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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 Associate Professor at Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Postdoctoral Associates


Yasser Ashraf Gandomi
Years in group: 2018-2020
Currently an Energy Storage Scientist at XL Batteries

Amira Alazmi
Years in group: 2019-2020
Currently a Dean of Scientific Research at University of Hafr Al Batin

Antoni Forner Cuenca
Years in group: 2017-2018
Currently an Associate Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology
Research website

Sujat Sen
Years in group: 2016-2018
Currently an Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Faculty page

Chaerin Kim
Years in group: 2015-2017
Currently a Research Scientist at International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research



Kyler Carroll
Years in group: 2013-2015
Currently a Principal Battery Engineer - Next Gen Cell Lead at Our Next Energy (ONE)

Graduate Students

Bertrand Neyhouse
Years in group: 2019-2023
Currently a Postdoctoral Associate in the McNeill Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan
Thesis: Rational Design Strategies for Redox Flow Batteries

Charles Wan
Years in group: 2018-2022
Currently a Consultant at Bain & Company
Thesis: Designer Porous Carbon Electrodes For Redox Flow Batteries

Alexis (AJ) Fenton
Years in group: 2017-2022
Currently a Chemical Mechanical Planarization Development Engineer at Intel Corporation
Thesis: Voltammetric Methods Augmented with Physical Models and Statistical Inference

Aditya Limaye
Years in group: 2021-2022
Currently a Machine Learning Engineer at Tyba
Thesis: Physical Models and Statistical Methods for Understanding Electrochemical Kinetics

Kara Rodby
Years in group: 2018-2022
Currently a Technical Principal at 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 a Business Strategy & Technical Development Manager at a Private Company
Thesis: Combining Computation and Experimentation for Accelerated Understanding of Electrode Microstructure in Redox Flow Batteries

Katharine Greco
Years in group: 2017-2021
Currently the Director of Science at Still Bright
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 at PARC
Thesis: Engineering Gas Diffusion Electrodes for Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Upgrading

Michael Orella
Years in group: 2015-2020
Currently an Associate at Exponent
Thesis: Models Across Multiple Length Scales to Advance Biomass Upgrading

Jeff Kowalski
Years in group: 2014-2019
Currently a Senior Research Engineer at Phase Two Chemicals
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 at 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

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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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