Portrait of Gary Harlow

Gary Harlow

Research Assistant Professor
Associate Director, Oregon Center for Electrochemistry
Chemistry and Biochemistry
gharlow@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0728
Office: 413 LISB, 1253 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1253
Research Interests: Research Interests: Electrochemistry, electrochemical interfaces, single-crystal surfaces, operando X-ray scattering, molecularly engineered interfaces, electrodeposition, interfacial electric fields.
Website: https://harlow.uoregon.edu/

Education

Education

B.Sc. (Hons), Physics, University of Glasgow, UK
PGCE, Secondary Mathematics, University of Warwick, UK
Ph.D., Physics, University of Liverpool, UK, (Advisor: Prof. Christopher A. Lucas)

Previous Research Appointments

Postdoctoral Researcher, Division of Synchrotron Radiation Research, Lund University
Researcher, Division of Synchrotron Radiation Research, Lund University, Sweden
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Project Scientist, Malmö University and NanoMAX Beamline, MAX IV Laboratory, Sweden

 

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Research

Professor Harlow is an electrochemist whose research focuses on understanding fundamental structure–function relationships and reaction pathways at electrochemical interfaces. His interests span topics including electrical double-layer structure, electrocatalysis, electrodeposition, and corrosion. He uses a broad range of experimental approaches to study electrochemical systems, including single-crystal electrodes, surface X-ray diffraction, and operando synchrotron-based techniques. A particular focus of his work is the development and application of new experimental methods for probing electrochemical interfaces under realistic operating conditions.

 

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Publications

Selected Publications:

Harlow, G. S.*, Linpé, W., Pfaff, S., Yang, Z., Jacobse, L., et al. Dynamics of lifting the Au(111) reconstruction in perchloric acid electrolyte. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2025, 27, 25179–25186.

Bates, J. S.; Carneiro, J. S. A.; Clark, E. L.; Harlow, G. S.; Stoerzinger, K. A.; Strasser, P.; Stuve, E. M.; Seitz, L. C.; Resasco, J. Rigor & Reproducibility in Electrocatalysis: Approaches and Considerations for Surface Area Normalization. ACS Catalysis, 2026, 16, 12846–12857.

Harlow, G. S.*, Pfaff, S., Abbondanza, G., Hegedüs, Z., Lienert, U., Lundgren, E. HAT: a high-energy surface X-ray diffraction analysis toolkit. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 2023, 56, 312–321.

Abbondanza, G., Larsson, A., Linpé, W., Hetherington, C., Carlá, F., Lundgren, E., Harlow, G. S.*. Templated electrodeposition as a scalable and surfactant-free approach to the synthesis of Au nanoparticles with tunable aspect ratios. Nanoscale Advances, 2022, 4, 2452–2467.

Linpé, W., Rämisch, L., Abbondanza, G., Larsson, A., Pfaff, S., et al., Harlow, G. S.*. Revisiting optical reflectance from Au(111) electrode surfaces with combined high-energy surface X-ray diffraction. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2021, 168, 096511.

Harlow, G. S.*, Lundgren, E., Escudero-Escribano, M. Recent advances in surface X-ray diffraction and the potential for determining structure-sensitivity relations in single-crystal electrocatalysis. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2020, 23, 162–173.

Harlow, G. S., Aldous, I. M., Thompson, P., Gründer, Y., Hardwick, L. J., Lucas, C. A. Adsorption, surface relaxation and electrolyte structure at Pt(111) electrodes in non-aqueous and aqueous acetonitrile electrolytes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2019, 21, 8654–8662.

A complete list can be found on my google scholar page:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZWapG0wAAAAJ&hl=en

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