Overview
Personal Profile
Nate Neale is a senior scientist and the Interfacial Materials Chemistry group manager at NLR. He received his bachelor's degree in chemistry with a political science minor from Middlebury College in 1998 and his doctoral degree in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2003, where he was trained by Professor T. Don Tilley as an organometallic chemist. His postdoctoral work from 2003–2006 at NLR focused on dye-sensitized solar cells under the tutelage of Arthur J. Frank . His development continued at the University of Colorado, Boulder, as an NLR subcontractor working on new schemes for photoelectrochemical water splitting with Arthur J. Nozik. He transitioned to NLR as a staff scientist in 2008. Nate’s research leverages his molecular chemistry background and focuses on developing novel wet chemical and gas-phase approaches to tailor the compositional structure and surface chemistry of nanostructured inorganic semiconductors and related materials for photocatalysis, solar fuels, and electrochemical energy storage.
Research Interests
Professional Experience
Group Manager, Chemistry and Nanoscience Center (Division), NLR (2013–present)
Senior Scientist, Chemistry and Nanoscience Center (Division), NLR (2012–present)
Detailee, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, & Biosciences Division (2021–present)
Education/Academic Qualification
Bachelor, Chemistry, Middlebury College
PhD, Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Early Calendar Life and Health Prediction of Silicon Batteries via Machine Learning with Uncertainty Quantification: Article No. 103250
Prakash, N., Verma, A., Weddle, P., Colclasure, A., Schulze, M., Carroll, G., McBrayer, J., Rodrigues, M.-T., Kim, J. H., Pach, G., Gasper, P., Meyer, L., Musgrove, A., Neale, N., Veith, G. & Burrell, A., 2026, In: Cell Reports Physical Science. 7, 4, 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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High-Energy Hybridized States Enable Long-Lived Hot Electrons in Cobaloxime-Silicon Nanocrystal System
Le, T., Gish, M., Saund, S., Aubry, T. & Neale, N., 2026, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 148, 6, p. 6412-6421 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multi-Phase Characterization of Pitch-Carbon Coated Nano-Silicon Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries: Article No. 111597
Fink, K., Weddle, P., Palmer, J., Zweifel, C., Teeter, G., Verma, A., Frisco, S., Han, S.-D., Schulze, M., Carroll, G. M., Colclasure, A., Neale, N. & Tremolet de Villers, B., 2026, In: Nano Energy. 147, 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Design Strategies for Coupling CO2 Reduction Molecular Electrocatalysts to Silicon Photocathodes
Saund, S., Gish, M., Choate, J., Le, T., Marinescu, S. & Neale, N., 2025, In: ACS Materials Au. 5, 3, p. 569-579 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Effect of Nanoparticle Size on Calendar and Cycle Lifetimes of Silicon Anode Lithium-Ion Batteries
Preimesberger, J., Usseglio-Viretta, F., Verma, A., Singh, A., Colclasure, A., Walker, P., Teeter, G., Pach, G., Westgard, J., Urias-Cordero, F., Neale, N., Coyle, J. & Carroll, G. M., 2025, In: EES Batteries. 1, 2, p. 298-309 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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American Chemical Society (External organization)
Ginley, D. (Member), Ware, L. (Member), Allen, B. (Fellow), Rumbles, G. (Member), Perkins, C. (Member), Johnson, D. (Member), Ferrell, J. (Member), Arellano Trevino, M. (Member), Neale, N. (Member), Bell, R. (Member), Klein, R. (Member), Aubry, T. (Member), Bharadwaj, V. (Member), Wieliczka, B. (Member), Hermosilla Palacios, A. (Member), Puente-Urbina, A. (Member), Maughan, A. (Member), Wiley, S. (Member), Kluherz, T. (Member), Kurtz, S. (Member), Schichtl, Z. (Member), Dong, Y. (Member), Thodika, M. (Member), Carvalho, Q. (Member), Truong, T. (Member), Clarke, R. (Member), Kiani, D. (Member), Lee, M. (Member), McGeehan, J. (Member), Brady, N. (Member), Yang, B. (Member), Nozik, A. (Member), Pennell, S. (Member), Wu, I. (Member), Lany, S. (Member) & Myers, A. (Member)
0001Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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Cell Reports Physical Science (Journal)
Neale, N. (Member of editorial board)
2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
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Renewable & Sustainable Energy Institute (External organization)
Neale, N. (Fellow) & Van De Lagemaat, J. (Fellow)
2020 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Awards and Honors
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NREL Distinguished Member of Research Staff Recipients
Alberi, K. (Recipient), Baring-Gould, E. (Recipient), Barnes, T. (Recipient), Bernstein, A. (Recipient), Dinh, H. (Recipient), Harrison, K. (Recipient), King, P. (Recipient), Macknick, J. (Recipient), Muratori, M. (Recipient), Neale, N. (Recipient), Pesaran, A. (Recipient), Salvachua Rodriguez, D. (Recipient), Smith, K. (Recipient) & Stout, S. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Honorary award
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NREL Outstanding Mentor Award
Moreno, G. (Recipient) & Neale, N. (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Honorary award
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NREL Outstanding Mentor Award
Salvachua Rodriguez, D. (Recipient), Woods, J. (Recipient), Neale, N. (Recipient) & King, R. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Honorary award
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