LTC Justin R. Toole, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Chemistry & Life Science justin.toole [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications Lieutenant Colonel Justin Toole commissioned as a Distinguished Military Graduate through Army ROTC at the University of North Georgia (Dahlonega, GA). As a junior Engineer officer, he served as a Platoon Leader, Company XO, and Company Commander in mechanized, route clearance, and training units at Fort Leonard Wood, MO. During that time, he deployed to Baghdad, Iraq as a Route Clearance Platoon Leader. As a field grade officer, he served as Deputy Division Engineer and Battalion S3/XO within the 3rd BCT, 101st Airborne Division (Fort Campbell, KY). He deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan as a Combined Task Force XO. Later, Lieutenant Colonel Toole served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) as a Deputy District Commander (Nashville, TN). Ph.D. in Chemistry - Colorado State University M.S. in Chemistry - University of Georgia M.S. in Engineering Management - University of Missouri Science and Technology B.S. in Chemistry - University of North Georgia Current Research Lieutenant Colonel Toole conducted graduate research in constructing instruments and measuring optical properties of aerosols and 2-dimensional (“atomically-flat”) semiconductors. He particularly enjoys spectroscopy, microscopy, photo-electrochemistry, and mass spectrometry. Selected Publications Toole, Justin R.; Sambur, J. “Anodic Dissolution Rates Accelerate with Decreasing MoS2 Nanoflake Thickness” 2023, J. Electrochem. Soc. 170 https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ad091aAlmaraz, R.; Sayer, T.; Toole, Justin R. (as an equal contributor); Austin, R.; Farah, Y.; Trainor, N.; M. Redwing, J.; Krummel, A.; Montoya-Castillo, A.; Sambur, J. Quantifying Interfacial Energetics of 2D Semiconductor Electrodes Using in Situ Spectroelectrochemistry and Many-Body Theory. Energy & Environmental Science 2023, 16 (10), 4522–4529. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3EE01165H.Toole, Justin R., Lindsay Renbaum-Wolff, and Geoffrey D. Smith. "A Calibration Technique for Improving Refractive Index Retrieval from Aerosol Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy." Aerosol Science and Technology 47.9 (2013): 955-965.