Meet our team
Jiyoung Lee
Postdoctoral Researcher
Year Joined Group: 2023
PhD Institution and Major: Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), Materials Science and Engineering
PhD Advisor: Prof. Il-Doo Kim
Project: Cathode recycling, polymer electrolytes
Hobbies: Travel, Walking, Watching Youtube!
Shiyu Ge
1st Year PhD Student
Year Joined Group: 2024
Home Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Undergraduate School: Hainan University
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering and Technology
Masters School: Tsinghua University
Project: Investigating electrode/electrolyte interface
Hobbies: Traveling and Swimming
Thanh Nguyen
1st Year PhD Student
Year Joined Group: 2024
Home Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Undergraduate School: University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering
Project: Investigating the Electrochemical Double Layer and Solid Electrolyte Interphase Structure
Hobbies: Traveling, Ping Pong, Anime, Cooking
Isha Sura
1st Year PhD Student
Year Joined Group: 2024
Home Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Undergraduate School: Purdue University
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering
Project: Air Tolerant Battery Recycling
Hobbies: Books, Travel, and Cooking
Tianna Green
2nd Year PhD Student
Year Joined Group: 2023
Home Department: Materials Science and Engineering
Undergraduate School: Wellesley College
Undergraduate Major: Physics
Project: Binder Design to Enable Stable Cycling of Conversion Cathodes for Li-ion Batteries
Hobbies: Baking/Cooking, Taiko, Bouldering (working on it), The 2008 Theory (ask her about it)
Zach Liu
2nd Year PhD Student
Year Joined Group: 2023
Home Department: Chemistry
Undergraduate School: NYU
Undergraduate Major: Chemistry
Project: Investigating Sulfur-Containing Electrolytes for Lithium Metal Batteries
Hobbies: Traveling
Willa Brenneis
3rd Year PhD Candidate
Year Joined Group: 2022
Home Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Undergraduate School: Columbia University
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering
Project: Solvent-Free Electrodes
Hobbies: Baking, Biking, and Going to Concerts in Chicago
Guilherme Missaka
3rd Year PhD Student
Year Joined Group: 2022
Home Department: Materials Science and Engineering
Undergraduate School: Harvey Mudd College
Undergraduate Major: General Engineering
Project: Developing Tools for High-Throughput Battery Material Characterization
Hobbies: Puzzles and Exploring Chicago
Sapna Ramesh
3rd Year PhD Candidate
Year Joined Group: 2022
Home Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Undergraduate School: Columbia University
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering
Project: Investigating Fluorinated Electrolytes for Lithium Metal Batteries
Hobbies: Reading, Cooking and Indoor Gardening
Yoshita Gupta
2nd Year Masters Student
Year Joined Group: 2023
Home Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Undergraduate School: Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering
Project: Co-advised with Richards Group. Investigating Rheology-Performance Relationships of Carbon Black Slurries for Electrodes
Hobbies: Hiking, Reading
Cecelia Barr
Undergraduate Student
Year Joined Group: 2023
Home Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Project: Investigating Nitrile Electrolytes for Lithium Metal Batteries
Hobbies: Going out to eat, Hanging Out at the Beach
Tanner Thomas
Undergraduate Student
Year Joined Group: 2023
Home Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Project: Investigating Aqueous Electrolyte Additives
Hobbies: Making Coffee and Biking
Maria (Masha) Shusharina
Undergraduate Student
Home Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Project: Characterizing Water-in-Salt Electrolytes
Hobbies: Cooking, Traveling, and Hanging by the Lake
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