Dimitrios Fraggedakis
Miller Research Fellow
B.S. University of Patras, 2015
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 2021
Post-lab position: Assistant Professor, Princeton University
Hailey Boyer
B.S. University of South Carolina, 2020
Jen Yu Lee (Visiting Scholar 2023-2024)
B.S. National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, 2018
Pranav Ramachandra
Helen Bergstrom (PhD 2023)
Thesis Title: Characterizing Ion Correlation and Transport in Next-Generation Lithium Battery Electrolytes
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
B.S. Brown University, 2015
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Post-lab position: Battery Materials Scientist at Aluminio Inc.
Matthew Crafton (PhD 2023)
Thesis Title: Deciphering Electrochemistry of Li-Excess, Cation-Disordered Rocksalt Cathode Materials
B.S. Cornell University, 2018
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Post-lab position: Research Scientist at Sylvatex
Tzu-Yang Huang (PhD 2023)
Thesis Title: Advancing Titration and Mass Spectrometry to Quantify Mixed Redox Processes in Li-Excess Cation Disordered Rock Salt Cathodes
Berkeley Taiwan Fellow
B.S. National Taiwan University, 2013
M.S. National Taiwan University, 2015
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Post-lab position: Battery Scientist at Anthro Energy
Zach Konz (PhD 2023)
Thesis Title: Lithium Plating Detection, Quantification, and Modeling to Enable Lithium-Ion Battery Fast-Charging
B.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2018
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Post-lab position: Senior Battery Engineer at Form Energy
Fatima Yousuf (B.S. 2023)
Senior, Chemical Engineering
Post-lab position: Battery Engineer at Aluminio
Kylie Cheong (B.S. 2024)
Post-lab position:
Amanda Conde Del Moral (Amgen Summer Scholar, 2023)
Post-lab position: Materials Science Ph.D. student at Georgia Institute of Technology
Elyse Kedzie (PhD 2023)
Thesis title: Exploring Metal-Air Batteries with Quantitative Methods
B.S. University of Southern California, 2017
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Post-lab position: California Energy Commission
Jingbo Wang (Postdoc 2022-2023)
B.S. Wuhan University, 2012
Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2018
Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California Los Angeles, 2018-2021
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Post-lab position: Senior Scientist, Merck
David Brown (PhD, 2022)
Thesis title: Lithium-ion battery limitations under extreme operating conditions.
B.S. Columbia University, 2017
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Post-lab position: Senior Member of the Technical Staff at QuantumScape
Kara Fong (PhD, 2022)
Thesis title: Ion correlations and transport in Li-ion battery electrolytes
B.S. Stanford University, 2016
M.Phil. University of Cambridge, 2017
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Berkeley Graduate Study Fellow
Post-lab position: Trinity College Junior Research Fellow, University of Cambridge; Incoming Caltech Assistant Professor, 2025
Lori Kaufman (PhD, 2022)
Thesis title: Gas evolution studies on emerging cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries
B.S. Yale University, 2016
Post-lab position: Scientist, Redwood Materials
Donghun Lee
B.S. Yonsei University, 2007
M.S. Yonsei University, 2009
Current position: Cathode material development project, Battery R&D, LG Energy Solution
Ananya Subramani (BS, 2022)
Current Employer: Cuberg
Sarah Berlinger (PhD, 2021)
Thesis title: The governing interactions in fuel-cell catalyst-layer inks
B.S. Columbia University, 2016
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Current position: Postdoctoral scholar in the lab of Prof. Joelle Frechette at UC Berkeley
Eric McShane (PhD, 2021)
Thesis title: “Quantitative analysis of graphite interphasial species and implications for fast charging”
B.S. Cornell University, 2016
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Current position: CEO and Co-Founder, Electroflow Technologies
Elizabeth Corson (PhD, 2020)
Thesis title: “Plasmon-Enhanced Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide“
B.S. Illinois Institute of Technology, 2011
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
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Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Kansas
Lexi Ringsby (BS, 2021)
Current position: PhD student at Stanford University
Brendan Wirtz (BS, 2021)
Current position: PhD student at Stanford University
Joe Papp (PhD, 2020)
Thesis title: “High voltage reactivity in lithium batteries“
B.S. University of Kentucky, 2015
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
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Current position: CTO at Anthro Energy
Srinivasan Ramakrishnan (Postdoc, 2018-2020)
B.Sc (Hons.) Chemistry, SSSIHL, 2010
M.Sc Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2012
Ph.D. Chemistry, Stanford University, 2017
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Current Position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry at IIT, Bombay
Peter Dudenas (PhD, 2020)
B.S. Penn State University, 2014
Primary Advisor: Adam Weber, LBNL
Thesis title: Method development for polymer thin film characterization with applications in perfluorinated sulfonic acid polymers
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at NIST, Polymer Processing Group
Kristian Bastholm Knudsen (Postdoc, 2016-2019)
B.Sc. Aalborg University, 2010
M.Sc. Aalborg University, 2012
Ph.D. Technical University of Denmark, 2015
Postdoc. Technical University of Denmark, 2016
Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016
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Current position: Product Developer at Unisense
Kyle Diederichsen (PhD, 2019)
Thesis title: “High transference number polymer-based electrolytes for lithium batteries“
B.S. University of Colorado, Boulder, 2014
Current position: Postdoc in Alan Hatton’s group at MIT.
Erin Creel (PhD, 2019)
Thesis title: “Shining a light on plasmonic photoelectrochemical carbon dioxide reduction“
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
B.S. Sewanee-The University of the South, 2013
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Current position: Postdoc in the Oak Ridge National Laboratory roll-to-roll manufacturing group.
Eddy Zaia (PhD, 2019)
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
B.S. Columbia University, 2012
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Alex King (Amgen Summer Scholar, 2019)
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Current position: Chemical Engineering undergraduate at University of Michigan.
Byungchun Park (Visiting Scholar, 2017-2019)
B.S. Hanyang University, 2005
M.S. Hanyang University, 2008
Current position: Cathode material development, Battery R&D, LG Chem.
Sara Renfrew (PhD, 2019)
Thesis title: “Tracing Interfacial Reactivity of Lithium Transition Metal Oxides Through Outgassing”
NDSEG Fellow
Davis Perez (B.S., 2018)
Current position: Stanford Chemistry graduate student
Meron Tesfaye (PhD, 2019)
Thesis title: “Understanding the Impact of Confinement on Ionomer Thin-film Transport Properties”
Primary advisor: Adam Weber
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Louis Hartmann (Visiting Scholar, 2018)
B.S. Technical University Munich, 2017
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Colin Burke (PhD, 2018)
Thesis title: "Electrolyte Engineering to Improve Capacity and Rechargeability in the Lithium-Oxygen Battery”
Current employer: Exponent
NASA NSTRF Fellow
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Jessica Nichols (PhD, 2018)
Thesis title: "Sodium-Oxygen and Magnesium Metal Electrochemistry for Energy Storage Applications”
Current employer: Dow Chemical
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
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Rickey Terrell (Amgen Summer Scholar, 2018)
Current Position: University of Cincinnati undergraduate
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Hyo Won Kim (Postdoc, 2015-2018)
Current position: Assistant Professor at KENTECH, Korea
Matthew Liu (BS, 2018)
Current position: PhD student at Stanford Chemical Engineering
Robert Sengpeil (Visiting Scholar, 2017)
Current position: RWTH Aachen University Graduate Student
Nika Mahne (Visiting Scholar, 2017)
Nika's doctoral thesis on ''Singlet Oxygen in Non-Aqueous Battery Chemistries'' (Dr.techn., Graz University of Technology, 2018) comprised her results compiled at the McCloskey lab on the electrochemical oxidation of lithium carbonate.
Adrian Davey (Amgen Summer Scholar, 2017)
Hilda Buss (PhD, 2017)
Thesis title: "Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Functional Materials for Battery Electrolyte and Marine Antifouling Applications"
Current employer: Exponent
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
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Youngsang Kim (Postdoc, 2015-2017)
Current employer: Lam Research
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Yihan Zhang (BS, 2017)
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Sophia Chan (BS, 2017)
Current position: PhD student at Columbia U. Chemical Engineering
NSF Graduate Research Fellow (starting fall 2017)
Keren Zhang (BS, 2017)
Current position: PhD student at Georgia Tech Chemical Engineering
Christopher Dekmezian (BS, 2014-2016)
Current position: Engineer at QuantumScape
Jakob Asenbauer (Visiting Scholar, 2016)
Current position: University of Regensburg Graduate Student
Howie Nguyen (Amgen Summer Scholar, 2016)
Current position: Georgetown undergraduate
Francis Richey (Postdoc, 2014-2015)
Current employer: EOS Energy Storage
Burkhard Ohs (Visiting Scholar, 2015)
RTWH Aachen
Charles Wan (Amgen Summer Scholar, 2015)
Current position: Cornell undergraduate
Jia Ji Lin (Amgen Summer Scholar, 2014)
Current position: NYU undergraduate