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Brushett Research Group
Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion
Alumni
Visiting Professors
Visiting Scholars
Matteo Gigli
Years in group: 2017-2018
Currently an Assistant Professor, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Postdoctoral Associates
Amira Alazmi
Years in group: 2019-2020
Currently an Assistant Professor of Chemical Science and Dean for Academic Affairs at University Colleges at Nairiyah, University of Hafr Al Batin
Antoni Forner Cuenca
Years in group: 2017-2018
Currently an Assistant Professor, Eindhoven University of Technology
Research website
Sujat Sen
Years in group: 2016-2018
Currently an Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
Faculty page
Chaerin Kim
Years in group: 2015-2017
Currently a Research Scientist, International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research
Graduate Students
Charles Wan
Years in group: 2018-2022
Currently:
Thesis: Designer Porous Carbon Electrodes For Redox Flow Batteries
Alexis (AJ) Fenton
Years in group: 2017-2022
Currently a Chemical Mechanical Planarization Development Engineer, Intel
Thesis: Voltammetric Methods Augmented with Physical Models and Statistical Inference
Aditya Limaye
Years in group: 2021-2022
Currently a Machine Learning Engineer, Tyba
Thesis: Physical Models and Statistical Methods for Understanding Electrochemical Kinetics
Kara Rodby
Years in group: 2018-2022
Currently a Technical Analyst, Volta Energy Technologies
Thesis: Bringing Redox Flow Batteries to the Grid: Techno-economic Modeling for Chemistry-Informed Design of Redox Flow Batteries
Kevin Tenny
Years in group: 2018-2021
Currently an MBA student, MIT Sloan
Thesis: Combining Computation and Experimentation for Accelerated Understanding of Electrode Microstructure in Redox Flow Batteries
Katharine Greco
Years in group: 2017-2021
Currently a Chemical Engineer, ARPA-E
Thesis: On the Impact of Electrode Properties and Their Design for Redox Flow Battery Performance
McLain Leonard
Years in group: 2016-2021
Currently an Electrochemical Engineer, PARC
Thesis: Engineering Gas Diffusion Electrodes for Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Upgrading
Michael Orella
Years in group: 2015-2020
Currently an Associate, Exponent
Thesis: Models Across Multiple Length Scales to Advance Biomass Upgrading
Jeff Kowalski
Years in group: 2014-2019
Currently the Head of the Battery Lab and Research, Titan AES
Thesis: Evaluation of Redox Active Organic Molecules for Use in Nonaqueous Flow Batteries
John Barton
Years in group: 2014-2019
Currently an Associate Research Scientist at Dow
Thesis: Analysis of Electrochemical and Transport Properties in Redox Flow Batteries
Steven Brown
Years in group: 2014-2018
Currently a Development Specialist, Linde plc
Thesis: Catalysis and Reaction Engineering for the Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 to CO
Tom Carney
Years in group: 2015-2018
Currently a Senior Manager, Cell Engineering at Aspen Aerogels
Thesis: Convection Enhanced Electrochemical Energy Storage
Jarrod Milshtein
Years in group: 2014-2017
Currently Director of Engineering, Battery Module at Form Energy, Inc.
Thesis: Electrochemical engineering of low-cost and high-power redox flow batteries
Dafu Zhang
Years in group: 2013-2014
Currently a Quantitative Analyst in Singapore
Visiting Students
Anne Niederdraenk
Years in group: 2019
Currently a PhD student, Technical University of Munich
Matthias Kornherr
Years in group: 2018
Currently a PhD student, Technical University of Munich
Vincent Dieterich
Years in group: 2016
Currently a Research Assistant, Technical University of Munich
Thomas Burger
Years in group: 2014-2015
Currently a Catalyst Developer for fuel cells, Freudenberg Sealing Technologies
Undergraduates
Chloe Brown
Graduated from MIT (Class of 2022)
Will Woltmann
Graduated from MIT (Class of 2022)
Sarah Hernandez
Currently an Undergraduate Student, MIT, Chemical Engineering (Class of 2025)
Jonathan Lee
MIT MRL REU Participant (2021)
Currently an Undergraduate Student, University of Michigan, Chemical Engineering (Class of 2021)
Akram Ismail
MIT MSRP (2021)
Currently an Undergraduate Student, University of Rochester, Chemical Engineering with a Minor in Computer Science (Class of 2022)
Alec Nguyen
MIT UROP (2020-2021)
Currently an Undergraduate Student, MIT, Chemical Engineering (Class of 2022)
Aba Kpeglo
MIT UROP (2019-2020)
Last known: Undergraduate Student, MIT, Chemical Engineering (Class of 2021)
Nicole Munne
MIT UROP (2019-2020)
Currently an Undergraduate Student, MIT, Chemical Engineering (Class of 2022)
Jude Bonesteel
MIT UROP (2019-2020)
Currently an Undergraduate Student, MIT, Chemical Engineering (Class of 2022)
Tomás Herrera
MIT UROP (2019-2020)
Currently an Undergraduate Student, MIT, Chemical Engineering (Class of 2022)
Destinee Hung
MIT UROP (2020)
Currently an Undergraduate Student, MIT, Chemical Engineering and Computer Science (Class of 2022)
Hong Nguyen
MIT UROP (2020)
Currently an Undergraduate Student, MIT, Chemical Engineering (Class of 2023)
Nicole Jacobsen
MIT UROP (2020)
Currently an Undergraduate Student, MIT, Chemical Engineering (Class of 2023)
Nick Aiello
MIT UROP (2019-2020)
Currently an Undergraduate Student, MIT, Chemical Engineering (Class of 2022)
Jesse Hinricher
MIT UROP (2017-2019)
Currently a PhD Student, MIT, Materials Science and Engineering
Will Exson
MIT UROP (2019)
Currently an Undergraduate Student, MIT, Chemical Engineering (Class of 2022)
James Obute
MIT Summer Research Program Participant (2019)
Currently a PhD Student, University of Texas at Austin, Chemical Engineering
Nathan Ewell
MIT MRL REU Participant (2019)
Currently a PhD Student, MIT, Chemical Engineering
Katherine E. Stoll
MIT UROP (2018-2019)
Currently a PhD Student, MIT, Materials Science and Engineering
Grace Moore
Summer Research Intern (2018)
Graduate Student, Sciences Po, Policy Stream: Energy, Environment, and Sustainability
Julianna La Lane Machado
MRL/MRSEC Summer Researcher (2018)
Undergraduate Student, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaüez, Mechanical Engineering (Class of 2021)
Zhirong (Justin) Fan
MRL/MRSEC Summer Researcher (2018)
Currently an Automation Engineer, NeoMatrix, Inc.
Yung Wei (Jessie) Hsiao
MIT UROP (2015-2018)
Currently a PhD Student, University of Delaware, Chemical Engineering
Emily Penn
MIT UROP (2017-2018)
Currently a PhD Student, Stanford University, Chemical Engineering
Alexandra Oliveira
MPC/CMSE Summer Scholar (2017)
Currently a PhD Student, University of Delaware, Chemical Engineering
Andres Badel
MIT UROP (2014-2017)
Currently an Engineer at a stealth mode startup
Changsu Cao
Visiting Undergraduate Student (2016)
Currently a PhD Student, Tsinghua University, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
Jeremiah Collins
MIT UROP (2015-2016)
Currently a J.D. Candidate, NYU School of Law
Steven Chavez
MSRP Summer Student (2014)
Currently a PhD Student, University of Michigan
Catherine Groschner
MPC-CMSE Summer Student (2014)
Currently a PhD Student, UC Berkeley, Materials Science and Engineering
Catherine Liou
MIT UROP (2013-2015)
Last Known: Graduate Student, MIT, M.S. Chemical Engineering Practice
Jaime Rodriguez
MSRP Summer Student (2015)
Currently a PhD Student, University of Washington, Chemical Engineering and Data Science
Raja Selvakumar
MIT UROP (2013-2014)
Currently a PhD Student, Georgia Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering
Lynn Yu
MIT UROP (2014-2015)
Last Known: Undergraduate Student, MIT, Mechanical Engineering
Jonathan Fakkema
MIT UROP (2016)
Currently a Reliability Test Engineer, Daimler Trucks North America
Habeeb Salau
MIT UROP (2018)
Currently an Undergraduate Student, MIT, Computation and Cognition (Class of 2022)
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