (recording here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-szx3AZyFkg)
Selected Publications
Supporting Nanoscale Innovators to Achieve Macro Impact: A Course on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in a Nanoscience Makerspace for Undergraduate Students. McGahan, C, Bell, CS, Meador, D, Harris, C, McKay, H, Kostoulas, Y, Galloway, K, Fauchet, PM, Owens, DA, Weiss, SM , Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, , , (2025) View Abstract
Healing of donor defect states in monolayer molybdenum disulfide using oxygen-incorporated chemical vapour deposition. Shen P-C, Lin Y, Su C, McGahan C, Lu A-Y, Ji X, Wang X, Wang H, Mao N, Guo Y, Park J-H, Wang Y, Tisdale W, Li J, Ling X, Aidala KE, Palacios T, Kong J, Nature Electronics, 5, 28-36, (2022) View Abstract
Electronic Stopping of Slow Protons in Oxides: Scaling Properties. Roth D, Bruckner B, Undeutsch G, Paneta V, Mardare AI, McGahan CL, Dosmailo M, Juaristi JI, Alducin M, Pedarnig JD, Haglund RF, Primetzhofer D, Bauer P, Physical Review Letters, 119, , (2017) View Abstract
Geometric constraints on phase coexistence in vanadium dioxide single crystals. McGahan CL, Gamage S, Liang JR, Cross B, Marvel RE, Haglund RF, Abate Y, Nanotechnology, 28, 085701, (2017) View Abstract
Instantaneous Band Gap Collapse in Photoexcited Monoclinic VO2 due to Photocarrier Doping. Wegkamp D, Herzog M, Xian L, Gatti M, Cudazzo P, McGahan CL, Marvel RE, Haglund RF, Rubio A, Wolf M, St盲hler J, Physical Review Letters, 113, 216401, (2014) View Abstract
Education
Ph.D. 天美传媒官网, 2017B.S. Gettysburg College, 2011