
Publications
A. Jayanarasimhan, R. Pierrard, S. M. Peyres, S. Yatom, D. Curreli, and R. M. Sankaran. Insights into Sustainable Nitrogen Fixation by Gas-phase Spectroscopic Measurements and Global Modeling of Reaction Intermediates in Humid Nitrogen Plasma. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 13(1), 140-150 (2025)
S. M. Peyres, J. Wang, D. W. Hollyfield, N. H. Abuyazid, R. M. Sankaran and N. B. Uner. Application of a Film Model to Mass Transfer and Chemical Reaction at a Plasma-Liquid Interface. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 171, 113502 (2024)
S. Peyres, J. Wang, D. Hollyfield, M. P. Confer, R. Bhargava, J. S. Moore and R. M. Sankaran. Plasma electrochemistry in non-aqueous solvents and application to organic synthesis. 245th Electrochemical Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May 26-May 30, 2024 [ORAL PRESENTATION by R. M. Sankaran]
S. M. Peyres, J. L. Dinari, M. Koska, J. Stubbins, R. M. Sankaran. Large-Area Plasma-Liquid Reactors for Water Purification in Space. American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting and Technology Expo, Washington, D.C., 13 November 2023. [ORAL PRESENTATION]
S. M. Peyres, N. B. Uner, N. H. Abuyazid, R. M. Sankaran. Modeling Reaction and Diffusion at a Plasma-Liquid Interface. AVS 69th International Symposium & Exhibition, Portland, OR, 8 November 2023. [ORAL PRESENTATION]
N. H. Abuyazid, N. B. Uner, S. M. Peyres, and R. M. Sankaran. Charge decay in the spatial afterglow of plasmas and its impact on diffusion regimes. Nature Communications 14, 6776 (2023)
S. M. Peyres, N. B. Uner, N. H. Abuyazid, and R. M. Sankaran. Modeling of Radical-Scavenger Reaction and Diffusion within the Plasma-Liquid Interface. Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 27 April 2023. [ORAL PRESENTATION]
Awards
University Dean's List, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023
Daniel F. Hang Outstanding Senior Design Award, 2023
NPRE Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award, 2023
Illinois Scholars Undergraduate Research (ISUR) Program Scholar, 2022 - 2023
NPRE Rising Undergraduate Research Award, 2022