Amani O. Alghamdi

August,8th,2025

Shoutout to the NURPH mentors and mentees—I loved being part of this program, which supports underrepresented high school students in the Chicago area to develop solid research experience and prepare for for their college applications.

May,23rd,2025

I had a fantastic time attending and presenting at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (Interfaces for Energy and the Environment Conference) (IEEC), held May 19–23, 2025, in Richland, WA.

April,30th,2025

Had a great time at Dewey Elementary School’s Science Fair! 🧬🧠🤓
It was inspiring to see young students’ creativity and curiosity, and I loved being part of encouraging the next generation of scientists. 🌟

April,9th,2025

Have you ever taken on a challenging project full of uncertainty, only to discover it became incredibly rewarding? Our Hydrothermal Blueprint for Phase-Resolved Second Harmonic Spectroscopy is now in press at JACS.

May 25th, 2025

Just presented our work on (Cation Specific Effects Probed by Phase-resolved Second Harmonic Generation Spectroscopy) at the American Chemical Society Spring Meeting at San Diego, USA!

March 5th, 2025

Today marks my last day as a Teaching Assistant in the Chemistry Department at Northwestern. Teaching undergraduate students taught me just as much about myself as it did about chemistry. As the saying goes, “You never truly understand something until you can teach it to others.”

Throughout the past three years, I TA’ed 3 different General Chemistry Labs, Advanced Physical Chemistry for the Integrated Science Program, and Advanced Thermodynamics.

July 25th, 2024

Had a great time at the Water and Aqueous Solutions Gordon Research Conference in Holderness, NH! 🌊🔬 Always inspiring to be surrounded by people who love talking about water as much as I do.

Left to Right:

Franz Geiger, Ezra Marker, Myself, Alyssa Olson and Raiden Spleeman

July 15th, 2024

Historical day in my PhD. Observing a consistent phase shift for the first time.

May 28th, 2024

PhD S̶t̶u̶d̶e̶n̶t̶ Candidate

Just passed my Qualifying Exam! I’m lucky to have a very interesting /supportive committee members

Prof. Songi Han, Prof. James Gaynor, and my PI Prof. Franz Geiger

March 20th, 2024

Presenting at the American Chemical Society Spring Meeting in NewOrleans, USA!

July 29th, 2023

Had an amazing week at the Chemistry and Physics of Liquids Gordon Research Conference in Holderness, NH! 🔬💧 Seven days straight of science—7 AM to 10 PM—packed with inspiring talks and discussions. 🚀

July 6th, 2023

Great time at West Lafayette attending the 18th Chautauqua on Nonlinear Optics! Garth Simpson, Jesse (Chi) Zhang and Alexei Lagoutchev, I cant thank you enough for the lectures and hands-on problem solving sessions. Also, thanks to the keynote speakers, Dennis Hore and Sean Roberts who were very helpful to go through complicated ideas and break it down to convey to an audience of mostly students entering the field.

May 14th, 2023

No words can fully capture how rewarding it was to serve as the lead for the King Salman Relief Center’s 17th International Science Outreach Mission at the Zaatari Camp in Jordan. 🇯🇴🇸🇦✨Many of these children have never seen life outside the refugee camp since birth, yet their curiosity and excitement for science were truly unmatched. 🌍🔬 Their energy was a reminder of the resilience of the human spirit and the power of education to inspire hope.Grateful to have been part of this mission and to everyone who made it possible. 💚