Kateryna Artyushkova is currently a Research Associate Professor in the Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Department at the University of New Mexico and Associate Director of the Center of Emerging Energy Technologies. Her research focuses on developing methodology for accelerating material design through structure-to-property modeling and characterization of functional materials using ex-situ and in-situ spectroscopic and microscopic techniques. She manages the surface analytical facility of the Center of Emerging Energy Technologies at UNM.